CHOREOGRAPHY
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Wray Theatre, Rio Hondo College
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Bill Korf, Director
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I Love You, You’re Perfect, Now
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Change The Secret Rose Theatre
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D. De Liso Dir.
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Working
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Wray Theatre, Rio Hondo College
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Bill Korf Dir.
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Isadora’s Dream**
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Wray Theatre, Rio Hondo College
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Willard Simms Dir.
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American Iliad **
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Victory Theatre
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Maria Gobetti Dir.
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A Night with Dietrich
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White Barn Theatre, Conn.
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Michael Arabian Dir.
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The Diffusion Project
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L.A.Theatre Center
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Lynn Manning Dir.
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Bye Bye Blackbird
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The Long Wharf Theatre, Conn.
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Willard Simms Dir.
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Chavez: Going Toward the Light
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Tracy Robert’s Theatre
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D. De Liso & Leon Katz
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Line
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The Lilian Theatre
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Gary Blumsack Dir.
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The Rehearsal
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Classical Theatre Lab
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Elizabeth Huffman Dir.
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The Iliad
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Classical Theatre Lab
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Kent Minualt
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Gretty Good Time
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New Works Fest./ Mark Taper Forum
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Shirley Jo Finney Dir.
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Haunted Wilderness **
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Victory Theatre
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Jules Aaron Dir.
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Justine*
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The Evidence Room
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Leon Katz Dir.
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Music That Makes Me Dance
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Noho Theatre Festival
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Original Dance Solo
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Three Penny Opera
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Will Geer’s Theatricum Botanicum
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Heidi Helen Davis Dir.
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Stage Door
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University of California, Los Angeles
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David Schweitzer Dir.
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Leonce and Lena
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University of California, Los Angeles
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Victoria Ann Lewis Dir.
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The Dybuk
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University of California, Los Angeles
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Danny Kaufman Dir.
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Carnival
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California State University, Los Angeles
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Teresa Larkin Dir.
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Together Again for the First Time
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Los Angeles Photo Center
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Original Dance Works
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Mutant Vaudevillians
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Warner Grand Theatre
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Zoot Dir.
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Di Mi Lluvia
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KPAS Television
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Futures for Children Prod.
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The Apple Tree (& Asst. Dir.)
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Edinburgh Festival Fringe
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Jean Korf Dir.
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The Miss Hanford Beauty Contest
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Edinburgh Festival Fringe
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Bill Korf Dir.
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Air for One*
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Center Stage Theatre
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Ken Gilbert Dir.
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You’re A Good Man Charlie Brown
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L.A. County High School for the Arts
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Gary Soerenson Dir.
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Colony on the Moon**
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Venice Pavillion
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Darrell Kunitomi Dir.
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T.V. Bloopers and Practical Jokes
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Carson/Clark Prods.
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Gymnastic Consultant
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Webber Studios Musical Recitals
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Dabney Hall, Pasadena
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Pamela Webber Mus. Dir.
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** World Premiere * West Coast Premiere
DANCE PERFORMANCES
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Stage
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Kaleidoscope Dance Festival
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Dancer - CoMedia Dance Company
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John Anson Ford Theatre
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A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum
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Tintinabula
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Edinburgh Festival Fringe
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Family Album
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Megan (Actress & Dancer)
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I.T.P. Mark Taper Forum
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The Feeling Good Show
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Spokeswoman/ Actress / Dancer
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Southern Calif. Tour
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Elder Tales
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Actress/ Dancer
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Southern Calif. Tour
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Mutant Vaudevillians
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Dancer/ Choreographer
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Warner Grand Theatre
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The Pirates of Penzance
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Actress / Dancer
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Artist’s Repertory Theatre
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The Robber Bridegroom
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Actress/ Dancer
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Jester’s Theatre
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The Pendragons
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Magician’s Assistant
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The Magic Castle
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Film and Television
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Tyrants in Therapy
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Dancer/Choreographer/Director
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Kanter/Jaye Productions
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Perfect
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Dancer / Actress
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Germaine Jackson Video
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Outrageous Fortune
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Shelly Long’s Dance Double
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Touchstone Pictures
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T.V. Bloopers and . . .
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Gymnast with Mitch Gaylord
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Carson/Clark Productions
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Sportswear Commercial
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Mary Lou Rettin’s Dance Double
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Japan Production
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Sledge Hammer!
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Actress/ Body Builder
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New World Television
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The World’s Greatest Lover
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Dancer/Gymnast
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Twentieth Century Fox
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Can’t Stop the Music
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Dancer
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Alan Carr Productions
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Skatetown U.S.A.
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Dancer/ Skater
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Rastar Productions
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ART BEATS
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Dancer
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KPAS Productions
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The Jack LaLane Show
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Guest Actress/Gymnast
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LaLane Productions
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The Art of the Bull Whip
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Bull Whip Assistant
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Mark Wilson Productions
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Teaching Experience Includes:
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University of Southern California
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Solo Performance2002-2006
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American Academy of Dramatic Arts
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Movement for Actors & Stage Combat Instructor - 1997- ‘06
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California State University, Los Angeles
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Theatre and Dance Instructor - part-time 1990 – 97, 2000-‘06
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The Will Geer Theatricum Botanicum
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Movement Instructor Shakespeare Intensive –1999, 2004
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Braille Institute of Los Angeles
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Dance Instructor for blind and visually impaired students
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Youth First, Theatre of Hearts
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Dance Instructor for abused teens - 1997
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Artsreach, UCLA Extension
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Dance and Acting Instructor to the woman inmates at C.R.C.
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University of California at Los Angeles
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Movement for Actors Instructor- 1996 - 1997
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Los Angeles County High School for the Arts
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Chair of the Department of Physical Education “86-’94
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East Los Angeles Community College
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Acting & Gymnastics Instructor - 1993-1994
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California State Thespian Conference
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Fencing Instructor - 1991- 1992
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Constructive Toning Instructor
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Private Coaching - 1987 -1988
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Improvisation Theatre Project
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Movement and Acting Instructor for Children 1983
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Lafayette Cooperative Dance Group
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Gymnastics Instructor for Children 1973 -1974
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Regional Gymnastic Competitions
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Northern California Gymnastics Competition Judge -1973-‘77
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Education
Master of Fine Arts Degree in Theatre, Acting - University of California, Los Angeles 1997 (Awarded a Graduate Fellowship and the Jack Nicholson Prize for Acting)
Master of Arts Degree in Theatre - California State University, Los Angeles 1994 (Graduated Phi-Kappa-Phi) Master’s Thesis “The Physicalization of a Role is available at the J.F.K. Library and the A.A.D.A.
Bachelor of Arts Degree in Theatre - California State University, Los Angeles 1978 (Best Actress Award)
Summer Acting Programme - Royal National Theatre, London 1990 (Sponsored by Sir Ian McKellan)
Professional Training Includes:
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Hatha Yoga Teacher Training
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Naader Shagagi
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Ballet
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Angiene Feves, Nancy Kupka, Don Hewitt
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Modern Dance
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Rec Russell, Bella Lewisky, Jan Day
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Jazz Dance
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Joe Tremaine, Rebecca Bobelle
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Hawaiian Dance
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Marge Brown
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Theatrical Movement
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Jacques Heim, Tom Orth, Memet Sanders
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Historical Movement
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Royal National Theatre
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Gymnastics
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Ann Graybell, Jack Scott (8 yrs. training, 7 yrs. competition)
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Fencing
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Ed Richards, Ted Katzoff
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Stage Combat
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Ed Monahan, Dan Speaker, Scott Leyva
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Mime
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Richmond Sheppard
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