Faculty
Dance Performance
Department Chair
Darrah Carr
Assistant Professor of Dancedarrah.carr@purchase.edu- BFA, Wesleyan University
- MFA, New York University
- PhD, Texas Woman’s University
Full-Time Faculty
Marcel Gbeffa
Fullbright Visiting Artist in Residencemarcel.gbeffa@purchase.eduEcole des Sables’ (Senegal)
Ted T. Kivitt
Associate Professor of Danceted.kivitt@purchase.edu- Principal dancer, American Ballet Theatre
Martin Løfsnes
Assistant Professor of 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
Adam Pietrykowski
Assistant Professor of MusicCo-Program Head - Studio Composition (Graduate Studies)adam.pietrykowski@purchase.edu- MusB., Purchase College, SUNY
- MM, Purchase College, SUNY
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
Stephanie Tooman
Associate Professor of Dancestephanie.tooman@purchase.edu- BFA, The Juilliard School
- MFA, Purchase College, SUNY
Nelly van Bommel
Professor of DanceDirector, 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)
Wallie Wolfgruber
Associate Professor of Dancewallie.wolfgruber@purchase.edu- BA, Empire State College, SUNY
- MFA, New York University, Tisch School of the Arts
Part-Time Faculty
Thomas Baird
Lecturer of Dance; Lecturer of Musicthomas.baird@purchase.edu- BA, Empire State College, SUNY
Maria Bauman
Lecturer of Dance
Dual Rivet, Chelsea Ainsworth and Jessica Smith
Lecturers of Dance
Bradley Teal Ellis
Lecturer of Dancebradley.ellis@purchase.edu- BFA, University of North Carolina, Greensboro
Davalois Fearon
Lecturer of Dancedavalois.fearon@purchase.edu- BFA, Purchase College, SUNY
- MFA, University Wisconsin Milwaukee
Jean Freebury
Lecturer of 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
Lisa Frey
Lecturer of Physical Education; Lecturer of Dancelisa.frey@purchase.edu- BA, Boston College
Shawn Garnier
Lecturer of Danceshawn.garnier@purchase.edu- BA, Queens College, City University of New York
- MFA, Purchase College, SUNY
Shannon Gillen
Lecturer of Danceshannon.gillen@purchase.edu- BFA, The Juilliard School
- MFA, New York University
Tamisha Guy
Lecturer of Dancetamisha.guy@purchase.edu- BFA/BA, Purchase College, SUNY
- Performing Artist with A.I.M by Kyle Abraham
Howie Kenty
Lecturer of Dance
Judy Lieff
Lecturer of Dancejudy.lieff@purchase.edu- BFA, New York University
- MFA, California Institute of the Arts
Joseph Malbrough
Lecturer of Dancejoseph.malbrough@purchase.edu- Principal dancer, Chicago City Ballet, Ballet Chicago, Makarova and Company, Pennsylvania Ballet, and L’Opera de Lausanne, Switzerland
Rosalind Newman
Lecturer of Dancerosalind.newman@purchase.edu- BS, University of Wisconsin
- PhD, University of Kent (England)
Christopher Rudd
Lecturer of Dance
Peter James Saleh
Lecturer of Dancepeter.saleh@purchase.edu- BA, BM, Rutgers University
- MM, University of North Texas
Manuel Vignoulle
Lecturer of Dancemanuel.vignoulle@purchase.edu- BFA, Conservatoire National Supérieur de Musique et de Danse de Paris
Faculty Emeriti
Mette Spaniardi
Lecturer Emerita in Dance
Carol K. Walker
Dean and Professor Emerita of Dance- BA, Barat College
- SUNY Research Foundation Award Honoring Research and Scholarship in the Arts, 2002
Kevin Wynn
Associate Professor Emeritus 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
