 Dancemoves Instructor's Info   Founded Dancemoves Studio of Dance 1983 Founder and Artistic Director - Common Ground Dance Company Panelist w/ Maryland State Arts Council 3 yrs. Dance Specialist, Cecil County School Systems Faculty of Towson, Harford Community College, George Washington University M.A., Dance, George Washington University B.A. Towson University  Carrie Hammond Roemer Managing Director - Common Ground Dance Company Member of Common Ground Dance Company - 2001-2006 Panelist w/ Maryland State Arts Council Certified DARE Dance instructor, staff member of UMBC Dance Dept. B.A., Dance, University of Maryland Baltimore County Graduate of Baltimore School for the Arts  Anne O'Brien Rehearsal Director, Dancemoves Performance Troupes Anne Magill O’Brien grew up in Bryan, TX. She graduated from the University of Texas in 1997 with a B.A. in History. While in college she danced with and choreographed for the UT Dance Team, and was a member of Third Coast Jazz Dance Company. Anne taught at Art In Motion Dance Studio in Illinois and also choreographed and coached for its competition team. Anne went back to school for a second bachelor’s degree in Dance Performance and Education, with K-12 Certification from Towson University which she just completed in December, 2005. Her latest and greatest achievement is the birth of baby Daniel Magill O’Brien on March 8, 2006 and Lucie Jane O'Brien on December 1, 2008.  Deborah Engerman Faculty of Dancemoves Studio of Dance Towson University, undergraduate Dance Education coursework Central PA Youth Ballet Baltimore Ballet School, RAD Certificates  Jennifer Hegner Jennifer Hegner grew up in Annapolis and studied dance at Dance Explosion in Glen Burnie Maryland. In college, she was a member of the nationally ranked Towson University Dance Team. Jennifer is a graduate of Towson University holding a degree in psychology. Jennifer is a member of Common Ground. Jennifer Brilliant photo and bio to come  Debbie Henry Debra Ballwanz Henry graduated magna cum laude from the College of Notre Dame of Maryland, where she was the recipient of a Scholarship for the Arts and received Honorable Mention for the Maryland Distinguished Scholarship of the Arts. She is also a graduate of the Institute of Notre Dame, for whom she choreographed Anything Goes, 42nd Street and for the Dance Team. She has danced under the direction of Jean Kettell and performed with the Baltimore School of the Washington Ballet. She has studied under the Maryland Gifted and Talented Summer Camp for the Arts and has taken class from Ben Vereen, and Mia Peeples. Debbie has been an Instructor with Dancemoves Studio for ten years. She is also the Assistant Director of Marketing for the law firm of Gordon, Feinblatt and a proud mom and wife. Renee Newberry  Renee has trained since a young child in ballet, jazz, tap and modern. She has a degree from Washington College and was a member of the Washington College Dance Company. Renee has also performed professionally with Full Circle Dance Company and is currently a member of Common Ground Dance Company. Renee is the mother of 3 little ones - Ben, Ada and Kate. Janelle Clark photo and bio to come Mino Nicolas (guest instructor) Recognized internationally as an Artistic Director and regisseur of some of the dance greats of this century. Currently the Executive Director of the Doris Humphrey Institute and founder and artistic director of the acclaimed Doris Humphrey Repertory Dance Company, he continues to stage, direct and supervise productions of her work, and has done so for over 30 years. A direct exponent for the first generation of the Humphrey family, he is fortunate to have worked with many company members. He has trained with other dance greats of the 20th century, including Joyce Trisler, Martha Graham, Pearl Lang and Judith Hogan, who in 1979, invited him to perform with members of the Martha Graham Dance Company in an evening of new works. He has performed, staged and directed the works of not only Humphrey, but those of Isadora Duncan, Valerie Bettis, Eleanor King, Ted Shawn, Ruth St. Denis, Jose Limon and Anna Sokolow, who personally invited him to collaborate on two new works after witnessing his own choreography for which he received numerous commissions, accolades and grants for their originality. New York Times dance critic Jennifer Dunning praised his work for having "absorbed Ms. Humphrey's respect for craft and investitgation". Having the rights to the entire extant choreographic catalog of Humphrey, he is also co-owner of over twelve of her works. |