Dance companies.BALLET COMPANIES UNITED STATES United States, officially United States of America, republic (2005 est. pop. 295,734,000), 3,539,227 sq mi (9,166,598 sq km), North America. The United States is the world's third largest country in population and the fourth largest country in area. ALABAMA Alabama Ballet 2726 1st Avenue South Birmingham, Alabama Birmingham (pronounced [ˈbɝmɪŋˌhæm]) is the largest city in the U.S. state of Alabama and is the county seat of Jefferson County. 35233 Contact Name: Leslie Cooper Phone: 205.322.4300 Email: lesliecoaper@alabamaballet.org Web: www.alabamaballet.org Artistic Director: Wes Chapman Executive Director: Alice Cox Alabama Dance Theatre 1018 Madison Ave. Montgomery, Alabama Montgomery is the capital and second most populous city of the U.S. state of Alabama and the county seat of Montgomery County. Montgomery is notable for its historic involvement during the Civil War, for being the first capital of the Confederacy, and for being a primary site in 36104 Contact Name: Kitty Seale Phone: 334.241.2590 Email: ADTDance1@aol.com Web: www.alabamadancetheatre.com Artistic Director: Kitty Seale Executive Director: Jacqueline Berry Auburn Ballet 2515 E Glenn Ave Ste A 107 Auburn, Alabama Auburn is a city in Lee County, Alabama. It is the largest city in eastern Alabama with a 2006 population of 51,906 (according to the U.S. Census estimates).[1] 36830 Contact Name: Kim Toney Phone: 334.821.4402 Email: info@auburnballet.com Web: www.auburnballet.com Artistic Director: Julian Green Executive Director: Kim Toney CALIFORNIA The Ballet Collective at The Dancers' Studio 5772 W Pico Blvd Los Angeles Los Angeles (lôs ăn`jələs, lŏs, ăn`jəlēz'), city (1990 pop. 3,485,398), seat of Los Angeles co., S Calif.; inc. 1850. , California 90029 Contact Name: John Castagna Phone: 323.661.6440 Email: info@balletcollective.org Web: www.balletcollective.org Artistic Director: John Castagna Executive Director: John Castagna Artistic Consultant: Stefon Wenta Ballet San Jose Ballet San Jose in San Jose, California, USA, was originally founded in 1986 as the "San Jose Cleveland Ballet," a co-venture with the ten-year old Cleveland Ballet which offered to the dancers added performing exposure, and each city a ballet company for a moderate, shared Silicon Valley 40 North First Street San Jose San Jose, city, United States San Jose (sănəzā`, săn hōzā`), city (1990 pop. 782,248), seat of Santa Clara co., W central Calif.; founded 1777, inc. 1850. , CA 95113 Contact name: Spenser Anderson Phone: 408.288.2820 x216 Email: sanderson@balletsanjose.org Web: www.balletsanjose.org Artistic Director: Dennis Nahat Executive Director: Dennis Nahat California Ballet Company 4819 Ronson Court San Diego, California “San Diego” redirects here. For other uses, see San Diego (disambiguation). San Diego is a coastal Southern California city located in the southwestern corner of the continental United States. As of 2006, the city has a population of 1,256,951. 92111 Contact Name: Judy Sharp Phone: 858.560.5676 x16 Email: info@californiaballet.org Web: www.californiaballet.org Artistic Director: Maxine Mahon Executive Director: Maxine Mahon California Dance Theatre/Pacific Festival Ballet Company 5863 Kanan Road Agoura Hills, CA 91301 Contact name: Kim Maselli/Lori Sorensen Phone: 818.707.3267 Email: caldancetheatre@aol.com Web: www.califomiadancetheatre.com City Ballet of San Diego San Diego (săn dēā`gō), city (1990 pop. 1,110,549), seat of San Diego co., S Calif., on San Diego Bay; inc. 1850. San Diego includes the unincorporated communities of La Jolla and Spring Valley. Coronado is across the bay. PO Box 99072 San Diego, California 92169 Contact Name: Jo Anne Emery, Managing Director Phone: 858.274.6058 Email: joonne.emery@cityballet.org Web: www.cityballet.org Artistic Director: Steven Wistrich Executive Director: Jo Anne Emery Company C Contemporary Ballet Contemporary ballet is a form of dance influenced by both classical ballet and modern dance. It takes its technique and use of pointework from classical ballet, although it permits a greater range of movement that may not adhere to the strict body lines set forth by schools of 1280 Boulevard Way Suite 203 Walnut Creek, California Walnut Creek is a largely affluent suburb several miles east of Oakland in Contra Costa County, California, USA, in the East Bay region of the San Francisco Bay Area. While not as large as the neighboring Concord, Walnut Creek serves as the business and entertainment hub for the 94595 Contact Name: Angela Evans Phone: 925.708.0752 Email: angela@companycballet.org Web: www.companycballet.org Artistic Director: Charles Anderson Charles Anderson may refer to:
Executive Director: Elizabeth Reed The Hartfel Ballet 16458 Balsa Chica Street #162 Huntington Beach, California Huntington Beach is a seaside city in Orange County in southern California. As of the 2000 census, the city population was 189,594. It is bordered by the Pacific Ocean on the west, by Seal Beach on the north, by Costa Mesa on the south, by Westminster on the northeast, and by 92649 Contact Name: Katie Bonomini Phone: 714.404.8767 Email: info@hartfel.org Web: www.hartfel.org Artistic Director: John Welch John Welch (October 28, 1805 - August 5, 1891) was a U.S. Representative from Ohio. Born near New Athens, Ohio, Welch received a liberal schooling and was graduated from Franklin College. He moved to Athens County in 1828 and settled in Rome Township. Executive Director: John Welch La Danserie 9759 Mason Avenue Chatsworth, CA 91311 Contact name: Judy Pisarro-Grant Phone: 818.341.0525 Email: jpgladanserie@yahoo.com Web: www.LaDanserie.org Artistic Director: Patrick Frantz Los Angeles Ballet 2525 Michigan Ave, Unit T4B Santa Monica Santa Monica (săn`tə mŏn`ĭkə), city (1990 pop. 86,905), Los Angeles co., S Calif., on Santa Monica Bay; inc. 1886. Tourism and retailing are important, and the city has motion-picture, biotechnology, and software industries. , CA 90404 Contact Name: Julie Whittaker Phone: 310488-8890 Email: contact@losangelesballet.org Web: www.losangelesballet.org Artistic Directors: Colleen Neary & Thordal Christensen Executive Director: Julie Whittaker MEDIA CITY BALLET 237 E. Palm Ave Burbank, California For the community in Santa Clara County, California, see Burbank, Santa Clara County, California. For other uses, see Burbank. Burbank is a city in Los Angeles County, California, United States. As of 2004, the city had a population of 105,400. 91502 Contact Name: Askar & Natasha Kettebekov Phone: 818.972.9692 Email: natashanmiddleton@yahoo.com Web: www.mediacityballet.org Artistic Director: Natasha Middleton Kettebekov Executive Director: Askar Kettebekov Peninsula Ballet Theatre P O Box 1804 San Mateo, California San Mateo is a city in San Mateo County, California, in the San Francisco Bay Area. It is one of the larger suburbs on the San Francisco Peninsula, located between Burlingame to the north, Foster City to the East, and Belmont to the south. 94401 Contact Name: Sharon Torrano Phone: 650.340.9444 Email: info@peninsulaballet.org Web: www.peninsulaballet.org Artistic Director: Michael Lowe Executive Director: Christine Leslie Riverside Ballet Arts 3840 Lemon St Riverside, California Riverside is the county seat of Riverside County, California, United States and is also a focus city of the Greater Los Angeles Area. The city is named for the nearby Santa Ana River. As of 2006, Riverside had an estimated population of 293,741. 92501 Contact Name: Jeralyn Fetter Phone: 951.686.0226 Email: info@riversideballetarts.com Web: riversideballetarts.com Artistic Director: Glenda Carhart Executive Director: Jeralyn Fetter San Francisco Ballet San Francisco Ballet, or SFB, is a San Francisco, USA based ballet company, founded in 1933 as part of San Francisco Opera Ballet. The company is currently based in the War Memorial Opera House, where it is directed by Helgi Tomasson. 455 Franklin Street The following roads are named Franklin Street:
San Francisco San Francisco (săn frănsĭs`kō), city (1990 pop. 723,959), coextensive with San Francisco co., W Calif., on the tip of a peninsula between the Pacific Ocean and San Francisco Bay, which are connected by the strait known as the Golden , CA 94102 Phone: 415.861.5600 Email: sfbmail@sfballet.org Web: www.sfballet.org Artistic Director: Helgi Tomasson Helgi Tomasson (Reykjavík, 1942) Artistic Director of San Francisco Ballet, choreographer, former dancer. Introduction Helgi Tomasson is the current Artistic Director of San Francisco Ballet. Executive Director: Glenn McCoy Glenn McCoy is an American cartoonist, whose work includes popular comic strip The Duplex. Life Glenn McCoy was born in 1965 and began drawing only four years later under the supervision of his older brother and grandfather. COLORADO Aspen Santa Fe Ballet Aspen Santa Fe Ballet has established itself as one of America's leading contemporary dance companies. Its eleven classically trained dancers, perform an eclectic repertoire by some of the world’s foremost choreographers. 0245 Sage Way Aspen, Colorado The City of Aspen is a Home Rule Municipality that is the most populous city and the county seat of Pitkin County, Colorado, United States. According to 2006 Census Bureau estimates, the population of the city is 5,804. 81611 Contact Name: Jean-Philippe Malaty Phone: 970.925.7175 Email: jp@aspensantafeballet.com Web: www.aspensantafeballet.com Ballet Nouveau Colorado 3001 Industrial Lane, #12 Broomfield, CO 80020 Contact name: Robert Mills Phone: 303.466.5685 Email: info@balletnouveaucolorado.org Web: www.balletnouveaucolorado.org Artistic Director: Robert Mills Executive Director: Lissy Garrison Lemon Sponge Cake Contemporary Ballet 2590 Walnut Street A number of streets are named Walnut Street:
Boulder, Colorado The City of Boulder (, Mountain Time Zone) is a home rule municipality located in Boulder County, Colorado, United States. Boulder is the 11th most populous city in the State of Colorado, as well as the most populous city and the county 80302 Contact Name: Jenifer Sher Phone: 303.545.2298 Email: jenifer@lemonspongecake.com Web: www.lemonspongecake.com Artistic Director: Robert Sher-Machherndl Executive Director: Jenifer Sher CONNECTICUT Ballet Etudes Company 104 Wall Street Norwalk, Connecticut 06850 Contact Name: Nanette Vallas Phone: 203.838.4432 Email: abetudes@aol.com Web: www.balletetudesct.com Artistic Director: Nanette Vallas Executive Director: Christina Fagundes Nutmeg Conservatory for the Arts 58 Main Street Torrington, CT 06790 Contact Name: Marguerite Sabia Phone: 860. 482.4413 x 303 Email: msabia@nutmegconservatory.org Web: www.nutmegconservatory.org Artistic Director: Sharon E. Dante Executive Director: Sharon E. Dante DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA District of Columbia, federal district (2000 pop. 572,059, a 5.7% decrease in population since the 1990 census), 69 sq mi (179 sq km), on the east bank of the Potomac River, coextensive with the city of Washington, D.C. (the capital of the United States). The Washington Reflections Dance Company 128 M Street NW Suite 300 Washington, DC 20001 Contact Name: Cecily Stewart Phone: 202.371.9656 Email: cstewart@danceinstitute.org Web: www.danceinstitute.org Artistic Director: Fabian Barnes Executive Director: Alec Simpson Contemporary Ballet FLORIDA Arts Ballet Theatre of Florida 2646 NE 189th Terrace Miami, Florida “Miami” redirects here. For the Native American tribe, see Miami tribe. Miami is a major city in southeastern Florida, in the United States. It is the county seat of Miami-Dade County. Miami is a gamma world city with an estimated population of 404,048. 33180 Contact Name: Vladimir Issaev Phone: 305.935.3232 Email: artsballet@bellsouth.net Web: www.artsballettheatre.org Artistic Director: Vladimir Issaev Executive Director: Ruby Romero Central Florida
Central Florida is the central region of the United States state of Florida, on the East Coast. Ballet 4525 Vineland Rd. Ste. 204 Orlando, FL 32811 Contact name: Vasile Petrutiu Phone: 407.849.9948 Email: vpetrutiu@centralfloridaballet.com Web: www.centralfloridaballet.com Artistic Director: Vladimir Bykov Executive Director: Vasile Petrutiu Dance Alive National Ballet, Official State Touring Company of Florida 1325 NW 2nd Street Gainesville, Florida Gainesville is the largest city and county seat of Alachua County, Florida.GR6 Gainesville is home to the University of Florida, the largest university of the State University System of Florida and the third-largest university in the United States. 32601 Contact Name: Kim Turtle Phone: 352.371.2986 Email: dalive@bellsouth.net Web: www.dancealive.org Artistic Director: Kim Tuttle Brevard Ballet Theater Official Ballet Company of Galmont Ballet Centre for Dance Education 5575 Schenck Avenue Suite 11 Viera, Florida Situated on former Duda Ranch and scrub forest land, Viera is a master planned community in Brevard County, Florida, located in the Space Coast region. It is unincorporated.[1] Viera is home to many of the county's government buildings. 32955 Contact Name: Frank Galvez and Lucia Montero mon·te·ro n. pl. mon·te·ros A hunter's cap with side flaps. [Spanish, hunter, from monte, mountain, from Latin m Phone: 321.634.5466 Email: galmontballet@earthlink.net Web: www.galmontballet.com Artistic Directors and Founders: Frank Galvez and Lucia Montero Les Jeunes Danseurs Youth Ballet Company 6800 Gulfport Blvd. #205 St. Petersburg, Florida St. Petersburg (often shortened to St. Pete) is a city in Pinellas County, Florida, United States. The city is known as a vacation destination for North American and European vacationers, as well as a politically important battleground in U.S. Presidential politics. 33707 Contact Name: Cheryl Lee, Director Phone: 727.345.6800 Email: DansingLee@aol.com Artistic Director: Isabel & Javier Dubrocq Executive Director: Cheryl Lee Youth Ballet Company Miami City Ballet Miami City Ballet was created in 1986 with former New York City Ballet principal dancer Edward Villella helming the company. The Miami City Ballet flourishes as one of America's most respected Balanchine-style based ballet companies. 2200 Liberty Ave. Miami Beach, Florida “Miami Beach” redirects here. For the beach in Barbados, see Miami Beach, Barbados.
Contact Name: Donna Lenchuk Phone: 305.929.7000 ext. 1105 Email: donna@miamicityballet.org Web: www.miamicityballet.org Artistic Director: Edward Villella Edward Villella (born October 1, 1936, Bayside, New York) is an American ballet dancer and choreographer, frequently cited as America's most celebrated male dancer. Executive Director: Pamela Gerdiner Orlando Ballet 1111 North Orange Ave Orlando, Florida The city of Orlando is a major city in central Florida and is the county seat of Orange County, Florida. According to the 2000 census, the city population was 185,951. A 2006 U.S. 32804 Contact Name: Alicia Farinella Phone: 40Z426.1733 ext.24 Email: afarinella@orlandoballet.org Web: www.orlandoballet.org Artistic Director: Bruce Marks Executive Director: Russell Allen Thomas Armour Youth Ballet 5818 SW 73 Street Miami, Florida 33143 Contact Name: Ruth Wiesen Phone: 305.667.5543 Email: tabollet@ool.com Web: thomasarmouryouthballet.org Artistic Director: Ruth Wiesen Executive Director: Ruth Wiesen West Florida
West Florida was a region on the north shore of the Gulf of Mexico, which underwent several boundary and sovereignty changes during its history. Ballet, Inc. 550 Main Street Safety Harbor, Florida Safety Harbor is a city on the west shore of Tampa Bay in Pinellas County, Florida, United States. It was incorporated in 1917. The population was 17,203 at the 2000 census. As of 2004, the population recorded by the U.S. Census Bureau is 17,550. 34695 Contact Name: Leonard S. Kirsch kirsch n. A colorless brandy made from the fermented juice of cherries. [French, short for German Kirschwasser; see kirschwasser. , MD, FRCSC FRCSC Fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons of Canada , President Phone: 727.410.1338 Email: Retinaldoc@aol.com Web: westfloridaballet.com Artistic Director: Patricia Storelli, RAD RTS (Request To Send) An RS-232 signal sent from the transmitting station to the receiving station requesting permission to transmit. Contrast with CTS. 1. (operating system) RTS - run-time system. 2. , RAD Teaching Diploma, Mentor of the Royal Academy of Dance The Royal Academy of Dance (RAD) was established in 1920 by a group of professional dance artists brought together by Philip Richardson, editor of the Dancing Times and including:
Executive Director: Andrea Ignatov West Florida Youth Ballet 550 Main Street Safety Harbor, FL 34695 Contact name: Lenny Kirsch Phone: 727.797.2030 Web: www.westfloridayouthballet.com GEORGIA Gwinnett Ballet Theatre Gwinnett Ballet Theatre is a ballet company in Snellville, Gwinnett County, Georgia (Atlanta vicinity). The artistic director is Lisa Sheppard Robson, and the music director and conductor is Predrag Gosta. 2204 Fountain Square A fountain square is a park or plaza in a city that features a fountain. A fountain square is similar to a town square but is usually smaller and not situated in front of the town hall or county courthouse. It may stand alone or as part of a larger public park. Snellville, Georgia Snellville is a city in Gwinnett County, Georgia, east of Atlanta. The population was 15,351 at the 2000 census. Census estimates for 2006 show a population of 19,983. The city's mayor, Jerry Oberholtzer, was elected to a 4-year term in 2003. 30078 Contact Name: Lisa Sheppard Robson Phone: 770.978.0188 Email: gbt78@belfsouth.net Web: www.gwinneltballet.org Artistic Director: Lisa Sheppard Robson Executive Director: Stan Hall ILLINOIS Rockford Dance Company Riverfront Museum Park 711 N. Main Street Rockford, Illinois Rockford is a mid-sized city located on both banks of the Rock River in far northern Illinois. Rockford is often referred to as "The Forest City" and is the county seat of Winnebago County, Illinois, USA. As reported in the 2000 U.S. 61103 Contact Name: Cindy Jo Lantz Phone: 815.963.3341 Email: rdced1@sbcglobal.net Web: rockforddancecompany.com Artistic Director: Margaret C. Faust Executive Director: Cindy Jo Savitski-Lantz The Joffrey Ballet Joffrey Ballet, one of the major American dance companies. It was founded in New York City in 1954 by the dancer-choreographer Robert Joffrey. From 1956 to 1964 it made yearly tours of the United States. 70 E. Lake Street Suite 1300 Chicago, Illinois 60601 Contact Name: Greg Stuart Phone: 312.739.0120 Email: gstuart@joffrey.com Web: www.joffrey.com Artistic Director: Gerald Arpino Gerald Arpino' (born January 14,1928) is an American dancer, choreographer, and the artistic director and co-founder of The Joffrey Ballet. Born in Staten Island, New York, Gerald Arpino studied ballet with Mary Ann Wells, while stationed with the Coast Guard in Seattle, Executive Director: Jon H. Teeuwissen INDIANA Fort Wayne Fort Wayne, city (1990 pop. 173,072), seat of Allen co., NE Ind., where the St. Joseph and St. Marys rivers join to form the Maumee River; inc. 1840. It is the second largest city in the state, a major railroad and shipping point, a wholesale and distribution hub, Ballet 324 Penn Avenue Penn Avenue may be the longest street in Pittsburgh. Its western terminus lies at Gateway Center in downtown Pittsburgh. Its eastern portion exits the city at Wilkinsburg where it continues to exist as Penn Avenue with a numbering system that begins anew using small numbers. Fort Wayne, Indiana “Fort Wayne” redirects here. For other uses, see Fort Wayne (disambiguation). Fort Wayne is a city in northeastern Indiana, USA and the county seat of Allen County. Fort Wayne is Indiana's second largest city after Indianapolis. 46805 Contact Name: Alix Miller Phone: 260.484.9646 Email: alix@fortwayneballet.org Web: www.fortwayneballet.org Artistic Director: Karen Gibbons-Brown Executive Director: Karen Gibbons-Brown LOUISIANA Delta Festival Ballet 3351 Severn Ave., Suite 304 P.O. Box 7425 Metairie, Louisiana Metairie (local pronunciations /ˈmɛtəɹi/, /ˈmɛtɹi/) is a suburb of New Orleans. 70010 Contact Name: Robyn S. Schmidt Phone: 504.888.0931 Email: dehafestballet@aol.com Web: www.deltafestivalballet.org Artistic Director: Joseph and Maria Giacobbe Executive Director: Joseph and Maria Giacobbe MARYLAND Ballet Theatre of Maryland 801 Chase Street Annapolis, MD 21401 Contact name: Dianna Cuatto Phone: 410.263.8289 Email: btm@balletmaryland.org Web: www.balletmaryland.org Artistic Director: Dianna Cuatto Executive Director: Dianna Cuatto MICHIGAN Grand Rapids Grand Rapids, city (1990 pop. 189,126), seat of Kent co., SW central Mich., on the Grand River; inc. 1850. The second largest city in the state, it is a distribution, wholesale, and industrial center for an area that yields fruit, dairy products, farm produce, Ballet Company 341 Ellsworth SW Grand Rapids, Michigan “Grand Rapids” redirects here. For other uses, see Grand Rapids (disambiguation). Grand Rapids is a city in the U.S. state of Michigan. As of the 2000 census, the city population was 197,800. 49503 Contact Name: Laura Berman, Associate Artistic Director Phone: 616.454.4771 Email: laurab@grballet.com Web: www.grballet.com Artistic Director: Gordon Peirce Schmidt Executive Director: Gordon Peirce Schmidt MISSOURI Kansas City Kansas City, two adjacent cities of the same name, one (1990 pop. 149,767), seat of Wyandotte co., NE Kansas (inc. 1859), the other (1990 pop. 435,146), Clay, Jackson, and Platte counties, NW Mo. (inc. 1850). Ballet 1601 Broadway Kansas City, MO 64108 Contact name: Vernetta Adair Phone: 816.931.2232 Web: www.kcballet.org Artistic Director: William Whitener whit·en tr. & intr.v. whit·ened, whit·en·ing, whit·ens To make or become white or whiter, especially by bleaching. whit Executive Director: Jeffrey J. Bentley NEVADA Nevada Ballet Theatre 1651 Inner Circle Las Vegas Las Vegas (läs vā`gəs), city (1990 pop. 258,295), seat of Clark co., S Nev.; inc. 1911. It is the largest city in Nevada and the center of one of the fastest-growing urban areas in the United States. , NV 89144 Contact name: Bruce Steivel or Sven Alexanders Phone: 702.243.2623 Email: info@nevadaballet.com Web: www.nevadaballet.com Artistic Director: Bruce Steivel Sierra Nevada Sierra Nevada, mountain range, Spain Sierra Nevada (syā`rä nāvä`thä), chief mountain range of S Spain, in Granada prov., running from east to west for c.60 mi (100 km), parallel to the Mediterranean Sea. Ballet PO BOX 69 Genoa, Nevada Genoa, Nevada was the first settlement in the Nevada territory in 1850. The population of Genoa as of 2005 is 248 [1]. It is situated in the Carson Valley and is about 60 miles south of Reno, Nevada. 89411 Contact Name: Rosine Bena Phone: 775.783.3223 Email: info@sierranevadaballet.com Web: sierranevadaballet.com Artistic Director: Rosine Bena Executive Director: Steven Porter NEW HAMPSHIRE New Hampshire, one of the New England states of the NE United States. It is bordered by Massachusetts (S), Vermont, with the Connecticut R. forming the boundary (W), the Canadian province of Quebec (NW), and Maine and a short strip of the Atlantic Ocean (E). New England Youth Ensemble 21 Buttrick Road Londonderry, New Hampshire Londonderry, New Hampshire is a town located in the western part of Rockingham County, New Hampshire, USA. The town is bordered on the north by Manchester, New Hampshire and on the east by Derry, New Hampshire. The population was 23,236 at the 2000 census. 03053 Contact Name: Barbara Mullen Phone: 603.537.9799 Email: info@nede.org Web: www.nede.org Artistic Director: Barbara Mullen Executive Director: Barbara Mullen NEW JERSEY Atlantic City Ballet 713 West Moss Mill Rd. Egg Harbor City, New Jersey Egg Harbor City is a city in Atlantic County, New Jersey, United States. As of the United States 2000 Census, the city population was 4,545. Egg Harbor City incorporated as a city by an Act of the New Jersey Legislature on June 14, 1858, from portions of Galloway Township 08215 Contact Name: Phyllis Papa Phone: 609.804.1995 Email: acbt@acbt.org Web: www.acbt.org Artistic Director: Phyllis Papa Executive Director: Dr. Stephen Huber New Jersey Ballet Company 15 Microlab Road Livingston, New Jersey 07039 Contact Name: Carolyn Clark Phone: 973.597.9600 Email: njballet@aol.com Web: www.njballet.org Artistic Director: Carolyn Clark Executive Director: Carolyn Clark NEW YORK New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of American Ballet Theatre American Ballet Theatre, one of the foremost international dance companies of the 20th cent. It was founded in 1937 as the Mordkin Ballet and reorganized as the Ballet Theatre in 1940 under the direction of Lucia Chase and Rich Pleasant. 890 Broadway New York, NY 10003 Phone: 212.477.3030 Web: www.abt.org Artistic Director: Kevin McKenzie Executive Director: Rachel S. Moore New York City Ballet New York City Ballet, one of the foremost American dance companies of the 20th cent. It was founded by Lincoln Kirstein and George Balanchine as the Ballet Society in 1946. New York State Theatre 20 Lincoln Center New York, NY 10023 Phone: 212.870.5656 Web: www.nycballet.com Ballet Master: Peter Martins Jose Limon Dance Foundation 307 West 38th Street New York, New York 10018 Contact Name: Ann Vachon Phone: 212.777.3353 ext. 17 Email: avachon@limon.org Web: www.limon.org Artistic Director: Carla Maxwell Executive Director: Randall Fippinger Rebecca Kelly Ballet 579 Broadway, 4B New York, New York 10012 Contact Name: Craig Brashear Phone: 212.431.8489 Email: RKBallet@ix.netcom.com Web: www.RebeccaKellyBallet.org Artistic Director: Rebecca Kelly Executive Director: Craig Brashear Urban Ballet Theater 5 West 102nd Street Suite 5B New York, New York 10025-4784 Contact Name: Alex Erikson Phone: 212.663.7140 Email: alex@urbanballettheater.org Web: www.urbanbollettheater.org Artistic Director: Daniel Catanach Executive Director: Alex Erikson NORTH CAROLINA North Carolina, state in the SE United States. It is bordered by the Atlantic Ocean (E), South Carolina and Georgia (S), Tennessee (W), and Virginia (N). Facts and Figures Area, 52,586 sq mi (136,198 sq km). Pop. Carolina Ballet 3401-131 Atlantic Avenue Raleigh, North Carolina For other uses of this name, see Raleigh. Raleigh (IPA: /ˈrɑli/, ral-ee) is the capital of the State of North Carolina and the county seat of Wake County. 27604 Contact Name: Elizabeth Parker Phone: 919 719.0800, ext. 225 Email: elizabethparker@carolinaballet.com Web: www.ca rolinaballet.com Artistic Director: Robert Weiss Executive Director: Lisa Jones OHIO Ohio, state, United States Ohio, midwestern state in the Great Lakes region of the United States. It is bordered by Pennsylvania (NE) West Virginia (SE), Kentucky (S), Indiana (W), and Michigan and Lake Erie (N). Dayton Ballet 140 N Main St Dayton, Ohio 45402 Contact Name: Kathy Reed Phone: 937.449.5060 Email: contact_us@daytonballet.org Web: www.daytonballet.org Artistic Director: Dermot Burke Executive Director: Dermot Burke Toledo Ballet 5001 Monroe Street Toledo, Ohio 43623 Contact Name: Mori Davis Phone: 417.471.0049 Email: mdavis@toledoballet.net Web: www.toledoballet.net Artistic Director: Arkadiy Orchovsky Executive Director: Dee V. Spencer OKLAHOMA Tulsa Ballet 4512 S. Peoria Tulsa, OK 74105 Phone: 918.749.6030 Email: admin@tulsaballet.org Web: www.tulsaballet.org Artistic Director: Marcello Angelini OREGON Oregon Ballet Theatre Oregon Ballet Theatre is the premiere ballet company for the state of Oregon. The company is the result of the 1992 merging of Ballet Oregon and Pacific Ballet Theater. James Canfield, formerly a dancer with Joffrey Ballet as well as a principal dancer for Pacific Ballet Theater, 818 SE 6th Ave. Portland, OR 97212 Contact name: Rebecca Roberts Phone: 503.227.0977 Email: rebecca.roberts@obt.org Web: www.obt.org Artistic Director: Christopher Stowell Pacific Festival Ballet 4620 SW Beaverton Hillsdale Hwy. Portland, Oregon 97221 Contact Name: John Gardner Phone: 503.977.1753 Email: admin@pacificfestivalballet.org Web: www.pacificfestivalballet.org Artistic Director: John W. Gardner John William Gardner, (October 8, 1912–February 16, 2002), President of the Carnegie Corporation, Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare under President Lyndon Johnson, was subsequently the founder of two influential national U.S. Executive Director: Christopher Tabor PENNSYLVANIA Central PA Youth Ballet 5 North Orange Street Suite 3 Carlisle, Pennsylvania 17013 Contact Name: Tara Davis Phone: 717.245.1191 Email: davis@cpyb.org Web: www.cpyb.org Artistic Director: Marcia Dale Weary Executive Director: Maurinda Wingard Pennsylvania Ballet 1101 South Broad Street Philadelphia, PA 19147 Phone: 215.551.7000 Email: rcapaccio@paballet.org Web: www.paballet.org Artistic Director: Roy Kaiser Executive Director: Michael Scolamiero RHODE ISLAND Rhode Island, island, United States Rhode Island, island, 15 mi (24 km) long and 5 mi (8 km) wide, S R.I., at the entrance to Narragansett Bay. It is the largest island in the state, with steep cliffs and excellent beaches. Festival Ballet Providence 825 Hope Street Providence, Rhode Island  “Providence” redirects here. For other uses, see Providence (disambiguation). Providence is the capital and the most populous city of the U.S. 02906 Contact Name: Mark Fleisher Phone: 401.353.1129 Email: info@festivalballet.com Web: www.festivalballet.com Artistic Director: Mihailo ("Misha") Djuric Executive Director: Lisa LaDew SOUTH CAROLINA South Carolina, state of the SE United States. It is bordered by North Carolina (N), the Atlantic Ocean (SE), and Georgia (SW). Facts and Figures Area, 31,055 sq mi (80,432 sq km). Pop. (2000) 4,012,012, a 15. Charleston Ballet Theatre 477 King Street Charleston, SC 29403 Contact name: Jill Eathorne Bahr Phone: 843.723.7334 Email: cbtbahr@aol.com Web: www.charlestonballet.org Artistic Director: Don & Patricia Cantwell Executive Director: Jill Eathorne Bahr, Resident Choreographer Columbia City Ballet PO Box 11898 Columbia, SC 29201 Contact name: Carrie Phillips Phone: 803.799.7605 Email: info@columbiacityballet.com Web: www.columbiacityballet.com Artistic Director: William Starrelt Executive Director: William Starrett TENNESSEE Ballet Memphis P.O. Box 3675 Memphis, TN 38018 Contact name: Karl Condon Phone: 901.737.7322 Email: karl@balletmemphis.org Web: www.balletmemphls.org Artistic Director: Dorothy Gunther Pugh Executive Director: Dorothy Gunther Pugh Ballet Tennessee 3202 Kelly's Ferry Road Chattanooga, Tennessee 37419 Contact Name: Barry VanCura Phone: 423.821.2055 Email: Barry@BalletTennessee.org Web: www.BalletTennessee.org Artistic Director: Anna Baker-VanCura Executive Director: Barry VanCura Chattanooga Ballet PO Box 6175 Chattanooga, TN 37401 Contact name: Bob Willie Phone: 423.870.1518 Email: thewillies2@yahoo.com Web: www.chattanoogaballet.net Artistic Director: Frank Hay Executive Director: Bob Willie Nashville Ballet 3630 Redmon Street Nashville, Tennessee 37209 Contact Name: Paul Vasterling Phone: 615.297.2966 ext. 16 Email: pvasterling@nashvilleballet.com Web: www.nashvilleballet.com Artistic Director: Paul Vasterling TEXAS Ballet Concerto 3803 Camp Bowie Blvd Fort Worth, Texas Fort Worth is the fifth-largest city in the state of Texas, 18th-largest city in the United States[1], and voted one of "America’s Most Livable Communities. 76107 Contact Name: Webster Dean Phone: 817-738-7915 Email: balletconcerto@hotmail.com Web: www.balletconcerto.com Galveston Ballet Mailing address: PO Box 594 Galveston, TX 77553 Studio address: 2301 Market Street Galveston, TX 77550 Contact name: Jeanette Wallace Phone: 409.763.8620 Email: galvestonballet@hotmail.com Web: www.galveston ballet.org Artistic Director: Lynn Nigliazzo Executive Director: Lynn Nigliazzo Houston Ballet 1921 West Bell Houston, TX 77219 Phone: 713.523.6300 Web: www.houstonballet.org Artistic Director: Stanton Welch UTAH Utah, state, United States Utah (y  `tä'), Rocky Mt. state of the W United States. Ballet West 50 West 200 South Salt Lake City, Utah For ships of the United States Navy of the same name, see . Salt Lake City is the capital and the most populous city of the U.S. state of Utah. The name of the city is often shortened to Salt Lake, or its initials, S.L.C. 84101 Contact Name: Jodie Fisher Phone: 801.323.6900 Email: info@balletwest.org Web: www.balletwest.org Artistic Director: Jonas Kage Executive Director: Johann Jacobs Imagine Ballet Theatre 2415 Washington Blvd. Ogden, Utah 84401 Contact Name: Raymond Van Mason Phone: 801.971.9277 Email: ibtmason@comcast.net Web: www.imagineballet.org Artistic Director: Raymond Van Mason Executive Director: Jeri Lynn Haacke VIRGINIA Manassas Dance Company 9004 Mathis Avenue Manassas, Virginia 20110 Contact Name: Amy Wolfe Phone: 703.257.1811 Email: manassasdance@aol.com Web: www.manassasdance.org Artistic Director: Amy Wolfe Executive Director: Mark Wolfe Richmond Ballet 407 East Canal Street Richmond, VA 23219 Contact name: Jennifer MacKenzie Phone: 804.344.0906, ext. 244 Email: jmackenzie@richmondballet.com Web: www.richmondballet.com Artistic Director: Stoner ston·er n. 1. One that stones. 2. Slang a. One who is habitually intoxicated by alcohol or drugs. b. One who is a delinquent or failure. Winslett Executive Director: Keith Martin WISCONSIN Milwaukee Ballet Company 504 W. National Avenue Milwaukee, Wisconsin 53204 Contact Name: Amy Marshall Phone: 414.902.2110 Email: amarshall@milwaukeeballet.org Web: www.milwaukeeballet.org Artistic Director: Michael Pink Executive Director: Amy Marshall CANADA MANITOBA Canada's Royal Winnipeg Ballet The Royal Winnipeg Ballet, based in Winnipeg, Manitoba, is Canada's oldest ballet company and the longest continuously operating ballet company in North America. It was founded in 1939 as the "Winnipeg Ballet Club" by Gweneth Lloyd and Betty Farrally. 380 Graham Avenue Winnipeg, Manitoba R3L 4K2 Contact Name: Gerard Roxburgh, Director of Touring and Company Operations Phone: 204.957.3440 Email: groxburgh@rwb.org Web: www.rwb.org Artistic Director: Andre Lewis Chief Operating Officer Chief Operating Officer (COO) The officer of a firm responsible for day-to-day management, usually the president or an executive vice-president. : Judy Murphy ONTARIO Ballet Jorgen Canada 213 Glebeholme Blvd. Toronto, Ontario M4J 1S8 Contact Name: G. DeLoltinville Phone: 416.961.4725 Email: info@bolletjorgen.ca Web: www.balletjorgen.ca Artistic Director: Bengt Jorgen Executive Director: Bengt Jorgen National Ballet of Canada National Ballet of Canada, the leading Canadian ballet company. Based in Toronto, it was founded (1951) by Celia Franca (1921–2007) and modeled on Sadler's Wells (now the Royal Ballet). Toronto, ON, M5V 3K4 Phone: 416.345.9686 Email: info@national.ballet.ca Web: www.national.ballet.ca Artistic Director: Karen Kain Executive Director: Kevin Garland NORWAY Norwegian National Ballet Oslo, N-0028 Contact name: Inger Schedell Flattum Phone: 47 23 32 50 37 Email: inger.schedel.flattum@operaen.no Web: www.operaen.no Artistic Director: Inger Schedell Flattum UNITED KINGDOM Gleich Dances Contemporary Ballet 78 Meadway Drive Woking, GU21 4TS Contact Name: Julia K. Gleich Phone: +447966937770 Email: julia@gleichdances.org Web: www.gleichdances.org Artistic Director: Julia K. Gleich Executive Director: Jason Andrew AUSTRALIA West Australian Ballet The West Australian Ballet is the premier ballet company of Western Australia and is based in Perth at His Majesty's Theatre, Western Australia. The company was founded in 1952 by Madame Kira Bousloff (formerly of the Ballets Russes[1] PO Box 7228 Cloisters Square PERTH, WESTERN AUSTRALIA This article is about the metropolitan area of Perth, Western Australia. For the local government area, see City of Perth. Perth is the capital of the Australian state of Western Australia. , 6850 Contact Name: Sarah Garvey Phone: 08.9481 0707 Email: info@waballet.com.au Web: www.waballet.com.au Artistic Director: Simon Dow Executive Director: Louise Howden-Smith SWEDEN The Goteborg Ballet Christina Nilssons Gata Gothenburg Contact Name: Ingrid Thiele Phone: 46 31 10 8000 Email: ingrid.thiele@opera.se Web: wyer.opera.se Artistic Director: Kevin Irving Executive Director: Kenneth Orrgren MODERN DANCE COMPANIES UNITED STATES ARIZONA Desert Dance Theatre P.O. Box 25332 Tempe, Arizona 85285-5332 Contact Name: Lisa R. Chow Phone: 480.962.4584 Email: LRChow@cox.net Web: www.DesertDanceTheatre.org Artistic Director: Lisa R. Chow Executive Director: Lisa R. Chow CALIFORNIA Brockus Project Dance Company 5628 Pepperwood pepperwood, name for several trees, among them the California laurel. Avenue Lakewood, California 90712 Contact Name: Deborah Brockus Phone: 562.531.8949 Email: brockus@earthlink.net Web: www.BrockusProjectDanceCompany.org Artistic Director: Deborah Brockus Executive Director: Deborah Brockus Butterworth Dance Company PO Box 16611 San Diego, California 92176-6611 Contact Name: Molly Terbovich, Managing Director Phone: 619.501.5037 Email: bdc@butterdance.org Web: www.butterdance.org Artistic Director: Troves Butterworth Executive Director: Traves Butterworth L.A. Contemporary Dance Company 8033 Sunset Blvd Los Angeles, California 90046 Contact Name: Michelle Mierz Phone: 213.300.3937 Email: michelle@lacontemporarydance.org Web: www.lacontemporarydance.org Artistic Director: Kate Hurter Executive Director: Michelle Mierz Liss Fain fain adv. 1. Happily; gladly: "I would fain improve every opportunity to wonder and worship, as a sunflower welcomes the light" Henry David Thoreau. 2. Dance 26 Seventh St. Fifth Floor San Francisco, California “San Francisco” redirects here. For other uses, see San Francisco (disambiguation). The City and County of San Francisco (EN IPA: [sænfrənˈsɪskoʊ] 94103 Contact Name: Rachel Cohen cohen or kohen (Hebrew: “priest”) Jewish priest descended from Zadok (a descendant of Aaron), priest at the First Temple of Jerusalem. The biblical priesthood was hereditary and male. Phone: 1.310.838.0849 Email: CadenceArts@aol.com Web: wvw.lissfaindance.org Artistic Director: Liss Fain Executive Director: Liss Fain Malashock Dance P.O. Box 86395 San Diego, CA 92138-6395 Contact name: Paloma Patterson Phone: 619.260.1622 Email: malashock@malashockdance.org Web: www.malashockdance.org Artistic Director: John Malashock Executive Director: Terry Williams Pas d'ASL PO Box 42215 Los Angeles, California 90042-3423 Contact Name: Mona Jean Cedar Phone: 818.679.2332 Email: monajean@pasdasl.com Web: www.pasdasl.com Choreographer of dances set to originally compose spoken word poems all interpreted into sign languages from around the world. Ross Dance Company 4408 Market Street, Suite C Oakland, California 94608 Contact Name: Gazania n. 1. any plant of the genus Gazania valued for their showy daisy flowers. Noun 1. gazania - any plant of the genus Gazania valued for their showy daisy flowers flower - a plant cultivated for its blooms or blossoms McCoy Phone: 510-428-9339 Email: info@rossdance.com Web: www.rossdance.com Artistic Director: Tecsia Ross COLORADO Kim Robards Dance Kim Robards Dance is a dance company from in Denver, Colorado. It is made up of up to twelve dancers whose focus is modern dance and dance education. Formed in 1987 as the Colorado Repertory Dance Company, it took on the name of it's Founder and Artistic Director Kim Robards in 1993. At the KRD KRD Korean Resources Development Dance Loft 1379 South Inca Street Contact name: LaRana Skdicky Phone: 303.825.4847 Email: larana@kimrobardsdance.org Web: www.kimrobardsdance.org Artistic Director: Kim Robards Executive Director: LaRana Skalicky CONNECTICUT Nutmeg Conservatory for the Arts 58 Main Street Torrington, CT 06790 Contact Name: Marguerite Sabia Phone: 860. 482.4413 x 303 Email: msabia@nutmegconservatory.org Web: www.nutmegconservatory.org Artistic Director: Sharon E. Dante Executive Director: Sharon E. Dante Pilobolus Dance Theatre Box 388 Washington Depot, CT 06794 Phone: 860.868.0538 Email: info@pilobolus.org Web: www.pilobolus.org Artistic Director: Robby Barnett Executive Director: Itamar Kubovy DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA Dance Place 3225 8th Street. NE Washington, District of Columbia 20017 Contact Name: Sarah Hemphill Phone: 202.269.1600 ext. 16 Email: sarahh@danceplace.org Web: www.danceplace.org The Washington Reflections Dance Company 128 M Street NW Suite 300 Washington, District of Columbia 20001 Contact Name: Cecily Stewart Phone: 202.371.9656 Email: cstewart@danceinstitute.org Web: www.danceinstitute.org Artistic Director: Fabian Barnes Executive Director: Alec Simpson ILLINOIS Hubbard Street Dance Chicago  This article or section is written like an .Please help [ rewrite this article] from a neutral point of view. Mark blatant advertising for , using . 1147 West Jackson Blvd. Chicago, IL 60607 Contact name: Myrle-Marie Bongiovanni Phone: 312.850.9744 Email: mbongiovanni@hubbardstreetdonce.com Web: www.hubbardstreetdance.com Artistic Director: Jim Vincent Executive Director: Gail Kalver Hubbard Street 2 1147 West Jackson Blvd. Chicago, IL, 60607 Contact name: Julie Nakagawa Bottcher Phone: 312.850.9744 Email: jbottcher@hubbardstreetdance.com Web: www.hubbardstreetdance.com Artistic Director: Julie Nakagawa Bottcher Executive Director: Gail Kalver Luna Negra Dance Theater 1016 N. Dearborn Chicago, Illinois 60610 Contact Name: Phyllis Brzozowska Phone: 312.337.6882 Email: information@lunanegra.org Web: www.lunanegra.org Artistic Director: Eduordo Vilaro Executive Director: Phyllis Brzozowska INDIANA Dance Kaleidoscope 4603 Clarendon Road Suite 32 Indianapolis, Indiana 46208 Contact Name: Jan Virgin Phone: 317.940.6555 Email: janv@dancekal.org Web: www.dancekal.org Artistic Director: David Hochoy Executive Director: Jan Virgin KANSAS 940 dance company 940 New Hampshire Lawrence, Kansas 66044 Contact Name: Susan Warden Phone: 785.843.2787 Email: lacdance@sunflower.com Web: www.940dancecompany.org Artistic Director: Susan Warden Executive Director: Candi Baker NEW JERSEY Nai-Ni Chen Dance Company P.O. Box 1121 Fort Lee, New Jersey Fort Lee is a borough in Bergen County, New Jersey, United States. As of the United States 2000 Census, the borough population was 35,461. Fort Lee was formed by an Act of the New Jersey Legislature on March 29, 1904, from the remaining portions of Ridgefield Township. 07024 Contact Name: Andy Chiang Phone: 800.650.0246 Email: info@nainichen.org Web: www.nainichen.org Artistic Director: Nai-Ni Chen Executive Director: Andy Chiang NEW MEXICO Keshet Dance Company 214 Coal Ave SW Albuquerque, New Mexico “Albuquerque” redirects here. For other uses, see Albuquerque (disambiguation). Albuquerque (pronounced [ˈæl.bə.kɚ.kiː], Spanish: [al.βu. 87102 Contact name: Shira Greenberg Phone: 505.224.9808 Email: shira@keshetdance.org Web: www.keshetdance.org Artistic Director: Shira Greenberg Executive Director: Jacqueline M. Garcia NEW YORK Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater The Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater is a modern dance company based in New York, New York. It was founded in 1958 by choreographer and dancer Alvin Ailey. It is made up of 30 dancers as well as artistic director Judith Jamison and associate artistic director Masazumi Chaya. Alvin Ailey Dance Foundation The Joan Weill Center for Dance 405 W. 55th Street New York, NY 10019 Contact Name: Jodi Krizer, Director of Marketing and Public Relations public relations, activities and policies used to create public interest in a person, idea, product, institution, or business establishment. By its nature, public relations is devoted to serving particular interests by presenting them to the public in the most ; Tyrha Lindsey, Associate Director of Public Relations Phone: 212.405.9000 E-mail: info@alvinailey.org Web: www.alvinailey.org Artistic Director: Judith Jamison Executive Director: Sharon Gersten Luckman International & Domestic Bookings: ICM ICM Intercom ICM Integrated Crop Management ICM International Congress of Mathematicians ICM Information Classification and Management ICM Intelligent Contact Management (Cisco) ICM International Creative Management Artists Ltd. Ailey II Alvin Ailey Dance Foundation The Joan Weill Center for Dance 405 W. 55th Street New York, NY 10019 Phone: 212.405.9000 E-mail: info@alvinailey.org Web: www.alvinailey.org Artistic Advisor: Judith Jamison Artistic Director: Sylvia Waters International & Domestic Bookings: ICM Artists Ltd. Ballet Hispanico 167 West 89th Street New York, New York 10024 Contact Name: Diane B. Karlin Phone: 212.363.6710 ext. 42 Email: dkarlin@ballethispanico.org Web: www.ballethispanico.org Artistic Director: Tina Ramirez Executive Director: Verdery Roosevelt Doug Varone and Dancers 37 West 32nd Street, #4A New York, New York 10001 Contact Name: Lisa Booth Management Phone: 212.921.2114 Email: artslbmi@msn.com Web: www.dougvaroneanddancers.org Artistic Director: Doug Varone Executive Director: Diane Rosenblatt Felice Lesser Dance Theater 484 West 43rd Street, #9T New York, New York 10036 Contact Name: Felice Lesser Phone: 212.594.3388 Email: fldtny@aol.com Web: www.fldt.org Artistic Director: Felice Lesser Executive Director: Felice Lesser Garth Fagan Dance 50 Chestnut Street Rochester, New York This article is about the city of Rochester in Monroe County. For the town in Ulster County, see Rochester, Ulster County, New York. Rochester, once known as The Flour City, and more recently as The Flower City or 14604 Contact Name: RUBY P. LOCKHART Phone: 585.454.3260 Email: ruby@garthfagandance.org Web: www.garthfagandance.org Artistic Director: Garth Fagan Executive Director: Ruby Lockhart KDNY 213 W. 122nd St. #2 New York, New York 10027 Contact Name: Kathleen Dyer Phone: 646.529.6412 Email: kathleen@kdnydance.com Web: www.kdnydance.com Artistic Director: Kathleen Dyer Executive Director: Marianne Pohle Limon Dance Company 307 W. 38th Street, #1105 New York, New York 10018 Contact Name: John Claassen, General Manager Phone: 212-777-3353 Email: jclaassen@limon.org Web: www.limon.org Artistic Director: Carla Maxwell Executive Director: Randal Fippinger Mark Morris Dance Group 3 Lafayette Avenue Brooklyn, NY, 11217 Phone: 718.624.8400 Email: info@mmdg.org Web: www.mmdg.org Artistic Director: Mark Morris Executive Director: Nancy Umanoff Martha Graham Dance Company 316 East 63rd Street New York, NY 10021 Phone: 212.521.3611 Email: info@marthagrahamdance.org Web: www.marthagrahamdance.org Artistic Director: Janet Eilber Merce Cunningham Dance Company 55 Bethune Street New York, New York 10014 Contact Name: Rebecca Wilhelm Phone: 212.255.8240 ext. 12 Email: info@merce.org Web: www.merce.org Artistic Director: Merce Cunningham Executive Director: Trevor Carlson Paul Taylor Dance Company Paul Taylor Dance Company, is a contemporary dance company, formed by Paul Taylor, an American choreographers of the 20th century. One of the early touring companies of American modern dance, the Company has "performed in more than 500 cities in 62 countries"[1] New York, NY 10012 Phone: 212.431.5562 Email: information@ptdc.org Web: www.paultaylor.org Artistic Director: Paul Taylor Executive Director: Wallace Chappell Risa Jaroslow & Dancers 139 Fulton St #310 New York, New York 10038 Contact Name: Risa Jaroslow Phone: 212.233.0330 Email: rjdinfo@verizon.net Web: www.risajaroslow.org Artistic Director: Risa Jaroslow Executive Director: Risa Jaroslow SOKOLOW THEATRE/DANCE ENSEMBLE Old Chelsea Station P.O. Box 351 New York, New York 10113 Contact Name: Jim May Phone: 212.741.0900 Email: jimamay@sokolowtheatredance.org Web: www.sokolowtheatredance.org Artistic Director: Jim May Executive Director: Jim May Trisha Brown Dance Company 625 West 55th Street New York, NY 10019 Phone: 212.582.0040 Web: www.trishabrowncompany.org Artistic Director: Trisha Brown Executive Director: Michele Thompson Urban Bush Women 138 South Oxford Street Suite 4B Brooklyn, New York 11217 Contact Name: Amy Cassello Phone: 718.398.4537 Email: info@urbanbushwomen.org Web: www.urbanbushwomen.org Artistic Director: Jawole Zollar Executive Director: Amy Cassello NORTH CAROLINA Alban Elved Dance Company PO Box 603 Lewisville, North Carolina Lewisville is a town in Forsyth County, North Carolina, United States. The population was 8,826 at the 2000 census. It is a Piedmont Triad community. Geography Lewisville is located at (36.098087, -80. 27023 Contact Name: KAROLA LUTTRINGHAUS Phone: 336.409 5096 Email: albanelved@triad.rr.com Web: www.albanelved.com Artistic Director: Karola Luttringhaus Executive Director: Karola Luttringhaus OHIO Cleveland Contemporary Dance Theatre 2355 E. 89th Street Lower Level Cleveland, Ohio 44106 Contact Name: Michael Medcalf Phone: 216.791.9000 Email: Medcalf216@aol.com Web: www.ccdt.com Artistic Director: Michael Medcalf Executive Director: Michael Medcalf PENNSYLVANIA Eleone Dance Theatre PO Box 54340 Philadelphia, PA 19105 Contact name: Sheila A. Ward Phone: 215.306.0320 Email: sheila@eleonedance.org Web: www.eleonedance.org Artistic Director: Shawn-Lamere Williams Executive Director: Sheila A. Ward TEXAS Tapestry Dance Company 507 B Pressler St. Austin, Texas 78703 Contact Name: Acia Gray Phone: 512.474.9846 Email: dance@tapestry.org Web: www.tapestry.org Artistic Director: Acia Gray Executive Director: Judy Witkin UTAH Ririe-Woodbury Dance Company Ririe-Woodbury Dance Company is an American contemporary dance company based in Salt Lake City, Utah. Founded in 1964 by University of Utah dance instructors Joan Woodbury and Shirley Ririe the company is dedicated to furthering contemporary dance by creating and performing 138 West 300 South Salt Lake City, UT 84101 Contact Name: Jena Thompson Phone: 801.297.4241 Email: info@ririewoodbury.com Web: www.ririewoodbury.com CANADA MANITOBA Ruth Cansfield Dance Company Inc. 806 Osborne Street Winnipeg, Manitoba R3L 2C7 Contact Name: Wanda Farian Phone: 204.284.5810 Email: wfarian@ruthcansfield.com Web: www.ruthcansfield.com Artistic Director: Ruth Cansfield Executive Director: Wanda Farian DENMARK DanseStudiet Bissensgade 14 B Aarhus, Contact Name: Britta Egebjerg Phone: +45.86196622 Email: info@dansestudiet.dk Web: www.dansestudiet.dk IRELAND Dance Theatre of Ireland Bloomfields Centre Lwr George's Street Dun Laoghaire, Contact Name: Loretta Yurick, Robert Connor Phone: 00353 1 2803455 Email: danceire@iol.ie Web: www.dancetheatreireland.com Artistic Director: Loretta Yurick Robert Connor Executive Director: Loretta Yurick Robert Connor UNITED KINGDOM Random Dance Sadler's Wells Rosebery Avenue London, EC1R 4TN Contact Name: Rebecca Marshall Phone: 01144.20 7278 6015 Email: rebecca@randomdance.org Web: www.randomdance.org Artistic Director: Wayne McGregor Executive Director: Rebecca Marshall JAZZ DANCE UNITED STATES CALIFORNIA Brockus Project Dance Company 5628 Pepperwood Avenue Lakewood, California 90712 Contact Name: Deborah Brockus Phone: 562.531.8949 Email: brockus@earthlink.net Web: www.BrockusProjectDanceCompany.org Artistic Director: Deborah Brockus Executive Director: Deborah Brockus Ross Dance Company 4408 Market Street., Suite C Oakland, California 94608 Contact Name: Gazania McCoy Phone: 510.428.9339 Email: info@rossdance.com Web: www.rossdance.com Artistic Director: Tecsia Ross Terry Beeman Dance Company 839 S. Gramercy PI. #10 Los Angeles, California 90005 Contact Name: Terry Beeman Phone: 213 389 4746 Email: Tguyasana@aol.com Web: www.TerryBeeman.com Artistic Director: Terry Beeman Executive Director: Terry Beeman Contemporary Jazz ILLINOIS GI Alliance 229 Hillandale Dr Bloomingdale, Illinois 60108 Contact Name: Jennifer Gage-Imburgia Phone: 630.205.5864 Email: GIJenD@hotmail.com Artistic Director: Jennifer Gage-Imburgia Executive Director: Jennifer Gage-Imburgia Giordano Jazz Dance Chicago 614 Davis Street Evanston, Illinois 60201 Contact Name: Carol Sumners Phone: 847.866.6779 Email: csumners@giordanojazzdance.com Web: www.giordanojazzdance.com Artistic Director: Nan Giordano Executive Director: Ben Hodge River North Chicago Dance Company 1016 N. Dearborn Parkway Chicago, Illinois 60610 Contact Name: Angela Combest Phone: 312.944.2888 Email: info@rivernorthchicago.com Web: www.rivernorthchicago.com Artistic Director: Frank Chaves Executive Director: Angela Combest NEW YORK Synthesis Dance Project PO Box 1526 New York, NY 10276 New York, NY 10276 Contact name: Tracie Stanfield Phone: 212.591.1964 Email: traciestanfield@aol.com Web: www.SynthesisDanceProject.com TEXAS Tapestry Dance Company 507 B Pressler St. Austin, Texas 78703 Contact Name: Acia Gray Phone: 512.474.9846 Email: dance@tapestry.org Web: www.tapestry.org Artistic Director: Acia Gray Executive Director: Judy Witkin VIRGINIA Dancin' Unlimited 4701 Surry Place Alexandria, Virginia 22304-2237 Contact Name: Marilyn York Phone: 703.751.4889 Email: jazzdance@dancinunlimited.org Web: www.dancinunlimited.org Artistic Director: Marilyn York Executive Director: Alan Green DANCE THEATER UNITED STATES ALASKA Alaska Dance Theatre 550 E. 33rd Ave Anchorage, AK 99503 Contact name: Alice Bassler Sullivan Phone: 907.277.9591 Email: asullivan@alaskadancetheatre.org Web: www.alaskadancetheatre.org CALIFORNIA Presidio Dance Theatre P.O. Box 29066 San Francisco, California 94129 Contact Name: Sherene Melania Phone: 415 561.3958 Email: info@ppaf-sf.org Web: www.ppaf-sf.org Artistic Director: Sherene Melania Executive Director: Judy Bretschneider CONNECTICUT Nutmeg Conservatory for the Arts 58 Main Street Torrington, CT 06790 Contact Name: Marguerite Sabia Phone: 860.482.4413 x 303 Email: msabia@nutmegconservatory.org Web: www.nutmegconservatory.org Artistic Director: Sharon E. Dante Executive Director: Sharon E. Dante NEW YORK Once Upon A Time, Inc. 87-61 111th Street Richmond Hill, New York 11418 Contact Name: Mark Aubel Phone: 718.846.9182 Email: oncetime@aol.com Web: www.onceuponatimetheater.org Artistic Director: Teresa Cossese Aubel Executive Director: Mark Aubel ETHNIC, FOLK, & WORLD DANCE COMPANIES UNITED STATES CALIFORNIA Anjani's Kathak of India 1934 Peaceful Hills Road Diamond Bar, California Diamond Bar is a city in Los Angeles County, California, United States. The population was 56,287 at the 2000 census. It is named after the "diamond over a bar" branding iron registered in 1918 by ranch owner Frederick E. Lewis. 91765 Contact Name: Anjani Ambegaokar Phone: 909.595.8934 Email: Anjania@aol.com Web: www.sundarkalakendra.org Artistic Director: Anjani Ambegaokar Executive Director: Anjani Ambegaokar Majikina Honryu Dance Company 1738 Malcolm Ave. Los Angeles, California 90024-5750 Contact Name: Heather Matsunaga Phone: 310.475.7766 Email: majikina.dance@verizon.net Artistic Director: Aiko Majikina Executive Director: Heather Matsunaga PASACAT Philippine Performing Arts Company The award-winning Performing Arts Company is a small theatre group based in Hedge End for young people, and is shortly to be doing a performance of Aladdin at the Eastpoint Centre. 102 East 16 Street National City, California National City is a city in San Diego County, California, United States. The population was 54,260 at the 2000 census. Geography National City is located at (32.670903, -117.092725)GR1. 91950 Contact Name: Anamaria Labao Cabato Phone: 619.477.3383 Email: admin@pasacat.org Web: www.pasacat.org Artistic Director: Joji Ramirez Castro Executive Director: Anamaria Labao Cabato Pacifico Dance Company 1641 Almanor St. Oxnard, California 93030 Contact Name: Joel Sandoval Phone: 310.558.8826 Email: BFdPacifico@aol.com Web: www.Pacificodance.com Artistic Director: Adriana Gainey Executive Director: Dorothy Astorga CONNECTICUT Nutmeg Conservatory for the Arts 58 Main Street Torrington, CT 06790 Contact Name: Marguerite Sabia Phone: 860. 482.4413 x 303 Email: msabia@nutmegconservatory.org Web: www.nutmegconservatory.org Artistic Director: Sharon E. Dante Executive Director: Sharon E. Dante DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA Dance Place 3225 8th Street, NE Washington, District of Columbia 20017 Contact Name: Sarah Hemphill Phone: 202.269.1600 ext. 16 Email: sarahh@danceplace.org Web: www.danceplace.org ILLINOIS McNulty Irish Dancers 8640 W. Sunset Rd Niles, Illinois 60714 Contact Name: Barbara McNulty T.C.R.G. Phone: 847.698.4434 Email: McNultyDancers@aol.com Web: www.mcnultyirishdancers.com Artistic Director: Erin Scott-Haines Executive Director: Barbara McNulty T.C.R.G. NEW JERSEY Alborada Spanish Dance Theatre 55 Piersoll Road Old Bridge, New Jersey 08857 Contact Name: Eva Lucena Phone: 732.255.4071 Email: alboradadance@aol.com Web: www.alboradadance.org Artistic Director: Eva Lucena Executive Director: Eva Lucena NEW MEXICO Dulce Flamenco Internacional PO Box 9359 Albuquerque, New Mexico 87119 Contact Name: Brigida Lujan Phone: 505.873.4845 Email: swflamencoarts4@msn.com Web: www.dulceflamenco.com Artistic Director: Brigida Lujan Executive Director: Brigida Lujan NEW YORK Vanaver Caravan 10 Main Street Suite 322 New Paltz, New York New Paltz is both a village and town in the U.S. state of New York. It is also the location of a University College of the State University of New York system.
Contact Name: Livia Vanaver Phone: 845.256.9300 Email: vcoffice@hvc.rr.com Web: vanavercaravan.org Artistic Director: Livia Vanaver Executive Director: Kathy Sheldon CANADA ONTARIO Menaka Thakkar Dance Company 11 Glen Cameron Road, Unit #1, Thornhill, Ontario L3T 4N3 Contact Name: Karen Dempster Phone: 905.763.6083, ext. 22 Email: admin@menakathakkardance.org Web: www.menakathokkardance.org Artistic Director: Menaka Thakkar Executive Director: Rasesh Thakkar DENMARK DanseStudiet Bissensgade 14 B Aarhus, Contact Name: Britta Egebjerg Phone: +45.86196622 Email: info@dansestudiet.dk Web: www.dansestudiet.dk HISTORICAL DANCE UNITED STATES CONNECTICUT Nutmeg Conservatory for the Arts 58 Main Street Torrington, CT 06790 Contact Name: Marguerite Sabia Phone: 860. 482.4413 x 303 Email: msabia@nutmegconservatory.org Web: www.nutmegconservatory.org Artistic Director: Sharon E. Dante Executive Director: Sharon E. Dante MARYLAND Goucher College Dance Department 1021 Dulaney Valley Road Baltimore, Maryland 21204 Contact Name: Chrystelle Trump Bond Phone: 410.337.6391 Email: cbond@goucher.edu Web: www.goucher.edu/choregraphieantique Artistic Director: Chrystelle Bond NEW YORK Limon Dance Company 307 W. 38th Street New York, New York 10018 Contact Name: John Claassen, General Manager Phone: 212.777.3353 Email: jclaassen@limon.org Web: www.limon.org Artistic Director: Carla Maxwell Executive Director: Randal Fippinger TAP DANCE UNITED STATES NEW JERSEY CPD CPD citrate phosphate dextrose; see anticoagulant citrate phosphate dextrose solution, under solution. Cephalopelvic disproportion (CPD) PLUS 500 Riverside Ave. #1 d Lyndhurst, NJ 07071 Contact name: Marlene Nemr Phone: 201.804.5528 Email: marlene@23prime.com Web: www.23prime.com Artistic Director: Andrew J. Nemr Executive Director: Joseph Nemr NEW YORK American Tap Dance Foundation 33 Little West 12th Street, # 105B New York, NY 10014 Contact name: Hjordis Linn linn n. Scots 1. A waterfall. 2. A steep ravine. [Scottish Gaelic linne, pool, waterfall.] Phone: 646.230.9564 Email: info@atdf.org Web: www.atdf.org Artistic Director: Tony Waag Executive Director: Tony Waag TEXAS Tapestry Dance Company Austin, TX 78703 Contact name: Acia Gray Phone: 512.474.9846 Email: soulsfeet@aol.com Web: www.tapestry.org Artistic Director: Acia Gray Executive Director: Judy Witkin OTHER DANCE STYLES TANGO MODERN FUSION Tango Con * Fusion C/O c/o abbr. care of c/o 1. care of 2. Book-keeping carried over c/o abbr (= care of) → c/a, a/c Debbie Goodwin 26 Rutherford Avenue San Anselmo, California San Anselmo is an incorporated town in Marin County, California, in the western United States. It is located about 20 miles north of San Francisco. Neighboring towns include San Rafael to the east, Fairfax to the west, and Ross to the south-east. Mount Tamalpais is to the south. 94960 Contact Name: Debbie Goodwin Phone: 415.482.7588 Email: Debbie@TangoConFusion.com Web: www.TangoConFusion.com Artistic Director: Collaboration of 4 Dance Artists: Debbie Goodwin, Chelsea Eng, Pier Voulkos, Christy Cote Executive Director: Collaboration of 4 Dance Debbie Goodwin, Chelsea Eng, Pier Voulkos, Christy Cote CRUISE SHIPS JEAN ANN RYAN PRODUCTIONS 308 SE 14th Street Fort Lauderdale, Florida Fort Lauderdale, known as the "Venice of America" due to its expansive and intricate canal system, is a city in Broward County, Florida, United States. The city's population is described as metropolitan, where diverse culture is commonplace. According to 2006 U.S. 33316 Contact Name: Casting Director Phone: 954 523.6399x25 Email: JARjobs@aol.com Web: www.JeanAnnRyanProductions.com Artistic Director: Jean Ann Ryan Executive Director: Howard Messing CONTEMPORARY DANCE Cangelosi Dance Project 10772 N. Harrell's Ferry Rd Baton Rouge, Louisiana For the Canadian restaurant, see . Baton Rouge (from the French bâton rouge), pronounced /ˈbætn ˈɹuːʒ/ in English, and 70809 Contact Name: Kris Cangelosi Phone: 225.2914587 Email: cangelosidanceproject@att.net Web: www.cangelosidanceproject.com Artistic Director: Kris Cangelosi Executive Director: Kris Cangelosi Siobhan Davies Dance 85 St George's Road St George's Road is a road in Southwark, London SE1 running between Westminster Bridge Road to the northwest and Elephant and Castle to the southeast. St George's Cathedral is on the north side and the Imperial War Museum is on the south side opposite, at the junction with London, SE1 6ER Contact Name: Catherine James Phone: 020.7091.9650 Email: cathj@siobhandavies.com Web: www.siobhandavies.com Artistic Director: Siobhan Davies Executive Director: Andrew Broadley INDIAN CLASSICAL DANCES SOORYA PERFORMING ARTS 268 Arborcrest Ballwin, Missouri 63021 Contact Name: Prasanna Phone: 314.397.5278 Email: info@sooryadance.com Web: www.sooryadance.com Artistic Director: Prasanna Kasthuri Executive Director: Ashok Mallya LATIN CLASSICISM classicism, a term that, when applied generally, means clearness, elegance, symmetry, and repose produced by attention to traditional forms. It is sometimes synonymous with excellence or artistic quality of high distinction. Annabella Gonzalez Dance Theater 4 East 89th Street Apt. P-C P-C Process Controller New York, New York 10128-0645 Contact Name: Annabella Gonzalez Phone: 212.722.4128 Email: agdt@mindspring.com Web: www.agdt.org Artistic Director: Annabella Gonzalez Executive Director: Annabella Gonzalez BALINESE AMERICAN FUSION BALAM Dance Theatre 23 West 35 Street New York, New York 10001 Contact Name: Carlos Fittante Phone: 646.361.9183 Email: carlosnyc@netscape.com Web: BALAMDance.org Artistic Director: Carlos Fittante Executive Director: Islene Pinder INTEGRATED Dancing Wheels Professional Flair 3615 Euclid Ave Cleveland, Ohio 44115 Contact Name: Lori Bowman Phone: 800.901.8485 Email: gggregagy@aol.com Web: www.dancingwheels.org Artistic Director: Mary Verdi-Fletcher Executive Director: Mary Verdi-Fletcher PHYSICAL THEATER AND AERIAL DANCE Da Jump! 1515 SE 37th Ave Portland, Oregon 97214 Contact Name: Kim Schetter Phone: 503.231.1232 Email: dojump@dojump.org Web: www.dojump.org Artistic Director: Robin Lane Executive Director: Robin Lane Terry Beeman Dance Company 839 S. Gramercy PI. #10 Los Angeles, California 90005 Contact Name: Terry Beeman Phone: 213 389 4746 Email: Tguyasana@aol.com Web: www.TerryBeeman.com Artistic Director: Terry Beeman Executive Director: Terry Beeman CONTEMPORARY AFRICAN/CARRIBEAN COMPANY Ballet Creole 375 Dovercourt Road Toronto, Ontario M6J 3E5 Contact Name: Anna Di Costanzo Phone: 416.960.0350 Email: info@balletcreole.org Web: www.balletcreole.org Artistic Director: Patrick Parson Executive Director: Anna Di Costanzo |
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