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)….

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….

Miriam Nelson

Teo Morca

Lola Montes

by Oscar Nieto Miss Montes (1918 – 2008) had a stellar career and was one of the United States’ best-known Spanish dancers. Her career spanned the greater part of the 20th Century. She was the first American Spanish dancer to…

Michael Mizerany

Judy Mitoma