Emilio Pulido

Rose Polsky

John Pennington

John Pennington is the Artistic Director of the Pennington Dance Group (PDG) and A Room To Create (ARC) Pasadena. He serves as the Co-Director and reconstructor for the Lewitzky Dance Gallery and serves on the Theater and Dance faculty at…

Richard Oliver

Bronislava Nijinska

Douglas Nielsen. Photo by Judy Miller

Douglas Nielsen

Douglas Nielsen studied dance at the California Institute of the Arts in the early 70’s with Donald McKayle, Bella Lewitzky, and Mia Slavenska. He later returned to California to teach at Cal Arts (1997-2000), and California State University, Long Beach (2000-2006)….

Jamie Nichols

Jamie Nichols was the Artistic Director and founder of the Pasadena based contemporary dance company Fast Feet for 23 years. Until retiring her dance company in 2003 she self-produced her work in festivals and venues throughout California. Ms. Nichols has…

Gloria Newman

Gloria Newman

Gloria Newman  (15 July 1926 – 20 June 1992) was a native of New York City. She studied with the major dance pioneers of that period, including Martha Graham, Hanya Holm, Doris Humphrey, Jose Limon, Valerie Bettis, and Charles Weidman….

Yvonne Mounsey

Yvonne Mounsey

Yvonne Mounsey 1919-2012 Principal Dancer and Inspirational Teacher   Yvonne Mounsey came to Los Angeles in 1966 after a achieving success on an international level as a principal dancer. In 1967 she and Rosemary Valaire took over ”Academy West” ballet…

Teo Morca