Faculty

LESLIE JANE PESSEMIER
Director of Choreography
A New York City based choreographer and teacher for over twenty years, her ballets have toured nationally and been presented in China and Austria. Leslie's award-winning choreography has been supported by National Endowment for the Arts and numerous state arts councils. She has been on the faculty of USA/International Ballet Competition dance faculty and was Director of Baltimore Ballet. She has adjudicated many Regional Dance America Festivals.

PAUL HODGINS

Faculty for Junior Program:

Penny Askew

Artistic Director, Western Oklahoma Ballet Theatre, Freelance Choreographer, Assistant to Glenda Brown

Vanessa Brown

Co-Director, Allegro Ballet of Houston, Director of Young! Tanzsommer, Associate Director GBCP

Thanks to dance companies who participated in 2010:

Allegro Ballet of Houston

Ballet Ensemble of Texas

Canton Ballet

Central Indiana Dance Ensemble

Dallas Dance Council

Flint Youth Ballet

Gwinnett Ballet Theatre

Kansas City Ballet

Kingwood Dance Theatre

Louisiana Dance Theatre
Point Park Univesrsity

St. Louis Academy

Suny Purchase University

The Bridges Project

University of Missouri/Kansas City

Vineland Regional Dance Company

Western Oklahoma Ballet Theatre