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Contributors to Dance Studio
Life Online
November
2007
David Favrot,
a former managing editor of Dance Magazine, has also
worked for newspapers in upstate New York, Chicago, and Amman,
Jordan, over three decades. He now works as a copy editor for
the Sacramento (California) Bee.
Mignon Furman
is the founder and director of the American Academy of Ballet
and the composer of the Performance Awards and other teaching
programs. The former director of the University of Cape Town
Ballet School, she was nominated for the university’s
Distinguished Teaching Award.
Dance Studio Life
publisher Rhee Gold grew up in dance studios and later
operated his own. He has performed and choreographed
professionally, owned a leading dance competition, presided
over national dance teaching organizations, and founded
Project Motivate to reinvigorate dance teachers. His book,
The Complete Guide to Teaching Dance, is in its second
printing.
Cheryl Ossola
is
a former Dance Magazine associate editor and the editor
of Rhee Gold’s book, The Complete Guide to Teaching Dance.
As a freelance writer and editor, her clients have included
Dance Magazine, San Francisco Ballet, and Human Kinetics
book publishers, among others. She holds a BA in theater from
The College of William and Mary and has trained in various dance
forms.
Tom Ralabate
is an associate professor of dance at the University at
Buffalo [NY], where he has served as dance director, assistant
chair of dance, and director of Zodiaque Dance Company, UB’s
resident troupe. He has served on international and national
dance faculties for all major dance organizations and is
currently the National Chair for Strategic Educational
Planning for Dance Masters of America.
Karin Wilde-Berry
is a teacher-choreographer with 31 years of dance teaching
experience. For eight years she owned and operated Heavenly
MovesSM School of Dance, a studio focusing on
Christian dance. Her current endeavors include dance
instruction and curriculum development for specialized courses
that promote self-esteem for girls.
Nancy Wozny
was a NEA fellow at the Institute for Dance Criticism at the
American Dance Festival and a 2004 recipient of the Gary Parks
Memorial Award for Emerging Dance Critics. Her work has
appeared in Dance Magazine, The Houston Chronicle,
Artshouston, and several other publications. She is also a
guild-certified practitioner of the Feldenkrais Method.
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