Tamara Karsavina as the Firebird and Adolph Bolm as Ivan Tsarevich in 'L'Oiseau de Feu' (The Firebird) by Bassano vintage proof print, 27 June 1912. Housed at the National Portrait Gallery.

Adolph Bolm

Adolph Bolm (1884-1951) was born in St. Petersburg, Russia where he studied at the Russian Imperial Ballet School. In 1904, he graduated and joined the Maryinsky Ballet Theatre where he partnered with Pavlova. In 1909 he joined Diagalev for the first…

Rebecca Bobele

Rebecca Bobele (1946-1995) was a dancer with the Bella Lewitzky Company and Loretta Livingston & Dancers. She was a teacher at Cal Arts. Mingus Moves, Cal Arts Dance Ensemble 1988 Minugs Moves was choreographed by Cristyne Lawson in 1988 for faculty members Rebecca Bobele…

Benita Bike

Benita Bike

I began dancing in the 1950’s in Tucson, Arizona, studying with Frances Smith Cohen (Graham) and later Stephanie Stigers (ballet). I studied two summers with Utah Repertory Theatre (Bill Evans, Joan Moon, Greg Lizenberry), at Bennington College (Linda Tarnay, Jack…

Katja Biesanz

Fanchon Shur Bennett

Fanchon Shur is a movement analyst and therapist, choreographer, poet, and energy healer. She is a certified Laban/Bartenieff Movement Analyst, registered Movement Therapist and Educator (ISMETA), and a certified practitioner of Brennan Healing Science. Fanchon has founded and directed a number of organizations throughout…

Susan Bendix

Susan Bendix holds a PhD in Education and an MFA in dance and choreography. She danced professionally in the United States and Europe and helped develop an arts based teacher education track at the Mary Lou Fulton College of Education at…

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.