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Between February 7-11, 2007, 9 dance students and Prof. Frank Augustyn and Adjunct Prof. Leda Meredith participated and distinguished themselves in the New England Region ACDFA Conference held in Williamstown, Massachusetts. The performance of dance majors Brett Garfinkle, Candice Thompson, Jenna Loepki, and Tim Beaucage in Adjunct Prof. Leda Meredith's "Exit: An Inquiry," received especially stellar comments from the adjudicators. Adjudicators noted, for example, that the performance was an excellent example of something that is rarely seen in dance; the blend of emotion, technique and movement. And they focused special praise on the work as being beautifully choreographed.


Faculty & Staff

During the summer of 2006, Prof. Trebien Pollard performed at Jacob's Pillow and Bates Dance Festivals with Tania Isaac Dance, in a work entitled "Standpipe." He continues to collaborator with Pilobolus Dance Theater. This project, performed in Berlin, focused on the intersection of dance and technology. He can also be seen in the January 2007 issue of Better Homes and Gardens for the Hyundai Santa Fe ad. Over the winter break, Trebien choreographed a new work for his former students at the University of Southern Mississippi, as well as his students at Montclair High School of the Performing and Visual Arts. He was recently awarded Adelphi University's Development Grant to assist in the creation of a world premiere evening length work entitled "Color Codes: a point of hue" which will be showcased as apart of Joyce SoHo's performances series in July.

Department Assistant and Adjunct Prof. Jennifer Kreichman recently performed in a concert with the Eglevsky Ballet , and starred in Eglevsky's Nutcracker.

Adjunct Prof. Leda Meredith is a contributor in the Dec 06/Jan 07 issue of Pointe Magazine.  She has recently been commissioned to choreograph a new work for Dances Patrelle's March  performances at the Ailey Citigroup Theater in Manhattan with shows  March 23, 24, and 25.   She has also been commissioned to choreograph a new work for Danceloft in Switzerland in May.  (And in her other life as a botanist, she has recently had an article published in The Herb Companion, and has also just been published in the Brooklyn Botanic Garden’s Handbook Series.)