Anthony Shay

Anthony Shay

Anthony Shay serves as Associate Professor of Dance and Cultural Studies in the Theatre and Dance Department of Pomona College in Claremont, CA. He took his PhD at UC Riverside in Dance History and Theory. He is the author of…

Stacey Prickett

Janice Plastino

James Penrod

Martin Isaacson

Mantle Hood

Alma Hawkins

Alma Hawkins (1905-1988) was a pioneer in dance education and the founder of the nation’s first dance department at University of California, Los Angeles. She began teaching dance at UCLA in the physical education department in 1953. By 1962, she had…

Judy Gantz

Judy Gantz

Judy Gantz, MA, CMA, is the Director and Founder of the Center for Movement Education and Research (CMER), a 501c 3 non-profit organization (2003). She is an international movement specialist, teacher and lecturer, and was an Associate Adjunct Professor at…

Jennifer Fisher

L. Martina Young

L. Martina Young

L. Martina Young is a native Los Angeleno and a recognized participant in the Los Angeles dance world from the 1970’s through 1990’s. Informed by a politic of community-focused engagement as well as an awareness of the distinction between careerism…