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src="stafftop.jpg" alt="Purchase College" width="560" height="120"> <p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" align="left"> <div align="center"><font> <table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="90%"> <tr> <td width="40%" align="right" valign="top"> <a href="#Dean" target="_self">Carol K. Walker</a> </td> <td width="60%" valign="top"> <b>Dean of the School of the Arts,<br> Director of the Conservatory of Dance</b></td> </tr> <tr> <td align="right" valign="top" width="40%"><a href="#Hirabayashi">Kazuko Hirabayashi</a></td> <td width="60%" valign="top"> <b>Professor</b>, (MFA Director, Artistic Director, BFA & MFA Composition)</td> </tr> <tr> <td width="40%" align="right" valign="top"> <a href="#Seravalli">Rosanna Seravalli</a></td> <td width="60%" valign="top"> <b>Professor</b>, (Ballet, Pointe)</td> </tr> <tr> <td width="40%" align="right" valign="top"> <a href="#Sills" target="_self">Bettijane Sills</a> </td> <td width="60%" valign="top"> <b>Associate Professor</b>, (Ballet, Pointe)</td> </tr> <tr> <td width="40%" align="right" valign="top"><a href="#Cook">Richard Cook</a></td> <td width="60%" valign="top"> <b>Acting Assistant Professor</b>, (Ballet, Ballet Theory, Pas de Duex, Men's Class)</td> </tr> <tr> <font> <td align="right" valign="top" width="40%"><a href="#Kivitt">Ted Kivitt</a></td> <td width="60%" valign="top"> <b>Assistant Professor</b>, (Ballet, Pas de Duex, Men's Class)</td> </font> </tr> <tr> <td align="right" valign="top" width="40%"><a href="#Bernhard">Sue Bernhard</a></td> <td width="60%" valign="top"> <font face="Arial">(Improvisation and Composition)</font></td> </tr> <tr> <font> <td align="right" valign="top" width="40%"><a href="#Clark">Larry Clark</a></td> <td width="60%" valign="top"> <b>Associate Professor</b>, (Modern, Improvisation and Anatomy)</td> </font> </tr> <tr> <font> <td align="right" valign="top" width="40%"><a href="#Greenberg">Neil Greenberg</a></td> <td width="60%" valign="top"> (Modern, Improvisation and Composition, <font> MFA Graduate Seminar</font>)</td> </font> </tr> <tr> <td align="right" valign="top" width="40%"><font> <a href="#Tooman">Stephanie Tooman</a></font> </td> <td width="60%" valign="top"> <font>(Modern, MFA Advisor) </font> </td> </tr> <tr> <font> <td align="right" valign="top" width="40%"><a href="#Williams">Megan Williams</a></td> <td width="60%" valign="top"> (Modern)</td> </font> </tr> <tr> <font> <td align="right" valign="top" width="40%"><a href="#Wynn">Kevin Wynn</a></td> <td width="60%" valign="top"> <b>Associate Professor</b>, (Modern, Modern Partnering)</td> </font> </tr> <tr> <font> <td align="right" valign="top" width="40%"><a href="#Forrest">John Forrest</a></td> <td width="60%" valign="top"> (MFA Choreology)</td> </font> </tr> <tr> <td width="40%" align="right" valign="top"> <font face="Arial"><a href="#Ellen Graff">Ellen Graff </a> </font></td> <td width="60%" valign="top"><font face="Arial">(MFA Studio Pedagogy)</font></td> </tr> <tr> <td width="40%" align="right" valign="top"> <font face="Arial"><a href="#Joio">Justin Dello Joio</a></font></td> <td width="60%" valign="top"><font face="Arial">(MFA Music Seminar)</font></td> </tr> <tr> <td width="40%" align="right" valign="top"><a href="#McDonagh">Donald McDonagh</a></td> <td width="60%" valign="top"> (Western Dance History)</td> </tr> <tr> <font> <td align="right" valign="top" width="40%"><a href="#Sawyer">Elizabeth Sawyer</a></td> <td width="60%" valign="top"> (Music for Dance, Dance History)</td> </font> </tr> <tr> <font> <td width="40%" align="right" valign="top"> <font> <font face="Arial"> <a href="#Spangenberg">Saul Spangenberg</a></font></font></td> <td width="60%" valign="top"> (Musical Director, Music for Dance)</td> </font> </tr> <tr> <td width="40%" align="right" valign="top"><a href="#Marine">Stacey - Jo Marine</a></td> <td width="60%" valign="top"> (Dance Production Technical Director, Dance Production Class, MFA Graduate Seminar)</td> </tr> <tr> <font> <td width="40%" align="right" valign="top"> <font> <font face="Arial"> <a href="#McCarthy-Falk">Martha McCarthy-Falk</a></font></font></td> <td width="60%" valign="top"> (Conservatory Coordinator)</td> </font> </tr> <tr> <td width="40%" align="right" valign="top"> <font> <font face="Arial"><a href="#Nancy Shevitz">Nancy Shevitz</a></font></font></td> <td width="60%" valign="top"> (Administrative Assistant)</td> </tr> <tr> <font> <td width="40%" align="right" valign="top"><a href="#WALKER">Peter 'Scot' Walker</a></td> <td width="60%" valign="top"> (Director of Operations)</td> </font> </tr> <tr> <font> <td width="40%" align="right" valign="top"><b>Neil Alexander</b></td> <td width="60%" valign="top"> (Musician)</td> </font> </tr> <tr> <font> <td width="40%" align="right" valign="top"><b>Michael Bram</b> </td> <td width="60%" valign="top">  (Musician) </td> </font> </tr> <tr> <font> <td width="40%" align="right" valign="top"><b>Cary Brown</b> </td> <td width="60%" valign="top">  (Musician) </td> </font> </tr> <tr> <font> <td width="40%" align="right" valign="top"><b>Rick Donato</b> </td> <td width="60%" valign="top">  (Musician) </td> </font> </tr> <tr> <font> <td width="40%" align="right" valign="top"><b>Dave Lewitt</b> </td> <td width="60%" valign="top">  (Musician) </td> </font> </tr> <tr> <font> <td width="40%" align="right" valign="top"> <font> <b>David Nichols</b> </font> </td> <td width="60%" valign="top">  (Musician) </td> </font> </tr> <tr> <td width="40%" align="right" valign="top"><b>Max Vladimiroff</b> </td> <td width="60%" valign="top"> (Musician) </td> </tr> </table> </div></font> <p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" align="left"> <font> <b><a name="Dean">Carol K. Walker</a><br> (Dean of the School of the Arts,<br> Director of the Conservatory of Dance)</b><br> <p><img hspace="10" src="faculties/faculty%20photos/carol.jpg" align="right" vspace="5" width="150" height="200"> Dean Carol K. Walker was born in Chicago, IL and began her dance training there with Phyllis Sabold and Eric Braun. She continued her dance studies in Colorado with Hanya Holm and Harriet Ann Gray, and in New York with Alwin Nikolais and at the Graham Studio. She performed professionally as a modern dancer, for television and in musical theatre before her affiliation with Barat College in IL where she held the position of Director of the Performing Arts Center and Director of Dance. Ms. Walker was a noted teacher of technique, composition and dance history and received grants from the Illinois Arts Council for presenting and choreography. During those same years she founded, directed and taught at The Carol Walker Dance Studio, Ltd.</p> <p>Since 1984 Professor Walker has served as Dean of the Conservatory of Dance at Purchase College, State University of New York. She produces and is artistic director for the Purchase Dance Corps, the Conservatory performing company. In addition to presenting concerts on campus and in NYC, the Purchase Dance Corps has toured to Hong Kong ('87, '90, '97), Beijing ('94), Taiwan ('92, '95) Holland ('91) and France ('95). Among other affiliations, Ms. Walker serves on the Board for the Harkness Center for Dance Injuries, is treasurer for the Council of Dance Administrators, was co-chair of the Education and Training Committee for the World Dance Alliance, Americas Center ('92 - '96) and served as chair of the Dance Panel for the New York State Council for the Arts ('92 - '95). She has presented papers for the National Association for School of Dance and the Arts On The Edge Conference in Perth, Australia.</p> <p>Carol K. Walker has been a member of accreditation/validation teams for North Carolina School for the Arts, The University of Utah, Arizona State University, the Hong Kong Academy for Performing Arts and the Hong Kong Council for Academic Accreditation. Dean Walker has served as adjudicator for choreographic grants and as a choreographic consultant at 'The Yard'.</p> <p>The Conservatory of Dance has sponsored the Harkness Choreographers' Space Grant Project at Purchase College since 1987, the Jose Limon Summer Dance Institute for 9 years and in 2000 and 2001 hosted the Doug Varone and Dancers Summer 2000 Workshop. Under Dean Walker's leadership, The Conservatory of Dance initiated their MFA Degree in Choreography and Performance/Teaching in the Fall of 1998. The Conservatory of Dance graduated their 25<sup>th</sup> BFA class and first MFA class in May 2000.</p> <p align="right"><a href="#top" target="_self">Back to the Top</a> <p align="right"></font></td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" align="left"> <font><b><a name="Hirabayashi">Kazuko Hirabayashi, </a><i> Professor</i><br> (MFA Director, Artistic Director, BFA & MFA Composition)</b><br> <p> <img hspace="10" src="faculties/faculty%20photos/hirabayashi.jpg" align="right" vspace="5" width="150" height="200">Kazuko is a native of Japan where she received her B.S. Degree. She subsequently received a diploma from the Juilliard School. Her grants and awards include: and AGMA Prize, the Doris Humphrey Choreography Fellowship, the Nimura Award, a NEA Choreographic grant, and a NYSCA grant. She formed the Triad Dance Theatre and served as the Director for the Kazuko Hirabayashi Dance Theater. She has been on the faculty at: Bennington College; Randolph-Macon Women's College; Kirkland College; North Carolina School of the Arts; the London Contemporary School of Dance; the Centre International de la Dance, Paris; Ballet Nacional de Mexico; Alvin Ailey American Dance Center; Martha Graham School of Contemporary Dance; the Juilliard School; Netherland Dance Theatre; Rotterdam Dance Academy; Ballet Academien; Ballet Gulbenkian; and she was the Artistic Director of the International Dance Festival, Osaka, Japan. Kazuko has choreographed for several of the above listed schools or companies and the Purchase Dance Corps. In 1999, in Japan she created a new full evening length piece based on Faust as a special commission. <p align="right"><a href="#top" target="_self">Back to the Top</a></font> <p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" align="left"> <font><b><a name="Seravalli">Rosanna Seravalli, </a><i> Professor</i><br> (Ballet, Pointe)</b><br> <p> <img hspace="10" src="faculties/faculty%20photos/seravalli.jpg" align="right" vspace="5" width="150" height="200">Rosanna studied in Florence, Italy, with Daria Colin and at the American Ballet Theater School, the School of American Ballet, Joffrey School of Ballet and the Darvash Ballet School. Rosanna performed as a soloist with the American Ballet Theatre Company from 1963 - 1973. She has performed throughout the United States, South America, Europe and the Orient. Her noted repertory includes: <i> Romeo and Juliet, Dying Swan, Coppelia, Swan Lake, Giselle, Theme and Variations, Les Sylphides, Petrouchka</i>, <i> Miss Julie</i> and The <i>Nutcracker</i>. Rosanna has received many grants including: 1982-83 - the research Foundation of SUNY to study in Russia and in 1995 she is a Fullbright Scholar teaching in South America. Ms. Seravalli is a noted teacher who has taught internationally in Taiwan, China, Italy, Chile and Hong Kong.</p> <p align="right"><a href="#top" target="_self">Back to the Top</a> </font> <p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" align="left"> <font><b><a name="Sills">Bettijane Sills, </a><i> Associate Professor</i><br> (Ballet, Pointe)</b><br> <p><img hspace="10" src="faculties/faculty%20photos/sills.jpg" align="right" vspace="5" width="150" height="200">BJ performed as a soloist in the New York City Ballet where Mr. Balanchine created roles for her in who Cares and Jewels as did Jerome Robbins in his revival of The Concert. BJ toured extensively with the New York City Ballet throughout Europe, the United States and the Soviet Union. Prior to joining City Ballet BJ performed on Broadway and in television. After leaving City Ballet she directed her own dance studio in Scarsdale, NY. Recently, BJ has choreographed works on several ballet companies including the Purchase Dance Corps, staged Balanchine choreography in Hong Kong and been a guest teacher for the Central Pennsylvania Youth Ballet.</p> <p align="right"><a href="#top" target="_self">Back to the Top</a> </font> <p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" align="left"> <font><b><a name="Cook">Richard Cook, </a><i> Acting Assistant Professor</i><br> (Ballet, Ballet Theory, Pas de Duex, Men's Class)</b><br> <p> <img hspace="10" src="faculties/faculty%20photos/richard.jpg" align="right" vspace="5" width="150" height="200">Richard Cook received his early training in California and at the Royal Conservatory of Music and Dance in the Netherlands. After performing with the San Francisco Opera and the Pennsylvania Ballet, Mr. Cook began his career as a teacher and choreographer. Associate Artistic Director of the Central Pennsylvania Youth Ballet for ten years, he is also a frequent guest teacher for professional and pre-professional ballet companies throughout the United States. His works have been performed by the Atlanta Ballet and the Dayton Ballet as well as being featured in three of the Carlisle Projects annual summer showcases. A three time recipient of Choreographic Fellowships from the Pennsylvania Council on the Arts, Mr. Cook has also served on peer review panels for the P.C.A. and other organizations.</p> <p align="right"><a href="#top" target="_self">Back to the Top</a> </font> <p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" align="left"> <font><b><a name="Kivitt">Ted Kivitt, </a><i> Assistant Professor</i><br> (Ballet, Pas de Duex, Men's Class)</b><br> <p><img hspace="10" src="faculties/faculty%20photos/ted.jpg" align="right" vspace="5" width="150" height="200">Mr. Kivitt, a native of Florida, joined Amercian Ballet Theatre and within six years he rose from the corps to the ranks of Soloist and Principal Dancer. He performed all over the United States and internationally as a noted classical dancer in the ballets <i> Swan Lake</i> and <i> Giselle</i> among others, and partnered ballerinas Cynthia Gregory, Eleanor d'Antuono, Lupe Serrano, Carla Fracci and Natalia Makarova. He performed on television and at the White House for Presidents John F. Kennedy and Lyndon B. Johnson as well as a command performance for President Carter. Following his ABT career Mr. Kivitt performed with the Pennsylvania Ballet where he met and married the prima ballerina Michelle Lucci. He was Artistic Director of the Milwaukee Ballet where he brought more than 50 of the worlds finest works from the classical, contemporary, modern and Americana repertories to the Company. He has also served on national dance panels for Dance USA and the National Endowment for the Arts. Ted has always had an exceptionally strong technique. For example, in the leading role in Lander's Etudes in the finale he has been known to execute the phenomenal number of eight double tours en l'air without preparation. 'In addition to brilliant technique there is a particular honesty to his dancing that is most endearing'.</p> <p align="right"><a href="#top" target="_self">Back to the Top</a> </font> <p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" align="left"> <font><b><a name="Bannon">Nancy Bannon</a><br> (Modern)</b><br> <p>Nancy attended the Julliard School where she was the recipient of both the Princess Grace Award and the Martha Hill Prize. A second Princess Grace Award was presented to her in 1998 for her dancing. Nancy performed with Doug Varone and Dancers from 1991- 2000 and with Tere O’Connor Dance for the past two years. She was on the faculty for the Doug Varone Summer Workshops at Purchase College in 2000 and 2001. She has directed Varone’s works and taught classes for various universities and companies, including the Jose Limon Dance Company. Nancy served as visiting faculty at Rutgers University in 2000 - 2001. In New York City, Nancy often teaches yoga and dance for Movement Research. Creatively, Nancy has presented original dance and theater for the past four years. She is a certified yoga teacher and also currently studies anatomy, dance, creative writing and acting. </font> <font> <p align="right"><a href="#top" target="_self">Back to the Top</a></font> <p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" align="left"> <font><b><a name="Bernhard">Sue Bernhard</a><br> (Improvisation, BFA Composition)</b><br> <p> <img hspace="10" src="faculties/faculty%20photos/sue.jpg" align="right" vspace="5" alt="Picture not available at this time." width="150" height="200">Sue Bernhard’s dances have been shown in the USA, Canada and Poland. She is also on the faculty at the Julliard School, the Jose Limon Institute and has taught at numerous colleges and studios. She has created pieces for Convergence Dancers and Musicians, CCDT, Long Island University, North Carolina School for the Arts, Meredith College, The Yard and others. With award-winning videographer Penny Ward, Sue has created several video/dance collaborations. Their work "Boundaries and Exposures" was featured at the International Conference on Dance and Technology. Sue is Artistic Director of Dance Works, a project oriented ensemble. She performed internationally with the Jose Limon Dance Company, and for ten years with Annabelle Gamson/Dance Solos. She has reconstructed works by Doris Humphrey and Jose Limon. Sue is a BFA graduate of Purchase College Conservatory of Dance. <p align="right"><a href="#top" target="_self">Back to the Top</a></font> <p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" align="left"> <font><b><a name="Clark">Larry Clark, </a><i>Associate Professor</i><br> (Modern, Improvisation and Anatomy)</b><br> <p><img hspace="10" src="faculties/faculty%20photos/larry.jpg" align="right" vspace="5" width="150" height="200">Mr. Clark received his B.F.A. from Ohio State University and moved to New York City where he performed as a member of the Viola Farber Dance company from 1971 - 1980. Larry is the Director the Larry Clark Dance Studio in NYC. He studied tap with Honi Coles, Baby Lawrence and Charles Cook. Larry has created works for Chicago's Mordine Company, Calishi Ballet in Puerto Rico, Dances at 8 in California and the Purchase Dance Corps. He has served as Co-Director and Choreographer for the Triple Threat Dance Company and taught master classes and workshops throughout the United States and abroad. Mr. Clark is a certified massage therapist and in addition to modern technique and improvisation is very interested in Anatomy for Dancers. <p align="right"><a href="#top" target="_self">Back to the Top</a></font> <p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" align="left"> <font><b><a name="Greenberg">Neil Greenberg</a><br> (Modern, Improvisation and Composition)</b><br> <p> <img hspace="10" src="faculties/faculty%20photos/greenberg.jpg" align="right" vspace="5" width="150" height="200">Neil is the recipient of a Fellowship from the John Simon Guggenheim Foundation, and choreographer's fellowships from the National Endowment for the Arts,  the New York Foundation for the Arts and the Foundation for Contemporary Performing Arts. Neil came to New York from Minnesota in 1976 and performed with the Eliot Feld Ballet and various small modern dance companies (Kazuko Hirabayashi, Manuel Alum, Patrice Regnier, Rachel Lampert, Ruth Barnes and Molissa Fenley) before joining the Merce Cunningham Dance Company from 1980 to 1986. He formed Dance by Neil Greenberg in 1986 and his work has since been presented consistently in New York City and on tour, receiving support from the National Endowment for the Arts, the New York State Council on the Arts, the Jerome Foundation's First Light Program, the Harkness Foundations for Dance, the Joyce Mertz Gilmore Foundation, the New York Foundation for the Arts, the Metropolitan Life Foundation's Emerging Dance Program, and Meet the Composers Composer/Choreographer Project. Neil is a student of Klein Technique, a healing and correctives technique, studying with Susan Klein and Barbara Mahler. He has also studied ballet with Janet Panetta, Alexander Technique with June Ekman, and Body-Mind Centering with Rose Anne Spradlin. Neil has choreographed 2 pieces for the White Oak Dance Project, including a solo for Mikhail Baryshnikov, and for the Purchase Dance Corps. He was Dance Curator at The Kitchen (NYC) from 1995 to 1999. He has taught at Movement Research (New York), DansCentrum (Stockholm), Harvard Summer Dance Center, Chiserhale Dance Space (London), Teatro A la Scala (Milan), and in Hungary and Taiwan through the auspices of the National Performance Networks 's Suitcase Fund. <p align="right"><a href="#top" target="_self">Back to the Top</a></font> <p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" align="left"> <font><b><a name="Tooman">Stephanie Tooman</a><br> (Modern)</b><br> <p> <img hspace="10" src="faculties/na.gif" align="right" vspace="5" alt="Sarah Stackhouse" width="150" height="200"> Stephanie has a MFA degree from Purchase College Conservatory of Dance and a BFA degree from the Julliard School. She taught at The Conservatory of Dance at Purchase as well as at The Alvin Ailey American Dance Center. Additionally, she has taught extensively internationally, including being on the faculty at The Netherlands Dance Theater, 1st and 2nd Companies, (The Hague, The Netherlands), The Rotterdam Dance Academy (Rotterdam, The Netherlands), and the Institute del Theatre (Barcelona, Spain). She is a previous member of the Martha Graham Dance Company. Stephanie has performed with many companies and is currently working with Reggie Wilson Fist and Heel Performance Group and Merian Soto/Pepatian. She has danced and has been rehearsal director for Kazuko Hirabayashi most notably in Tokyo at the New National Theater for Ms. Hirabayahsi’s full length Faust. Stephanie has also been rehearsal director for Neta Pulvermacher, Errol Grimes and the Purchase Dance Corps. She is an Assistant Professor in modern dance in the Conservatory of Dance.</font> <p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" align="left"> <font><b><a name="Williams">Megan Williams</a><br> (Modern)</b><br> <p> <img hspace="10" src="faculties/faculty%20photos/williams.jpg" align="right" vspace="5" width="150" height="200">After graduating from Juilliard with her BFA Degree Megan performed with the Ohad Naharin Dance Company and the Glenn-Lund Dance Company. She joined the Mark Morris Dance Group with whom she performed for 10 years and toured internationally, taught and was in several films including "Dido and Aeneus", "Falling Down Stairs", the "Hard Nut" and "The Hidden Soul of Harmony". <p> Megan has taught at Dance Space, Perry Dance, and was on the faculty at White Mountain Summer Dance Festival for 4 years. She has mounted/staged Mr. Morris's Choreography on the Boston Ballet and the Purchase Dance Corps. Megan is choreographing her own work now and lives in Westchester with her husband Dr. Andrew Wollowitz and her sons Bram Christopher and Griffin Jonah.</p> <p align="right"><a href="#top" target="_self">Back to the Top</a> </font> <p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" align="left"> <font><b><a name="Wynn">Kevin Wynn, </a><i>Associate Professor</i><br> (Modern, Modern Partnering)</b><br> <p><img hspace="10" src="faculties/faculty%20photos/wynn.jpg" align="right" vspace="5" width="150" height="200">Kevin received his early training in Washington, D.C., at the Duke Ellington School of the Arts and continued his studies at Cal Arts and Purchase College. He performed as a soloist with the Jose Limon Dance Company, Dianne McIntyre's sound in Motion Dance Company, Mel Wong, Kazuko Hirabayashi, Daniel Nagrin and Jacques d'Amboise. He has received two NYSCA Fellowships for commissioned work performed by the Alvin Ailey Repertory Ensemble and a NYSCA Fellowship for a piece by the EBA Company. His work has been performed by the Alvin Ailey Dance Ensemble and companies in Israel and Holland as well as the Purchase Dance Corps. Mr. Wynn is sought after as a teacher for master classes and workshops throughout Europe and Asia. The Kevin Wynn Collection performs regularly in New York City including the Altogether Different Series at the Joyce Theatre and tours . <p align="right"><a href="#top" target="_self">Back to the Top</a></font> <p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" align="left"> <font><b><a name="Forrest">John Forrest</a><br> (MFA Choreology)</b><br> <p>Professor of Anthropology. BA, MA, <i>Oxford University</i>; PhD, <i>University of North Carolina</i>, Chapel Hill. Aesthetics; dance; ethnomusicology symbols; the American South. <p align="right"><a href="#top" target="_self">Back to the Top</a></font> <p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" align="left"> <font><b><a name="Ellen Graff">Ellen Graff</a><br> (MFA Pedagogy)</b><br> <p>Ellen Graff joined the Conservatory of Dance faculty in the Fall of 2002 to teach Studio Pedagogy in the MFA program. As a dancer, Ellen performed with Martha Graham, Pearl Lang and May O’Donnell to name just a few. Ms. Graff studied Labanotation, Labananalysis and Composition after earning a B.A. and M.A. in Psychology in California. She holds a Ph.D. from NYU in Performance Studies and has taught a wide variety of dance courses in colleges and universities in California and New York including modern and ballet technique, repertory, dance history, and production. She has presented her own work New York and California. </p> <p>Ms. Graff, an active volunteer, has offered her expertise to many organizations within her profession. She has been a presenter or panelist at dance conferences around the country, and has participated or chaired a dozen dissertation committees. Ms. Graff has written two books and has had several articles published. We are delighted that she has come to our department to share her experience with our students.</p> <p align="right"><a href="#top" target="_self">Back to the Top</a></font> <p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" align="left"> <font><b><a name="Joio">Justin Dello Joio</a><br> (MFA Music Seminar)</b><br> <p>Justin Dello Joio is a gifted composer and performer. Mr. Dello Joio has published and recorded his work and has been recognized for excellence in his field many times, receiving awards and commissions for his music. He is currently a member of the teaching faculty at the Martha Graham School of Contemporary Dance, where he developed the course Music for Choreography to assist choreographers in identifying the elements of music important to the dancer. Mr. Dello Joio is also an Associate Professor of Composition at NYU and has held the title of Faculty Composer in Residence there since 1996. </p> <p align="right"><a href="#top" target="_self">Back to the Top</a></font> <p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" align="left"> <font><b><a name="McDonagh">Donald McDonagh</a><br> (Western Dance History)</b><br> <p><img hspace="10" src="faculties/faculty%20photos/don2.jpg" align="right" vspace="5" width="150" height="200">Mr. McDonagh is a respected author of books and articles about dance. His books include <i>Dance</i>, <i> A Very Social History</i>, <i> George Balanchine</i>, <i> The Complete Guide To Modern Dance</i>, <i> Martha Graham</i>, <i> The Rise and Fall and Rise of Modern Dance</i> and others. He has served as a Dance Critic for <i> The New York Post</i>, <i> The New York Times</i> and <i> The Financial Times</i>. He has been on Advisory Panels for the Theatre Development Fund, the National Endowment for the Arts, the New York State Council on the Arts and Dance Perspective Foundation, Inc. Mr. McDonagh has received grants the Ford and Goggenham Foundation. In addition to Purchase College, he has taught or is teaching at the American Dance Festival, New School for Social Research, Barnard College and NYU School of the Arts. <p align="right"><a href="#top" target="_self">Back to the Top</a></font> <p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" align="left"> <font><b><a name="Sawyer">Elizabeth Sawyer</a><br> (Music for Dance, Dance History)</b><br> <p><img hspace="10" src="faculties/faculty%20photos/sawyer.jpg" align="right" vspace="5" width="150" height="200">Elizabeth's musical training and experience include piano and composition studies at the Juilliard School, Following this she pursued a career as a composer with public performances, mainly in NYC. Betty Jones and Jose Limon have used Elizabeth's scores for their choreography. She became increasingly involved in dance while a Juilliard student. Beginning in 1951 she worked intensively as an accompanist, rehearsal pianist and/or musical coach with Antony Tudor, Margaret Craske, Alfredo Corvino, Maggie Black, David Blair, Benjamin Harkarvy, Vitale Fokine and members of the Graham and Limon companies, among others. Elizabeth taught in the Juilliard Dance Division from 1964 -75. Her courses included Music I, II, IV, and Musical Coaching. She then moved to England from 1975 - 84. While in England she completed her book, <i> Dance with the Music</i>, 1985. Elizabeth has lectured and taught in the Limon Summer Workshop, in Amsterdam, Holland and the Pedagogical Dance College in Stockholm, Sweden. In 1998 she participated in the 3rd International Conference of Musicians in Dance, as a key-presenter, also in Stockholm. she is now writing a book on the choreographer, Antony Tudor, from which two extracts have been published -- in <i> Dance Chronicle</i> and <i> Dance International</i> (Canada). <p align="right"><a href="#top" target="_self">Back to the Top</a></font> <p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" align="left"> <font><b><a name="Spangenberg">Saul Spangenberg</a><br> (Musical Director, Music for Dance)</b><br> <p> <img hspace="10" src="faculties/faculty%20photos/saul.jpg" align="right" vspace="5" alt="Saul Spangenberg" width="150" height="200">Saul Spangenberg studied music composition with David Del Tredici, the composer-in -residence of the New York Philharmonic, and the late John Colman who served as pianist to Kurt Jooss and George Balanchine. Saul received his Masters Degree in music from the City University of New York in 1990. For over twenty-five years, he has worked as composer and pianist in many styles of music, including the traditional dance music repertoire of jazz, tap, modern, and ballet. As music director and composer he has created works for piano, orchestra, computer, and mixed live and recorded media. His musical theatre works for the O'Neill Theatre Center, Puerto Rican Traveling Theatre, and Theatre for the New City have been presented and toured in New York, Los Angeles, and at the Kennedy Center in Washington DC. Saul was the first musical director of the American Dancemachine (a dance troupe dedicated to the preservation of Broadway choreography) and worked closely with it's founder, the late Lee Theodore. For eight years he was Assistant Professor Dance and Music at Marymount Manhattan College, as well as the music instructor for the professional training program of the Dance Theatre of Harlem. He has also taught music at the City College of New and New York University. Saul works as the Scholarship Coordinator for Purchase College. <p align="right"><a href="#top" target="_self">Back to the Top</a></font> <p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" align="left"> <font><b><a name="Marine">Stacey - Jo Marine</a><br> (Dance Production Technical Director, Dance Production Class, MFA Graduate Seminar)</b><br> <p>Before joining the Conservatory of Dance in 2000, Stacey-Jo Marine was the Production Stage Manager with the Paul Taylor Dance Company for almost 6 years. Her touring experience has lead her into all 50 states and to over 30 countries throughout Europe, Asia, South America and Africa. Before joining the Taylor Company she was the original Stage Manager and Props Supervisor for <i>Stomp</i>. She also built and designed props for <i>Stomp</i>’s two current touring companies. In New York City she was the P.S.M. for En Garde Arts’ productions of <i>Stonewall 25</i>, performed on the formerly abandoned pier 25 in Tribeca and <i>J. P. Morgan Saves the Nation</i>, performed on the steps of Federal Hall. Stacey-Jo has worked with many choreographers and artists; her favorites include Rezah Abdoh, Doug Elkins, Lisa Giobbi & Tim Harling, Danny Ezralow, Maureen Flemming, Theodora Skipitares, Patrick Corbin and Hernando Cortez. She is currently co-writing a new play called <i>Jimmy Hurley’s Foodbar!</i> <p align="right"><a href="#top" target="_self">Back to the Top</a></font> <p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" align="left"> <font><b><a name="McCarthy-Falk">Martha McCarthy-Falk</a><br> (Conservatory Coordinator)</b><br> <p> <img hspace="10" src="faculties/na.gif" align="right" vspace="5" alt="Picture Not Available" width="150" height="200">An experienced administrator, Martha McCarthy-Falk has worked with various arts organizations in Westchester County, including the not-for-profit Dance in Education Fund, Inc. and Steffi Nossen School of Dance. Prior to joining the staff at the Conservatory of Dance in 2002, Martha was Marketing Director and Administrative Director of an Internet company, The MusicBooth LLC, from start-up to product launch through sale of the company. While earning an MS degree in Communication Arts, Martha worked in production as studio manager and associate producer for Rockbottom Productions, a television commercial production company, and as stage manager and puppeteer for Diamond Studios.</p> <p>  <p align="right"><a href="#top" target="_self">Back to the Top</a></font> <p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" align="left"> <font><b><a name="Nancy Shevitz">Nancy Shevitz</a><br> (Administrative Assistant)</b><br> <p>Nancy Shevitz holds an MFA in Dance from the University of Michigan and a BFA in Dance and Certification in Arts Management from Purchase College, Conservatory of Dance. She was a premiere modern dancer with the Carolyn Dorfman Dance Company for many years and taught dance for children, adults and professionals in schools all throughout the NY/NJ region. She has taught at The University of Michigan, The Interlochen Arts Academy, The Mountain View Studio in Woodstock and The Yard on Martha’s Vineyard, among others. She had the pleasure of working as both performer and development assistant for The Yard and was the Dance Director for The Connection for Women and Families in NJ. Nancy presently teaches for the Steffi Nossen School, The Dance in Education Fund and HERO, where she teaches dance to mentally and physically challenged adults. She is excited to return to her alma mater, performing a new role, altogether.</p> </font> <p> <p> <p><font> <p align="right"><a href="#top" target="_self">Back to the Top</a></font> <p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" align="left"> <font><b><a name="WALKER">PETER 'SCOT' WALKER</a><br> (Director of Operations)</b><br> <p> <img hspace="10" src="faculties/faculty%20photos/walkerp.jpg" align="right" vspace="5" width="150" height="200">Scot is a former public school teacher and elementary school principal. At Purchase Dr. Walker has worked in the Admissions Office, the Library, Institutional Research and as Administrative Assistant in the Conservatory of Dance from 1998 to 2000. He is now the Conservatory Director of Operations.</p> </font> <p>  <p>  <p> <font> <p align="right"><a href="#top" target="_self">Back to the Top</a></font> <p> </td> </tr> </table> </div> </body>