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Graduate Dance Faculty
Sonya Delwaide Sonya Delwaide
Associate Professor of Dance, Department Head
Richards Lodge 104,
510.430.3258, sdelwaid@mills.edu
Office Hours: Thursday 1:00-2:00 and by appointment

Professional Interests: Repertory company director, modern techniques, ballet, composition, partnering, movement for actors, dance theater, repertory
Molissa Fenley Molissa Fenley
Associate Professor of Dance
Richards Lodge 103,
510.430.3185, mfenley@mills.eduNot teaching in Fall

Office Hours: Wednesday 2:30-3:30
Professional Interests: Choreography, repertory, modern dance forms, thesis supervision
Ann Murphy
Artist/Lecturer
Richards Lodge 107,
510.430.3301, amurphy@mills.edu
Office Hours: Wednesday 12:00-1:00 and by appointment

Professional Interests: Dance criticism and analysis, women and dance, dance and literature

Visiting Scholars & Artists

Sima Belmar
Visiting Assistant Professor, Fall
Richards Lodge 102, 510.430.3195, sbelmar@mills.edu
Office Hours: by appointment only
Professional Interests: Dance theory, somatics, critical theory, disability studies

Yukie Fujimoto
Visiting Assistant Professor, Fall
Richards Lodge 102, 510.430.3261, yfujimoto@mills.edu
Office Hours: By appointment
Professional Interests: Classical ballet, post modern dance, contemporary dance, dance pedagogy, choreographic/collaborative process, performance and motherhood

Shinichi Iova-Koga
Visiting Artist
Richards Lodge 105, 510.430.3259, siovakoga@mills.edu
Office Hours: By appointment
Professional Interests: Physical theater, re-inventions of defined dance forms, traditional dance of Japan, Aikido, Judo, Tai Chi, photography and film making

Pei Ling Kao
Visiting Artist, Fall
Richards Lodge 102, 510.430.3195, pkao@mills.edu
Office Hours: By appointment only
Professional Interests: Modern dance technique, dance improvisation, traditional Chinese dance

Patricia Reedy
Visiting Artist, Fall
Richards Lodge 102, 510.430.3195, preedy@mills.edu
Office Hours: By appointment
Professional Interests: Children's dance, choreography, creativity, professionalizing the field of dance education

Sheldon Smith
Visiting Assistant Professor
Richards Lodge 101, 510.430.3260, shsmith@mills.edu
Office Hours: Monday 1:00-2:00 and by appointment
More about Sheldon Smith
Professional Interests: Dancing, making dances, making music, working with dance and technology, making video art

Staff

Sylvia Nuzzo Philis
Faculty Administrative Assistant
Richards Room 108, 510.430.2175, snuzzophilis@mills.edu

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Last Updated: 9/19/11