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Contributors to Dance Studio
Life Online
February 2008
Tracy Bauer-Durso,
author of The Definitive Guide to Dance Studio Marketing,
has worked in marketing and public relations in the
performing arts since 1992, and is an instructor of ballet and
jazz in Massachusetts. A graduate of the DMA Teacher Training
School, she holds a degree in business and marketing from
Miami University.
Darrah Carr
describes her choreography as ModERIN: a unique blend of
traditional Irish step and contemporary modern dance. Carr
holds an MFA from NYU’s Tisch School of the Arts and was named
a “Top 100 Irish American of the Year” by Irish America
Magazine. She writes for Dance Magazine, Dancer,
and Dance Insider and has taught at Hofstra and Adelphi
Universities.
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.
Diane Gudat
is from Indianapolis, IN, where she has owned her own school,
The Dance Company, Inc., since 1979. She is the author of four
books on dance education, including Acrobatics for the
Dance Studio and The Time Step Dictionary. Gudat
has served as a faculty member for the DMA, DTCB, FDM, and the
CNADM Teacher Training Schools.
Lea Marshall
is a freelance writer based in Virginia. She is
producer/assistant professor at Virginia Commonwealth
University’s Department of Dance & Choreography and executive
director of Ground Zero Dance Company.
Shevon McBride
owned and directed a studio for 20 years. As a creative
business consultant, she is sought after for her knowledge of
the dance world and her keen business sense— both keys to a
successful school. She has been a guest speaker at Rhee Gold’s
DanceLife Teacher Conference, sharing her business and
creative ideas for studio owners.
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.
Michael Wade Simpson
holds an MFA in dance from Smith College and edits
culturevulture.net. His dance writing appears in the San
Francisco Chronicle, In Dance, and other publications. He
was an NEA Fellow at the Institute for Dance Criticism at the
American Dance Festival and founded a dance company, Small
City Dance Project, in Newburyport, MA.
Stephanie Steinmeyer
owns Hawthorn Dance and Gymnastics in Versailles, MO. A former
gymnastics coach and judge, she opened her first dance studio
18 years ago. Her goal is to encourage children to realize
that success is based on effort—that they can accomplish great
things with hard work, passion, and spirit.
Rachel Straus
holds a journalism degree and an MFA in dance and writes
frequently for Dance Magazine and Ballet.co.uk. She
taught modern and jazz at Purchase College, Performing Arts
Network, and the Dance in Education Fund.
Lisa Traiger
has been a dance critic and performing-arts journalist since
1985. Her work has appeared in many publications, including
The Washington Post, Dance Magazine, Stagebill, The
Sondheim Review, Washington Jewish Week, The Washington Times,
Intermission, and Washington Review. She is
co-chair of the Dance Critics Association.
Debbie Werbrouck,
MDE, has directed three Indiana locations of Debbie
Werbrouck’s School of Dance for 38 years and is the founder
and director of Patchwork Dance Company. A former faculty
member of St. Mary’s College in Notre Dame, IN, and a past
president of Chicago National Association of Dance Masters,
Werbrouck is co-chair of the dance coalition UNITY.
Nancy Wozny
was an 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 other publications. She is also a
guild-certified practitioner of the Feldenkrais Method.
Susan Yung
is a New York–based freelancer specializing in dance and art.
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