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Technique Enrollment Policy
(1/24/08)
To ensure an optimal learning environment for all students, to ensure that Dance majors can meet graduation requirements in a timely manner, to ensure fairness for all students, and to make the best use of faculty time, the Department of Dance will follow the procedure detailed below for pre-registration in Fall, 2008 Ballet and Contemporary classes.
Department of Dance
UNCG Dance Alumni - 1994
UNDERGRADUATE
Mary Beth Baumgardner, BS
Dance Educator, Wake County
Lissa Burkhardt, BS
Ashley Daniel, BS
Initially taught in a studio in Reidsville area
Currently a Dance educator
Wendy (Debesis) Djang, BFA
Laura Hill, BFA
Fleming Lomax, BS
updated 10/05
Flinkin@charter.net
Taught in West Palm Beach, FL at Dreyfoos School of the Arts 1994-1999
Relocated to Colorado to pursue performance opportunies
Danced two seasons with Kim Robards Modern Dance Company
Danced four seasons with Ballet Nouveau Colorado
Received Pilates certification at The Pilates Center of Boulder, Colorado
Returned to NC in August 2005; teaches Pilates, ballet, modern in Asheville,
NC.
Hannah McClellan, BFA
Lived in the Triangle area for some time.
Taught at Bounds Dance Studio in Chapel Hill.
Returned to UNCG to dance in the Alumni Concert.
Melanie Paschal, BS
Dance educator
Jennifer Russell, BS
Middle school dance educator
GRADUATE
Melissa Bryan, MFA
Dancing with Donna Goffredo and Dancers
Chrissy Hawley, MFA
urbangyp@mindspring.com
glenjoy@mindspring.com
Now a partner with her mother and sister in their retail store "The
Eclectic Garden" - offering painted and used furniture, home art,
collectibles, etc.
Office assistant for a construction company where she researched a
dance florring division Dance coordinator/teacher for children at a YWCA
Marketing/promotions assistant for a music amphitheater
Modern dance instructor at UNC-Wilmington
Supervisor for programs for the disabled at Easter Seals
She has choreographed when time, motivation and space have provided.
Donna (Goffredo) Murray, MFA (plus certification)
updated 11/06
themurrays@mac.com
Artistic Director, Donna Goffredo & Dancers , (1998-present)
(dancers have included UNCG alums Melissa Bryan, Jennifer Tarrazi-Scully, and Rachel Shugarman)
Arts Director, Hoboken Charter School, (1999- 2002)
Founder and DanceProgram Director, Hoboken YMCA, (1997-2002)
Dance Educator, NewYork City Public Schools, (1997-1999)
Now living in Glen Ridge, NJ, with husband Guy Murray and daughter, Bryn Isabelle.