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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 - 1995
UNDERGRADUATE
Andrea Anderson, BFA
contactandrea@hotmail.com
Performer with Gamble/Van Dyke Dance Company 95-97
School Assistant for ADF 96,97,99
Moved to San Francisco in 97 - Performer with Maxine Moerman Dance Theater (since 98) & with Christy Funsch
Choreographer for the DeBasement Art Show
Currently working as a Massage Therapist
Dabbling in fire performance & butoh
Jiandaa Anderson, BA
Therese Benfield, BFA
last updated 10/03
Performed with AHA Dance out of Greensboro for six years. Moved to Asheville, NC in 2001. Choreographing, Directing
and Acting in local theater.
Email: dthereseb@msn.com
Holly Grubb, BS
Performed with companies touring in New York and Japan
Currently performs with the Rockettes
Co -owner of Triple Threat Studio
Melanie Grant Haulman, BFA
melancita@netscape.net
haulman@lmc.edu
Adjunct dance faculty at Lees-McRae College
Dance instructor at Northwestern Studio
Member of Tapestry Dance Ministry
Proud mother of enegetic preschooler
Melissa Dittmar Joy, BS
last updated 10/03
Arts in Education Project Coordinator, Dekalb Council for the Arts (Sept. 1996-Aug 1997)
Dance Educator, Gwinnett County, Georgia (1997-present)
Lead dance teacher for the county, Dance Coordinator for Arts Connect
Gwinnett County Schools Georgia Challenge Grant
Received Georgia Dance Educator of the Year Award at GAHPERD Conference, February 2003
Gave birth to daughter, Mackenzie Lynn Joy, December 14, 2002.
Email: melissajoy@charter.net
Sonya Peedin (Kuropatwa), BFA
last updated 4/04
Currently resides in Atlanta, GA and New Milford, CT
Founding Partner (and Teacher) of Imagine Arts, Inc., a Performing Arts Teaching Group. (2000-present)
Director, Performer, Choreographer & Teacher, Buck´s Rock Dance Department, New Milford, CT. (1996-present)
Designer and Owner of Winking Willow Designs (Glass) (1999-present)
First time expectant mom of a daughter, due late March, 2004
Living with partner & husband, Rob Kuropatwa
sonya@imagine-arts.net
Andrea Logan, BFA
Dance Teacher, UNCG Arts and Sciences camp, summer 1999
PE teacher, Greensboro area Catholic school (part-time)
Karen Miller, BS
Free lance choreographer and middle school physical education teacher in San Francisco (no dance certification in California)
Natalie White Mizzell, BFA
Employed by Winston-Salem Center for the Performing Arts
Owner/director of Lewisville Ballet and Performing Arts Center and Sandhills Dance and Performing Arts Academy (current)
Dance director, Forsyth Country Day School "Summer Quest"
Grant received: Developed and taught preschool dance program for Smart Start in Forsyth County (1997)
Jennifer Nelson, BFA
Elizabeth (Beth) (Rafalko) Peele, BS
last updated 10/03
1995-96 Taught in Guilford Co. Schools
1996-present: Teacher at Pierrette Sadler Danceurs in Raleigh, NC
For the past 7 years, dance focus has been on rhythm tap. Who knew!
Married to Chris Peele (UNCG ´96); Mom to son, Ayden (3/23/02)
Email Beth and Chris: cpeele@nc.rr.com
Jenn Rea, BFA
jenn_rea@hotmail.com
Lives in Austin, TX and works at UT-Austin graduate business school as a business development manager for executive education
Will be a UT-MBA student starting Fall ´01
Board of directors for Tina Marsh and the Creative Opportunity Orchestra
Founder, producer and choreographer for"Sticks in the Mud" annual concert
Has two cats, twodogs and one beau, rides her bike, avidly reads, and is learning the banjo
Heather Regis, BA
Performing with Adventures in Motion Pictures (Matthew Bourne), England
Performedwith Peanut Butter and Jelly Dance Company, Boston, 1996-97
Attended Laban Center 1995-96
Linda Michelle (Robertson) Hankins, BFA
updated 6/08
Founder and director of Piedmont Performing Arts Company.
Choreographer of "The Littlest Angel," the ballet. Premiered November, 2002.
Recipient of United Arts Council Regional Emerging Artist Grant.
Founder and director of Virtuoso.
Studio teacher in Greensboro, NC: 1996-2005.
Award-winning competition team choreographer and instructor.
Greensboro College Dance Faculty 2004.
Wife of Seth, 2002.
Proud mom of Camden, Feb. 2005 and Dylan, Sept. 2007.
Jennifer Tarrazi-Scully, BA
Jennifer.Scully@WKU.EDU
716 E. 14th Avenue
Bowling Green, KY 42101
Teaching dance at the University of Western Kentucky
Performed in The Changeling (´97), an off Broadway show directed by Robert Woodruff
The
Straight Jacket Dance Company (´97-´98), director David Matiano, The
Michael Foley Dance ensemble (´97-present), Taught and performed at
this ACDFA 2000 at Bates college, The Donna Goffredo Dance Company
(´98-present), Dance faculty at the N.C. Governor´s School (´97-´99),
Dance faculty at Ballet Academy East (´98-2000). Currently: Performing
in The Donkey Show, a disco version of A Midsummer Night´s Dream, as
Mia (Hermia)/Oberon, at the Club el Flamingo for the past 10 months,
working on the film, Neovoxer director Michael Pope, for the past year,
full length silent film to be played with a live orchestra, an
intergrative Theater experience. (Check out neovoxer.com for more
info.), Creative movement and Ballet teacher at the Hoboken, NJ YMCA
Nicole (Warters) Willis, BS*
Dance and drama educator, Madison Middle School
Won first year teaching award for her county; nominated 1996-97 as best Electives/Special Education teacher in her school
GRADUATE
Allison Cook, MA
Rick McCullough, MFA
Assistant professor for the UNCG Department Of Dance (1995-2000)
Danced with the Netherlands Dance Theater, Harkness Ballet and the NorthCarolina Dance Theater
He is a recipient of choreographer´s fellowships for Dance Magazine,
Pennsylvania Arts Council, The North Carolina Arts Council, and the
National Endowment for the Arts.
Valerie DiSciullo Midgett, MFA
Valerie@xfactordance.org
Guest DanceFaculty fall 2000-UNCG
Founder and Co-Director, X-Factor Dance Company
Adjunct faculty/guest artist, Lees McCrae College
Recipient of NC Arts Council Project Grant (1998), NC Arts Council Choreographic Fellowship (1998)
Watauga Arts Council Scholarship (1997)
Participant in the North Carolina Dance Festival for a number of years
David Mullen, MFA
Full-time faculty member At Grossmont College 1997 - present, interim chair, Spring 2000
Adjunct faculty member: Chapman University 19997, Cal Poly Pomona 1997, Cerritos College 1997, Santa Ana College 1996-97
Los Angeles City College 1996-97, Artist-in-residence Cal Poly Pomona 1997
Guest Artist: CAHPERD Conference 1997, UC Irvine 1997
Currently
living , teaching, and choreographing in San Diego, CA, Married to
Nancy Boskin-Mullen. Father of Adi Noelle Mullen (3 years old), and
Zachary Gordon Mullen (1 year old)
Xan Regan, MA
Dance educator, Wake County Schools
Clyde Smith, MA (1982 BFA)
Completed doctoral program, The Ohio State University (2000)
Currently teaching and performing, doing regular independent production of his own dance work
Received NDA Grad Student Writing award, 1995
Has done multiple publications and conference presentations
Abigail Stage, MFA
updated 10/10/03
Currently resides in Bisbee, AZ (after years in New York)
Making dances with a small collective of artists there.
Rebecca Stephenson, MFA
last updated 10/03
Currently teaching dance and choreographing for the School for Creative and Performing Arts in Lexington, KY
Adjunct professor at Centre College in Danville, KY.
Email: rstephen@fayette.k12.ky.us
Stephanie Woodie, MFA
CPO 2187
Berea, KY 40404
Stephanie_Woodie@Berea.edu
Accepted the position of Assistant Professor of Physical Education at Berea College
Director of the college Modern Dance Troupe and dance teacher
Choreographing and Performing in Kentucy
Choreographed dance for "Women of the Earth", a musical for Women´s History Month programs across the state of Kentucky
Married to Luke Woodie, with two children, Eli, 7 years old, and Abigail, 4 years old
Beth Wright, MFA
updated 8/07
Beth Wright is an instructor of dance at Peace College and is the director of Peace College Dance Company. An independent performer and producer, she has recently danced with Urban Gypsies, NichWalk Dance Project, and Betsy Ward-Hutchinson, and has co-produced NC Dances. She is also on the board of the NC Dance Alliance. Beth lives in Raleigh and is married with three step-children. Contact information: (school) bwright@peace.edu, (home) bethfath@nc.rr.com.