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DIANA DILLINGHAM Diana started doing ballet as a child, and performed with Denver Civic Ballet in high school and college. She then switched to belly dance as an adult, so she has gone from ballet to belly. She saw her first belly dancer many years ago and fell in love with the fluid, sensuous movements. She has performed on stage, in restaurants and for various civic events, such as the "Taste of Colorado," for the past 20 years. She has no plans to retire while she can still move and likes to share her enthusiasm for dance with her students. |
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ELIZABETH PARKS Elizabeth, in her second semester at RRCC, is delighted to be able to serve the department as both a theatre manager and an instructor. With a passion for art, culture and language Elizabeth’s studies include Theatre, Dance and French. She earned her B.A. in English/Drama from Franciscan University of Steubenville and her M.A. in French from Bowling Green State University. In addition, Elizabeth has studied and experienced theatre around the world. She has traveled abroad, living in both Switzerland and France where she studied theatre and dance at Université François Rabelais in Tours. Before coming to Red Rocks Community College Elizabeth taught French at The Arvada Center for the Arts and was invited to work with the Helander Dance Theatre in Boulder, Co. In addition to working and teaching at the college Elizabeth is actively involved in the Denver theatre community working locally as a professional actress. She has appeared in such productions as The Aurora Fox’s “Death of a Salesman” and is currently performing with some of Denver’s most talented actors at Impulse Theater in Downtown Denver. |
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GINA JACOBS THOMAS Gina Jacobs Thomas recently moved to Denver from New York City in January 2006. While in New York, she spent six years making dances with MOB Productions, directed by Mollie O¹Brien, where she performed in several venues throughout New York City as well as Toronto, Montreal, Philadelphia and Columbus, Ohio. She also had the pleasure of appearing in the dances of CompanyAmyCox, Jennifer Allen, Aviva Geismar and Laura Staton. Her choreography has been produced in New York City by the Joyce SoHo Presents series and Dancenow Downtown, and has also been seen in Texas, North Carolina and Ohio. She has been strongly influenced by choreographers and teachers she has studied with, including Tere O¹Connor, Zvi Gotheiner, Bebe Miller, Llory Wilson, Woody McGriff, and Susan Hadley. In 1999, she became certified to teach Labanotation, a system for scoring dance. She received her MFA in Dance from the Ohio State University and her BFA in Dance from the University of Texas at Austin. |
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