2006 Dance Newsletter - Slippery Rock University
2006 Dance Newsletter - Slippery Rock University
2006 Dance Newsletter - Slippery Rock University
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Shannon Altman (2005)<br />
just finished her one-year<br />
season contract with the<br />
Dancing Wheels Modern<br />
<strong>Dance</strong> Company in Cleveland,<br />
OH. She will be marrying<br />
Justin Kleemook on June 17,<br />
<strong>2006</strong> and is looking forward to<br />
married life with her husband<br />
to be.<br />
Julie Boulton (1998) received<br />
an MFA degree from the<br />
<strong>University</strong> of North Carolina in<br />
Greensboro. She is currently<br />
the director of Gymnastics at<br />
The Little Gym of Greensboro<br />
which is a motor skill<br />
development facility for children<br />
ages 4 months to 12 years. I<br />
also contract with The Little<br />
Gym International and have<br />
had the opportunity to write<br />
the dance curriculum for all of<br />
the franchises. This curriculum<br />
is currently being facilitated<br />
in approximately 100 gyms<br />
alumni news<br />
throughout the U.S. and Puerto<br />
Rico. The program will expand<br />
to The Little Gyms in Asia<br />
during the Fall. I will be getting<br />
married on September 16th,<br />
<strong>2006</strong> to SRU alumni, Jamie<br />
Chaltain.<br />
CC Braun (2004) is attending<br />
Arizona State <strong>University</strong> where<br />
she is pursuing her MFA in<br />
<strong>Dance</strong>. She is currently a<br />
graduate assistant for a dance<br />
technology course taught by<br />
John Mitchell.<br />
Teena Custer (2000) fnished<br />
her MFA degree at Ohio State<br />
<strong>University</strong> in 2004 and was<br />
a visiting faculty at SRU in<br />
2004-2005. She has performed<br />
with Attack Theatre, <strong>Dance</strong><br />
Alloy, Shelter Repertory<br />
<strong>Dance</strong> Theatre, Shih-Ming Li<br />
Chang, and Ursula Payne. Her<br />
choreographic works have been<br />
commissioned by LabCo, SRU,<br />
CAPA, <strong>University</strong> of Pittsburgh,<br />
Wittenberg <strong>University</strong> and Middle<br />
Tennessee State <strong>University</strong>.<br />
Stephanie Marie Davis (2004)<br />
works as a choreographer for the<br />
Armstrong Community Theater<br />
and the Kittanning Senior High<br />
School. She also teaches at<br />
Center Stage <strong>Dance</strong> Studio in<br />
Ford City, PA. She will soon<br />
be attaining her MS degree in<br />
Library Science/Specialized<br />
Information Centers.<br />
Kiley Durst (2005) started<br />
dancing with New York based<br />
company ACF<strong>Dance</strong> in the<br />
Spring/06. The company<br />
performs in the NYC and<br />
neighboring areas. She<br />
performed at the DUMBO<br />
<strong>Dance</strong> Festival in Brooklyn<br />
and at the Blackbox Showcase<br />
at the Breathe Yoga Studio in<br />
Pittsburgh in the Fall of 2005.<br />
Maria Hanley (2005) is<br />
currently attending New York<br />
<strong>University</strong> to earn her MA in<br />
<strong>Dance</strong> Education.<br />
Rebecca Hillerby (2004)<br />
has been dedicating most of<br />
her time to teaching at the<br />
Jane Baron’s Academy of<br />
<strong>Dance</strong>. In the Spring of <strong>2006</strong>,<br />
in collaboration with Joanie<br />
Johnson, she produced <strong>Dance</strong><br />
Exposure, a dance concert<br />
that included works from SRU<br />
alumni Francie Lloyd and Amy<br />
Schnelle. This collaborative<br />
concert took place at Lehigh<br />
<strong>University</strong> on March 10, <strong>2006</strong>.<br />
Gretchen M. Hurd (2002)<br />
is currently performing and<br />
teaching with LABCO <strong>Dance</strong><br />
Company in Pittsburgh, PA.<br />
She teaches Jazz and Hip Hop<br />
at the <strong>Dance</strong> Alloy Theater<br />
School. She also is involved in<br />
community outreach by teaching<br />
dance at Linden Academy<br />
and for the Braddock community<br />
kids.<br />
Lori Incardona (2005) moved<br />
to Florida after she graduated<br />
from SRU and is teaching at the<br />
Flex <strong>Dance</strong> Studio. She plans to<br />
move to NYC in the near future<br />
to join a group of SRU <strong>Dance</strong><br />
alumni.<br />
Joanie Johnson (2004) is<br />
working with a volunteer dance<br />
company called House of the<br />
Roses founded by Broadway<br />
veteran Jeff Shade that offers<br />
positive reinforcement and<br />
creative encouragement to<br />
underprivileged children in<br />
Manhattan and the Bronx<br />
through dance. She also coproduced<br />
<strong>Dance</strong> EXposure with<br />
fellow SRU alumni, Rebecca<br />
Hillerby. This collaborative<br />
concert took place at Lehigh<br />
<strong>University</strong> on March 10, <strong>2006</strong>.<br />
Meredith Koloski (1999) is<br />
currently teaching dance at La<br />
Mesa College in Phoenix, AZ.<br />
She also works at the 24 Hour<br />
Fitness as a personal trainer,<br />
a kick-box and weightlifting<br />
instructor, and a Hip Hop,<br />
Salsa, Yoga and Pilates<br />
teacher. She recently obtained<br />
a personal training and a kickboxing<br />
certification.<br />
Kelly Lewis (2004) is currently<br />
pursuing her MA in Theatre<br />
Arts at Western Washington<br />
<strong>University</strong> in Bellingham, WA.<br />
Her MA thesis, which is in its<br />
final stages, is based on the<br />
traditional Japanese dance<br />
form called Nihon Buyo. Kelly<br />
worked as a dramaturge and<br />
choreographer for the WWU<br />
Season Show Naku Tsuru and<br />
the Samurai which incorporated<br />
elements of Kabuki, Noh,<br />
Bunraku and Nihon Buyo. After<br />
obtaining her MA degree, Kelly<br />
plans to apply to PhD programs<br />
in Asian <strong>Dance</strong> History.<br />
Francie Lloyd (2004) is<br />
living in NYC and engaged<br />
in various dance/fitness<br />
projects. She participated as a<br />
choreographer and performer in<br />
the International <strong>Dance</strong> Festival<br />
at the Dicapo Opera House in<br />
NYC in the Summer of 2005.<br />
She also performed with the Chi<br />
Ying Kao and <strong>Dance</strong>rs and with<br />
SRU alumnus Rebecca Hillerby<br />
as part of the National <strong>Dance</strong><br />
Week celebration. In the Fall of<br />
2005 she was commissioned<br />
by the <strong>University</strong> of Utah to<br />
re-stage her work Lady of the<br />
Lake. Francie is now a certified<br />
Pilates Matwork instructor<br />
and is completing a National<br />
Strength and Conditioning<br />
Association - Certified Personal<br />
Trainer program.<br />
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