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Faculty & Staff

Dance Faculty

Pallabi Chakravorty

Stephen Lang Professor of Performing Arts

Dance

Contact

  1. Phone: (610) 957-6161
  2. Eugene M. and Theresa Lang Performing Arts Center 4

Areas of interest: Kathak dance, Visual Anthropology, South Asia

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Olivia Sabee

Associate Professor

On Leave - Academic Year

Dance

Comparative Literature

Interpretation Theory

Contact

  1. Phone: (610) 328-8237
  2. Lang Music Building 402
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Joe Small ’05

Associate Professor

Department Chair, Dance

Dance

Contact

  1. Eugene M. and Theresa Lang Performing Arts Center 8
  2. Office Hours: By appointment.
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Maggie Zhao

Visiting Assistant Professor

Dance

Contact

  1. Eugene M. and Theresa Lang Performing Arts Center 9

Associates In Performance

Ellen Gerdes

Visiting Assistant Professor

Dance

Contact

  1. Eugene M. and Theresa Lang Performing Arts Center 7

Chandra Moss-Thorne

Senior Lecturer

Dance

Contact

  1. Eugene M. and Theresa Lang Performing Arts Center 7

Ballet Technique, Choreography, Pointe and Partnering, Certified Pilates Instructor through Power Pilates

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Jeannine Osayande

Senior Lecturer

Dance

Contact

  1. Eugene M. and Theresa Lang Performing Arts Center 8
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Bethany Formica Bender

(she-her-hers-herself)

Lecturer

Dance

Contact

  1. Phone: (610) 957-6164
  2. Eugene M. and Theresa Lang Performing Arts Center 9
  3. Office Hours: By appointment

Contemporary Modern Dance, Choreography

Bethany Formica

Aqeel Bhatti

Associate in Performance

Dance

Contact

  1. Eugene M. and Theresa Lang Performing Arts Center
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Jennifer Chipman Bloom

Associate in Performance

Dance

Contact

  1. Eugene M. and Theresa Lang Performing Arts Center

Kyle Clark

Visiting Assistant Professor

Dance

Contact

  1. Phone: (610) 957-6415
  2. Eugene M. and Theresa Lang Performing Arts Center 9
Kyle Clark

Mac Evans

(he-him-his-himself)

Associate in Performance

Dance

Contact

  1. Eugene M. and Theresa Lang Performing Arts Center

Mac is a Philadelphia-based Taiko Artist.

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Meredith Rainey

Associate in Performance

Dance

Contact

  1. Eugene M. and Theresa Lang Performing Arts Center
Meredith Rainey

Wesley Rast

Associate in Performance

Dance

Contact

  1. Eugene M. and Theresa Lang Performing Arts Center

Darrell Williams

Associate in Performance

Dance

Contact

  1. Eugene M. and Theresa Lang Performing Arts Center

Dance Staff

Susan Grossi

Administrative Coordinator

Dance

Contact

  1. Phone: (610) 690-2019
  2. Eugene M. and Theresa Lang Performing Arts Center 006

James Murphy

Director, Lang Performing Arts Center

Lang Performing Arts Center (LPAC)

Theater

Contact

  1. Phone: (610) 328-7761
  2. Eugene M. and Theresa Lang Performing Arts Center 107

Contact Jim regarding scheduling, theater rentals, and booking.

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Dance Faculty Emeriti

Sharon Friedler

Professor Emerita

Emeritus Dance

Contact

  1. Phone: (610) 328-8227
  2. Eugene M. and Theresa Lang Performing Arts Center 6

Areas of interest: Dance composition, history and theory of dance (with special interests in cross-cultural study, gender, and dance as a social change agent), modern dance technique, and traditional dances of Ghana.

Friedler