Meet Our Faculty
Department Chair
Stephanie Tooman
Associate Professor of Dancestephanie.tooman@purchase.edu- BFA, The Juilliard School
- MFA, Purchase College, SUNY
Full-Time Faculty
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Darrah Carr
Assistant Professor of Dance- BFA, Wesleyan University
- MFA, New York University
- PhD, Texas Woman’s University
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Ted T. Kivitt
Associate Professor of Dance- Principal dancer, American Ballet Theatre
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Adam Pietrykowski
Lecturer of Music; Lecturer of DanceCo-Program Head - Studio Composition (Graduate Studies)- MusB., Purchase College, SUNY
- MM, Purchase College, SUNY
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Rosanna Seravalli
Professor of Dance- Studied in Florence, Italy, with Daria Collin, and at the American Ballet Theatre School, School of American Ballet, and Joffrey School of Ballet
- Soloist, American Ballet Theatre
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Nelly van Bommel
Professor of DanceDirector, Conservatory of Dance- License (BFA), Universite de Nice Sophia Antipolis (France)
- License (BA), Universite de Provence (France)
- Maitrise (MA), University of Burgundy (France)
- MFA, Purchase College, SUNY
- DEA, University of Paris, Sorbonne (France)
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Wallie Wolfgruber
Associate Professor of Dance- BA, Empire State College, SUNY
- MFA, New York University, Tisch School of the Arts
Part-Time Faculty
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Thomas Baird
Lecturer of Dance; Lecturer of Music- BA, Empire State College, SUNY
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Bradley Teal Ellis
Lecturer of Dance- BFA, University of North Carolina, Greensboro
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Davalois Fearon
Lecturer of Dance- BFA, Purchase College, SUNY
- MFA, University Wisconsin Milwaukee
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Jean Freebury
Lecturer of Dance- Studied at the Alberta Ballet School, London Contemporary Dance School, North Carolina School of the Arts, and Merce Cunningham School
- Former member of the Merce Cunningham Dance Company
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Lisa Frey
Lecturer of Physical Education; Lecturer of Dance- BA, Boston College
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Shawn Garnier
Lecturer of Dance- BA, Queens College, City University of New York
- MFA, Purchase College, SUNY
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Shannon Gillen
Lecturer of Dance- BFA, The Juilliard School
- MFA, New York University
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Tamisha Guy
Lecturer of Dance- BFA/BA, Purchase College, SUNY
- Performing Artist with A.I.M by Kyle Abraham
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Judy Lieff
Lecturer of Dance- BFA, New York University
- MFA, California Institute of the Arts
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Martin Løfsnes
Lecturer of Dance- Trained at London Contemporary Dance School, Ailey School, and Martha Graham School
- Artistic director, 360° Dance Company
- Former principal dancer, Martha Graham Dance Company
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Joseph Malbrough
Lecturer of Dance- Principal dancer, Chicago City Ballet, Ballet Chicago, Makarova and Company, Pennsylvania Ballet, and L’Opera de Lausanne, Switzerland
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Rosalind Newman
Lecturer of Dance- BS, University of Wisconsin
- PhD, University of Kent (England)
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Christopher Rudd
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Peter James Saleh
Lecturer of Dance- BA, BM, Rutgers University
- MM, University of North Texas
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Manuel Vignoulle
Lecturer of Dance- BFA, Conservatoire National Supérieur de Musique et de Danse de Paris
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Kevin Wynn
Associate Professor of Dance- Received early training in Washington, D.C., at the Duke Ellington School of the Arts
- Continued studies at California Institute of the Arts and Purchase College, SUNY
Faculty Emeriti
Mette Spaniardi
Lecturer Emerita in DanceCarol K. Walker
Dean and Professor Emerita of Dance- BA, Barat College
- SUNY Research Foundation Award Honoring Research and Scholarship in the Arts, 2002