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Nola Nolen
Assistant Professor
nola.nolen@sru.edu
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Nola Nolen is the ballet specialist for the Department of Dance. Additionally, she teaches Introduction to Dance, Principles of Dance Production, Dance History I, Music for Dance (for which she is currently writing a text, Dance and Music: The Elements and History for Dancers, Practicum II, and Senior Synthesis. Ms. Nolen received a B.F.A. in ballet pedagogy and an M.F.A. in dance from the University of Oklahoma. She danced professionally with Pittsburgh Ballet Theatre in both classical ballets and contemporary works by choreographers such as Ruth
Page, Frederic Franklin, Leonide Massine, Stuart Sebastian, and John Taras. Additionally, Ms. Nolen has studied composition with Liz Lerman and the Dance Exchange in Washington, D.C. Ms. Nolen sets choreography extensively on SRU Dance Theatre students and, in September 1998, presented a benefit concert of her work both on campus and in Asheville, North Carolina. She is the recipient of numerous grant awards in choreography, research, and professional development.
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