Calling all Summer Dance Alumni! We want to keep up with you. Please send an email to sdl@whitman.edu giving us the low-down on where you are and what's goin' on in your life now. Please include:
Once we start hearing from all of you, we'll create a list of alums and their email addresses on this page so that you can stay in contact with each other too.
We can't wait to hear your stories!!
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violet_vale12@yahoo.com (home)
weddings@wiltonphotography.com (business)
Cari said:
I first participated in dance lab when I was 15 in 1996 and have been there nearly every year since, though lately it's been only to drop in and say, Hi. Now I own a photography business in Walla Walla with my husband, Travis. We shoot weddings and portraits among other things. I also choreograph, act, and dance in local productions on both stage and screen. Dance Lab was always the one place all year that I could eat and breathe dance. It fed my passion like nothing else. While I continue to adore ballet, I have also discovered and fallen in love with musical theatre and modern dance. I will never forget those five-week summers. My thanks to John and Denise for carrying on the dance lab tradition so brilliantly. I know the students' artistic futures are safe in their hands.
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tina-lv@cox.netTina said:
Tina (Nathalia) Gonzalez has studied dance for over twenty-three years and has taught dance at the regional and national level. Originally from Los Angeles, she studied in L.A. and Portland, Oregon. Tina graduated with honors from Clackamas Community College and finished college at Portland State University with a B.S. in Project/Production Management & Business Administration.
She has studied extensively with dance masters such as Joe Tremaine, Tony Cappola and Arthur Duncan not to mention the many instructors at SDL through the years. Her most recent work includes being a Sin City Doll; dance & production management for Dick Foster Productions; and numerous performances for music videos and industrials. Tina is a dance agent for DDO Artists Agency and Production Stage Manager for LOL with The Scintas based in Las Vegas. She continues casting, performing, judging and guest choreography for production companies, schools, pageants, and theaters throughout Las Vegas and the Western U.S.
Tina met her "Forever Friend" at SDL. "We both danced in Portland, OR., but at different studios. Through SDL we became close friends. She was my maid of honor a few summers ago. Even though I live in Las Vegas now, we are still the closest of friends."
The experience I gained at SDL - from the auditions when you first arrive to the final performance is insurmountable. "I am grateful that my parents encouraged me to attend camp and that the instructors saw potential in me and pushed me to my furthest limits."_________________________________
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triskit82@yahoo.comTrista said:
Currently working as a dancer/choreographer and teaching. Recently completed training to become an ABT®Certified Teacher. I'm also certified in and teach Pilates and Piyo. This summer ('08) one of my students attended SDL. I was so excited for her to experience it. SDL was such a great experience for me, and now I'm so glad I have the chance to send my students there. I feel confident sending them knowing they will get excellent training in a fun, caring and inspiring environment. I made a lot of friends at SDL and learned so much. It was one of the best summer programs I ever attended.
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