2006 Dance Newsletter - Slippery Rock University

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Shannon Altman (2005) just finished her one-year season contract with the Dancing Wheels Modern Dance Company in Cleveland, OH. She will be marrying Justin Kleemook on June 17, 2006 and is looking forward to married life with her husband to be. Julie Boulton (1998) received an MFA degree from the University of North Carolina in Greensboro. She is currently the director of Gymnastics at The Little Gym of Greensboro which is a motor skill development facility for children ages 4 months to 12 years. I also contract with The Little Gym International and have had the opportunity to write the dance curriculum for all of the franchises. This curriculum is currently being facilitated in approximately 100 gyms alumni news throughout the U.S. and Puerto Rico. The program will expand to The Little Gyms in Asia during the Fall. I will be getting married on September 16th, 2006 to SRU alumni, Jamie Chaltain. CC Braun (2004) is attending Arizona State University where she is pursuing her MFA in Dance. She is currently a graduate assistant for a dance technology course taught by John Mitchell. Teena Custer (2000) fnished her MFA degree at Ohio State University in 2004 and was a visiting faculty at SRU in 2004-2005. She has performed with Attack Theatre, Dance Alloy, Shelter Repertory Dance Theatre, Shih-Ming Li Chang, and Ursula Payne. Her choreographic works have been commissioned by LabCo, SRU, CAPA, University of Pittsburgh, Wittenberg University and Middle Tennessee State University. Stephanie Marie Davis (2004) works as a choreographer for the Armstrong Community Theater and the Kittanning Senior High School. She also teaches at Center Stage Dance Studio in Ford City, PA. She will soon be attaining her MS degree in Library Science/Specialized Information Centers. Kiley Durst (2005) started dancing with New York based company ACFDance in the Spring/06. The company performs in the NYC and neighboring areas. She performed at the DUMBO Dance Festival in Brooklyn and at the Blackbox Showcase at the Breathe Yoga Studio in Pittsburgh in the Fall of 2005. Maria Hanley (2005) is currently attending New York University to earn her MA in Dance Education. Rebecca Hillerby (2004) has been dedicating most of her time to teaching at the Jane Baron’s Academy of Dance. In the Spring of 2006, in collaboration with Joanie Johnson, she produced Dance Exposure, a dance concert that included works from SRU alumni Francie Lloyd and Amy Schnelle. This collaborative concert took place at Lehigh University on March 10, 2006. Gretchen M. Hurd (2002) is currently performing and teaching with LABCO Dance Company in Pittsburgh, PA. She teaches Jazz and Hip Hop at the Dance Alloy Theater School. She also is involved in community outreach by teaching dance at Linden Academy and for the Braddock community kids. Lori Incardona (2005) moved to Florida after she graduated from SRU and is teaching at the Flex Dance Studio. She plans to move to NYC in the near future to join a group of SRU Dance alumni. Joanie Johnson (2004) is working with a volunteer dance company called House of the Roses founded by Broadway veteran Jeff Shade that offers positive reinforcement and creative encouragement to underprivileged children in Manhattan and the Bronx through dance. She also coproduced Dance EXposure with fellow SRU alumni, Rebecca Hillerby. This collaborative concert took place at Lehigh University on March 10, 2006. Meredith Koloski (1999) is currently teaching dance at La Mesa College in Phoenix, AZ. She also works at the 24 Hour Fitness as a personal trainer, a kick-box and weightlifting instructor, and a Hip Hop, Salsa, Yoga and Pilates teacher. She recently obtained a personal training and a kickboxing certification. Kelly Lewis (2004) is currently pursuing her MA in Theatre Arts at Western Washington University in Bellingham, WA. Her MA thesis, which is in its final stages, is based on the traditional Japanese dance form called Nihon Buyo. Kelly worked as a dramaturge and choreographer for the WWU Season Show Naku Tsuru and the Samurai which incorporated elements of Kabuki, Noh, Bunraku and Nihon Buyo. After obtaining her MA degree, Kelly plans to apply to PhD programs in Asian Dance History. Francie Lloyd (2004) is living in NYC and engaged in various dance/fitness projects. She participated as a choreographer and performer in the International Dance Festival at the Dicapo Opera House in NYC in the Summer of 2005. She also performed with the Chi Ying Kao and Dancers and with SRU alumnus Rebecca Hillerby as part of the National Dance Week celebration. In the Fall of 2005 she was commissioned by the University of Utah to re-stage her work Lady of the Lake. Francie is now a certified Pilates Matwork instructor and is completing a National Strength and Conditioning Association - Certified Personal Trainer program. 6 DEPARTMENT OF Dance
Tara Madsen (2004) is a second year graduate teaching fellow at Smith College working towards her MFA in Performance & Choreography. In the past two years Tara has performed and choreographed for various venues such as the Monterrey Dance Festival in California, the International Choreographer’s Showcase in Barcelona and Madrid, PS122’s Avant Garde Arama in NYC, The Durham Arts Council in North Carolina, The Solar Powered Dance Festival in NYC and ACDFA 2005/2006. Tara is working towards her certification in Gyrotonics/ Gyrokinesis and is planning on moving to New York City to continue her dance career. Jennifer Renee Magnani Wolfe (1996) has been employed at the T.H.E. Dance Place for the past eight years. She has choreographed for the Ford City High School Chorus and Ensemble groups, as well as Kittanning High School dance and drill team. Her husband Dan and Jennifer (in company of their children Cole Nicholas and MacKenzie Cora), celebrated their 10th wedding anniversary in November of 2005. Amanda O’Brien (2004) is presently dancing at the Fayette School of Ballet and performing with Ballet Lafayette. She was featured in principle roles such as Katrina Van Tassel in SLEEPY HOLLOW and Alice in ALICE THE BALLET. She will be traveling to Poland for the Ladek Zdroj Summer Dance Festival this coming July and will be touring with Ballet Lafayette’s production ALICE THE BALLET to Erie, Columbus, and other cities this summer. Anna Pishner Harsh (1995) is the Artistic Director of Allegro Dance Company which has toured the US and Italy for over ten years. She currently teaches dance and Pilates at La Danse Technique in St. Clairsville, OH and choreographs for regional pageants and theater productions. In 2005 she performed in the Rewind concert held at the Kelly-Strayhorn Theater in Pittsburgh. Anna was appointed as the WV State Director of National Dance Week and continues to create and teach outreach projects in celebration of this event. Anna was married to Greg Harsh from Wheeling WV on May 1, 2004. Anita Reda (2004) is co-owner of Essence of Motion Dance Studio in Coudersport, PA which was purchased together with Margaret Spahr, also an SRU alumnus, in August of 2005. They soon plan to expand the studio and within a couple of years start preparing students for performance opportunities at competitive and non-competitive dance events. Jennifer Roe (2004) teaches at Dance Implosions Studio in New Castle, PA and at the Henry Mancini Arts Academy in Midland, PA. She is currently choreographing for two musicals theater productions at the Riverside and Mohawk high schools and is resident choreographer and assistant director for the New Castle Playhouse’s Stars of Tomorrow and Mini Stars. Jennifer received her BS in Elementary Education in December of 2005. Sally Sherman (1999). After serving Pittsburgh-based dance company Dance Alloy for nearly 6 years as Managing Director and Teaching Artist, she is now faculty at Penn State University’s New Kensington campus where she teaches dance in the Department of Kinesiology. She is also a faculty member of the Performing Arts department at Winchester Thurston School in Pittsburgh. She is pursuing her final year of graduate studies and will be earning a Masters degree in Education from Penn State University. She is an active member of the Pittsburgh Dance Connection, performing the works of various established and emerging choreographers. Her personal choreography, as well as collaborative choreography with fellow SRU alumnus Heather Konopka-Gerlach, has been shown throughout the Pittsburgh region. Nichelle Strzepek (1999) lives in Waco, TX where she teaches dance at various locations. She is a frequent choreographer for Waco Civic Theater and recently opened a creative dance program called Kids in Motion at the Bledsoe-Miller Recreation Center. During the summer Nichelle directs the dance program at Camp Danbee, an all-girls sleep-away camp in Western Massachusetts. Rosie Trump (2003) is pursuing her MFA degree at the University of California, Riverside where she continues to develop her skills as a performer, choreographer and researcher. Marcy Jo Yonkey (2005) is presently a scholarship MFA candidate at Texas Womans University. She is a graduate teaching assistant for Online Dance Education. Marcy will be participating in the Zen Monkey Project Summer Intensive directed by Ray Schwartz that will focus on Mind/Body Centering and Somatics this Summer in Charlottsville, Va. alumni news Dance@SRU.EDU 7
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