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Listed below are the alumni who are in or have been in dance. <p>To our valued alumni - if you wish for us to change the information or the photo of you, or add you, please email <a href="mailto:dance@purchase.edu">dance@purchase.edu</a>. <p>  <p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td width="100%"> <font> <h3 align="center"><a name="company">Partial List of Conservatory of Dance Alumni</a></h3> <p align="center"> <i> Part or Present Work</i> <dir> <li><b> ALASKA DANCE THEATRE</b> - Noelle Rose '88</li> <li><b> ALVIN AILEY DANCE COMPANY</b> - Barbara Pouncie '79; Krisha Marcano '93</li> <li><b> AILEY REPERTORY</b> - Nelson Cabassa '98; Lanette Costas '98 </li> <li><b> AMERICAN DANCE MACHINE</b> - Jennifer Blumberg '88</li> <li><b> ANNABELLE GAMSON DANCE SOLOS, INC.</b> - Sue Bernhard '77; <a href="#Jones"> Pamala Jones</a> '88</li> <li><b> ARIZONA BALLET</b> - Whitney Schulman '93</li> <li><b> BALLET DE BUENOS AIRES</b> - Ray Sullivan '92</li> <li><b> BALLET CONTEMPORANEAO</b> - <a href="#Azizollahoff"> Oriana Franco</a> '85; Victor Bob Hom '98</li> <li><b> BALLET HISPANICO</b> - Ney Fonseca '83; Nancy Turano '85; Lynne Morrissey '89; Deborah Crocker '94; Rebecca Jefferson '94; <a href="#Rivera"> Eric Rivera</a> '96; <a href="#Lopez"> Arleane López</a> '98; Rochelle Aytes '98</li> <li><b> BALLET LONG ISLAND</b> - <a href="#McEwen"> Heather Canterbury McEwen</a> '93; Megan Doyle '97</li> <li><b> BILL T. JONES/ARNIE ZANE</b> - Rhonda Moore '79; Lori Miller '88; <a href="#White"> Gordon White</a> '90; Rosalynde LeBlanc '94; Marc Mann '94; Stefanie Bland '97; Kyle Abrahm '00</li> <li><b> BOSTON BALLET</b> - Chris Anderson '99</li> <li><b> BRENDA DANIELS DANCE COMPANY</b> - Paula Swiatkowski '81</li> <li><b> CAROLYN DORFMAN COMPANY</b> -Andrew Carter '87; <a href="#Hershberger"> Laurie Hershberger</a> '92; Wen Lin Tsuai '92</li> <li><b> CHEN & DANCERS</b> - Roxanna Young '90; Victor Bob Hom '98; Anthony Kennedy '93; Tsu-I Yang '00; Ari Loeb '02</li> <li><b> CITY CONTEMPORARY DANCE COMPANY</b> (Hong Kong) - <a href="#Livingston"> Gregory Livingston</a> '91; Selina Tan '94</li> <li><b> CLEVELAND/SAN JOSE BALLET</b> - Corey Colfer '91;</li> <li><b> CLOUD NINE</b> (Amsterdam, Holland) - Marsha Carter '87</li> <li><b> COLUMBIA CITY BALLET</b> (South Carolina) - <a href="#Frey"> Denise Frey</a> '93</li> <li><b> COMPANIA NACIONAL DE DANZA</b> (Madrid) - Nicolo Fonte '87</li> <li><b> CONNECTICUT BALLET THEATRE</b> - Jennifer Gould '87; Barrie Brennan '88; <a href="#Wirth"> Onalie Wirth</a> '89; <a href="#Frey"> Denise Frey</a> '93</li> <li><b> DANCE BRAZIL</b> - Michael Martin '92</li> <li><b> DANCE BY NEIL GREENBERG</b> - Justine Lynch '92</li> <li><b> DANCE THEATER OF HARLEM</b> - Kim Bishop '88; John Hill '88; Dennis Lue '90; Yvonne Labrada '93; <a href="#Ortiz"> Ginna Ortiz</a> '94; Pei-yu Wu '97; Dion Wilson '01</li> <li><b> DAVID PARSONS DANCE COMPANY</b> - <a href="#Koeppen"> Elizabeth Koeppen</a> '89</li> <li><b> DAYTON CONTEMPORARY DANCE CO.</b> - Angela Reid '93</li> <li><b> DIANE: JACOBOWITZ DANCE COMPANY</b> - Katherine McGowan '91</li> <li><b> DONALD BYRD/THE GROUP</b> - Michael Blake '81; Jen Perry '99; Devin Pullins '99</li> <li><b> DOUG ELKINS COMPANY</b> - Nancy Coehen '79; Susan Moran '87; Alan Tibbetts '89</li> <li><b> DOUG VARONE COMPANY</b> - Nancy Coehen '79; Cria Merchant '00</li> <li><b> ERICK HAWKINS DANCE COMPANY</b> - <a href="#Simons"> Beth Simons</a> '93</li> <li><b> FRED DARSOW DANCE COMPANY</b> - <a href="#Wennerstrand"> Anne Wennerstrand</a> '85; <a href="#Ciarrochi"> Maya Ciarrocchi</a> '89</li> <li><b> FRANKFURT BALLET</b> - <a href="#Barnes"> Alan Barnes</a> '87</li> <li><b> HARTFORD BALLET</b> - Monica Levy '79</li> <li><b> HOULIHAN AND DANCERS</b> (FL) - <a href="#Zoeller"> Karin Zoeller </a> '91</li> <li><b> HOUSTON BALLET</b> - <a href="#Li"> Kathryn Warakomsky</a> '83</li> <li><b> HUBBARD STREET DANCE CHICAGO</b> - Jason Ohlberg '96</li> <li><b> JEAN ERDMAN REVIVALS</b> - <a href="#Schaeffer"> Kikilia Fordman</a> '86</li> <li><b> JOSE LIMON COMPANY</b> - Sue Bernhard '77; Kevin Wynn '79; Michael Blake '81; <a href="#Jones"> Pamala Jones</a> '88;Jonathan Riedel '01</li> <li><b> JUBILATION DANCE COMPANY</b> - Jerry Gaines '87</li> <li><b> KEI TAKEI/MOVING EARTH</b> -Sam Yip '86 (with the angels)</li> <li><b> KEVIN WYNN COLLECTION</b> - <a href="#McCarthy"> Cathleen McCarthy</a> '83; <a href="#Jones"> Pamala Jones</a> '88; <a href="#Koeppen"> Elizabeth Koeppen</a> '89; Lynn Morrisey '89; Mia Mansfield '90; Teresa Lebron '91; Colleen Stephens '91; Mary Ann Trotter '91; Michael Martin '92, <a href="#Caley"> Tom Caley</a> '93; <a href="#Graciani"> Ruben Graciani</a> '94; Marc Mann'94 ; Elizabeth Pape '95(with the angels); Lara Licharowicz '96; Stefanie Bland '97</li> <li><b> LAR LUBOVITCH DANCE COMPANY</b> - Doug Varone '78; Susan Shields '88</li> <li><b> LAURA DEAN AND DANCERS</b> - Ney Fonseca '83; Annette Ferguson '85); <a href="#Wennerstrand"> Anne Wennerstrand</a> '85; Margaret Wallin '87; Jennifer Portnoy '89</li> <li><b> LIDO</b> (Paris) - Jonathan Brooke '87 (with the angels)</li> <li><b> LJADA</b> (Berne, Switz.) - Toby Arrington '90</li> <li><b> LUCINDA CHILDS COMPANY</b> - Margaret Wallin '87</li> <li><b> MARGARET JENKINS COMPANY</b> - Melissa Rolnick '79; Joan Norvelle '85; Stephanie Maher '89</li> <li><b> MARK MORRIS COMPANY</b> - <a href="#Davidson"> Ruth Davidson</a> '78; Utafumi Takamura '93 apprentice; <a href="#Graciani"> Ruben Graciani</a> '94 apprentice</li> <li><b> MARK TAYLOR/DANCE ALLOY </b> (PA) - <a href="#Shapiro's"> Danielle Shapiro</a> '82; Lori Brungard '87</li> <li><b> MARTHA GRAHAM DANCE COMPANY</b> - <a href="#Capucilli"> Terese Capucilli</a> '78; Kim Stroud '79; Sharon Neverson '84; Vivien Eng '85; Kathy Crockett '91; Krisha Marcano '93; Stephanie Tooman MFA '00</li> <li><b> MATHEW NASH DANCE THEATRE</b> - Jean McDade BFA '89, MFA '01</li> <li><b> MEG WOLFE/WILD ANGELS UNLIMITED</b> - <a href="#Maloney"> Mariah Maloney</a> '92; Wen Lin Tsuai '92; Kelly Wadlegger '92; Dianne Aldrich '93; Danelle Brust '94</li> <li><b> MERCE CUNNINGHAM DANCE COMPANY</b> - Susan Emery '76; Alan Good '77; <a href="#Barrow"> Hellen Barrow</a> '80; <a href="#Therrien"> Cheryl Therrien</a> '88; Jennifer Weaver '90; <a href="#Caley"> Thomas Caley</a> '93; <a href="#Mohr"> Matthew Mohr</a> '93; China Laudisio '95; Mandy Kirshner '99; Jennifer Goggans '00</li> <li><b> METROPOLITAN OPERA BALLET</b> - Kim Stroud '79; Cynthia Heim '87</li> <li><b> MID-ATLANTIC DANCE COMPANY</b> (N.C.) - Beth Jones '89</li> <li><b> MOMIX</b> - Denise Annie Way '89; Kori Darling '91; Ja'hain Clark '93; Ned Malouf '95</li> <li><b> NAI-NI CHEN DANCE CO.</b> - Catherine Green '90; Mia Mansfield '90; Katherine McGowen '90; Chard Gonzalez '99</li> <li><b> N.Y. THEATRE BALLET</b> - Ursula Prenslau '90</li> <li><b> ODC</b> (San Francisco) - Ney Fonseca Jr. '83</li> <li><b> PASCAL RIOULT DANCE THEATER</b> - Brian Flynn '99</li> <li><b>PAUL TAYLOR DANCE COMPANY</b> - <a href="#Roberts"> Denise Roberts</a> '84; <a href="#Benz"> Rachel Herman Benz</a> '85; <a href="#Cortez"> Hernando Cortez</a> '85; <a href="#Echo"> Jill Echo</a> BFA '87, MFA '00; <a href="#Thomas"> Theodore Thomas</a> '92</li> <li><b> TAYLOR 2</b> - Michelle Fleet '99; Jared Wootan '99</li> <li><b> PETER PUCCI PLUS DANCERS</b> - Waka Watanabe '97</li> <li><b> REBECCA KELLY DANCE Co.</b> - Lisa Spinella '83; Angehyue D'Addario '84; Beth Anne LaComb '88; Laura Corighano '91</li> <li><b> SENTA DRIVER DANCE COMPANY</b> - Carla Barragan '90</li> <li><b> SEVERAL DANCERS CORE</b> (Atlanta, GA) - <a href="#Ciarrochi"> Maya Ciarrochi</a> '89; Gail Giovanniello '91</li> <li><b> SHAPIRO AND SMITH</b> - <a href="#Gibbons">Gayle Gibbons</a> '93</li> <li><b> STREB/RINGSIDE</b> - John Landes '95; Ned Malouf '95</li> <li><b> STEPHEN PETRONIO</b> -Tony Ramos '96; Ashleigh Leite '97; Jenifer Weaver '90</li> <li><b> TANZMODERN</b> (Munich) - Octavio Campos '91</li> <li><b> THEATRE ULM</b> (Germany) - Graham Smith '94</li> <li><b> TRIAD DANCE COMPANY</b> - Ronda Barber '91</li> <li><b> TRISHA BROWN COMPANY</b> - Lisa Schmidt '81; Lance Gries '85; <a href="#Lucas"> Carolyn Lucas</a> '85; <a href="#Thomson"> David Thomson</a> '85 BALA; <a href="#Juralewicz"> Nicole Juralewicz</a> '87; <a href="#Maloney"> Mariah Maloney</a> '92, <a href="#Stone"> Todd Stone</a> '95</li> <li><b> TWYLA THARP AND DANCERS</b> - Mauri Cramer '82; Jodi Melnick '85; <a href="#White"> Gordon White</a> '90 </li> <li><b> URBAN BUSH WOMEN</b> - Christalyn Wright '91</li> <li><b> WASHINGTON BALLET</b> - Amy Walker '97</li> <li><b> WENDY PERRON DANCE COMPANY</b> - Lori Brungard '87; Fred Darsow '87 BALA</li> <li><b> ZEN DANCE COMPANY</b> - Tzyy Yann Hsu '91</li> <li><b> ZENON DANCE COMPANY</b> - <a href="#Coughlin"> Christy Coughlin</a> '94</li> </dir> </font> <p align="right"> <font> <a href="#top">Back to the Top</a> </font> <p align="right"> </td> </tr> </table> </div> <h3 align="center"> <a name="list">Partial List of Conservatory of Dance Alumni</a> </h3> <div align="center"> <center> <table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%" height="334"> <tr> <td width="33%" height="38" valign="top"> <font> <a href="#Azizollahoff">Azizollahoff, Orianna Franco</a></font> </td> <td width="33%" height="38" valign="top"> <font> <a href="#Barber">Barber, Ronda</a></font> </td> <td width="34%" height="38" valign="top"> <font> <a href="#Barnes">Barnes, Alan</a></font> </td> </tr> <tr> <td width="33%" height="20" valign="top"> <font> <a href="#Barrow">Barrow, Helen</a></font> </td> <td width="33%" height="20" valign="top"> <font> <a href="#Benz">Benz, Rachel Berman</a></font> </td> <td width="34%" height="20" valign="top"> <font> <a href="#Brown"> Brown, Bernard J.</a></font> </td> </tr> <tr> <td width="33%" height="20" valign="top"> <font> <a href="#Caley">Caley, Thomas</a></font> </td> <td width="33%" height="20" valign="top"> <font> <a href="#Capucilli">Capucilli, Terese</a></font> </td> <td width="34%" height="20" valign="top"> <font> <a href="#Ciarrochi">Ciarrochi, Maya</a></font> </td> </tr> <tr> <td width="33%" height="20" valign="top"> <font> <a href="#Clark">Clark, Jennifer</a></font> </td> <td width="33%" height="20" valign="top"> <font> <a href="#Colfer">Colfer, Corey</a> </font> </td> <td width="34%" height="20" valign="top"> <font> <a href="#Connor">Connor, Babette V.</a> </font> </td> </tr> <tr> <td width="33%" height="20" valign="top"> <font> <a href="#Cortez">Cortez, Hernando</a></font> </td> <td width="33%" height="20" valign="top"> <font> <a href="#Coughlin">Coughlin, Christy</a></font> </td> <td width="34%" height="20" valign="top"> <font> <a href="#Dannheisser">Dannheisser, Ilana Snyder</a></font> </td> </tr> <tr> <td width="33%" height="38" valign="top"> <font> <a href="#Davern">Davern, Susan Miller</a></font> </td> <td width="33%" height="38" valign="top"> <font> <a href="#Davidson">Davidson, Ruth</a></font> </td> <td width="34%" height="38" valign="top"> <font> <a href="#Donahue">Donahue, Barbara Direcktor</a></font> </td> </tr> <tr> <td width="33%" height="20" valign="top"> <font> <a href="#Echo">Echo, Jill</a></font> </td> <td width="33%" height="20" valign="top"> <font> <a href="#Edelstein">Edelstein, Kathryn Bird</a></font> </td> <td width="34%" height="20" valign="top"> <font> <a href="#Frey">Frey, Denise</a></font> </td> </tr> <tr> <td width="33%" height="20" valign="top"> <font> <a href="#Gibbons">Gibbons, Gayle</a></font> </td> <td width="33%" height="20" valign="top"> <font> <a href="#Gillespie">Gillespie, Maria</a></font> </td> <td width="34%" height="20" valign="top"> <font> <a href="#Gillman">Gillman, Leah</a></font> </td> </tr> <tr> <td width="33%" height="20" valign="top"> <font> <a href="#Graciani"> Graciani, Ruben</a></font> </td> <td width="33%" height="20" valign="top"> <font> <a href="#Hershberger">Hershberger, Laurie</a></font> </td> <td width="34%" height="20" valign="top"> <font> <a href="#Jiles">Jiles, Jennifer</a> </font> </td> </tr> <tr> <td width="33%" height="20" valign="top"> <font> <a href="#Jones">Jones, Pamala </a> </font> </td> <td width="33%" height="20" valign="top"> <font> <a href="#Juralewicz">Juralewicz, Nicole</a></font> </td> <td width="34%" height="20" valign="top"><font><a href="#Koeppen">Koeppen, Elizabeth</a></font> </td> </tr> <tr> <td width="33%" height="20" valign="top"><font><a href="#Lamm">Lamm, Mia</a></font> </td> <td width="33%" height="20" valign="top"><font><a href="#Langsner">Langsner, Nancy</a></font> </td> <td width="34%" height="20" valign="top"><font><a href="#Leblanc">LeBlanc, Rosalynde</a></font> </td> </tr> <tr> <td width="33%" height="20" valign="top"><font><a href="#Livingston">Livingston, Gregory</a></font> </td> <td width="33%" height="20" valign="top"><font><a href="#Lopez">Lopez, Arleana</a></font> </td> <td width="34%" height="20" valign="top"><font><a href="#Lucas">Lucas, Carolyn</a></font> </td> </tr> <tr> <td width="33%" height="18" valign="top"><font><a href="#Maloney">Maloney, Mariah</a> </font> </td> <td width="33%" height="18" valign="top"><font><a href="#Mcallister">Mcallister, Lucy S.</a> </font> </td> <td width="34%" height="18" valign="top"><font><a href="#McCarthy">McCarthy, Cathleen</a></font> </td> </tr> <tr> <td width="33%" height="20" valign="top"><font><a href="#McEwen">McEwen, Heather Canterbury</a></font> </td> <td width="33%" height="20" valign="top"><font><a href="#Mohr"> Mohr, Matthew R.</a></font> </td> <td width="34%" height="20" valign="top"><font><a href="#Nagy">Nagy, Lisan Dingnam</a></font> </td> </tr> <tr> <td width="33%" height="20" valign="top"><font><a href="#Ortiz">Ortiz, Ginna Elizabeth</a></font> </td> <td width="33%" height="20" valign="top"><font><a href="#Palleja">Palleja, Evelyn Iris</a></font> </td> <td width="34%" height="20" valign="top"><font><a href="#Piggot">Piggot, Francine</a></font> </td> </tr> <tr> <td width="33%" height="20" valign="top"><font><a href="#Rivera">Rivera, Eric</a></font> </td> <td width="33%" height="20" valign="top"><font><a href="#Roberts">Roberts, Denise</a></font> </td> <td width="34%" height="20" valign="top"><font><a href="#Schaeffer">Schaeffer, Kikilia Fordham</a></font> </td> </tr> <tr> <td width="33%" height="20" valign="top"><font><a href="#Shapiro's">Shapiro's, Danielle</a></font> </td> <td width="33%" height="20" valign="top"><font><a href="#Simons">Simons, Beth</a></font> </td> <td width="34%" height="20" valign="top"><font><a href="#Stone">Stone, Todd</a></font> </td> </tr> <tr> <td width="33%" height="20" valign="top"><font><a href="#Therrien">Therrien, Cheryl</a></font> </td> <td width="33%" height="20" valign="top"><font><a href="#Thomas">Thomas, Theodore</a></font> </td> <td width="34%" 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align="right"><a href="#top">Back to the Top</a> <p align="right">  </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" align="left" colspan="4"> <font> <img src="alumnilist/86-Nylon.jpg" align="right" border="0" alt="86-Nylon" width="150" height="200"><b><a name="Clark">86</a><a name="Gillespie"> NYLON</a></b><a name="Simons"> is</a> a collaborative group made up of three Purchase College SUNY graduates, <b>Jennifer Clark, Maria Gillespie </b>and <b>Beth Simons '93</b>. The three have been choreographing and dancing together in NYC since January 1994. The basis of their work is exploring and developing material via improvisation and video. The performance venues have been Movement Research’ "Open Movement", Context Hall, Dixon Place, The Next Stage and Gowanus Arts Exchange. The space grant from the Harkness Foundation allowed them to spend summers of 1994 and 1995 at Purchase developing "Fifteen Percent". </font> <font> <p align="right"><a href="#list">Back to the List</a> </font> <p>  </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" align="left" colspan="4"> <font> <b><a name="Azizollahoff">Oriana Franco-Azizollahoff </a></b>graduated from Purchase College in 1985. She has performed with the <i>Bat-Dor Dance Company</i> in Tel-Aviv, Israel and is currently with <i>Ballet Contempora</i> in Lima, Peru. She has taught at Bat-Dor Studios of Dance, Israeli Ballet, Kfar-Savah Conservatorium in Israel, Roosevelt School in Lima, Peru and Ballet Contempora. </font> <font> <p align="right"><a href="#list">Back to the List</a> </font> <p>  </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" align="left" colspan="4"> <font><b><a name="Barber">Ronda Barber</a></b> graduated from Purchase in 1991. She performs with the <i>Triad Dance Ensemble</i>, a Sullivan County, NY based company. Ms. Barber teaches for Terpischore, The Dancer School, Kennett Gymnastics, Kennett Dance Center, Sportsplex and the Newburgh Jewish Community Center. Ronda is also the owner of <i>Step by Step</i>, her own dance studio in New Windsor, NY. </font> <font> <p align="right"><a href="#list">Back to the List</a> </font> <p>  </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" align="left" colspan="4"> <font> <img src="alumnilist/barnes.jpg" align="right" border="0" alt="Alan Barnes" width="150" height="200"><b><a name="Barnes">Alan Barnes</a></b> was born in Brooklyn, New York and raised in Queens, New York. He graduated from the State University of New York at Purchase in 1987. After graduation he danced with <i>Dance Theater of Harlem</i>. Mr. Barnes is currently a member of the <i>Frankfurt Ballet </i>in Germany with Billy Forsyth.</font> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <font> <p align="right"><a href="#list">Back to the List</a> </font> <p>  </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" align="left" colspan="4"> <font><b><a name="Barrow">Helen Barrow '80</a></b>, was born and raised in Washington D.C. She graduated from the Academy of the Washington Ballet and holds a BFA from Purchase College. She has danced with the <i>Washington Ballet</i>, Jim Self, Kevin Wynn and Robert Wood. In 1982, she joined the <i>Merce Cunningham Dance Company</i>.</font> <font> <p align="right"><a href="#list">Back to the List</a> </font> <p>  </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" align="left" colspan="4"> <font><b> <img border="0" src="alumnilist/benz.jpg" align="right" alt="Rachel Berman Benz" width="150" height="200"><a name="Benz">Rachel Berman Benz '85</a></b>, is originally from Honolulu, Hawaii, where she began her dance training. She has also studied at the San Francisco Ballet School and was on scholarship at the Joffrey Ballet, Alvin Ailey and Paul Taylor schools. Ms. Berman Benz received a BFA in Dance from the State University of New York at Purchase and has performed with <i>Ballet Hispanico</i>, May O’Donnell, Kevin Wynn, <i>Dance Compass</i> and the <i>Joyce Trisler Danscompany</i>. She made her debut with the <i>Paul Taylor Dance Company</i> at the Spoleto Festival in Melbourne, Australia in 1989. She has taught for the Hawaii State Dance Council and in Tokyo, Japan.</font> <font> <p align="right"><a href="#list">Back to the List</a> </font> <p>  </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" align="left" colspan="4"> <font><b><a name="Brown">Bernard J. Brown </a></b> is a native of Los Angeles, CA. In L.A. he trained with Lula Washington, Ron Brown, and Stephan Wenta. He received scholarships from Idyllwild Arts Academy, Pittsburgh Ballet Theater, Alvin Ailey American Dance Center Summer Intensive, the Graham School, Southern Methodist University, and Purchase College, which he received a BFA in Dance in May 2001. He spent the summer of 2000 in Spain under the tutelage of Kazuko Hirabayashi. Bernard has performed professionally with the Lula Washington Dance Theater. He has also been seen in Donald Byrd's Harlem Nutcracker.</font> <font> <p align="right"><a href="#list">Back to the List</a> </font> <p>  </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" align="left" colspan="4"> <font><b><a name="Caley">Thomas Caley</a></b> was born in Michigan, where he attended Interlochen Arts Academy. In the spring of 1992, he graduated from Purchase College, with a B.F.A. in dance, and a President’s Award for Outstanding Senior in Dance. In New York, he has performed with Neil Greenberg, Kevin Wynn and Kenneth Tosti. He is a Princess Grace Foundation-USA Dance Scholar for 1993-94 and joined the <i>Merce Cunningham Dance Company</i> in August 1993.</font> <font> <p align="right"><a href="#list">Back to the List</a> </font> <p>  </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" align="left" colspan="4"> <font> <b> <img src="alumnilist/capucilli.jpg" align="right" border="0" alt="Terese Capucilli" width="150" height="200"><a name="Capucilli">Terese Capucilli</a></b> was born in Syracuse, New York, the middle child in a family of seven children. The daughter of Dan Theresa Capucilli of Westvale, she attended St. Cecilia’s School and Westhill High School while studying everything from tap to ballet with Augustine Skapura and later studied at Syracuse Ballet Theatre. Following in the footsteps of her older brothers and sisters she became very involved in musical theater. As a member of the St. Cecilian Players directed by Mario DeSantis and also a member of the Pampeiian Player directed by Monsignor Charles Bourgoni, Capucilli performed in many musical productions presented by both groups. High School brought opportunities to study voice (with Bill Black) and to choreograph and perform in many choral works, rock operas and musicals. In her senior year; having never see modern dance before, Capucilli discovered ‘Graham’ technique with Joni Consroe at Syracuse Ballet’s school. Wanting to find a college where she could do "everything…dance, sing, act…", Consroe suggested Purchase where she knew Dean Bill Bales. Consequently, she choreographed a solo for Capucilli and wrote a letter of recommendation. Capucilli auditioned and was accepted. <p>In 1974, Terese attended the State University of New York at Purchase where she received her Bachelor of Fine Arts degree in Dance 1978. Upon graduation, she was offered a scholarship at the Martha Graham Center of Contemporary Dance in New York City.</p> <p>In March of 1979, Ms. Capucilli was asked to join the Martha Graham Dance Company. The same year she was one of four performers chosen to dance in the honor of Martha Graham in the CBS-TV presentation of the Kennedy Center Honors. The following year, in the featured role of Young Clytemnestra, she was partnered by Rudolf Nureyev at the Metropolitan Opera House in New York City.</p> <p>Performing principal roles with the Company since 1982, she has danced a wide range of classic roles, among them over twenty-five originally performed by Martha Graham. Capucilli has become known for her interpretation of the lead role in nearly every revival presented by the Company since 1983.</p> <p>During the years, Ms. Capucilli has also performed with the companies of Mel Wong. Kazuko Hirabayashi, Marcus Schulkins, Jean-Louis Morin and James Sewell and was a founding member of Elisa Monte Dancers, with whom she has appeared as a guest artist. Ms. Capucilli is also an Associate Founder of Buglisi/Foreman Dance, a company formed with colleagues Jacqulyn Buglisi, Donlin Foremen and Christine Dakin.</p> <p>Ms. Capucilli is a faculty member of the Martha Graham Center of Contemporary Dance and has taught as a guest teacher at Purchase College and The Juilliard School. She has also held master classes, and workshops throughout the United Sates, Canada and Europe and conducts lectures of the nature of the reconstruction process of Martha Graham’s early solos.</p> <p>Terese is featured in photographs by Lisa Levart and Martha Swope in Donlin Foreman’s book OUT OF MARTHA’S HOUSE. Ms. Capucilli is a recipient of a 1985-86 Dance Fellowship from the Princess Grace Foundation-USA and the following year was awarded the Princess Grace Statuette for her continued work with the Graham Company.</p> <p>Terese lives with her husband, actor Bill Randolph, in New York City.</p> <p align="right"><a href="#list">Back to the List</a> </font> <p>  </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" align="left" colspan="4"> <font> <b><a name="Ciarrochi">Maya Ciarrochi</a></b> lives in Atlanta, GA. She graduated from Purchase College in 1989. Maya has performed with <i>Beacon Dance Company</i>, <i>Hernando Cortezt Dancers</i> and <i>Company Appeals</i>. Maya has choreographed for <i>Capitol City Ballet</i> and <i>Core Performance Company</i>. She has also presented work at Mulberry Street Theater, Curcum Arts Center and Gowanus Arts Exchange. She is currently teaching with <i>Capitol City Ballet</i> in Little Rock, Arkansas and performing with <i>Several Dancers Core/Core Performance Company</i>.</font> <font> <p align="right"><a href="#list">Back to the List</a> </font> <p>  </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" align="left" colspan="4"> <font><b><a name="Colfer">Corey Colfer</a></b> graduated from Purchase College in 1991. He has performed with the <i>Nikolais-Louis Dance Company</i> and <i>Le Ballet Jazz de Montreal</i>. He performed several years as a soloist with Cleveland Ballet and has also choreographed a new ballet on company members. Mr. Colfer now resides in Florida where he is teaching choreography and performing.</font> <font> <p align="right"><a href="#list">Back to the List</a> </font> <p>  </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" align="left" colspan="4"> <font><b><a name="Connor">Babette V. Connor</a></b> is a 1985 graduate of the Dance Division, Purchase College. She has taught at Hofstra University, New York University, <i>Ballet Hispanico</i>, Talented Unlimited High School in NYC and BOCES-Arts in Education in Long Island Public Schools. Ms. Connor received her Masters in Dance Education from NYU and is currently the director of Tiny-Tots Gymnastics School at Riverside Gymnastics Academy in Long Island, NY. </font> <font> <p align="right"><a href="#list">Back to the List</a> </font> <p>  </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" align="left" colspan="4"> <font><b> <img border="0" src="alumnilist/cortez.jpg" align="right" alt="Hernando Cortez" width="150" height="200"><a name="Cortez">Hernando Cortez '85</a></b>, was born in Manila, Philippines and grew up in Vancouver. After earning a BFA in dance from the State University of New York at Purchase, he danced with the <i>Feld Ballet</i> before joining the <i>Paul Taylor Dance Company</i> in 1987. In 1993, he organized Dancers Responding to AIDS, serves on the Dance Notation Bureau’s Professional Advisory Committee, and on Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS’ new Development Committee. He recently created two works for New Dances for the 21<sup>st</sup> Century, a solo for the Gay Games IV Cultural Festival, a work for The Field’s Performance Blind, and presents concerts of his own work in NYC and on tour, Mr. Cortez has also performed with the <i>White Oak Dance Project</i>. </font> <font> <p align="right"><a href="#list">Back to the List</a> </font> <p>  </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" align="left" colspan="4"> <font><b><a name="Coughlin">Christy Coughlin</a></b> graduated from Purchase College in 1994. She perfored with <i>Company Appeals</i> and <i>Cornfield Dance</i>. </font> <font> <p align="right"><a href="#list">Back to the List</a> </font> <p>  </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" align="left" colspan="4"> <font><b><a name="Dannheisser">Ilana Snyder Dannheisser</a></b> graduated in 1977. She has danced with Susan Dibble, Kazuko Hirabayashi, <i>D. Vislocky Dance Theater</i> and <i>ChoreoCollective</i>. She has taught at various Schools in London, including her most current engagement with the Arts Educational School. In addition, Ilana has produced works in London at the Laban Centre and Arts Educational Schools since 1978. She has two children and is licensed in the practice of Classical Homeopathy. </font> <font> <p align="right"><a href="#list">Back to the List</a> </font> <p>  </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" align="left" colspan="4"> <font><b><a name="Davern">Susan Miller Davern</a></b> received her degree in 1984 from the Dance Division at Purchase College. Most currently Susan has performed, taught, choreographed and worked as an administrator for the Arlington Dance Theater. She has also taught at the Ballet Academy of Northern Virginia, Alexander School System and Alexander Performing Arts Center. Company credits include <i>Channel 53 Plus</i> and <i>Kathy Harty Grey & Dancers.</i> </font> <font> <p align="right"><a href="#list">Back to the List</a> </font> <p>  </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" align="left" colspan="4"> <font><b> <img border="0" src="alumnilist/davidson.jpg" align="right" alt="Ruth Davidson" width="150" height="200"><a name="Davidson">Ruth Davidson '78</a></b>, a native New Yorker, began her serious dance training at the High School of Performing Arts where she was a recipient of the coveted Helen Tamaris Award. After attaining her B.F.A. from Purchase College, she began her professional career with the <i>Hannah Kahn Dance Company</i>. Ms. Davidson later joined the <i>Don Redlich Dance Company</i> where she had the honor of working with dance master Hanya Holm. She appears in "Hanya: Portrait of a Dance Pioneer," a biographical film on the career of Ms. Holm. She has been performing with the <i>Mark Morris Dance Group</i> since 1980. Ms. Davidson has consistently studied with Jocelyn Lorenz since 1979.</font> <font> <p align="right"><a href="#list">Back to the List</a> </font> <p>  </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" align="left" colspan="4"> <font><b><a name="Donahue">Barbara Direcktor Donahue</a></b> graduated from Purchase College in 1978. For the past three years, she has taught Dance Theater in Tiverton, Little Compton, Westport and Providence. Ms. Donahue performed with <i>Dibble Dancers, Grethe Holby, Asakawalker, Nancy Spanier Dance Theater and the Brown Dance Extension</i>. Ms Donahue was the Artistic Director of Rhode Island’s <i>Tanagra Movement Theater</i> for five years. She has choreographed for the <i>Island Moving Company, The Newport Children’s Dance Theater</i>, The Silviera Kindergarten, and for the Pennfield School. </font> <font> <p align="right"><a href="#list">Back to the List</a> </font> <p>  </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" align="left" colspan="4"> <font><b> <img border="0" src="alumnilist/jill2.jpg" align="right" alt="Jill Echo" width="250" height="200"><a name="Echo">Jill Echo, BFA '87</a>, MFA '00</b> was raised in Nutley, New Jersey. She received her BFA and MFA in Dance from the State University of New York at Purchase. After graduation she worked with Pearl Lang Dance Company and with Ruby Shang for the PBS series Alive from Off-Center. She has danced with various Taylor Company members in their own works and has performed with <i>Janis Brenner & Dancers</i> and <i>Sue Bernhard Dance Works</i>. She joined <i>Taylor 2</i> in the summer of 1993 and in April 1995, became a member of the<i> Paul Taylor Dance Company.</i></font> <font> <p align="right"><a href="#list">Back to the List</a> </font> <p>  </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" align="left" colspan="4"> <font><b><a name="Edelstein">Kathryn Bird Edelstein</a></b> graduated in 1994 from Purchase College. She is a member of <i>Southern Danceworks</i> in Alabama. Presently, Kathryn is pursuing a Masters degree in Education (Language Arts) at the University of Alabama at Birmingham.</font> <font> <p align="right"><a href="#list">Back to the List</a> </font> <p>  </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" align="left" colspan="4"> <font><b><a name="Frey">Denise Frey</a></b> graduated in 1993 from Purchase College. She has worked with <i>Albany Berkshire Ballet</i> and <i>Connecticut Ballet Theater</i>. Currently, she is teaching ballet for Dance Academy in Elmer, NJ and Ballet Center in Philadelphia, PA.</font> <font> <p align="right"><a href="#list">Back to the List</a> </font> <p>  </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" align="left" colspan="4"> <font> <b><a name="White">Gordon F. White '90</a></b>, has a heart shaped birthmark…After a brief introduction to dance at Purchase College, Mr. White moved to NYC. During this time, he had the pleasure of working with Twyla Tharp, José Limón Dance Company, Jacob’s Pillow Men Dancers Project, Creach/Koester, Kevin Wynn Collection, Colin Connor and Sungsoo Ahn among others. He has appeared as a guest artist with Rondo Dance Theater, Phyllis Lahmut, Peter Pucci Plus, and Stephen Petronio (wearing a pink corset). Thanks to Mom for years of chocolate cookies and fan mail. Mr. White performed for several years with <i>Bill T. Jones/Arnie Zane Dance Company.</i> </font> <font> <p align="right"><a href="#list">Back to the List</a> </font> <p>  </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" align="left" colspan="4"> <font><b><a name="Gibbons">Gayle Gibbons</a></b> graduated from Purchase in 1992. She has toured nationally and internationally with the <i>Shapiro and Smith Dance Company</i> and <i>Matthew Nash Music & Dance</i>. She has choreographed, performed and taught with the <i>Phffft Dance Theater Company</i> presenting work in the 1994 Spoleto USA festival, Dunios Theater in Paris, France, Dance Space in Washington D.C., and in New York City. Her solo works have been presented at the DIA Center for the Arts, Purchase College SUNY and the Theater for the New City. </font> <font> <p align="right"><a href="#list">Back to the List</a> </font> <p>  </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" align="left" colspan="4"> <font><b><a name="Gillman">Leah Gillman</a></b> graduated from Purchase College with a Composition Concentration. She formed <i>The Gillman Troop,</i> which has performed at the Cunningham Studio, Next Stage, Mulberry Street Theater, The Train Station (upstate NY), The Room and The Empty Space Theater. She is the Co-Director of the dance ensemble for the <i>Next Stage Company</i> and also a member of the artistic committee. Leah’s Company members consist of many Purchase alumni. Mei-Sang Hsieh ’94, Kara Vernarec ’94, Athena Malloy ’92, Parker Lutz ’92,  Tami Stronach ’95, Danielle Brust ’94 and Juliet Harvey ’93. </font> <font> <p align="right"><a href="#list">Back to the List</a> </font> <p>  </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" align="left" colspan="4"> <font><b><a name="Graciani">Rubén Graciani </a></b> is from Kitty Hawk, NC. He is a high school graduate of the North Carolina School of the Arts and received his BFA from the State University of New York at Purchase. He has toured the U.S. and abroad with Purchase Dance Corps, the Kevin Wynn Collection, and the Mark Morris Dance Group. In the spring of 2000, Ruben started his own not-for-profit company, the Delaware Shore Project for the Arts. DESPA's mission is to bring the performing arts to the underserved communities of the Delaware shore. DESPA held its inaugural performances in Rehoboth Beach, DE in September of 2000. Ruben began dancing with bopi in 1996.</font> <font> <p align="right"><a href="#list">Back to the List</a> </font> <p>  </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" align="left" colspan="4"> <font><b> <img src="alumnilist/lauri.jpg" align="right" border="0" alt="Laurie Hershberger" width="250" height="200"><a name="Hershberger">Laurie Hershberger </a></b>graduated from Purchase in 1992. Laurie has performed with <i>Carol Mazzacappa/Charles Wiedman Foundation, Freeman Repertory</i> <i>Company</i> and <i>Convergence Dancers and Musicians</i>. She is presently performing with the <i>Carolyn Dorfman Dance Company</i>. In addition to her dancing she enjoys part-time work in the restoration and repair of antique, hand-hooked rugs (American Folk Art) at the Stephen T. Anderson studio in New York City.</font> <font> <p align="right"><a href="#list">Back to the List</a> </font> <p>  </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" align="left" colspan="4"> <font> <b> <img src="alumnilist/jiles.jpg" align="right" border="0" alt="Jennifer Jiles" width="132" height="200"><a name="Jiles">Jennifer Jiles '88</a></b>, (formerly Jennifer Blumberg) is a New York based actress and comedienne. She was born and raised in Poughkeepsie, New York. After graduating with a BFA from the School of the Arts Dance Division at Purchase College, Jennifer moved to New York to pursue her career as a professional entertainer. <p>Jiles’ extensive credits include the National tour of <i>The Odd Couple</i> starring Tim Conway and Tom Poston, and <i>Mame</i> starring Samantha Egger and Shani Wallis, in which she played Agnes Gooch. For this role, she received numerous good reviews notably from Alvin Klein of the <i>New York Times</i>, "Jennifer Jiles is pleasantly believable and welcomely less exaggerated then the usual Agnes Gooch, a misfit in her orthopedic oxfords."</p> <p>She has appeared in commercials, most recently for the Olive Garden Restaurant, and has danced as a Rockette at Radio City Music Hall.</p> <p>What makes Jennifer Jiles so unique is her versatility. She has that attractive "show girl look" but can transform herself into many different characters creating laughter with each one. She showcases her comedic range each week performing sketch comedy with Third Rail Comedy in Greenwich Village, NY.</p> <p>Ms. Jiles is also ebullient host of the New York Emmy Award winning SportsChannel show, <i>DYNAMETS!,</i> a New York Mets baseball show for kids. Watch the show, but observe the children as much as you do Ms. Jiles. You will feel the chemistry and you will sense something special. Part of it is talent, part of it is love, all of it is pure Jennifer Jiles. Perhaps this is why Jiles is actively involved in numerous children’s charities including: Saint Jude’s Champions for charity, the National Center for Disabilities Services in Albertson, NY, and the Valerie Fund, a New Jersey Children’s Cancer and Blood Disorder charity for which she serves as Celebrity Emissary and valued member of the President’s Committee on Celebrity Participation. Perhaps, as well, watch as Jennifer Jiles hosts the <i>DYNAMETS!</i>/Valerie Fund Holiday Show and feel how your heart tugs as you see The Valerie Fund children are drawn to her light. </font> <font> <p align="right"><a href="#list">Back to the List</a> </font> <p>  </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" align="left" colspan="4"> <font> <b> <img border="0" src="alumnilist/jones.jpg" align="right" alt="Pamala Jones" width="150" height="200"><a name="Jones">Pamala Jones '88</a></b>, a native of Atlanta, GA, began her formal training under her mentor Annette Lewis at the age of thirteen. She later earned her B.F.A. with honors from Purchase College SUNY and in 1988 joined the José Limón Dance Company. Along with touring the world with the Limon Company, Ms. Jones has taught on both coasts of the U.S. including at San Jose State, Purchase College SUNY and Hunter College. She has also performed with the <i>Kevin Wynn Collection, Annabelle Gamson, Diane McIntyre, Diane Jacobowitz Dance Wave, Larry Clark and Dancers</i> and as a guest artist with the <i>Phyllis Lamhut Dance Company</i>. Ms. Jones’ choreography has been presented by numerous groups, including the Dance in Education Fund in Westchester and the Brooklyn Dance Consortium. She would like to thank her husband and family for their unlimited love and support.</font> <font> <p align="right"><a href="#list">Back to the List</a> </font> <p>  </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" align="left" colspan="4"> <font><b> <img border="0" src="alumnilist/juralewicz.jpg" align="right" alt="Nicole Juralewicz" width="150" height="200"><a name="Juralewicz">Nicole Juralewicz '87</a></b>, is a dancer, performer and teacher. Her classes are influenced by her practices in the Susan Klein Technique, Yoga and Qi Gong. As a member of the <i>Trisha Brown Company</i> for eight years, Niki has taught workshops and residencies both nationally and internationally. The focus in her classes is generated by Niki’s curiosity of how the physical body communicates itself through time and space.</font> <p> </p> <p> </p> <font> <p align="right"><a href="#list">Back to the List</a> </font> <p>  </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" align="left" colspan="4"> <font><b> <img border="0" src="alumnilist/koeppen.jpg" align="right" alt="Elizabeth Koeppen" width="150" height="200"><a name="Koeppen">Elizabeth Koeppen '89</a></b>, was born and raised in Virginia Beach, VA where she began her training with Judith Hatcher and Darlene Kelly. She later received her B.F.A. in Dance from the State University of New York at Purchase, where she studied with Larry Clark, Kevin Wynn, Gayle Young, Rosanna Seravalli, and BettiJane Sills. In 1987, she toured with the <i>Purchase Dance Corps</i> to the International Dance Festival in Hong Kong. She has performed in New York with the <i>Kevin Wynn Collection</i> and joined <i>The Parsons Dance Company</i> in 1989. She has staged works by Mr. Parsons on numerous companies including Les Ballets Jazz de Montreal.</font> <font> <p align="right"><a href="#list">Back to the List</a> </font> <p>  </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" align="left" colspan="4"> <font><b><a name="Lamm">Mia Lamm '90</a></b>, (formerly Mia Mansfield) has performed with <i>Nai-Ni Chen Dance Company, the Kevin Wynn Collection</i> and presently for <i>Lamm/Canciani Dance Series</i>. She has taught and choreographed throughout NYC. Currently, besides working on the <i>Lamm/Canciani Dance Series</i>, Mia is studying at the Laban/Bartenieff Institute of Movement. </font> <font> <p align="right"><a href="#list">Back to the List</a> </font> <p>  </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" align="left" colspan="4"> <font><b><a name="Langsner">Nancy Langsner</a></b> graduated from Purchase College in 1988. After Purchase, she danced in NYC with <i>Mel Wong Dance Company</i> and the J<i>ane Comfort Dance Company</i>. She has also performed as a guest dancer in Paris with the <i>Rush Dance Company</i>. She has since earned a Masters degree in Counseling and Psychology. Nancy now works as a teacher of creative expressive dance for emotionally unstable children. </font> <font> <p align="right"><a href="#list">Back to the List</a> </font> <p>  </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" align="left" colspan="4"> <font><b><a name="Leblanc">Rosalynde LeBlanc '94</a></b>, grew up in Baltimore, MD, where she started dancing with the Peabody Preparatory at the age of 13. In 1992, she received a 2<sup>nd</sup> level performance award from the National foundation for the Advancement in the Arts. Ms. LeBlanc joined the <i>Bill T. Jones/ Arnie Zane Company</i> in March 1994 after her graduation with a BFA in dance from Purchase College. She currently performs with the <i>White Oak Dance Project</i>.</font> <font> <p align="right"><a href="#list">Back to the List</a> </font> <p> </p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" align="left" colspan="4"> <font><b> <img border="0" src="alumnilist/kathryn.jpg" align="right" alt="Katthryn Warkomski-Li" width="150" height="200"><a name="Li">Kathryn Warakomsky-Li </a></b>graduated from Purchase in 1983. After graduation she performed with <i>Ballet de Santiago</i> in Chile where she rose to principal in 1986. She is currently a principal dancer with the <i>Houston Ballet</i>.</font> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" align="left" colspan="4"> <font> <p align="right"><a href="#list"><br> Back to the List</a> </font> <p>  </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" align="left" colspan="4"> <font><b> <img src="alumnilist/livingston.jpg" align="right" border="0" alt="Gregory Livingston" width="299" height="200"><a name="Livingston">Gregory Livingston</a></b> graduated from the State University of New York at Purchase, Dance Division in 1991 and performed with the <i>City Contemporary Dance Company</i> in Hong Kong.</font> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <font> <p align="right"><a href="#list">Back to the List</a> </font> <p>  </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" align="left" colspan="4"> <font><b><a name="López">Arleane López</a></b> was born and raised in San Juan, Puerto Rico. She began her dance training in 1983 at the Julian E. Blanco Ballet School and subsequently became a member of Ballet Teatro Municipal of San Juan and Ballet Concierto de Puerto Rico. She joined Ballet Hispanico in 1998, after completing a BFA in dance from Purchase College, State University of New York.</font> <font> <p align="right"><a href="#list">Back to the List</a> </font> <p>  </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" align="left" colspan="4"> <font><b><a name="Lucas">Carolyn Lucas '85</a></b>, was born in Raleigh, North Carolina. She is a graduate of North Carolina School of the Arts and received her BFA in Dance from Purchase College. She apprenticed with the <i>José Limón Dance Company</i> before joining the <i>Trisha Brown Company</i> in November 1984. Carolyn has studied the Alexander Technique with June Ekman since 1986. She continues her training with Susan Klein, Barbara Mahler and Lydia Yohay. Ms. Lucas was appointed Assistant to the Choreographer in 1994.</font> <font> <p align="right"><a href="#list">Back to the List</a> </font> <p>  </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" align="left" colspan="4"> <font><b><a name="Maloney">Mariah Maloney</a></b> is a 1992 graduate of Purchase College. She is company member of the <i>Trisha Brown Company</i> hired in February 1995. </font> <font> <p align="right"><a href="#list">Back to the List</a> </font> <p>  </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" align="left" colspan="4"> <font><b><a name="Mcallister">Lucy S. Mcallister</a></b> is a 1982 graduate from Purchase College. To make money, Ms. McAllister is a practicing trial attorney in the greater Bay Area. To sustain her love of dance he is currently directing and producing <i>Summerfest</i>, a summer dance festival featuring new and seasoned choreographers. </font> <font> <p align="right"><a href="#list">Back to the List</a> </font> <p>  </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" align="left" colspan="4"> <font><b> <img src="alumnilist/mccarthy.jpg" align="right" border="0" alt="Cathleen McCarthy" width="150" height="200"><a name="McCarthy">Cathleen McCarthy </a></b>graduated from Purchase in 1983. She has performed with <i>Macfarland/Whistler/DanceArt Company, Ruth Landgridge Dance Company, Zaccho Dance Theater, New Dance Company, Larry Clark & Dancers</i>, and <i>The Kevin Wynn Collection</i>. In 1991 she started an annual dance festival in San Francisco called <i>Summerfest</i> which has produced the works of several Purchase alumni. At the present time, she teaches ballet and modern at the High School for the Performing Arts in San Francisco. </font> <p>  <font> <p align="right"><a href="#list">Back to the List</a> </font> <p>  </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" align="left" colspan="4"> <font><b><a name="McEwen">Heather Canterbury McEwen</a></b> graduated from the State University of New York at Purchase, Dance Division in 1993. She is currently a member of Ballet Long Island, previously of Alaska Dance Theatre. </font> <font> <p align="right"><a href="#list">Back to the List</a> </font> <p>  </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" align="left" colspan="4"> <font><b><a name="Mohr">Matthew R. Mohr </a></b>graduated Purchase College in 1994, performed with Merce Cunningham Dance Company from 1994 to 2000, recently performed with the Stanley Love Performance Group, is thrilled to perform with bopi, and will choreograph for Chashama in March.</font> <font> <p align="right"><a href="#list">Back to the List</a> </font> <p>  </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" align="left" colspan="4"> <font><b><a name="Nagy">Lisan Dingnam-Nagy </a></b>graduated in 1984 from Purchase College. She has been the Artistic Director of the Lisan Dingnam-Nagy School of the Ballet Arts, Niagara-on-the-Lake, Ontario, Canada since 1988. In 1991, Lisan became a licentiate member of the Cecchetti Society Branch, London, England. </font> <font> <p align="right"><a href="#list">Back to the List</a> </font> <p>  </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" align="left" colspan="4"> <font><b><a name="Ortiz">Ginna Elizabeth Ortiz</a></b> graduated Purchase College in 1994. She has performed with the <i>New England Dance Theater</i> and <i>Dance Theater of Harlem</i>. Ginna is a teacher and a rehearsal director for the New England Academy of Dance in New Canaan, Connecticut. </font> <font> <p align="right"><a href="#list">Back to the List</a> </font> <p>  </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" align="left" colspan="4"> <font><b><a name="Palleja">Evelyn Iris Palleja</a></b> graduated from Purchase in 1992. She has toured throughout Europe and the United States with the <i>Karmen La Rumbe Dance Company</i> in Madrid. In addition, her choreography has been presented on the <i>9-10 Dance Company</i> in Spain and her solo works have been performed in New York and Florida. Prior to her work in Spain, she toured with the <i>Purchase Dance Corps</i> in Europe and the US. She has performed work by Paul Taylor, Christopher Gillis, Kevin Wynn, Neil Greenberg and Matthew Nash. </font> <font> <p align="right"><a href="#list">Back to the List</a> </font> <p>  </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" align="left" colspan="4"> <font><b> <img src="alumnilist/piggott.jpg" align="right" border="0" alt="Francine Piggot" width="150" height="200"><a name="Piggot">Francine Piggot</a></b> graduated in 1976 with the first graduating class of dancers from Purchase. She has performed with <i>Diane McIntyre’s Sound of Motion, Nat Horne’s Musical Theater</i> and <i>Choreo Collective</i>. At present, she performs with the Allen A.M.E. Liturgical Dance Choir and teaches creative movement and drama programs for grade K-5 at the New Canaan Country School. </font> <p> </p> <p> </p> <font> <p align="right"><a href="#list">Back to the List</a> </font> <p>  </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" align="left" colspan="4"> <font><b><a name="Rivera">Eric Rivera '96</a></b>, a native of Puerto Rico, is in his fourth season with Ballet Hispanico. He has performed with Minnesota Ballet, Ballet Theater of Pennsylvania, Ballet Teatro Municipal de San Juan, and the Purchase Dance Corp, where he performed in works by Mark Morris, José Limón, Kenneth McMillan and George Balanchine. Prior to joining Ballet Hispanico in 1998, he performed in a production of Carousel and a European tour of Jerome Robbins' West Side Story. He earned a BFA in dance from Purchase College, State University of New York.</font> <font> <p align="right"><a href="#list">Back to the List</a> </font> <p>  </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" align="left" colspan="4"> <font><b> <img src="alumnilist/roberts.jpg" align="right" border="0" alt="Denise Roberts" width="150" height="200"><a name="Roberts">Denise Roberts '84</a></b>, was raised in Johnson City, New York, where she began Dancing with Ilene Danek. She received a B.F.A. in dance from the State University of New York at Purchase and has danced in the companies of Hannah Kahn, Kevin Wynn and Douglas Wright. She was one of the original members of <i>The Parsons Dance Company</i> and has set Mr. Parsons’ work on the <i>Purchase Dance Corps</i> and <i>Netherlands Dance Theater</i>. Ms. Roberts has taught at Purchase College, the Juilliard School and Keene Sate College, New Hampshire. She is also an Associate Director of Dancers Responding to AIDS. She made her debut with The <i>Paul Taylor Dance Company</i> at Glasgow’s Theatre Royal in 1989. Ms. Roberts is married to the <i>Paul Taylor Dance Company’s</i> former Production Stage Manager, Nathan Hurlin.</font> <font> <p align="right"><a href="#list">Back to the List</a> </font> <p>  </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" align="left" colspan="4"> <font><b><a name="Schaeffer">Kikilia Fordham Schaeffer</a></b> is a 1986 graduate of the Purchase College Dance Division. She danced with <i>Jean Erdman Theater of Dance</i> in New York. In May 1995, she received her Masters in Arts Administration from Boston University. She hopes to continue building the support and development of the arts – specifically in dance – in the Rhode Island vicinity. </font> <font> <p align="right"><a href="#list">Back to the List</a> </font> <p>  </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" align="left" colspan="4"> <font> <img border="0" src="alumnilist/shapiro.jpg" align="right" alt="Danielle Shapiro's " width="225" height="200"><b><a name="Shapiro's">Danielle Shapiro's</a></b> choreography has been presented at LACE, and the Brentwood Theater in Los Angeles, in San Francisco’s <i>Summerfest ’93</i> at the New Performance Gallery and at the DIA Art Foundation in New York City. She is the Artistic and Producing Director of Pacific Dance Ensemble. As a dancer, Danielle’s background is extensive. At fourteen she was a soloist with Ballet Pacific. She attended Mills College and then received her BFA in Dance from Purchase College SUNY. In New York, she performed with <i>The Yard, Larry Clark and Dancers, Marta Renzi & Dancers, Mark Taylor & Friends</i> and the repertory company <i>CODANCECO</i>, through which Danielle had the opportunity to work with Eiko & Koma, Bill T. Jones, Ralph Lemon, Bebe Miller, Mark Morris, Charles Moulton, Ruby Shang, Doug Varone among others. <p>In Los Angeles, aside from performing with her own company <i>Pacific Dance Ensemble</i>, she has performed Susan Marshall’s choreography in the LA Music Center Opera’s production of <i>The Trojans</i>. Danielle is a teacher of the Pilots Method and currently teaches at Loyola Marymount University and at Cal State L.A. Danielle also works for the Los Angeles Music Center Opera’s Community programs, taking dance and opera into the public schools.</p> <p align="right"><a href="#list">Back to the List</a> </font> <p>  </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" align="left" colspan="4"> <font> <b><a name="Stone">Todd Stone</a></b> graduated from Purchase in 1995. He is currently dancing with <i>Trisha Brown Dance Company</i>. </font> <font> <p align="right"><a href="#list">Back to the List</a> </font> <p>  </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" align="left" colspan="4"> <font><b><a name="Therrien">Cheryl Therrien</a></b> graduated from Purchase College in 1988. In September of 1993, she joined the <i>Merce Cunningham Dance Company.</i> </font> <font> <p align="right"><a href="#list">Back to the List</a> </font> <p>  </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" align="left" colspan="4"> <font><b><a name="Thomas">Theodore Thomas</a></b> graduated from the State University of New York at Purchase, Dance Division in 1992. He has danced with <i>Ballet Hispanico</i> and <i>Elisa Monte Dance Company</i>. He is currently performing with the <i>Paul Taylor Dance Company</i> and obtained a Master’s degree in Dance Education from NYU.</font> <font> <p align="right"><a href="#list">Back to the List</a> </font> <p>  </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" align="left" colspan="4"> <font><b><a name="Thomson">David Hamilton Thomson</a></b> graduated from Purchase College in 1983 with a BA in Liberal Arts. He has danced for the <i>Trisha Brown Company</i>, Irene Hultman, <i>Men’s Project</i> in Berlin, <i>Bebe Miller & Company,</i> Marta Renzi, Jane Comfort, Mel Wong and Kevin Wynn to name a few. Since 1993, Mr. Thomson has worked as a computer consultant for individual and small companies, including Dance Theater Workshop; worked and performed with the a cappella group <i>Hot Mouth</i>; worked and toured the US and Europe with various dance companies. Since 1995 he has been guest faculty at Sarah Lawrence College. </font> <font> <p align="right"><a href="#list">Back to the List</a> </font> <p>  </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" align="left" colspan="4"> <font> <b> <img src="alumnilist/townley.jpg" align="right" border="0" alt="Wyatt Townley" width="150" height="200"><a name="Townley">Wyatt Townley</a></b> (formerly Barbara Wyatt Baker, class of 1977) is an author and founder of <i>YOGAMOTION</i>, a therapeutic technique that extends yoga postures into motion. She has taught workshops throughout the Northeast and Midwest, bringing her stress reducing, streamlining system to corporations, theatre companies, retirement centers and those suffering from arthritis and back pain. <p>Wyatt writes on health and fitness for a variety of publications, and has designed workout for <i>Cosmopolitan, Parents, New Choices, The New York Daily News</i>, and <i>Kansas City Live</i> magazine. A recent guest columnist in <i>Newsweek</i>, she is a national critic and new correspondent for <i>Dance Magazine</i>. Her first book of poems, <i>Perfectly Normal</i> (New York: The Smith), was a finalist for the Yale Series of Younger Poets and she has poems forthcoming in <i>The Paris Review, Western Humanities Review</i>, and <i>News Letters</i>. She lives in Shawnee Mission, Kansas with he husband, daughter and cat. </font> <font> <p align="right"><a href="#list">Back to the List</a> </font> <p>  </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" align="left" colspan="4"> <font> <b><a name="Wennerstrand">Anne L. Wennerstrand</a></b> graduated from Purchase College in 1985. She has performed with <i>Laura Dean Dancers and Musicians, Fred Darsow Dance Company, Roger Tolle and Dancers</i>, Kris Jackson, Stephanie Skura, Lillo Way, Roger Belman and others. She earned her MS degree in Dance Therapy and a Masters in Social Work. Anne has choreographed for <i>Kaleidoscope Dancers</i> for children at NYU and has taught at NYU School of Education, Juilliard, Purchase College, Ballet Hispanico, Colegio Rochester along with numerous master classes throughout the U.S. including American Dance Festival. In addition, Anne will be publishing writing in two books: "Play from Birth to Twelve" and " The Mind-Body Encyclopedia." </font> <font> <p align="right"><a href="#list">Back to the List</a> </font> <p>  </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" align="left" colspan="4"> <font><b><a name="Wirth">Onalie Wirth</a></b> graduated from Purchase College in 1989. She has performed with <i>North Atlantic Ballet, Ballet New England, Minnesota Dance Theater</i> and <i>New Jersey Ballet</i>. She is currently dancing with <i>Connecticut Ballet Theater</i> in Stamford, Connecticut. </font> <font> <p align="right"><a href="#list">Back to the List</a> </font> <p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" align="left" colspan="4"> <font> <b> <img src="alumnilist/wolfe.jpg" align="right" border="0" alt="Meg Wolfe" width="150" height="200"><a name="Wolfe">Meg Wolfe </a></b>was born in 1968 in Red Bank, NJ. Her early training was in ballet, and she extended her studies at the Dance Division of Purchase College, SUNY to include composition and modern dance. She graduated with a BFA in 1990 and was the recipient of the Dean’s Award. <p>Currently the recipient of a Harkness Rehearsal Space Grant (92<sup>nd</sup> Street Y), Wolfe has choreographed for the past five years at such venues as Dia Center for the Arts (The Salon Project), Danspace at St. Mark’s Church (Food for Thought series), Context Hall (New Materials), Theater for the New City, the Dance Center of the 92<sup>nd</sup> Street Y, Mulberry Street Theater, Nuyorican Poets Café, the Knitting Factory, The Living Theater and others. Internationally, her choreography has been presented in Peru and Ecuador (performed by Birlibirloque Dance theater, 1994); Finland; St. Petersburg, Moscow, and Astrakhan (Russia); and Baku (Azerbaijan).</p> <p>In addition to performing her own work, Wolfe has appeared as a guest performer at the N.Y.U. Theater, Dixon Place, The Deviant Playground, The Knitting Factory (Fish Out of Water series), Washington Square Church and the Taipei Theater (with Birlibirloque Dance Theater), the Purchase College Performing Arts Center (with saxophonist James McElwaine), the Atlantic Center for the Arts, Florida (Kei Takei’s Moving Earth Co.), and in a 24-hour performance installation at the contemporary Arts Museum in Houston, Texas with pianist/composer Richard Cameron-Wolfe. </font> <font> <p align="right"><a href="#list">Back to the List</a> </font> <p>  </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" align="left" colspan="4"> <font> <b><a name="Young">Holly Young</a></b> lives in Ann Arbor, Michigan. Ms. Young is a 1992 graduate of Purchase College. She has taught modern and ballet and choreographed numerous concerts and lecture/demonstrations for the Isawa Performing Arts Center in Isawa, Japan. </font> <font> <p align="right"><a href="#list">Back to the List</a> </font> <p>  </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" align="left" colspan="4"> <font><b><a name="Zoeller">Karen Zoeller</a></b> graduated from Purchase in 1991. She has performed with <i>Houlihan &Dancers, Ballet Randolphe </i>and<i> Ener-gee Dance Productions</i>. Karen currently teaches in the musical theater department at the New World School of the Arts in Miami. Presently, she is studying acting and singing which has brought her work on stage and in TV commercials. </font> <font> <p align="right"><a href="#list">Back to the List</a> <p align="right">   <p align="right"> <a href="#top">Back to the Top</a> </font> </td> </tr> </table> </div> </font> </body>