Meri Bender
Meri Bender, a native of Los Angeles, California, trained at the American School of Dance studying with Eugene Loring and Gloria Newman. She continued her dance education receiving an MA in Dance at UCLA were she studied with Carol Scothorn,…
Ernest Belcher
Ernest Belcher (1882-1973) Further Reading: The Ernest Belcher Papers (1900-1964) are housed at the UCLA Library Special Collections. Included in the collection are articles written for and by Belcher, teaching notes, notebooks with notes and sketches, photographs, programs, periodicals,…
Toni Basil
Toni Basil is a dancer, singer, choreographer, and director that has enjoyed multiple successes in the Industry. She was a pioneer in the dance genre by merging styles of classical ballet and street dance and raised public awareness of street dance…
Paul Barlin
Paul Barlin is a published fiction author of 6 books. Earlier in his career he directed Paul Barlin Dance Theater.
Anne Barlin
Anne Barlin is a leading pioneer in creative dance for children. Born in France in 1916, Anne started her dance career at the age of 2 in Germany at a kindergarten that had been strongly influenced by Isadora Duncan. Later in…
Bobby Banas
Bobby Banas had a long and successful career dancing in the Broadway, Film, and Television industries. Born in New York in 1933, Banas began taking dance lessons with his sister as a boy. After the second World War ended, the Banas…
Madam Alexandra Baldina
Madam Alexandra Baldina (1885-1977) was a renowned Russian ballerina. She was born in St. Petersburg and began her early training with the Imperial Ballet. In 1903 she graduated and joined the Mariinsky Ballet, and in 1905 she was transferred to the…
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