Alma Hawkins
Alma Hawkins (1905-1988) was a pioneer in dance education and the founder of the nation’s first dance department at University of California, Los Angeles. She began teaching dance at UCLA in the physical education department in 1953. By 1962, she had…
Betty Empey
Betty Mitchell Empey Artist and Pioneer for Dance (1925-2009) Betty was born in Raymond, Alberta, Canada, the daughter of N. Lorenzo and Martha Mitchell. Not until Betty was six (1931) did her family move to Salt Lake City where her…
Lynda Davis
Lynda Davis has had extensive performing, choreographing, directing and teaching experience that encompasses both the professional and educational dance worlds. Davis is a former member of the Gloria Newman Dance Theater and a featured dancer with the Bella Lewitzky Dance…
Leslie Carothers
Native to Southern California Leslie Carothers has enjoyed a long and prolific career. At 16 she graduated high school and moved to New York City to study with the Joffrey Ballet School. In 1979 she joined Joffrey Ballet II, and 9 months…
Ragen Carlile
Ragen Carlile holds a B.A. in Dance and a B.S. in Business Administration from the University of North Carolina Greensboro. She began her dance training at Enloe High School for the Performing Arts and was a member of the Rainbow…
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