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Dance Magazine, Feb, 2004

United States

ALABAMA

ALABAMA BALLET

Wes Chapman, Artistic Director Alice Cox, Director of External Affairs 2726 1st Avenue South, Birmingham, AL 35233 (205) 322-4300; Fax (205) 322-4444 www.alabamaballet.org

ALABAMA DANCE THEATRE

Kitty Seale, Dir. Haynes Owens, Ballet Master Located at Armory Learning Arts Center 1018 Madison Ave., Montgomery, AL 36104 (334) 241-2590; Fax (334) 241-2504 Web: www.alabamadancetheatre.com

ALABAMA SCHOOL OF FINE ARTS

Therese Laeger, Dance Chair Classical & full academic program, grades 7-12 Preparatory Dance Program, ages 8-15 1800 8th Ave. North Birmingham. AL 35203 (205) 252-9241; fax 251-9541 www.asfa.k12.al.us

BIRMINGHAM-SOUTHERN COLLEGE

BA Dance/Dance Education Certif., minor. Mira Popovich, Dir. (205) 226-4945; 900 Arkadelphia Road, Birmingham, AL 35254; www.bsc.edu

COMMUNITY BALLET SCHOOL

Huntsville Ballet Company David E. Herriott, Artistic Director Keren T. Gibb, School & Associate Director P.O. Box 373, Huntsville, AL 35804 (256) 539-0961 www.huntsvilleballet.org

MOBILE BALLET, INC.

Winthrop Corey, Artistic Director 4351 Downtowner Loop, N., Mobile, AL 36609; (251) 342-2241; Fax (251) 343-8289

MONTGOMERY BALLET

Official Performing Ballet Company of the City of Montgomery. Priscilla Crommelin-Ball, Artistic Dir./School Dir. Oskar Antunez, Ballet Master. 6009 E. Shirley Ln., Montgomery, AL 36117; (334) 409-0522; montgomeryballet@ yahoo.com; www.montgomeryballet.com

SOUTHEAST ALABAMA DANCE COMPANY

Tracy Solomon, Artistic Director Located--Dothan School of Dance 2867 Fortner St., Dothan, AL 36305 (334) 794-5926

THE UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA

American Ballet Theatre Summer Intensive Radio City Rockette Summer Intensive Alabama Repertory Dance Theatre BA, Dance Performance/Choreography Box 870239, Tuscaloosa, AL 35487-0239 Faculty: Edie Barnes-Director, Cornelius Carter, Rita Snyder, Richard Richards (205) 348-5283; ebarnes@theatre.as.ua.edu www.as.ua.edu/theatre

ALASKA

ALASKA DANCE THEATRE

Alice Bassler Sullivan, Artistic Director 2602 Gambell Street, Anchorage, AK 99503 (907) 277-9591; Fax 274-3078; adt@gci.net

ANCHORAGE CLASSICAL BALLET ACAD.

Artistic Director, Michelangelo Canale 501 W. International Airport Rd., Suite 22 Anchorage, AK 99518; (907) 569-3267

ARIZONA

ARIZONA BALLET SCHOOL

Kee-Juan Han, Nadya Zubkov, Directors Official School of Ballet Arizona 3645 E. Indian School Rd., Phoenix, AZ 85018 Phone (602) 381-0188; Fax (602) 553-0690 web: www.azballet.org

ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY

B.F.A, M.F.A. Dept. of Dance, College of Fine Arts, Box 870304, Tempe, AZ 85287-0304 (480) 965-5029; Fax (480) 965-2247 Web: http://herbergercollege.asu.edu/dance Email: asudance@asu.edu

BALLET ARTS

Official school of Ballet Tucson Mary-Beth Cabana, Artistic Director 200 South Tucson Blvd. Tucson, AZ 85716; (520) 623-3373

BALLET YUMA

Jon Cristofori & Kathleen Sinclair, Dir. Yuma Ballet Academy (928) 314-4762 P.O. Box 11121, Yuma, AZ 85366 www.balletyuma.org

NINA MARLOW SCHOOL OF BALLET

Classical ballet in the Russian tradition 3801 E. Shea Blvd., Phoenix, AZ 85028 (602) 996-8000

PLUMB PERFORMING ARTS CENTER

Lisa Plumb, Director--(480) 661-7461. State of the art facility. Dance, Voice & Acting. Kids to Adult. 9153 E Bell Rd., Scottsdale, AZ 85260. ppac1497@msn.com www.plumbpac.com

UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA

Accredited NASD; BFA Dance Major/Minor Ballet/Jazz/Modern. MA, MFA Drama/Dance Faculty: Jory Hancock-Head, James Clouser, Amy Ernst, Nina Janik, Suzanne Knosp, Melissa Lowe, Susan Quinn, Michael Williams, Sam Watson. Scholarships. Write Dance Divi-sion, Ina Gittings Bldg., #121 School of Music & Dance, CFA, Tucson, AZ 85721; (520) 621-4698; ww.arts.arizona.edu/dance/index.html

CALIFORNIA

ACADEMY OF ARTS AND BALLET

Ballet Celeste of Antioch Arlene Newhouse, Owner/Director 3116 Contra Lorna Blvd. Antioch, CA 94509 (510)757-2181; (925)778-9797

ACADEMY OF BALLET

Richard Gibson & Zory Karah, Directors 2121 Market St., San Francisco, CA 94114 (415) 552-1166

ACADEMY OF CLASSICAL BALLET

Home of The Vaganova Seminars Karen Morell, Director, (510) 452-5140 452 Santa Clara Ave., Oakland, CA 94610

THE ACADEMY OF DANCE

Lori Silvaggio, Director Civic Ballet of San Luis Obispo Home of San Luis Jazz. 672 Higuera, San Luis Obispo, CA 93401 (805) 544-1230

THE ACADEMY OF PERFORMING ARTS

Professional Training 4580-B Alvarado Canyon Rd. San Diego, CA 92120 (619) 282-1884

AMERICAN ACADEMY FOR DANCE

Cecilia Soriano, Executive Director 3026 Nebraska Ave., Santa Monica, CA 90404 aadka1@aol.com (310) 453-4889 www.americanacademyfordance.org

AMERICAN REPERTORY THEATRE BALLET

969-G Edgewater Blvd., #753, Foster City, CA 94404. www.artb.org; info@artb.org (650) 340-6833; Fax (603) 251-5389

ANAHEIM BALLET

280 East Lincoln Avenue Anaheim, CA 92805-3226 (714) 520-0904 Instructional Video: $35 $3.50 S&H

AUDREY'S PILATES & DANCE

Swing Dance, Lindy Hop, Balboa, Shag and Guild Certified Pilates. Audrey Wilson, Director, (949) 551-3443; 5 Bayberry Way, Irvine, CA 92612; www.audreydancing.com

AYAKO SCHOOL OF BALLET

Ayako Takahashi, Director (650) 592-7ASB Ballet, Modern, Jazz. www.ayakoschool.com Home of Peninsula Youth Ballet, www.pyb.org 517-E Marine View Ave., Belmont, CA 94002