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The Physical Education Department is committed to providing student and community populations with a fundamental knowledge of the lifelong benefits of physical exercise and to developing an understanding of physical activity as a part of a total education.
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Physical Education Department & Dance Administration of Justice/Fire Science Department |
Ms. Atkinson has been teaching at CCSF for the past 15 years.
Her goal is bring current investigation skills used by the San Francisco Police Department into the classroom, coupled with current laws and Federal & State obligations.
Ms. Atkinson has been a Sergeant/Inspector with the San Francisco Police Department for the past 28 years. During the past five years she has been an Inspector with the Vice Crimes Division. She has also been a member of the Hostage Negotiation Team for the past twenty years.
She is also involved with the City and County of San Francisco Juvenile Prostitution Task Force, the Threat Management Team and the Crisis Negotiation Team
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Physical Education Department & Dance M.A. Human Performance and Sport - New Mexico Highlands University |
Mr. Balano has taught at CCSF since 2001 and is City College of San Francisco's Head Strength and Conditioning Coach where he is directly responsible for enhancing injury prevention and athletic performance for all of City's Women's and Men's Intercollegiate Athletic Teams. As well, he is Committee Chair for curriculum and related protocols related to the P.E. and Olympic Weight Rooms.
Ponder these...and the truth shall set you free...
..."The future weeps for the wish to be made" - unknown
(On the whiteboard in Edward's Stadium Training Hall - University of California Berkeley)
..."Foolish consistency is the hobgoblin of little minds." - Emerson
..."If you do not accept criticism; say nothing, do nothing, be nothing." - Fred Shero
..."Great minds discuss ideas; Average minds discuss events; Small minds discuss people." - Eleanor Roosevelt
Mr. Balano is also the Faculty Advisor and CCSF Olympic Weightlifting Club Team Head Coach.
He also...
...co-authored (with Mitchell Palacio) the textbook for PE 8 "Introduction to Fitness and Training"
...is a contributor to "AltoRendimiento" an athletic performance and health science publication originating from Alcoy(Alicante), Spain
...has contributed to coachingsitesonline.com and gamespeed.net
...is Director of Human Performance for USA Judo's National Training Center
...served as Head Strength and Conditioning Coach for the annual East/West Shrine Game (featuring the nation's top collegiate football players)
...was Head Strength and Conditioning Coach for the Oakland Skates, and World Champion San Jose Rhinos professional roller hockey teams
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Physical Education Department & Dance B.A., University of California, Berkeley; M .A. , San Francisco State University |
Ms. Banuet-Alvers has taught at CCSF for the past 24 years.
Published textbook: Yoga The Student Path.
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Physical Education Department & Dance B.A., M.A. , San Francisco State University |
Ms. Barton has taught at CCSF for the past twenty years. She is a Fellow, US Terpsichore Association (Ballroom and Latin) and Graduate, Integral Yoga Teacher's Training.
Her instructional philosophy is to challenge herself and her students to fully realize ones' potential. In Ballroom Dance, Latin and Swing Dance forms, one can appreciate the past but prepare for maximum success on the dance floor today. Her Folk Dance class offers students the experience of dance forms originating from around the world. Yoga students feel comfortable working at their own level to integrate mind, body and spirit.
Ms. Barton has served as a Judge for SF Ethnic Dance Festival Auditions on six occasions, as a panelist for the California Arts Council, and as Vice President for the California Dance Educators Association. Her choreography appears in the film " And We Still Dance ". Her article on College Dance was the cover story for the March, 1998 issue of Ballroom Dancers Rag .
Going dancing, taking classes and workshops, attending conventions and performances, walking and browsing in used book stores are some of Ms. Barton's extracurricular interests.
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Coordinator, Physical Education Department & Dance B.S., University of Washington; M .F.A. ,University of Utah |
For 10 years, David Blood was a principle dancer with Oakland Ballet and the San Francisco Moving Company. While with the Oakland Ballet he performed in many famous ballets such as Billy the Kid, La Boutique Fantasque, Les Noces, Rooms, and Sheherazade. He worked with choreographers such as Leonide Massine, Eugene Loring, Anna Sokolow and Frederic Franklin.
David began swing dancing in 1998 and has been trained by Frankie Manning, Sylvia Sykes, Jason Christodoulou, Chad Kubo, Steven Mitchell, Paul Overton, Sharon Ashe, Carla Heiney and others. He has also taken balboa from Steve Garret and Heidi Salerno. He presently teaches beginning, intermediate and advanced swing at CCSF as a full time instructor.
In his leisure time, Mr. Blood enjoys gardening and keeping his lovely wife Ann happy.
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Physical Education Department & Dance B.A., University of California, Santa Barbara |
Professor Burick has been teaching at CCSF since 1980.
For the past 14 years her primary focus has been tap, although she still loves her Saturday morning modern dance class and believes that every dance form contributes in a unique way to the development of every very unique dancer. At UCSB she studied Humphrey-Limon technique with Alice Condita and Rona Sande, Laban Wigman with Isa Berghson, and Graham with Cristine Lawson, David Hatch-Walker and Ross Parks. Professor Burick's M.A. in Creative Arts Education focused on dance from multiple cultural perspectives. Her training in tap ranges from study at the Betty Lee Dance Studio in Ohio in the 1950's and 60's to conferences, festivals and master classes with the likes of Camden Richmond, Steve Condos, Brenda Bufalino, Jean Martin, Robert Reed, Diane Walker Jimmy Slide and Arthur Duncan over the past 25 years. She is inspired by and loves taking class from pace-setting contemporary artists such as Savion Glover, Mark Mendoca, Andrew Nemr, Derrick Grant and John Kloss. In the early 80's she performed with tw!
As to modern dance companies: Nancy Karp & Dancers and KADEKA Dances for Kids. In the mid 90's Professor Burick performed with Lynn Jassem's Stepfire Tap Ensemble. She considers myself an ever-aspiring and evolving jazz/rhythm tap dancer who loves to share her passion for tap, in particular, and dance in general.
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Physical Education Department & Dance B.A., M .A. , San Francisco State University |
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Physical Education Department & Dance B.A., M.A., Stanford University |
Teaching Argentine Tango at CCSF since the Fall of 2000
A lifelong dancer (extensive training in ballet & modern) and since 1994 a devotee of Argentine tango, Chelsea Eng is a full-time tango professional: performer, improviser, choreographer and teacher. Performance & choreography highlights include Confitería Ideal/Buenos Aires, the International Dance Festival/New York City, national television (Latin Eyes), Diálogos on Hollywood’s theatre row, Leading Ladies of Tango at San Francisco’s Herbst Theatre, GlamourTango at Chicago's Logan Square Auditorium, and numerous shows improvising with the musicians of MonTango, Tango No. 9 and Trio Garufa. Chelsea is a co-founding member of the all-woman collaborative dance company Tango Con*Fusión (TangoConFusion.com), now in its 8th year. She has taught Argentine tango since the mid-90s at workshops & festivals in many cities {Portland (7 TangoFests), Las Vegas, Seattle, Philadelphia, Honolulu, San Diego, Los Angeles}, including Buenos Aires. Chelsea holds a Master’s Degree in Education – Dance Specialization from Stanford University. As founder & long-time director of the popular Argentine Tango Program at City College of San Francisco, she regularly teaches semester-length credit courses in Argentine Tango through CCSF's Izzy award-winning Dance Department (ccsf.edu); she has also substitute-taught Intermediate Ballet. In March of 2010, Chelsea was one half of the first all-female pair and the first American pair, to teach (and to present Lead-Follow Exchange as a topic), while Tango Con*Fusión was the first all-female tango company to perform, at the Congreso Internacional de Tango Argentino (C.I.T.A.) in Buenos Aires. In March of 2011, Chelsea (together with Tango Con*Fusión) had the honor of performing with Latin-Grammy nominated band Tanghetto at the Sala Zitarrosa Theater in Montevideo and at Salón Canning in Buenos Aires. Chelsea's writing has been published in IN DANCE, San Francisco's long-running dance newsletter.
As a former transfer student (from Pomona College/ Claremont, CA to Stanford University), a Stanford University alum (B.A. and M.A.), and a City College faculty member, Chelsea enjoys voluntarily representing Stanford University at the CCSF College Transfer Fair each Fall.
Professional Memberships:
AFT 2121
Dancers' Group
Theatre Bay Area
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Physical Education Department & Dance B.S., Broklyn College; M.A., Ph.D., University of Iowa |
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Physical Education Department & Dance BFA, Modern Dance Performance, Ohio State University; MFA, Modern Dance, Mills College, Oakland. |
Marguerite Fishman, instructor at CCSF since 2005 teaches several courses in the PE/Dance Department including: Ballroom Dance, Latin American Folk and Social Dance, Waltz Styles and Techniques, Yoga, Modern Dance and Folk Dance.
"Dance has the power to connect us to the present moment, to that which is true, loving and good, to one's innate being and to others. The dance class, rehearsal and performance bring people together to celebrate strength, imagination, freedom, passion and beauty, and to experience the gift of life itself. Ultimately this is why I teach dance and what I intend to impart to my students."
Marguerite Fishman has served on the faculties of Canada College, College of San Mateo, Mercy High School Burlingame and Sacred Heart Preparatory teaching Modern Dance and Yoga. She teaches Creative Dance at Living Wisdom School, Palo Alto and is the choreographer for their annual Theatre Magic Productions. She has also taught the Alexander Technique, which she studied extensively with world-renowned teacher Marjorie Barstow.
Before moving to the Bay Area in the 1980s Marguerite Fishman co-directed "Dances for Passers-By" which gave over 50 public performances in alternative spaces in the Midwest and East Coast. She was one of four choreographers nationally selected to study with Lucas Hoving, principal dancer with the Jose Limon Dance Company, in The American Dance Festival at Duke University. Marguerite continued her studies with Mr. Hoving while earning her MFA at Mills College and danced in his San Francisco company. Marguerite has participated in numerous Bay Area performances, including theatrical collaborations with Dr. Jeanne Marie Hughes, director of Six Thumbs Dance Theatre and member of CCSF Dance faculty. She served on the Board of Directors of The American Dance Friendship Tour, a group of Bay Area Contra Dancers and musicians who toured the Soviet Union during the Glosnost period. She worked with David Parr, SF Bay Revels Director, for six seasons as both choreographer and performer for the annual Christmas Revels Productions.
Highlights of 2010-2011: Marguerite served as choreographer and worked behind the scenes to facilitate the first annual "Young Dancers Festival" created by Norman Yee, Vice President of the SF Board of Education, held at CCSF. She had the great honor of performing a dance from the Tibetan Opera tradition in the opening ceremonies for His Holiness the Fourteenth Dalai Lama in conversation with East Palo Alto High School students.
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Physical Education Department & Dance MFA Arizona State University |
Prof. Funsch has been teaching at CCSF since 2007
To create a safe, accepting space for inquiry and experimentation that fosters enhanced understanding of the human body’s potential and leads students towards greater self-knowledge.
Artistic Director, Funsch Dance Experience, www.funschdance.org
Ergonomics Consultant for The Body at Work, wwwthebodyatwork.com
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Coordinator, Physical Education Department & Dance B.A., M.S., San Francisco State University |
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Physical Education Department & Dance A.A., City College of San Francisco; B.A., San Francisco State University; M.A., Azuza Pacific University |
Mr. Giusto has taught at CCSF since 1977. He coached Women's Basketball from 1977 to 2001.
He says, "Do what you like, but like what you do."
In his leisure time, Mr. Giusto enjoys golf and surfing, and laying on the beach hoping not to get harpooned.
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Physical Education Department & Dance A.A., City College of San Francisco; B.A., San Francisco State Unviersity |
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Physical Education Department & Dance B.S., Trinity University; M .S. , California State University, Hayward |
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Physical Education Department & Dance B.S., Chico State University; M .S. , Sacramento State University |
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Physical Education Department & Dance B.A., University of California, Berkeley; M .A. , San Francisco State University; Ph.D., University of California, Berkeley |
Ms. Hagiwara has taught at CCSF for the past 44 years.
She believes that every student is entitled to the best instruction which will enhance the resources from which they may synthesize usable knowledge to improve their life.
Ms. Hagiwara is involved in the CCSF Tenure Review Committee, Interview Committee and the Wellness Building Committee.
She is a member of the Prytanean Society, University of California Berkeley and CCCPE.
In her leisure time, Ms. Hagiwara enjoys masters swimming for USF.
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Chair, Physical Education Department & Dance A.A., City College of San Francisco; B.A., University of California, Riverside; M.A., Azuza Pacific University |
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Physical Education Department & Dance Head Coach, Women's Basketball |
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Physical Education Department & Dance B.A., University of the Pacific; M.A. , San Francisco State University |
Mr. Hector has taught at CCSF for the past 33 years.
His educational goal is to work with students to improve their outlook on health and fitness.
In his leisure time, Mr. Hector enjoys hiking, hunting, fishing and golf.
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Physical Education Department & Dance B.A., M.F.A., Mills College, Oakland |
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Physical Education Department & Dance Head Coach, Men's Basketball |
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Physical Education Department & Dance Head Coach, Men's Track/Cross Country |
Professor Laughlin has been teaching at CCSF since 1988.
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Coordinator, Physical Education Department & Dance B.A., College of Saint Teresa; M.A., Mills College, Oakland |
Luana has taught at CCSF since 1989.
She has trained with the Martha Graham Studio and Alvin Ailey American Dance Theatre studio.
In her own words: "Each student has a brilliance, a genius so to speak, and I encourage the student to apply his/her own brand of intelligence to the subject I am teaching (history, choreography, dance technique, or performance). Therefore I teach to the "internal teacher" which resides inside the student. I find students understand quicker, retain information longer and can aptly apply the information in a multiplicity of situations. Additionally, I am a systems theorist, so I believe in an interconnectedness of all subjects which demands from me multidimensional teaching and contextual presentation. Finally, each class is a learning experience for me because the students are teaching me how to teach them - it's very exciting! At the beginning of each semester I say to the students that ALL of us should be transformed in some way (physically, intellectually, emotionally, or spiritually) BECAUSE of the experiences created in my classes."
She is on the board of directors of several arts education organizations and involved in the mentorship program at Mills College. Luana also is a conference lecturer on the subjects: "Using the Arts in K-12 Education", "The African American Aesthetic in Education", "Teaching the Three R's Through Dance".
Luana is a member of the California Dance Educators Association and the National research group- subject: African American aesthetic
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Physical Education Department & Dance Head Coach, Men's Soccer |
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Physical Education Department & Dance B.A., M.A., San Francisco State University |
Ms. Nagura has taught at CCSF for the past 25 years. Former CCSF Women's Intercollegiate Volleyball & Tennis coach.
She would like to have each student come away from her class with a positive, informative and enjoyable experience in whichever activity they choose. Feel free to contact Diane by calling 415-452-7312 or email at dnagura@ccsf.edu
Diane is a level 2 NAA Archery Instructor and also shoots Olympic Recurve Archery in her spare time.
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Physical Education Department & Dance Head Coach, Women's Track/Cross Country |
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Physical Education Department & Dance Head Coach, Judo |
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Physical Education Department & Dance Head Coach, Badminton |
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Prof. Reppun has been teaching at CCSF since 1989
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Physical Education Department & Dance B.A., San Francisco State University; M.A., California State University, Dominguez Hills |
Ms. Roake has taught at CCSF since 1996.
She believes that varied and innovative classes and teaching procedures reflecting changing times and attitudes are a must! Student projects and involvement in classroom activities are encouraged as well as group interaction, especially in dance classes. Ms. Roake also uses video to tape dance programs.
She is an advisor for the CCSF Cheer/Dance Squad and is the Student Activities/Rams Club representative ICC. She has written the curriculum for hip-hop dance, boxercise and cheer classes.
Ms. Roake is involved in St. Anthony's Center, San Francisco, Little Brother - San Francisco, NITA Law Workshops, College of San Mateo-Teacher, Chabot College, Hayward-Teacher and Children's Miracle Network.
In her leisure time, Ms. Roake enjoys travel, equestrian, swimming, archery, softball, music and drama classes.
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Mr. Rockwell has been teaching at CCSF for four years.
His instructional philosophy is to embolden students to get in touch with their natural talents for movement and expression, and to use physical methods of communication for building positive and successful relationships on the dance floor.
He also hosts monthly swing dance parties at CCSF and is Director of The Jump Blues Dance Project (which brings swing dance to public schools), CDEA and the World Swing Dance Council.
His hobbies include hiking, reading and cooking. Mr. Rockwell also works part-time at the California Supreme Court.
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Physical Education Department & Dance Head Coach, Football |
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Physical Education Department & Dance B.S., Illinois State University; M.A., University of California, Berkeley, Master of Divinity, Pacific School of Religion |
Ms. Staff has taught at CCSF since 1991.
She believes that there are success stories waiting to burst forth in every student, and that it is the teacher's mandate to assist each student to uncover her or his unique talents, abilities, and gifts, as well as to stretch the knowledge and performance base of the student. Her goal is also to orient public school education's emphasis toward the integration and honoring of the body and mind as dynamically-linked and synergistically-inseparable to provide the most complete and life-affirming environment possible for our students.
Ms. Staff has been involved in the CCSF Facilities Committee, Facilities Projects Committee and has been a Departmental Delegate to AFT2121.
She also assists with the Fall Dance Concerts. She has participated in "Movement Education in Elementary Curriculum", San Diego State 2003 and was a Co-Presenter of "A Kinesthetic and Aesthetic Approach to Curriculum Learning", San Diego Rosa Parks Elementary School 2004.
In her leisure time, Ms. Staff enjoys gardening and landscaping projects, photography, softball, science fiction programs and movies
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Physical Education Department & Dance B.A., University of Colorado; M.A., Columbia University |
A teacher at CCSF for the past two years, Ms. Stepanek's educational goal is to create an educational atmosphere that facilitates somatic, holistic, creative learning with an opportunity for full self-expression.
Her hobbies include yoga, dance, hiking and reading.
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Physical Education Department & Dance Head Coach, Baseball |
Mr. Vanoncini has taught at CCSF since 1996.
His educational goal is to teach students the importance of physical activity and to make exercise a part of their daily routine.
Mr. Vanoncini is the Head Baseball Coach of CCSF. He is a member of the American Baseball Coaches Association and the California Community College Baseball Coaches Association.
In his leisure time, he enjoys golf.
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Physical Education Department & Dance BA Dance San Francisco State University |
Ms Watson has taught at CCSF since 1980. Her goal is to provide a strong foundation in the discipline of dance while instilling the importance and responsibility of building good character. This is needed to facilitate and heighten student's awareness of themselves as essential components in the unity and well-being of all humanity.
1. Commitment to continued study, teaching, choreography, performing, and researching dance forms from around the world.
2. Through Dance exchange information with my students so we all grow.
3. Create a nurturing, safe, and welcoming environment for City College students
4. Use dance as a transformative learning tool to foster understanding of the importance of peace, unity, tolerance, patience, harmony, compassion, and love.
Founder, Director, Choreographer, and Performer "Alafia Dance Ensemble" (15 years)
CCSF Dance Concert Performance, Low Tech performance, Performance in World Cultures Concert McKenna Theater-SFSU
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Physical Education Department & Dance Dance Department |
Ms. Wesley has taught Physical Education/Dance for forty years.
However, her first teaching experience at City College was as a substitute instructor for the Tap, Modern, and the African-Haitian classes during the Spring of 1990. She assumed the duties of teaching a semester of Jazz, late Wednesday nights, during the fall of the same year. After a five year hiatus, Jacquelene returned with a purpose. She hopes that her instructional approaches will impart continuous epiphanal lessons to students, lessons that open channels which will help them acknowledge their own mental, physical and emotional potential within--breeding educational success. Her classroom activities reflect learner-centered techniques incorporating a variety of methods for instruction.
Ms. Wesley has directed mini-concerts for her Summer Sessions at CCSF; co-directed the "Weave The Web To Peace" fall dance concert, in 2003. She was a member of the Faculty Association of California Community Colleges--1994-2010. As an outreach effort, she has coordinated, choreographed and performed for U.C. Berkeley's Black Staff and Faculty Organization fundraiser,"Collage of Spirit," 2003. In 2004, she created "The Funktion," an open movement forum showcase intended to bring students and dance faculty together on Saturday mornings. This event provides lecture demonstrations, dress rehearsals, performances, and the ability for the beginners, who have never taken a Physical Education/Dance class prior, to observe and become familiar with various genres/movement styles/techniques as well as participate and look forward to "The Funktion" each semester. Jacquelene and CCSF students welcomed seventh grade guest performers of Oakland's Elmhurst Alliance Academy, taught by her former high school student, to The Funktion--fall, 2009; Eddie Madril, Yaqui Native American, lectured and performed a traditional Lakota Hoop Dance--fall, 2010. Her most recent contributions to the curriculum of CCSF were the courses she wrote--Movement Improvisation and Dance Improvisation.
In her leisure time, Ms. Wesley enjoys writing poetry, attending orchids, performing on occasion for educational events, cornrowing hair styles, designing and sewing costumes for informal student performances/photo shoots. Jacquelene is a Movement Arts Consultant for community artists in the Bay Area.
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Physical Education Department & Dance B.A., San Diego State University; M.F.A., Mills College, Oakland |
Ms. Williams strives to create a positive and energetic learning environment. Her goal is to build stamina, strong technique and stage presence in her students.
She is the founder, artistic director, producer and choreographer for the Kirstin E. Williams Strong Current Dance Company, an all-women dance company, which deals with societal issues from a woman's perspective.
Her hobbies are surfing, scuba diving, swimming, hiking and kick boxing.
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Physical Education Department & Dance B.A. in Philosophy, Dance, and Political Science from The College of Wooster, Ohio |
Professor Wilmot has been teaching at CCSF since 2003.
Professor Alyssa Lee Wilmot has been teaching courses in Hip Hop, Jazz, Yoga, Body Sculpting, and Boxercise at City College since 2004. She is also a certified Pilates instructor. In addition to her part time position at City College, she teaches the subjects of tap, ballet, modern, choreography, improvisation, Pilates, and aerobics at a variety of schools, colleges, and universities around the Bay Area.
Professor Wilmot is a dancer, performance artist, and choreographer who draws upon various dance vocabularies, techniques, and life experiences to create original experimental work. She is the founder, choreographer, and artistic director of group A, a multimedia dance company committed to making dances in collaboration with other art forms. She and her company group A perform regularly in the Bay Area and beyond, http://www.groupAdance.com.
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