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Dance Magazine, April, 2005

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.kl2.al.us

AUBURN BALLET SCHOOL Official School of Auburn Ballet Julian Green, Artistic Director 2515 E Glenn Ste A107, Auburn, AL 36830 (334) 821-4402 www.auburnballet.com

BIRMINGHAM-SOUTHERN COLLEGE BA Dance/Dance Educ. Certif., minor. Mira Popovich, Dir.; Ruth Henry, Dir. Dance Educ. (205)226-4945; rhenry@bsc.edu; www.bsc.edu 900 Arkadelphia Rd., Birmingham, AL 35254

COMMUNITY BALLET SCHOOL Huntsville Ballet Company Keren Gibb, School Director & Interim Artistic 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 Southeast Alabama Dance Company 909 S. St. Andrews Street Dothan, AL 36301; (334) 701-7139

THE UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA American Ballet Theatre Summer Intensive Alabama Repertory Dance Theatre Accredited by the National Association of Schools of Dance. BA Dance Performance/ Choreography. Box 870239,Tuscaloosa, AL 35487-0239. Faculty: Edie Barnes--Director, Cornelius Carter, Rita Snyder, Richard Richards. ebarnes@theatre.as.ua.edu www.as.ua.edu/theatre & (205)348-5283

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 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

THE INTERNATIONAL BALLET ACADEMY Joshua & Natasha Brooksher Artistic Directors Professional Training for Aspiring Dancers. Vaganova Syllabus training. 1866 S. Fraser Dr., Mesa, AZ; (480) 926-2527 or (480) 228-8097; Registrar@I-B-A.com & www.I-B-A.com

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

SCHOOL OF BALLET ARIZONA Truman Finney, School Director: Ib Andersen, Artistic Dir.; Carter Alexander, Asst. School Dir. 3645 E. Indian School Rd., Phoenix, AZ 85018 Phone: (602) 381-0188 Fax: (602) 553-0690 Web: www.azballet.org

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; www.arts.arizona.edu/dance/index.html

CALIFORNIA

ACADEMY OF ARTS AND BALLET Ballet Celeste of Antioch Arlene Newhouse, Owner/Director 3116 Contra Loma 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 aadkal@aol.com (310) 453-4889 www.americanacademyfordance.org