Faculty

Anne Green Gilbert (MAT) started her teaching career as an elementary school teacher in Chicago where she first used movement to teach the academic curriculum. Currently, Anne is Artistic Director of the Creative Dance Center and Kaleidoscope Dance Company, which she founded in Seattle, Washington in 1981. Anne is recognized as one of the leading dance educators throughout the United States and abroad. When not teaching classes at CDC or choreographing for Kaleidoscope, Anne trains teachers through her Summer Dance Institute for Teachers and for Seattle Pacific University as an adjunct professor. Anne has conducted hundreds of workshops for children and adults across the United States and in Japan, Australia, New Zealand, Canada, Finland, Russia, Denmark, France, Germany, Holland, Brazil, Portugal, and The Netherlands. Anne is the author of Teaching the Three Rs Through Movement, Creative Dance for All Ages, Brain-Compatible Dance Education, Teaching Creative Dance (DVD) and BrainDance (DVD), as well as numerous articles. Anne is also an active member of the National Dance Association, National Dance Education Organization, and Dance and the Child International. Anne is founder and Past President of the Dance Educators Association of Washington, an organization promoting quality dance education in all Washington State schools K-12. As a member of the Arts Education Standards project, she helped write the Washington State Dance Standards and Learning Goals. Anne has received numerous awards including the WAHPERD Honor Award, NDA Outstanding Dance Educator Award (Northwest District), the 1999 AAHPERD Honor Award, and the 2005 NDA Scholar/Artist Award, and is featured in Dance Teacher Magazine May 2006. Anne, the mother of three dancing children and several grandchildren, currently lives in Seattle, Washington with her husband.

Ines Andrade has been teaching at CDC since Fall 2000. She received her BFA from University of Florida/New World School for the Arts with honors in dance & choreography. She has performed, choreographed, and taught young children in Paris, Florida, and the San Juan Islands before moving to Seattle. Ines teaches movement at numerous schools in the Puget Sound region and is a member of Seattle Early Dance company. She performs in various other dance styles and sings French Cabaret.

Tom Bergersen (dance musician) works with the University of Washington Dance Department and with PNB. He has worked previously with Bochinche's school program, and with Bill Evans. Currently Tom performs with the Seattle based Latin Jazz group, Sonando.

Joanna Cashman, RN, E-RYT, MFA has a multi-disciplinary background that includes a Master of Fine Arts degree in Dance from Arizona State University, certifications in Integrative Yoga Therapy, Evans Method: A Laban-Bartenieff based approach to dance, and twenty five years of clinical experience facilitating therapeutic yoga and dance sessions in neuropsychiatric and chemical dependency treatment centers. She has performed and taught internationally and is the founder of the Radiant Health Yoga® Teacher Training Program. Following an intuitive desire to blend the ancient teachings of yoga with expressive dance she created Chakra Dance as a holistic practice that illuminates universal truths about the human experience and offers a rich vehicle for creative expression and personal growth. She teaches at Lesley University and directs Wild Grace Arts / Center for Yoga & Dance, in Olympia, WA. For more information visit www.JoannaCashman.com and www.WildGraceArts.com

Eric Chappelle (Music Director) has been creating music with dance for over 20 years. He works with many local theaters and has composed and produced four exceptional compact disc volumes of Music for Creative Dance.

Sara Coiley received her BA in Theatre Arts Performance and Education from Central Washington University, graduating with honors for performance/choreography. She has taught art, musical theatre, drama, and dance to students of all ages in university, public schools and studios since 1994. She studied extensively with international movement educator Anne Green Gilbert, joining her faculty at the Creative Dance Center in 2000, where she embraced the philosophy of brain compatible/conceptual education and forged this with her own belief that all children have the right to dance with meaning and joy! She also teaches and choreographs for Village Theatre's Kidstage, and is the founder/artistic director of Little Stars, a mobile preschool dance education program.

Jessica Gleason is a graduate of UW with a degree in dance. Since graduating she has been performing and teaching throughout the Seattle area. Jessica has twice attended the Creative Dance Center's Summer Dance Institute for Teachers.

Theresa (Terry) Goetz is Director of Education and Outreach for the Creative Dance Center in Seattle, Washington. Terry has been on the faculty of the Creative Dance Center since 2000 and began training intensively with Anne Green Gilbert in 1997. She teaches Nurturing Baby, Parent/Toddler, and Parent/Child Creative Dance classes and Ballet and Modern Dance for older children and adults. Terry has taught in preschools, elementary classrooms, and studios throughout the Seattle area since retiring from Pacific Northwest Ballet in 1995. Prior to performing with PNB, she was a member of Pittsburgh Ballet Theater from 1986-1988. She presents to PEPS groups and Early Childhood specialists focusing on the importance of movement in the early years of life. Terry’s workshops at Early Childhood conferences are always enthusiastically received and she was the Keynote Speaker at the 2006 FACES North Conference and the 2007 Childhood Matters Conference. Terry presents workshops locally, nationally, and internationally, training dance teachers, educators, and teaching artists in BrainDance and Brain-Compatible Dance Education. She serves on the dance team that is writing Grade Level Expectations for K-12 dance in Washington State public schools. Terry is an active member of the National Dance Education Organization and is the President of the Dance Educators Association of Washington.

Gail Heilbron has a MFA in Dance/Theater from Case Western Reserve University. She has been a dancer, teacher, and choreographer for 40 years including Artistic Director of Co-Motion Dance. She has taught at the Creative Dance Center since its beginning. Gail is also a certified Gryotonic® and Gryokinesis® Trainer.

Ingrid Hurlen has been teaching creative dance for all ages since 1987. She has a BA in Theater from Lone Mountain College in San Francisco. She has trained with Anne Green Gilbert in numerous Summer Dance Institutes for Teachers. She is a Certified InterPlay facilitator (helping build community through movement, story and song) and will be offering monthly intergenerational InterPlay classes at CDC starting in the Fall.

Joanne Keegan received her B.F.A from Cornish College of the Arts in Acting/Original Works and Directing. For the past 15 years, Joanne Keegan has worked in the capacity of teacher, director, and playwright working with all ages at The Seattle Children’s Theater, Bainbridge Playhouse, and Olympic College among others. Currently the Head of Visual and Performing Arts Department and the Middle School Drama teacher for The Bush School, Joanne is thrilled and honored to be here at the Creative Dance Center teaching the drama portion of the Dance and Drama Camp this summer.

Anna Mansbridge is from the United Kingdom, where she studied dance for many years. She holds a First Class Honors Degree in Dance and Education from Bedford College, U.K. and an M.F.A. in Choreography and Performance from Mills College, California. She has been on faculty at the Creative Dance Center since 1999, where she teaches dance to people of all ages. Anna has created many pieces on Kaleidoscope, and is Rehearsal Director for the company. Anna is also the founder (in 2000) and Artistic Director of Seattle Early Dance, which specializes in recreating dances of the European courts from the 16th through 18th centuries. In addition, Anna choreographs and directs early opera. Her recent direction of Rappresentatione di Anima et di Corpo by Cavalieri (1600) received rave reviews, and she just choreographed her first combat scene for an mini-opera at On The Boards.

Rebecca Schroeder received her BFA in dance at California State University Long Beach. She has performed and taught in New York City, California, and Washington. Currently, she teaches ballet and modern dance throughout the Seattle area. Rebecca holds a certificate from the Creative Dance Center’s Summer Dance Institute for Teachers.

Meghan Sissom graduated from the University of Colorado with a double major in psychology and sociology. She has ten years experience working with children, teenagers, and adults, specializing in the areas of at risk youth and working with people with varying abilities. She brings her experience in developmental movement and dance into her work with her students. She is able to facilitate the flow of a class while also giving attention to student’s individual needs and pace. She has danced all her life engaging in many different forms including jazz, tap, ballet, African, modern, swing, and improvisational dance and continues her journey with dance here in Seattle. Currently, she is attending Antioch University where she is pursuing her Masters degree in Education.