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Dance Advisory Board

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REVITALIZING DANCE EDUCATION

The mission of the Hunter Dance Advisory Board is to help guide its programs in dance education, training a new generation of certified dance teachers for New York City’s public schools.

DANCE BOARD MEMBERS

Jody Gottfried Arnhold — Chair, HCF Trustee, dance advocate and educator for over twenty years, founded Dance Education Laboratory (DEL) at 92nd street Y, created the Arnhold Graduate education Program at Hunter, and is the visionary benefactor behind the Doctorate in Dance Education, Teachers College, Columbia University. She is the Executive Producer of PS Dance!, serves on the Advisory Committee for Arts Education at New York City Department of Education, and was Co-Chair of the Committee that created the Blueprint for Teaching and Learning in Dance K-12.  Serves on the Board at Harkness Foundation for Dance, among others.
Emily Altman, President, Frederick Loewe Foundation
Barbara Bashaw, Acting Chair and Artistic Director, Dance Department, Rutgers, Mason Gross School of the Arts
Jill Brienza, Curator and artist’s representative
Cora Cahan, President, The New 42nd Street
Stuart Coleman, Board Member, New York City Center; Trustee, George Balanchine Trust
Sharon Dunn, Vice President of Education, New York Historical Society
Martha Eddy, Founder and Director, Center for Kinesthetic Education (CKE); former Adjunct Assistant Professor, Teachers College, Columbia University Dance Education Program
Carol Fineberg, National consultant and evaluator of education and arts programs
Joan Finklestein, Executive Director, The Harkness Dance Foundation
Ana Nery Fragoso, Dance Director, Office of Arts and Special Projects, NYC Department of Education
Gina Gibney, Artistic director and CEO, Gibney Dance
Eileen Goldblatt, Former Director, Arts Accountability, NYC Department of Education
Helen Haje, Choreographer and Artistic Director, Viewpointe
Lane Harwell, Executive Director, Dance/NYC
Shauna Holiman, Award winning artist; Past President, Greenwich Arts Society
Celia Ipiotis, Creator, producer, and moderator, Eye on Dance and the Arts
Hillary Lane, Headed the 2015 Workshop Performance Benefit of the School of American Ballet
Nancy MacMillan, Board of Trustees: New York City Center, School of American Ballet, American Repertory Ballet
Kimberly Maynard, Associate in the Trademark & Brand Management, and Intellectual Property Groups at Frankfurt Kurnit Klein & Selz; affiliated with Trisha Brown Dance Company
Ruth Newman, HCF Trustee; Trustee, American Ballet Theatre
Wendy Perron, Former Editor-in-Chief, Dance Magazine (2004-2013)
Charles Reinhart, Former Director, American Dance Festival (1977-2012)
Henning Rubsam, New York City based choreographer and dancer; Artistic Director, SENSEDANCE; Resident Choreographer, Hartford City Ballet; Lecturer, The Julliard School
John-Mario Sevilla, Dancer and Choreographer; Director, Harkness Dance Center, 92nd Street Y; former Director of Education, New York City Ballet
Arlene Shuler, President and Chief Executive, New York City Center
Ellen Sorrin, Director, George Balanchine Trust; Managing Director, New York Choreographic Institute; Jerome Robbins Foundation
Denise Jackson Sutherland, Former Principal Dancer, The Joffrey Ballet
Patsy Tarr, Founder and Editor-in-Chief, 2wice Editions; President, 2wice Arts Foundation
Catherine Tharin, Board Member, The Field; Dance Theater Workshop
Heather Watts, Former Principal Dancer, New York City Ballet
Stephen Weinroth, Chairman Emeritus, Joyce Theater
Barbara Zalaznick, Partner, Milstein Associates; Trustee, New York City Center