Faculty Credentials

David Arevalo (P) - Vita

• Graduate teaching assistants have at least 18 graduate hours in the teaching discipline. Each is directly supervised by qualified faculty and receives in service training and periodic evaluation.

Rasika Nitin Borse (P) - Vita

• Graduate teaching assistants have at least 18 graduate hours in the teaching discipline. Each is directly supervised by qualified faculty and receives in service training and periodic evaluation.

Michelle Stephanie Cantua (P) - Vita

• Graduate teaching assistants have at least 18 graduate hours in the teaching discipline. Each is directly supervised by qualified faculty and receives in service training and periodic evaluation.

Alicia Marie Chappell (P) - Vita

Kyle Ann Craig-Bogard (F) - Vita

Emily Alwynne Davis (P) - Vita

• Graduate teaching assistants have at least 18 graduate hours in the teaching discipline. Each is directly supervised by qualified faculty and receive in service training and periodic evaluation.

Victoria Elizabeth De Renzo (P) - Vita

• Graduate teaching assistants have at least 18 graduate hours in the teaching discipline. Each is directly supervised by qualified faculty and receive in service training and periodic evaluation.

David James Deveau (F) - Vita

• 8 years experience as an international, professional lighting & technology artist for various professional dance & theater companies, and festivals including Dominic Walsh Dance Theater, METdance, HopeStone Dance, NobleMotion Dance, The Dance Gallery Festival, Stages Repertory Theater, Open Dance Project, iMEE Dance Company, & Urban Souls Dance Company.

Barry W Doss (F) - Vita

• Notable Design Work: Resident Costume Designer for Dance Kaleidoscope under the Artistic Direction of David Hochoy (former Martha Graham soloist), numerous world premiere dance pieces featuring original costume design include: Scheherazade (Korsakov), Carmina Burana (Orff), Girl at the Piano Recording Sound (Debussy - Based on painting by Roszac, Indianapolis Museum of Art), The Planets (Holst), Magical Mystery Tour (The Beatles)

Jared B Doster (P) - Vita

• Graduate teaching assistants have at least 18 graduate hours in the teaching discipline. Each is directly supervised by qualified faculty and receive in service training and periodic evaluation.

Elijah Alhadji Gibson (F) - Vita

Jessica Ray Herzogenrath (F) - Vita

Joshua P Manculich (F) - Vita

Betty Jean Nicolay (P) - Vita

• Completed comprehensive Pilates instructor training under internationally recognized master teacher Wendy LeBlanc-Arbuckle in her 'Core Connections' Pilates Teacher Training certificate program. Certification required 650 hours of instruction and practice as well as passage of both written and practical examinations.
• Pilates Method Alliance (PMA) certified teacher, which requires 5 years of professional teaching practice and passage of a standardized comprehensive certification examination. Continuing membership requires 16 hours of continuing education every two years.
• Trained for 5 years with internationally recognized ballet pedagogues, Frank and Irina Pal as a member of Wichita Falls Ballet Theater.
• Master Instructor for the 'Balanced Body' teaching faculty, credentialed to prepare teachers of the Pilates method for certification. Requirements included 96 additional hours of instruction in Balanced Body teaching methods: - 2014 Balanced Body Faculty Training Certification for Mat and Reformer - 2015 Balanced Body Faculty Training Certification for Apparatus - 2017 Balanced Body Faculty Training Certification for Movement Principles
• Danced professionally for four years with Winnipeg's Contemporary Dancers/ Contemporary Dancers Canada under the direction of Rachel Browne, Tedd Robinson and internationally acclaimed choreographer and pedagogue Bill Evans.
• BASI Pilates Dance Specialization Certificate.
• American Ballet Theater - National Training Curriculum certified through Level III.

Dana Eugene Nicolay (F) - Vita

• 8 years experience as a professional ballet dancer with Royal Winnipeg Ballet, Houston Ballet, Omaha Ballet, Dayton Ballet, and in contemporary dance with Contemporary Dancers Canada, and Space/Dance/Theater and Dancers Unlimited Repertory Company.
• Certified Laban/Bartinieff Movement Analyst.
• Royal Winnipeg Ballet - Teacher's Intensive
• Houston Ballet Teacher's Intensive
• American Ballet Theater - National Training Curriculum Pre-Ballet through Level V.
• Houston Grand Opera - various productions as dancer and assistant choreographer.
• National Ballet of Canada Teacher's Intensive

Andrew M Noble (F) - Vita

• 8 years experience as a professional modern dancer with Repertory Dance Theatre, Demetrius Klein Dance Company and Moving Current Dance Collective.
• Distinguished Alumnus Award from the University of South Florida "For Outstanding Service To The Arts."

Dionne L Noble (F) - Vita

Jennifer Karen Pontius (F) - Vita

• 10 years experience as a professional dancer in ballet and modern dance companies, including The Birmingham Ballet, Sarasota Ballet, Dance Repertory Theatre, Donna Sternberg and Dancers