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Dance Faculty

 

Jennifer Pontius

 

                                   Department Chair, Associate Professor

                                   • BA University of Alabama at Birmingham

                                   • MA California State University, Dominguez Hills

                                   • MFA Florida State University

                                   Contact: dnc_jkp@shsu.edu

                                   Office: PAC 150 K

 

 Dana E. Nicolay

Dana E. Nicolay is Professor of Dance at Sam Houston State University. He was formerly a member of the Royal Winnipeg Ballet, the Houston Ballet, Contemporary Dancers Canada and Space/ Dance /Theatre. The American College Dance Festival Association, the Mid-America Dance Network, and Regional Dance America have recognized his choreography for excellence. His work Sabachthani, was selected for the National College Dance Festival at the Kennedy Center. He has served as Associate Dean of the College of Arts and Sciences and as Interim Dean of the College of Fine Arts and Mass Communication. He was Regional Representative for the ACDFA and is a member of the Board of Directors of Corps de Ballet International. He is certified in Primary – Level 3 of the American Ballet Theatre National Training Curriculum and is also a Certified Laban/ Bartenieff Movement Analyst. He holds the Master of Fine Arts degree from Texas Christian University.

Curriculum Vitae

Contact: dnc_dxn@shsu.edu

Office: PAC 150 I

 

 

Dr. Cindy Gratz

 

                                   Professor

                                   • BA and MA from UCLA

                                   • Ph.D. from New York University 

 

                                   Contact: dnc_clc@shsu.edu

                                   Office: PAC 150 H

 

 

Jonathan Charles Smith

                                   Assistant Professor

                                   • BA, University of Houston at Clear Lake

                                   • MFA, Sam Houston State University

                                   Contact: dnc_jcs@shsu.edu

                                   Office: PAC 150 G

 

 

Andy Noble

 

                                   Assistant Professor

                                   • BA in Modern Dance, University of South

                                      Florida

                                   • MFA Dance, with emphasis Dance Technology,                                       Florida State University

                                   Contact: amn008@shsu.edu

                                   Office: PAC 150 D

 

 

Dionne Sparkman Noble

 

                                   Assistant Professor

                                   • BA in Ballet & Modern Dance, University

                                      of South Florida

                                   • MFA Dance, with emphasis Dance Technology,

                                      University of  Utah

 

                                  Contact: dln008@shsu.edu

                                  Office: PAC 150 C

 

             Betty Nicolay         

              

 

                                   Adjunct Lecturer

 

                                   • M.Ed. University of Texas, Austin, Tx, Aug 

                                      1974

                                   • B.S. Texas Christian University, May 1973

 

 

                                   Contact: bjn002@shsu.edu

                                   Office: PAC 150 B

 

 

Erin Reck

                                   Adjunct Lecturer

 

                                   • BA Dance, University of Washington

                                   • MFA Dance, Sarah Lawrence College

 

                                   Contact: ecr012@shsu.edu

                                   Office: PAC 151 E


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