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Joan Phelps Palladino –
Founder and Dean of the Dean School of Dance; choreographer; dance panelist; consultant; equivalency of Master’s Degree plus 30 credits in dance techniques; lecturer/teacher/performer on the values of dance in education via TV; research, teaching and directing in the Caribbean; research on children’s wellness and learning through dance; teaches Modern Dance, Pedagogy and Creative Movement; supervises Dance Internships and serves as producer of all dance performances. |
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James T. Beauregard -
Technical Director of all dance and theatre performances; founder of Dean College Summer Theatre; M.A. in Theatre and Dance; Co-Chair of The Kennedy Center American College Theatre Festival, Region I; former Artistic Director for the Medieval Manor Theatre/Restaurant in Boston, where he still performs; trained with Cumberland Company Dance Theatre for seven years becoming a stage combat choreographer, juggler and actor; directs theatre productions; teaches Technical Production, Acting, Character Study, Movement Improvisation and Public Speaking. |
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Michelle DaSilva-Ball -
Member of Actor’s Equity; has performed in over 40 shows including musical theatre, cruise lines, industrials and television; B.F.A. in Dance Performance; adjudicator for international and national dance competitions; has taught master classes for Dance Olympus and throughout the U.S.A.; teaches Jazz. |
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Julie Cassamas-White- Founder and Director of Evolution Movement; co-owner of Shannon o'Brian School of Dance;A.A. in Dance from Dean College and B.A. in dance from Rhode Island College;choreography presented throughout the east coast of the U.S.A;adjudicator for the American Dance Awards;performs with Andary Dance Company;teaches Ballet |
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Emma Hogarth—Dancer/performer in NYC based performance companies; company member and teacher with Mary Anthony Dance Theatre; technical/production assistant for multimedia performance art company AMDaT; preparatory assistant to Curatorial Department at NY Transit Museum; B.A. of Visual Arts from Sydney College of the Arts, Australia; M.F.A. from Rhode Island School of Design; teaches Dance History I.
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Jeremy Ruth Revilock Frost-
Jeremy-Ruth Revilock-Frost is a graduate of the University of Hartford’s Hartt School Dance Division under the direction of Peggy Lyman where she danced soloist roles in La Bayadere, Le Corsaire, Martha Graham’s Steps in the Street and numerous other contemporary ballet pieces. She received her early training from Mihailo Djuric and Susan Duffy, The Boston Ballet School, and on scholarship at The Martha Graham School. She was a company member with Northern Ballet Theatre and Virginia Ballet Theatre dancing roles in The Sleeping Beauty, The Nutcracker and George Balanchine’s Serenade. Jeremy-Ruth is currently a member of the Boston-based company Anna Myer and Dancers creating original roles in Myer’s choreography. The company has performed extensively throughout the northeast. She is a Rehearsal Assistant, Mentor and Faculty member at the Northeast School of Ballet in Melrose and a Faculty member and choreographer for Walker’s Dance in Lowell. Her choreography has won numerous awards; teaches Ballet
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Charles Holbrook—Teacher and Co-director of Krylo Dance Studios; additional teaching at the University of Rhode Island and Boston Conservatory; mentored by Henry LeTang, Danny Hoctor, Bob Audy, Dianne Walker, Sam Weber, Savion Glover and Brill Barrett; performed in Las Vegas, WBZ TV Telethons and many musicals; teaches Tap Dance. | |
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Jennifer Jenkins –Performed with Ballet West/Utah, International Ballet Company/Europe, Ririe-Woodbury Modern Company/Utah and Jazz Performing Company/California; has appeared in multiple TV spots, dance videos and commercials; a dance educator and choreographer; B.A. degree from University of Utah; teaches Modern Dance and Creative Movement for Children. | |
| No Photo Available | Jamie Jewett—Director of Lostwax Productions multimedia dance theatre company; B.A. in Dance from Naropa University, Colorado; M.F.A. in Dance and Technology from Ohio State University; M.A. from Brown University in multimedia and Electronic Music Experiments; Ph.D. in New Media and Performance from Brown University; has choreographed, performed and taught across the U.S. as well as in Bali, Canada, France, Java, Nepal, and the United Kingdom; teaches Dance Composition I and Dance History I. | |
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Nailah Randall-Bellinger—Founder and Director of the California based Ebony Jazzettes; B.A. degree in Franco African Literature; M.A. degree in Dance History/African American Literature; dance research in Brazil, West Africa, Paris and Haiti; Co-founder of JANBE Institute in Haiti;Founder and Director of Roots Uprising, a modern based dance company; has taught Master Classes for American Dance Association and Dance Masters of America for their national conventions; guest lecturer at Charles University in Czech Republic; teaches Modern Dance, Dance Composition, Dance History, Film Survey in Dance, Dance Company Choreography, serves as Director of the Senior Performance and is Director of the Honors Program. | |
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Mike Sartini – Extensive teaching experience as a percussionist in both the high school and college environment; B.M. degree in Music Performance; has played for numerous musicals at Theatre by the Sea, University of Rhode Island and Roger Williams University; sound engineering background; teaches Rhythmic Analysis, Applied Music, serves as the percussionist for Modern Dance classes. | |
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Jill Silverman—Former Director of the Classical Ballet in Cambridge; teaches throughout New England and has been associated with American Ballet Theatre, Boston Ballet, Harkness Ballet and Joffrey Ballet; M.A. in Pedagogy; teaches Ballet, Pointe/Variations, Pedagogy, Dance Company Choreography and is Director of the Dance Company. |
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Bryan Steele—
Performed with Prometheus Dance Company for 13 years; has also performed with Impulse Dance, Ariel Dance Theatre and Island Moving Company; has taught at Boston Ballet, Walnut Hill School and Perry-Mansfield; owns The Academy of Performing Arts, New England; has been a guest artist in Germany, Venezuela, France, Ecuador and Spain; teaches Modern Dance. |
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Jean Wenzel –
Co-founder of Compass Dance Tournament; performed in national nightclub tours; nationally known dance adjudicator, recently judging the World Tap Dance Championships in Germany; past president of DMA, New England Chapter 5; founder of New England Dance Expo; Dance Specialist for Southeastern Massachusetts Arts Collaborative; teaches Tap Dance, Dance Company and Theatre Choreography. |
Debra Nunes—Program Assistant, School of Dance and School of the Arts; B.A. in Dance from Dean college; two year training at the Alvin Ailey American Dance center; licensed Massage Therapist, previous Co-owner/Artistic Director of Art in Motion Dance Company; member of NDEO and Rhode Island (R.I.) Dance Alliance; served as a R.I. Dance Proficiency adjudicator/coach and choreographed for regional theatre companies.
Marianne Singer—B.A. from Wheaton College and Juris Doctor from the New England School of Law; extensive higher education administrative experience in management, organization and planning, and communication; serves as the Advisor to all dance majors and oversees Senior Seminar, including career placement.
Jill Silverman/ Pointe Class
Jenn Carr '08
Dean Alumnus, ’77; Director of New York based Jette Company; extensive experience as concert jazz performer and choreographer; a commercial jazz artist who’s credits include working with Jennifer Lopez, Salt N’ Pepa, Chaka Khan and Cindy Lauper; TV commercials for Nickelodeon; teacher in Hawaii, Paris, Italy, Egypt and New York’s famous Steps on Broadway; guest teacher of jazz.
A guest artist who specializes in Hip Hop; danced in videos for Naughty by Nature, The Fugees and Human League: has choreographed for Carly Simon, IQ, C Note and the Off-Broadway Hip Hop Gospel musical Moses; teaches at STEPS ON BROADWAY, BDC and Alvin Ailey in NYC. His motto is P.E.A.C.E (Positive Energy Activates Constant Elevation); is committed to preserving the essence of the Hip Hop culture; teaches Hip Hop.