Erin Foreman-Murray
Sr Professorial Lecturer
CAS - Performing Arts
Erin Foreman-Murray is a contemporary dance artist who focuses her creative research on improvisational performance practices. Her choreographic work has been presented by New Faces New Dances (Salzbu…
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(202) 885-3942
Ama Law
Adjunct Professorial Lecturer
Mariama "Ama" Law began her dance training with Kankouran West African Dance Company. Literally being born into the African culture, as both of her parents are founding members. She graduated with a B…
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Kristopher Pourzal
Adjunct Professorial Lecturer
Kristopher K.Q. Pourzal is a choreographer, performer, educator and dramaturgical consultant. His performance work has been supported and/or presented by numerous NYC venues, including Brooklyn Arts E…
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Britta Peterson
Professorial Lecturer
CAS - Performing Arts
Britta Joy Peterson is a choreographer, collaborator and educator. Raised in the midwest, creatively pressure-cooked by the southwest, liberated by the pacific northwest, and cracked open by the wild …
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(202) 885-1432
Sarah Beth Oppenheim
Adjunct Professorial Lecturer
Sarah Beth Oppenheim hails from the Wild, Wild West where she could never cut on the dotted black line, so she read Steinbeck and became a modern dancer instead. She earned her BFA at SUNY Purchase an…
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Marcia Howard
Adjunct Instructor
CAS - Performing Arts
Marcia Howard has been assistant director and performing company member with Coyaba Dance Theater since 1997, under the direction of Sylvia Soumah. She is also the education coordinator of Coyaba Acad…
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Ralph Glenmore
Adjunct Instructor
Mr. Glenmore was a principal dancer with the Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater under the direction of Alvin Ailey. He toured the world, working with choreographers Donald McKayle, Talley Beatty and B…
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Irina Wunder
Adjunct Instructor
Irina Wunder, an ethnic Russian, received her classical dance training in Turkmenistan, then a republic of the former Soviet Union. She performed with the Republic's State Theater of Opera and Ballet …
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Alice Wylie-Schmemann
Adjunct Instructor
Born in Washington DC, Alice began her dance training with Jane Bittner and trained extensively with several other renowned teachers including Dawei Zhang, Suzanne Farrell, Patricia McBride, Jean-Pier…
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Princess Mhoon Cooper
Adjunct Instructor
Princess Mhoon is a choreographer, producer, educator, and scholar recognized in 2015 by HUFFINGTON POST as one of 26 Female Choreographers "You Should Know" and Dance Magazine's 2006 "Top 25 to Watch…
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