Bodyvox Teachers Collaborators
Anna Hooper
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Anna Hooper, Teacher, Patron Services Specialist
Anna Hooper resides in Vancouver, WA and received dance training with Vancouver School of the Arts & Academics, Northwest Dance Project, Bodyvox, and the Jefferson Dancers. She studied at SUNY Purchase College & Taipei National University of…
Muffie Delgado Connelly
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Muffie Delgado Connelly
Muffie Delgado Connelly (she/her) is a dance artist, movement researcher, teacher, and somatic practitioner in Portland, Oregon. As a dance and movement teacher she has taught pre-professional training at the The Chicago Academy for the Arts, The…
Subashini Ganesan-Forbes
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Subashini Ganesan-Forbes
Choreographer & Founder/ED, New Expressive Works, She/her Subashini is a curator, arts administrator, choreographer, Oregon Arts Commissioner, and former Creative Laureate of Portland (2018 – June 2021). As a Bharathanatyam artist, Ganesan has…
Heather
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Heather Jackson, Teacher
Heather trained on scholarship at Rock School of Pennsylvania Ballet and at 14 became a Ballet Major at the University of Utah where she earned her BFA. She performed with Utah Ballet and Ballet West while in Utah. Before leaving Salt Lake, Heather…
Val
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Valerie Stegall
Valerie Stegall has been in the fitness industry as a personal trainer and instructor for almost thirty-five years. She has several certifications, including Pilates Mat and The Ellové Technique, and has taught numerous formats throughout her career…
Brett Mills
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Brett Mills
Brett began her training in Chicago at The Chicago City Ballet School under the direction of Maria Tallchief and Paul Mejia and later continued studying at the Ruth Page School with Larry Long.   Brett danced professionally with several companies…
Jonathan Sadony
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Jonathan Sadony, Teacher
Jonathan Sadony is from Portland Oregon. Jonathan teaches many different styles of dance including hip-hop, ballet, contemporary, jazz, and jazz-funk. He has taught at many studios all around Portland, Los Angeles and London England. He began his…
Charles Roy
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Charles Roy, Teacher
Not only has Charles danced with Rihanna at the VMA's, but because of his versatility he has also worked internationally with professional corporations, formal dance companies, and popular teaching conventions. After earning his BA from Loyola…
Vanessa Thiessen
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Vanessa Thiessen, JAG Artistic Director, Teacher
Vanessa Thiessen is from Portland, OR and is a teacher, a choreographer, and the Artistic Director of the BodyVox Junior Artist Generator (JAG) program.  She currently teaches ballet at Reed College, BodyVox, Open Space Dance, Northwest Dance…
Zach Carroll
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Zach Carroll, Teacher
Zachary began his formative dance training with the legendary Ballet Russe dancer George Zoritch in his native Tucson, Arizona, and continued at The National Ballet School in Toronto, Ontario. Throughout his 25+ year performing career, he…
Brent Luebbert
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Brent Luebbert, Teacher
Brent was born in Portland and raised in the area. He attended Point Park University and graduated with a BFA in Dance. Since then he has worked with the Pillow Project, Attack Theatre, Eowyn Emerald & Dancers, skinner|kirk dance ensemble,…
Thorey Mountain
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Laure Redmond, Teacher
A lifetime of mind + body + spirit discovery: Laure Redmond is a published author, television personality, radio host and confidence coach practicing in Portland, OR and broadcasting internationally. Laure’s work is dedicated to helping individuals…
Sara Parker
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Sara Parker, Teacher, Education Programs Manager
Sara Parker is a movement artist, choreographer, dancer and teacher who has been a part of the Portland dance community and BodyVox Dance in varying capacities since 2009.  She holds an MFA in Modern Dance from the University of Utah(2015) where…
Sarah Fuhrman Bio
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Sarah Fuhrman, Teacher
Sarah grew up in Portland dancing with The School of Oregon Ballet Theatre under Elena Carter. She worked as a company member with OBT for many years before exploring an opportunity furthering her training in St. Petersburg, Russia. Sarah continued…
Thorey Mountain
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Thorey Mountain, Teacher
Thorey Mountain (MPhil, BA Hons, RAD Teaching Certificate) Thorey Mountain danced professionally in London for many years, appearing in the original West End productions of Applause, which starred Lauren Bacall, Pippin, and A Chorus Line. She was a…
Andrea parson
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Andrea Parson, Teacher
At the age of three, Andrea began dance training in Hillsboro, Oregon. She continued to train at the Joffrey Ballet, San Francisco Conservatory of Dance, and Loyola Marymount University, where she received a BA in dance in 2009. After graduating she…
Lee-Wei
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Lee-Wei Chao, Teacher
Born in Taipei, Taiwan. Lee-Wei Chao started his ballet training with Ms. Xiao Lee,who brought from Russia the Vaganova ballet method to Taiwan. In 1996 Mr. Chao joined Joffrey Ballet Concert Dancer in New York City, followed by dancing with…