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Dance Magazine, June, 2004

DANCE CONNECTICUT

Susan Brooker, Managing Director, School; pre-professional study for children thru young adults. Peggy Lyman, Director of BFA degree program from the Hartt School of the Univ. of Hartford. Emphasis in teaching or performance. Approved for Foreign students. 224 Farmington Ave, Hartford, CT 06015; (860) 525-9396.

EASTERN CONNECTICUT BALLET

Lise Reardon, Founder; Adam Miller & Debra Collins Ryder, Directors. 435 Boston Post Rd., East Lyme, CT 06333; (860) 739-7899

HARTFORD CONSERVATORY

2 year diploma in Performing and Pedagogy NEASC accredited. Financial aid and housing Modern based community program also. 834 Asylum Ave. Hartford. CT 06105 (860) 246-2588

NAUGATUCK VALLEY COMM. COLLEGE

Elena Rusnak, Director of Dance Department A.A. in Fine Arts/Dance or Certificate 750 Chase Pkwy, Waterbury, CT 06708 (203) 575-8179; erusnak@nvcc.commnet.edu

NEW ENGLAND BALLET SCH./COMPANY

Kenneth Hopkins & Karen T. Goodman, Directors. 200 Boston Post Rd., Orange, CT 06477. Steven Hyde, Ballet Master (203) 799-7950; www.newenglandballet.org

NEW HAVEN BALLET

Phillip Otto, Artistic Director 70 Audubon Street, New Haven, CT 06510 Tel: (203) 782-9038; Fax: (203) 776-5390

THE NORTHERN CONNECTICUT BALLET

Helen Stevenson, Artistic Director. P.O. Box 461, Windsor CT 06095 (860) 688-6436; Fax (860) 298-8489

NUTMEG BALLET

New England's respected pre-professional training ground. School-year residency, Post graduate and summer programs. Associate Accreditation NASD. 58 Main St., Torrington, CT 86790; (860) 482-4413 Sharon E. Dante, Artistic Director Division of Nutmeg Conservatory for the Arts

RIDGEFIELD CONSERVATORY OF DANCE

James Robey, Director Official School of Ridgefield Civic Ballet PO Box 615, Ridgefield, CT 06877 (203)438-5597; RidgefieldDance@aol.com

TRINITY COLLEGE

Judy Dworin, Chairperson Department of Theater & Dance. B.A. degree. 300 Summit St., Hartford, CT 06106-3100; (860) 297-2409 Email: pkennedy@trincoll.edu www.trincoll.edu/Academics/Study/ TheaterAndDance/

WESLEYAN UNIVERSITY

Graduate program in Dance & Movement Studies, Master of Arts Liberal Studies, Middletown, CT (860) 685-3352 jcwhite@wesleyan.edu

WESLEYAN UNIVERSITY

Pedro Alejandro, Chair, Dance Dept. BA in Dance, Middletown, CT 06459 Choreography/Performance and World Dance Program (860) 685-2290

DELAWARE

ACADEMY OF THE DANCE

Co-Founded 1956: Helene Antonova, James Jamieson. Ballet, character, Scottish. 209 W. 14th St., Wilmington DE 19801 (302) 656-8969 Victor W. Wesley, Director.

THE ANNA MARIE DANCE STUDIO

1800 Namans Rd. (2nd Level) Wilmington, DE 19810 (302) 475-3949

DANCE CONSERVATORY

Teresa Emmons, Director Tudor Park, Dover, DE 19903 (302) 734-717 www.dancebtd.com

DELAWARE DANCE COMPANY

Sunshine Webster Latshaw, Artistic Director 211 Newark Shopping Center Wilmington, DE 19711 (302) 738-2023

DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA

AMERICAN UNIVERSITY

MA Dance, interdisciplinary focus, Arts Management certificate Sherrie Barr, Director; (202) 885-3424 http://www.american.edu/perf_arts

CENTRE DE DANSE

5254 Prospect St. N.W. Washington, DC 20007 (202) 337-0268