FACULTY & STAFF PICS & BIOS
 
 

FACULTY

 
 

Margaret Swarthout

 

Artistic Director, Ballet

 

Lynn Cox

 

School Director, Ballet, Choreographer in Residence

  Vicki-Marie Bassing   Assistant School Director, Ballet
  Erica Rose Jeffrey   Outreach Director, Ballet/Contemporary
  Erica Allen   Ballet, Director of Operations
  Jo Ellen Arntz   Ballet, Company Manager for Smuin Ballet
  Erin Derstine   Contemporary /Jazz
  Brigid Hoag   Ballet
  Bryan Ketron   Ballet
  Martha O'Brien   Intro, Pre- Ballet
  Michelle Parodi   Intro, Pre- Ballet
  Dawn Perrin   Ballet
  Dani Breimayer   Pilates
 

Jane Miklaunus

  Pilates
       
  OUTREACH FACULTY    
       
  Erica Rose Jeffrey   Director and Dance Instructor
  Brigid Hoag   Instructor
  Michelle Parodi   Instructor
  Wade Peterson   Instructor
  Tom Mayock   Instructor
       
 

ADULT DIVISION

 
 

Nancy Gallenson

 

Adult Division Director, Ballet 

       
 

ARTISTIC ADVISORS

 
  Julia Adam   Principal Dancer, San Francisco Ballet/choreographer
  Pattie Bryson   Teacher, Breast Cancer Survivor
 

Val Caniparoli

 

Principal Character Dancer and choreographer, San Francisco Ballet

  Roslyn Eyre   Former Ballet Mistress, The Royal Ballet, London
 

David Howard

 

Internationally renowned Master Teacher

  Sean Kelly   Former Principal Dancer, Houston Ballet, Dance Captain Movin' Out, Twyla Tharp
  Alonzo King   Artistic Director, Lines Contemporary Ballet of San Francisco
  Monica Mason   Artistic Director, The Royal Ballet Company, London
  John Meehan   Artistic Director, Hong Kong Ballet, formerly American Ballet Theatre
  Georgina Parkinson   Ballet Mistress, American Ballet Theatre
  Lawrence Pech   Artistic Director, Lawrence Pech Dance Company
  Ben Stevenson   Artistic Director, Texas Ballet Theater
  Christopher Stowell   Artistic Director, Oregon Ballet Theatre, Former Principal Dancer, SFB
     
     
 

MEDICAL ADVISORS

 
 

James G. Garrick, M.D.  

  Nationally renowned sports medicine physician, Center for Sports Medicine, St. Francis Memorial Hospital, San Francisco, CA
 

Jane Denton, D.P.M.

  Center for Sports Medicine, St. Francis Hospital, San Francisco, CA
  Richard Gibbs, M.D.   San Francisco Ballet Company Physician
       
  PILATES INSTRUCTORS    
       
 

Dani Breimayer

  Instructor
 

Jane Miklaunus

  Instructor
       
 

MUSICIANS

 
 

Pamela Martin

 

Principal pianist

       
 

WARDROBE

 
  Leslie Schwarze   Wardrobe Mistress
       
 

ADMINISTRATION

 
  Erica Allen   Operations Manager
  Judith Pomeroy   Administrator
  Trish Brady   Accountant
  Leslee Loeber   Bookkeeper
  Walter Swarthout   Marketing Director
       
  PARENT VOLUNTEER
COORDINATORS
   
  Gabriele Testa   Volunteer Coordinators - SummerFest
  Tori Busto   Volunteer Coordinators - SummerFest
  Andrea Wang   Volunteer Coordinator -  SpringFest
  Cindy Overfield   Volunteer Coordinator -  Sophie
  Peter & Cindy Overfiled   Walk-a-thon – Event Chairs
       
  CREATIVE SERVICES    
  Roger Rosenfeld   Webmaster: Click Web Services
  Walter Swarthout   Photography 
 
 
 
 
 

 

 


Directions to MDT

Marin Dance Theatre, One St. Vincent Drive, San Rafael, CA 94903