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Faculty—Dance
Dr.
Ann Ross received her M.A. from Wesleyan
University and her Ph.D. from Union Institute. Dr. Ross taught at the
Foothills Camp in Farmington; choreographed and danced in Possessed,
a musical held at the Chocolate Church in Bath; and taught an Arts
Institute at the University of Maine. She was an artist in residence
for Wiscasset High School and is a consultant to integrate dance education
into schools on a state-wide basis.
An active advocate for dance in education, Dr. Ross has given presentations at conferences throughout New England and has developed with other teachers a dance curriculum for K-12 education and certification requirements for teaching dance in public schools. She is currently a Touring Artist with the Maine Arts Commission.
Kelly
Holyoke is a founding member,
ballet mistress, and a principle dancer for the Robinson Ballet. She
can be seen annually as the snow Queen in the Nutcracker Ballet performed
at the Maine Center for the Arts. Ms. Holyoke participated in the Second
Jazz Dance World Congress held in Evanston, Illinois. She is also a
dancer with the Casco Bay Movers, and performed with them at the Portland
Dance Festival.
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