Faculty
Dance Performance
Department Chair
Nelly van Bommel
Associate Professor 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)
Full-Time Faculty
Darrah Carr
Assistant Professor of DanceInterim Director of the Conservatory of Dancedarrah.carr@purchase.edu- BFA, Wesleyan University
- MFA, New York University
- PhD, Texas Woman’s University
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
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
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, Quaba Earnest, and Jessica Smith
Lecturers of Dance
Caroline Copeland- Nizam
Lecturer of Dance- MFA in Dance from Sarah Lawrence College
- BA Goucher College
Bradley Teal Ellis
Lecturer of Dancebradley.ellis@purchase.edu- BFA, University of North Carolina, Greensboro
RJ Figueroa
Lecturer of Dance
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
Nattie + Hollis
Lecturers 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
Tiffany Mangulabnan
Lecturer of Dance
Milan Misko
Lecturer of Dance
Rosalind Newman
Lecturer of Dancerosalind.newman@purchase.edu- BS, University of Wisconsin
- PhD, University of Kent (England)
Yael Levitin Saban
Lecturer of Dance
Peter James Saleh
Lecturer of Dancepeter.saleh@purchase.edu- BA, BM, Rutgers University
- MM, University of North Texas
Brynn Shiovitz
Lecturer of DancePhD, University of California, Los Angeles
MA, Performance Studies, New York University
BA, Philosophy and Dance, Mills College
Dragon Sisters
Lecturers of DanceJoy Marie Thompson
Lecturer of Dance
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
