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Vera L. Embree (1921–2004) was an American dancer and choreographer, and the first African American women faculty member in the University of Michigan’s Dance Department. She studied under influential dance instructors including Jose Limon and Alvin Ailey. She was a founder of Contemporary Dance Company in Detroit and co-founder of Our Own ...
The Laban/Bartenieff Institute of Movement Studies (LIMS) [1] in New York was founded in 1978 as a center for the development and study of the principles of Laban Movement Analysis, formulated by Rudolf Laban and further developed by his student and colleague Irmgard Bartenieff. The institute maintains a library and media resource center that ...
There, he taught jazz dance and modern dance techniques, as well as dance history and theory courses. [5] Frazier’s career at VCU spanned 18 years. He became chair of the Department of Dance and Choreography in 2007, later serving as Associate Dean for Graduate Studies and faculty Affairs and Interim Dean. [1]
National Dance Institute (NDI) was founded in 1976 by New York City Ballet principal dancer Jacques d'Amboise. NDI works with mainstream, bilingual, and special education classes. NDI classes are taught by professional artists, who work with 6,500 New York City school children each week [ 1 ] throughout Manhattan, Brooklyn, and the Bronx.
Elizabeth Aldrich (born February 26, 1947) is an American dance historian, choreographer, writer, lecturer, consultant, administrator, curator, and archivist. [1] She is internationally known for her research, performance, choreography, teaching, and lectures on Renaissance and Baroque court dance, nineteenth-century social dance, and twentieth-century ragtime dance.
Martha Hill (December 1, 1900 – November 19, 1995) [1] was an American dance instructor with wide influence. She founded innovative programs at Bennington College and Connecticut College, and was the first Director of Dance at the Juilliard School, a position she held for almost 35 years.
The School of Music, Theatre, and Dance [2] is the undergraduate and graduate school for the performing arts of the University of Michigan, in Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States. [ 3 ] The school was founded in 1880 as the Ann Arbor School of Music.
Short has worked together and studied with various artists, including faculty and dancers from Alvin Ailey American Dance Center, Dance Theatre of Harlem, Dance Alloy, Lines Ballet, Philadanco, and many others. As a student of ballet education, Shawn has studied with Margarita De Saa, John White, and former Washington School of Ballet Director ...