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Barbara Cole
Ballet

Trained at the Washington Ballet School. She has taught at The Washington School of Ballet, Harkness School, New York University, Adlephi University, the Alvin Ailey American Dance Center and the Joffrey Ballet School. Danced with the American Ballet Theatre and has appeared in many Broadway productions including Oklahoma! and on television with Sid Caesar. Barbara Cole had principal roles in Taming of the Shrew, Pymalion, and The Inspector General among others at Arena Stage. As a choreographer she received praise for the musical Lucky Day and Faith of our Fathers at the Carter Barron Amphitheater.

Gary Gendell
Jazz Dance

Graduate, High School of Performing Arts. Formerly Director of Showtime Dance Studios in Queens. Also appeared in Annie on Broadway following a long engagement in the Broadway hit Chicago. Mr. Gendell has been Peter Gennaro's assistant at the Radio City Music Hall and has performed on TV, nightclubs and in Europe. Gary is currently performing in NYC with Dance-Over-40.

Christine Dakin
Modern Dance

Performed as a principal dancer under Martha Graham in the Martha Graham Dance Company from 1976 and was Artistic Director during the company rebirth from 2002. Known for her performance of classic Graham roles, roles credited for her in Rite of Spring and Phaedra's Dream partnered by Rudolf Nureyev, and speaking and dancing roles created for her by Twyla Tharp, Robert Wilson and Martha Clarke. Received a Bessie Dance Magazine Award, a Fullbright and two Rockefeller U.S.-Mexico Fund for Culture Grants for teaching/choreography/research in Mexico. She is Visiting Lecturer at Harvard, teacher at the Ailey School, and dancer/Associate Founder for Buglisi Foreman Dance.


Dylan McDermott

1985: The Long Goodbye

Asleep on the Wind

Performed by Brandon Malone & Catharina Cavalli

Flowers For Kim

Written & Performed by Robin Mervin & Jonathan Wilde

Ron Stetson

Teaching acting

At the Playhouse...

Eli Wallach, Anne Jackson, Tony Randall & Marian Seldes

Acting For The Camera

Taught by John Gallagher

Back Bog Beast Bait by Sam Shepard

Performed by the 1986 class

Richard Pinter

Teaching Acting

Robert Duvall (far left student)

Listening to Sanford Meisner teaching

2002 Industry Night

2nd year students performing for agents and managers

Martha Graham

1932: Teaching Modern Dance at the Playhouse

Helen Hansen

Teaching Modern Dance

Sydney Pollack (center)

1954: The Long Goodbye

Jane Kosminsky

Teaching the Alexander Technique


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