Meet Our Faculty
Board of Study Coordinator
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Darrah Carr
Visiting Assistant Professor of Dancedarah.carr@purchase.edu- BFA, Wesleyan University
- MFA, New York University
- PhD, Texas Woman’s University
Full-Time Faculty
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Ted T. Kivitt
Associate Professor of Danceted.kivitt@purchase.edu- Studied with Alexander Gavrilov and Thomas Armour in Florida
- Principal dancer, American Ballet Theatre
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Rosanna Seravalli
Professor of Dancerosanna.seravalli@purchase.edu- 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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Stephanie Tooman
Associate Professor of Dancestephanie.tooman@purchase.edu- BFA, The Juilliard School
- MFA, Purchase College, SUNY
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Nelly van Bommel
Associate Professor of DanceInterim Director, Conservatory of Dancenelly.van-bommel@purchase.edu- 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
(on leave: 2017–18)Associate Professor of Dancewallie.wolfgruber@purchase.edu- BA, Empire State College, SUNY
- MFA, New York University, Tisch School of the Arts
Part-Time Faculty
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Thomas Baird
Lecturer in Dance; Lecturer in Musicthomas.baird@purchase.edu- BA, Empire State College, SUNY
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Bradley Teal Ellis
Lecturer in Dancebradley.ellis@purchase.edu- BFA, University of North Carolina, Greensboro
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Allen Fogelsanger
Lecturer in Danceallen.fogelsanger@purchase.edu- BS, Pennsylvania State University
- PhD, Cornell University
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Jean Freebury
Lecturer in Dancejean.freebury@purchase.edu- 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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Shawn Garnier
Lecturer in Danceshawn.garnier@purchase.edu- BA, Queens College, City University of New York
- MFA, Purchase College, SUNY
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Shannon Gillen
Lecturer in Danceshannon.gillen@purchase.edu- BFA, The Juilliard School
- MFA, New York University
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Judy Lieff
Lecturer in Dancejudy.lieff@purchase.edu- BFA, New York University
- MFA, California Institute of the Arts
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Martin Løfsnes
Lecturer in Dancemartin.lofsnes@purchase.edu- 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 in Dancejoseph.malbrough@purchase.eduPrincipal dancer, Chicago City Ballet, Ballet Chicago, Makarova and Company, Pennsylvania Ballet, and L’Opera de Lausanne, Switzerland
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Rosalind Newman
Lecturer in Dancerosalind.newman@purchase.edu- BS, University of Wisconsin
- PhD, University of Kent (England)
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Taryn Kaschock Russell
Lecturer in Dancetaryn.russell@purchase.edu- Twelve-year performing career with Hubbard Street Dance Chicago and the Joffrey Ballet
- Directed Hubbard Street 2
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Peter James Saleh
Lecturer in Dancepeter.saleh@purchase.edu- BA, BM, Rutgers University
- MM, University of North Texas
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Sonya Sanmateu
Lecturer in Dancesonya.sanmateu@purchase.edu- BA, John Jay College of Criminal Justice, City University of New York
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Manuel Vignoulle
Lecturer in Dancemanuel.vignoulle@purchase.edu- BFA, Conservatoire National Supérieur de Musique et de Danse de Paris
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Kevin Wynn
Associate Professor of Dancekevin.wynn@purchase.edu- 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
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Mette Spaniardi
Lecturer Emerita in Dance -
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Carol K. Walker
Dean and Professor Emerita of Dance- BA, Barat College
- SUNY Research Foundation Award Honoring Research and Scholarship in the Arts, 2002