Marge Champion
Marge Champion was born September 2, 1919 in Los Angeles, CA. The daughter of ballet master Ernest Belcher, Marge grew up studying ballet under her father’s tutelage and began teaching ballet at his studio at age 12. In 1936 she…
Gene Castle
Gene Castle, dancer, choreographer, and director. I grew up on the Broadway stage and was a featured actor and lead dancer in several original Broadway shows, including Gypsy, Flower Drum Song, High Spirits, Henry Sweet Henry, George M! & Oh Kay!…
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…
Tamsin Carlson
Tamsin Carlson, Associate Artistic Director of Vox Dance Theatre, was a member of RUG (Repertory Understudy Group) for the Merce Cunningham Dance Company from 1996 to 1999, and is a member of the Cunningham School faculty. From 1999-2000 she performed…
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…
Dulce Capadocia
Dulce Capadocia, daughter of Asuncion “Sonia” Capadocia (founder of Silayan Dance Company), became artistic director in 1990. She transformed the company from its grass roots-based folk arts identity into a vibrant multi-ethnic group of trained performing arts professionals. An acclaimed…
Ronnie Brosterman
Ronnie Brosterman is Professor of Dance and Chair of the Dance Department at Scripps College in Claremont, California. She performed with the Boston Ballet prior to receiving her BS in Architecture from M.I.T. and her MA in Dance from the University…
Donald Bradburn
Donald Bradburn is a dance photographer, dancer, and choreographer. As one of the leading dance photographers in Southern California, he has published over 350 photographs in Dance Magazine and has served as the magazine’s Southern California correspondent. In 2001, his work…
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…
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