Dance Faculty & Staff

Dean and Artistic Director

• Garfield Lemonius, dean and artistic director of COPA

Full-Time Faculty

• Colleen Hooper, chair and assistant professor
• Crystal Frazier, assistant professor
• Jay Kirk, professor and director of ballet unit
• Kiesha Lalama, professor and director of jazz unit
• Judith Leifer-Bentz, associate professor and director of modern unit
• Kiki Lucas, assistant professor
• Jason McDole, associate professor
• Marc Spaulding, visiting assistant professor
• Susan Stowe, professor

Professors Emeriti

• Douglas Bentz, professor emeritus
• Nicolas Petrov, professor emeritus
• Jodi Welch, professor emerita

Part-Time Faculty

• Judith Leifer-Bentz
• Gia Cacalano
• Yamoussa Camara
• Kwang Suk Choi
• Julia Erickson
• Sarah Everhart
• Daniel Herman
• Girard Holt
• Daniel Karasik
• Taylor Knight
• Jill Lazzini
• Amber Martin
• Mandal Nandini
• Svetlana Novodran
• Danielle Pavlik
• Colin Pinto-Martin
• Pearlann Porter
• LaTrea Rembert
• Taylor Robinson
• Shana Simmons
• Maria Slutiak
• Jil Stifle
• Rozanna Sweeney
• Anna Thompson
• Ernest Tolentino
• Michelle Van Doeren
• Rocker Verastique
• Anya Clarke-Verdery
• Jane Vranish
• YanLai Wu

Staff

List of Conservatory Staff

Accompanists

• Sergey Marchukov, Accompanist Supervisor
• Ketan Bakrania
• Jeff Berman
• Grace Brylinksi
• Charles Hall
• Lisa Harrier
• Andrew Hook
• Emily Jones
• Bella Khanis
• John Lambert
• Thanakarn Limtham
• Michael Meketa
• Amaury Morales
• Gordon Nunn
• Maja Petrovic
• PJ Roduta
• Camille Rolla
• Kris Rust