Dance Faculty


Jan Veen, Founder, Dance Division
Ruth Sandholm Ambrose, Artistic Director Emerita

Yasuko Tokunaga, Director of Dance Division
Emiko Tokunaga, Artistic Director, Summer Dance Program

Diane Arvanites, Modern, Modern Partnering
De Ama Battle, African Dance
Olivier Besson, Contact Improvisation, Improvisation
Julia Boynton, Tap
Michelina C. Cassella, Kinesiology and Human Anatomy
Peter Carey, Acting for Dancers
Patsy Collins, Dance Production
Gianni Di Marco, Ballet, Classical Ballet Partnering
Kimberly Dong, Nutrition
Wyatt Jackson, Hip Hop
Aaron Jensen, Music Fundamentals for Dancers, Music Literature
Leslie Shafer Koval, Modern, Laban Movement Analysis, Laban Dance Education
Arthur Leeth, Men's Class, Ballet
Tommy Neblett, Modern, Modern Partnering, Choreography
Libby Nye, Modern
Kaoruko Pilkington, Voice for Dancers
Christine Ploski, Kinesiology and Human Anatomy
Denise Pons, Ballet, Pointe
Jennifer Scanlon, Modern, Repertory, Alexander Technique, Performance Coaching, Injury Recovery
Donna Silva, Ballet, Pointe, Ballet Pedagogy, Pilates
Ruth Solomon, Dance Injury Prevention
Adrianna Suarez, Ballet, Pointe and Variations, Gyrokinesis
Emiko Tokunaga, Artistic Director, Summer Dance; Modern; Modern Pedagogy
Yasuko Tokunaga, Director, Dance Division; Ballet, Modern
Jim Viera, Modern Technique
Mary Wolff, Choreography, Dance History, Senior Seminar 
Leslie Woodies, Ballet, Pointe and Variations, Musical Theater, Choreography for the Camera

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