Faculty

D. Harolyn Gaudette, Professor of Dance, Coordinator of the Dance Department and Artistic Director of Company

Ms. Gaudette joined the faculty at Virginia Intermont College in 1987. She teaches studio classes in ballet, modern/contemporary dance, jazz and floor barre. She has taught lecture classes in both Dance History I and II, elements of Teaching, Dance Seminars, Composition I and II and Dance Performance and Dance Production.

Ms. Gaudette has produced, directed and choreographed more than 30 major dance presentations at Virginia Intermont College. Her choreography reflects her intense and diverse training in a variety of dance techniques and styles. Musical sources have included Vivaldi, Bach, Mozart, Corelli, B.B. King, Sinatra, Piazolla, Stravinsky, Beethoven, Gospel, Celtic, Brent Lewis, Primitive, New Age, Strauss, Tchaikovsky and Ethnic/Folk. Ms. Gaudette has also held the position of rehearsal director for the many guest choreographers who have visited VI.

Ms. Gaudette has had the privilege of performing and studying with Eugene Loring, a founding dancer and choreographer for Ballet Caravan, American Ballet Theatre, choreographer for the Hollywood film industry and founder and chair of the dance department at the University of California, Irvine.

Ms. Gaudette received her BA in dance and M.F.A. in dance from the professional fine arts program at the University of California, Irvine. Post-graduate studies included additional training in Los Angeles, New York City, U.S. International University in England and at the University of Hawaii.
She was a recipient of the Leon Goodman fellowship at the University of California, Irvin, served as a graduate faculty member for the dance majors studio technique classes and team taught "Music for Dancer's" with Eugene Loring. She received scholarships to study with the Joffrey Ballet Companies and the Merce Cunningham Company at the University of California, Berkeley. Ms. Gaudette was honored by the Jewish War Veterans of the United States for outstanding entertainment service.

Ms. Gaudette previously served six years as a faculty member at numerous colleges and universities throughout the United States including the University of Wisconsin, University of California at Santa Barbara, Mercyhurst College and Northern Illinois University. Ms. Gaudette has freelanced as a dancer/choreographer/teacher on both the west and east coasts in classical and contemporary dance mediums. She has been a member of the International Association of Dance Medicine and Sciences, The American College Dance Association and Vail's International Teacher's Conference Studies.

Her long-term training in New York City included studies with major artists and master teachers of the New York City Ballet, the American Ballet Theatre and with Bertrum Ross. In addition, she trained at the Martha Graham School of Contemporary Dance, Alvin Ailey American Dance Center, Paul Taylor Center, Limon Center, Luigi Jazz Dance Center, Steps and the Broadway Dance Center. Additional training highlights were her ethnic studies with Teodoro Morca in Los Angeles and La Meri at Cape Cod and with Ted Shawn at Jacob's Pillow in the Berkshires of Massachusetts.


Guest Residencies

Additional rotating full and part-time dance faculty service the BA and B.F.A. dance programs. Professional guest residencies enrich your learning experiences and understanding of dance.

2000-2001 Dance Residencies

Alberto del Saz – rehearsal director and principal dancer with the famous Nikolais-Louis Companies. Mr. del Saz was trained as a professional skater and toured internationally. He had a professional career in dance with the Nikolais-Louis Company of NYC. Mr. Del Sanz stages Nikolais-Louis works and guest teaches internationally.

William Lark – studied at the Royal Winnepeg School of Canada. He received his early ballet training in California. He was a member of the Joffrey Company. He served six years in Vietnam before resurrecting his dance career with distinction. He was 10 years (three of principal status) with the Royal Winnepeg Ballet and 10 years with Geneva Ballet of Switzerland. He has eight years experience as ballet master and choreographer with National Institute of the Arts in Taipei, Taiwan.

Anna Baker-Van Cura – has performed with American Ballet Theatre of New York, National Ballet of Washington, D.C., Dayton Ballet, Chicago Ballet and Lyric Opera. She danced as a ballerina and principal soloist with Ruth Page’s International Ballet and created several roles in Ms. Pages’ ballets. Mrs. Van Cura was on the faculty of the Ruth Page Foundation, the school of Hubbard St. Dancers and the Akron Fine and Performing Arts Center, Ohio. The Van Curas were on the dance faculty at the University of Illinois at Champaign Urbana, Rockford College, Chicago Conservatory of Music, New School of Performing Arts and the Chicago Dance Center. They directed the Dance Division of the National Academy of the Arts. They have been members of the National Association of the Regional Ballet.

Rebecca Hutchins – graduated from North Carolina School of the Arts with a B.F.A. in Dance. Ms. Hutchins has taught at Elon College in North Carolina, North Carolina University of Greensboro in North Carolina, Duke University in Durham, North Carolina and at the summer arts program at North Carolina School of the Arts. She has performed with Frank Holder Dance Company, for Clay Taliaferro and has performed in “Missa Brevis” with the Jose Limon Company in Durham and Mexico City.

Kevin Veiga – former dancer with Danny Sloan Dance Company of Boston, the Dallas Black Dance Theatre of Texas, the Metropolitan Ballet of Wichita and the Total Dance Theatre of Atlanta. Mr. Veiga is an educator and dance director at the Dantona Beach Community College of Florida and artistic director of the D.B.C.C. Dance Ensemble. He trained at major dance centers in New York City. He holds a B.F.A. in dance from City College in New York and a M.F.A. in dance from Florida State University.

Randy Allen - artistic director of Impulse Dance Theatre and Director of Dance at Louisiana School for Math, Science and the Arts. Mr. Allen's professional credits include performing with Jean-Marc Matos and Company of France, touring France, Italy and Spain. In New York he toured with June Finch and Dancers, Meg Harper and Company and the Gamso dance Company. He also performed with the Memphis Ballet Company and the Southwest Ballet of Houston. Off the concert stage, Mr. Allen has also performed on video and television and he has taught in France and throughout the United States. He holds a B.F.A. and a M.F.A. from Florida State University.

Chung-Fu Chang - guest choreographer. Mr. Change is a native of Taiwan. He danced professionally with the Cloud Gate Dance Theatre. In the United States, he was a guest artist with the Nebraska Repertory Theatre, Dance Brazil and the National Ballet Company and a guest dancer with Jacob's Pillow Choreography Workshop. Mr. Chang received his B.F.A. in dance from the Boston Conservatory and his M.F.A in dance at the University of California, Irvine. He studies choreography under Donald McKayle and David Allan. He taught as a visiting assistant professor for dance at the University of Florida and currently is the rehearsal director of Nai-Ni Chen Dance Company in New York City.

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