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Meet the People in Dance at UCI Arts

Browse by role to connect with our faculty, staff, and esteemed emeriti.

Faculty

Title	Specialization	Email
John Crawford Professor of Intermedia Arts	Dance and Technology, Screendance, Embodied Media	john.crawford@uci.edu
Diane Diefenderfer Professor of Teaching, PMA, C.P.T.	PMA® Certified Pilates Teacher, Ballet, Pointe, Repertory, Pilates	dldiefen@uci.edu
Jennifer Fisher Professor of Dance	Critical Dance Studies, Ballet Culture and Issues, Dance Ethnography, Relationship of Dance to Gender, Race, and Identity	jjfisher@uci.edu
Lindsay Gilmour Associate Professor	Modern Dance, Choreography, Improvisation	lgilmour@uci.edu
Charlotte Griffin Associate Professor of Dance	Modern Dance	c.griffin@uci.edu
Chad Michael Hall Associate Professor of Dance	Modern/Contemporary Technique, Choreography, Improvisation, Screendance, Dance and Video	chall1@uci.edu
Ariyan Johnson Assistant Professor of Dance	Hip Hop, Jazz	ariyanj@uci.edu
Lar Lubovitch UCI Distinguished Professor	Choreography	llubovit@uci.edu
Vitor Luiz Assistant Professor of Dance	Ballet	vluiz@uci.edu
Molly Lynch Professor	Ballet, Repertory, Arts Management	mlynch@uci.edu
Lisa Naugle Professor	Modern Dance, Choreography, Improvisation, Dance and Digital Technology, Motion Capture, Pedagogy	lnaugle@uci.edu
Cyrian Reed Assistant Professor of Dance	Hip Hop	cyrianr@uci.edu
Kelli Sharp Chair and Associate Professor of Dance Science	Co-Director of iMove Lab, UCI Sue & Bill Gross Stem Cell Research Center (SCRC), Co-Vice Chair for Research for Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, UCI School of Medicine	ksharp@uci.edu
Alan Terricciano Professor of Dance & Associate Dean for Academic Personnel and Undergraduate Studies	Musical Resources, Music for Dancers, Dance Accompaniment, Composition, Multimedia Arts	aterricc@uci.edu
Tong Wang Associate Professor of Dance	Ballet, Men's Ballet, Partnering	wangt5@uci.edu
S. Ama Wray Professor of Dance	Jazz Dance, Improvisation, Choreography	wrays@uci.edu

Staff

Title	Specialization	Email
Emma Andres Department Analyst		eaandres@uci.edu
Daniel Manoiu Principal Musician		dmanoiu@uci.edu

Emeriti Faculty

Title	Specialization	Email
Mary Corey Professor of Dance, Emerita	Dance Notation and Reconstruction, Dance History	mecorey@uci.edu
Loretta Livingston Professor of Dance, Emeriti	Choreography, Laban Movement Analysis, Graduate Seminar in Movement Analysis , TA Advisor , Co-Advisor for the BFA in Choreography	llivings@uci.edu