Teachers Intensive Schedule and Faculty 2012
Teachers Intensive August 3-8, 2012
Teachers Intensive Faculty 2012
Mignon Furman
Was Director of the University of Cape Town Ballet School in charge of teacher training and Founder-Director of its Youth Ballet Company. Now Director of the American Academy of Ballet.
Gina Chiavelli
Is the Artistic Director of both Dutchess Dance Theatre and Pinewood School of Dance. Is a former adjunct professor at both Fordham University and the State University of New York at New Paltz where she taught classical ballet and jazz. Is also an American Academy of Ballet judge.
Olga Dvorovenko
Trained in the Ukraine. Now teaches the Studio Company of American Ballet Theater.
Brian Loftus
Was Director of Dance for the Arts Educational School in London. Danced with the Sadlers Wells Opera Ballet and La Grand Ballet Classique de France. An international guest teacher. Is a judge for the American Academy of Ballet Performance Awards in Europe.
Pamela McCray
Teaches in Virginia. Is a judge for the American Academy of Ballet Performance Awards.
Merle Sepel
Director of the Academy of Dance in Santa Ana, CA and Artistic Director of the American Pacific Ballet Company. On faculty of the Cal State University, Fullerton. Is a judge for the American Academy of Ballet Performance Awards.
Rebecca Tsivkin
Was trained in London. Now teaching in New York at Ballet Hispanico. Is a judge for the Performance Awards.
Dean Vollick
Has danced with several companies in the USA and Canada. Is a graduate of the Teacher Training Program of the National Ballet School (Toronto). Teaches at the Boston Ballet School.
Claudia Folts
This year's guest lecturer.
