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Faculty The dance faculty at the five colleges work together as members of a single department, coordinating the courses offered to ensure broad coverage of study and striving for a critical balance among technical training, performance, historical, theoretical, and scientific studies. The distinguished faculty, enhanced by the presence of the University's Fine Arts Center, attracts some of the world's leading guest artists, who come to perform and offer master classes, lectures, workshops, or semester-long courses. Instructors Billbob Brown, Coordinator of Dance, University: jazz and modern technique, composition, contemporary and Renaissance/Baroque dance history bio Jim Coleman, Mount Holyoke: choreography, modern technique, Paul Dennis, University: modern technique bio Charles Flachs, Coordinator of Dance, Mount Holyoke: dance history, ballet technique, partnering, and repertory bio Rose Marie Flachs, Mount Holyoke: ballet technique, variations, repertory, tap bio Terese Freedman, Mount Holyoke: modern technique, kinesiology for dancers, repertory, and composition bio Constance Valis Hill, Hampshire: dance history theory bio Daphne Lowell, Chair of the FCDD, Hampshire: modern dance, dance and culture, composition, sources of creativity bio Donna Mejia, Smith: Tribal Fusion, Integrity in Ethnic/Global Dance Fusion, contemporary modern technique, jazz technique bio Marilyn Middleton-Sylla, Smith: West African dance technique bio Cathy Nicoli, Hampshire: modern dance technique, composition, dance education bio Rebecca Nordstrom, Coordinator of Dance, Hampshire: modern technique, composition, improvisation and Laban Movement Analysis bio Fritha Pengelly, Hampshire: Modern Technique, Scientific Foundations, Dancing in Context, Pilates. bio Peggy Schwartz, University: dance education, approaches to improvisation and composition, introduction to dance, yoga bio Thomas Vacanti, University: ballet technique, ballet history bio Susan Waltner, Smith: modern technique, composition, 20th-century dance history and experiential anatomy for performers bio Wendy Woodson, Coordinator of Dance, Amherst: modern technique, improvisation, interdisciplinary performance, composition, choreography studio, issues in contemporary dance, video and performance bio Affiliated Artist Musical Directors FCDD Staff | |