Andrew B. HarrisHazel Sabas-Gower

Lecturer of Dance

·        M.F.A in Dance Performance and Choreography from New York University- Tisch School of the Arts

·        Diploma in the Creative, Performing and Musical Arts from University of the Philippines- College of Music


Contact Information
Office: Stovall Hall 180G
Phone: (940) 565-4056
E-mail: hsabas-gower@unt.edu
A former Principal Dancer of Ballet Philippines, Ms. Sabas-Gower essayed lead roles, most notably Kitri in Don Quixote; Lisa in Ang Pilya(La Fille Mal Gardee, Philippine version); Carmen in Carmen; Myrtha in Giselle; Gamzatti in La Bayadere, among others.  Ms. Sabas-Gower began her training with the Royal Academy of Dancing syllabus.  Her grants and awards include the Asian Cultural Council of New York Grant, Colorado Council on the Arts Director’s Grant; Cultural Center of the Philippines Young Artists Foundation and Choreographers Showcase Grants, Madame Luva Adameit Choreographic Award in Dance by the University of the Philippines, “Gem of the Race” Award by Distinct Alliance in National Choreographic Endeavors, and participation in International Choreographers Workshops by the Theatre Institute of Germany and the American Dance Festival in North Carolina.  Her critically-acclaimed choreographies include Dracula, “Daragang Magayon”, “The Nutcracker”, “Rite of Spring”, “Carmen Suite”, “The Firebird”, and “Deconstructing Gershwin”.  As a Finalist in the 1st International Competition of Classical Choreography sponsored by the City of Paris, dance critic Rene Sirvin, singled her out in his review in France’s premiere newspaper, LE FIGARO, saying: “From the seven competitors, only one showed real invention and originality, Hazel Sabas-Gower, whose six excellent dancers of Ballet Memphis performed the ingenious choreography ‘Deconstructing Gershwin’...”  Ms. Sabas-Gower was Ballet Mistress of Ballet Memphis in Tennessee for three years and Artistic Director of Ballet Lubbock in Texas for two years.  Hazel has also taught and/or choreographed at Boulder Ballet/ Boulder Arts Academy, Ballet Philippines, Ballet Manila, Ballet Ciutat de Barcelona in Spain, Texas Tech University, Dance West, Youth Ballet Colorado, Westlake School of the Performing Arts and University of the Philippines. Video recordings of her choreographies and a paper on “Daragang Magayon” from the 1991 Manila International Dance Conference are represented in the collection of the New York Public Library’s Dance Division.