K-College
DANCE PROGRAMS IN MINNESOTA
K-12 DANCE PROGRAMS
MINNEAPOLIS SCHOOLS
Elementary/Middle
Marcy Open Elementary
Christie Owens (1.0)
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Bethune Elementary
Jahrari Love (1.0)
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Anwatin Junior High
Hilde De Norma (1.0)
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High School
South High
Nancy Nair (.6)
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Roosevelt High School
Mariah Johnson (.6 Dance)
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Southwest High School
Erin Brown (.6)
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North High School
Kara Noble (1.0)
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Henry High School
Christopher Michael (.4 Dance, .6 Theater)
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Fair Downtown
LaTia Childers (1.0)
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SUBURBAN SCHOOLS
Elementary/Middle
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Plymouth Middle School
Karis Sloss (.5 Dance, .5 Theater)
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Fair Elementary/Crystal (Robinsdale District)
Amanda Nord
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Richfield Middle School
Carrie Smith (1.0)
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Anoka Middle School for the Arts
Jenny Pennaz
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Private Schools
Breck School
Ria Cohen (1.0)
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Visitation Convent (Mendota Heights)
Anna Goodrich
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St. Mary’s Shattuck
(Faribault) Carie Lande (1.0)
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SAINT PAUL SCHOOLS
Elementary/Middle
Mississippi Creative Arts
Deborah Karp (1.0)
Four Seasons Elementary
T.B.A.
Linwood / Monroe A+ Elementary
Dani Freidman Block and Debra Elias (2.0)
St Paul High Schools
Highland H.S.
T.B.A. (.4)
Central High School
Emily Gill (.2)
Karen Palmen (.4)
Creative Arts High
Bryce Crandall (1.0)
Suburban High Schools
Apple Valley
Kristin Blatzheim (.6)
(Valley Middle School .2)
Rosemount High School
Christina Morris (1.0)
Eastview High School
Jessica Mahr (1.0)
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Farmington High School
Amy Kienberger (.2 Dance, .8 Business)
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Anoka High School
Megan Marcy (.2 Dance, .8 Social Studies)
Charter
St Paul Conservatory for Performing Artists
Sam Johnson and Teachers
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Perpich High School
Mary Harding (.5 Dance, .5 Prof. Dev.)
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PIM High School
Lara Ciganko and Danielle Ricci (2.0)
UNIVERSITY DANCE PROGRAMS
Carleton College
Judith Howard
Gustavus Adolphus College
Melissa Rolnick
Professor of Dance
Chair/Department of Theatre and Dance
St. Peter, Minnesota
Macalester College
St. Paul, Minnesota 55104
Wynn Fricke
Minnesota State University, Mankato
Julie Kerr-Berry
Professor of Dance
Department of Theatre and Dance
julie.kerr-berry@mankato.mnsu.edu
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St. Olaf College
Northfield, Minnesota
Heather Klopchin
Acting Dance Department Chair
University of Minnesota, Twin Cities
Carl Flink
Professor of Dance
Department of Dance
Barbara Barker Center for Dance
University of Minnesota, Twin Cities/ Dance Licensure Program
Dr. Betsy Maloney Leaf
Co-License Program Lead
Arts in Education
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Winona State University
Erin Drummond
Chair/Department of Theatre and Dance
Hamline University
Kaori Kenmotsu
Department Chair