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Susan Campbell Sandri has danced and choreographed for ballet, modern, jazz, ballroom, tap and musical theatre companies, and for stage, television, video and film. Trained in California, her most influential teachers were Bella Lewitzky (Horton), Tim Wengard (Graham), Sally Streets (Balanchine), Margaret Hills (Cecchetti), Jeanne Flood (Loring), and Ron & Carol Montez (ballroom and latin). She holds a PhD in Dance Sciences and Administration of Higher Education, a Masters degree in Dance Education and Kinesiology, and a BA in Physical Education with a Dance specialization. She is also certified in Pilates dance conditioning and rehabilitation by the Center for Sports Medicine at St. Francis Memorial Hospital in San Francisco.
Dr. Sandri moved to Whidbey Island in 1999 having retired early from the tenured faculty of the College of the Arts at San Francisco State University. She has also taught for multiple dance companies and schools, and for 7 other universities and colleges including UC San Diego, Loyola Marymount University in Los Angeles, Northern Virginia at Annandale, and the University of Southern California where she was Director ofDance Education. She has published and presented many papers in dance medicine and education at the international and national levels, specializing in the proper biomechanics of dance technique, the etiology of dance injuries, and the rehabilitation
of muscular imbalances in dancers.
Dr. Sandri has directed several college and professional dance companies, including her own San Francisco area company for 10 years. She began working with Whidbey Dance Theatre during Nutcracker in 2000. In Spring 2001, Susan set 3 pieces for the company which were performed in Salt Lake City before the assembled 20+ artistic directors of regional level companies from across the Pacific and Western States. The performance resulted in the company's elevation to regional level status and inclusion in Regional Dance America. Sandri' s choreography was also chosen by the RDA/P adjudicator for the 2002 Festival in Torrance, CA., the 2003 Festival in Everett, the 2004 Festival in Tuscon, AZ.
Whidbey Dance Theatre invited Susan to become co-Artistic Director in March 2002.
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Artistic Directors:
Susan Campbell Sandri
Charlene Brown
Resident Choreographers:
Susan Campbell Sandri
Susan Vanderwood
2004 Guest Choreographers:
Leigh-Ann Cohen
Martha Graham/Sharon Tyres, repetiteur
Jennifer Bondelid
2004 Emerging Choreographers:
Andrea Burr
Kate Yates
2003 Guest Choreographers:
Wendy Johnson-Casper
Asharaine Machala
Carl Massey
Racheale Walsh
2003 Student Choreographer:
Jamee Brown
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