Richard Gibson

is a former member of the Joffrey Ballet and the San Francisco Ballet. He began his teaching career in 1964 and, through the many professional dancers he has produced, he has built an international reputation as one of the most highly respected ballet masters in the United States.

His experience includes the directorship of the Royal Conservatory in The Hague and the position of Ballet Master, company teacher for Nederlands Dans Theatre. He later became company teacher for the Joffrey Ballet and principal teacher for the Joffrey Ballet School in New York City. For six years he held the position of company instructor for the San Francisco Ballet.

As a guest teacher, Mr. Gibson has worked with the Stuttgart Ballet, Dutch National Ballet, Scapino Ballet, Hungarian National Ballet, Irish National Ballet, Deutsche Oper Berlin, National Ballet of Canada, Frankfurt Opera Ballet, Aterballetto, Eliot Feld Ballet, North Carolina School of the arts and both the Bat Sheva and Bat Dor dance companies of Israel.

Zory Karah

received his early training at the school of the Israeli Classical Ballet and the Bat Dor Studios in his native Israel. He subsequently performed with the Israeli National Ballet. He also studied with Raymond Franchetti in Paris, Maryon Lane in London, and Rosella Hightower in Cannes.

Since coming to the United States, Mr. Karah has toured the country with Dance Express and performed as a guest artist with several American companies. He has served as a company teacher for the Smuin Ballet and has taught for School of the Arts in San Francisco. He also taught as a guest teacher in Israel, Argentina and The Netherlands.

Elizabeth Gravelleis a graduate of the National Ballet School in Toronto, Canada. Upon graduation, she joined the National Ballet of Canada where she performed a large repertoire of both classical and contemporary ballets. From the National Ballet, she went on to perform with the Hong- Kong Ballet, Israeli Classical Ballet, and ODC/San Francisco. Elizabeth has been a performer
for young audiences and an Artist-in-Residence for LEAP. She has taught ballet and creative dance movement for the Haifa Piccolo Ballet, Golden Gate Ballet, and at Lone Mountain College.

ADMINISTRATOR

Sally Trader

PIANISTS

Tim Murphy, Anna Karney,Donald White, Lucy Hudson

Past Guest Faculty Included

Joanna Berman, Donn Edwards,
Pascal Leroy, Carmela Zegorelli,
Zoltan Peter, Julia Adam, Kristine Elliott.