HIGHLIGHTS
Dance

Megan Abadie   2000/Dance
Married but no kids. Capoeira and dance.  I also like badminton. Working at San Jose - Santa Clara Water Polution Control Plant doing wastewater sampling, process upgrade recommendations, failure analysis. (2010)
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Jalila Bell   1994/Dance
Jalila A. Bell is an alumna of the dance departments at the San Francisco School of the Arts and Oakland’s Mills College. ...[more]
Zack Benitez   2007/Dance
2010: Dancer and assistant choreographer for Paula Abdul, dancing in movies, tv, and print
Jose Campos   2004/Dance
Another success story from the Dance Dept.
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Celina Carvajal   1997/Dance

While Celina focused on Dance at SOTA, she has since become a star of stage and screen and television, performing on Broadway in shows such as Cats, 42nd Street, Tarzan, Dracula, and the films Sex and the City, The Stepford Wives, The Graduates,...[more]

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Peter Chursin   2003/Dance

Peter Chursin is making his Broadway debut this month (Mar 2009) in the cast of West Side Story. He was also featured recently in the 2005 documentary Why Dance? by James E. Manning.  http://www.whydancethemovie.com/ 

 
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Pedro Gamino   2000/Dance
Currently dancing with the American Repertory Ballet in New Brunswick, New Jersey, and also teaching since 2008 at the Icon Dance Complex. He grew up in the Mission District, trained at the Academy of Ballet and later with the School of American Bal...[more]
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Robert Henry Johnson   1986/Dance

Robert Henry Johnson is a dancer and playwright who mixes movement style and literary influences with equal fluidity. The son of jazz singer Lady Mem'fis and guitarist Robert Gonzales, he was one of the first students to graduate from San Franci...[more]

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Melody Lacayanga   2001/Dance

After studying with Elvia at SOTA, Melody was a member of The Dance Company of San Francisco, where she trained in lyrical, jazz and modern dance with Chris Jacobsen. She moved to Los Angeles to pursue her career in 2003. Her credits include Mark...[more]

Aisha Lee   2005/Dance

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UC Santa Cruz, BA, Psychology, 2008. Loyola Marymount University, Los Angeles, MA, Counseling, 2011

Chanterria McGilbra   1991/Dance
Chanterria was graduated from Cal State University Hayward in 1998 with a BA in Sociology/Organizational Behavior, and the International University of Monaco with an MBA in Entrepreneurship in 2007. She's currently the Chief Consulting Office at LesR...[more]
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Corrine Nagata   1995/Dance
After attending SOTA, Corinne graduated from the North Carolina School of the Arts. She has taught at The Ailey School in New York, and at ODC and Lines dance schools in San Francisco. She has also taught for Arthur Mitchell at Dance Theatre of Harle...[more]
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Yusuf Nasir   2002/Dance
Yusuf began his dance training at age seven and by fifteen was appearing in music videos and live television shows. After graduating from SOTA, Yusuf studied with the Alvin Ailey Dance Theater. He's formed his own company, No Label, and contin...[more]
Daria Nile
Daria trained with the San Francisco Ballet dancing in several productions, and also as a singer. She has performed professionally for several years, recording two CD's with the Idris Ackamoor Ensemble, and with "Midnight Voices" in the Bay Area.&nbs...[more]
Jasmine Rios   1988/Dance

2010: Mina Communications, San Diego. Freelance Writer/Consultant. PR consultant and writer/critic for Dancer Magazine, ExploreDance.com, and SanFrancisco/SanDiego/LasVegasRestaurants.com....[more]

Teela Shine Ross   1987/Dance
Under Elvia Marta's direction she participated in an outreach program, teaching dance to inner city elementary students, sparking a love of teaching. She attended the California Institute of the Arts in Los Angeles. She was selected to study abroad i...[more]
Nina Rudnick   2000/Dance

2010: WestCoast Children's Clinic, Oakland, C-Change Clinican, Therapeutic services, family and individual therapy with sexually exploited minors in the Bay Area. Licensed as a clinical psychologist with specializations in developmental psycholog...[more]

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Alice Siu   1999/Dance
Alice is a Ph.D. student in the Department of Communication at Stanford University. Currently, she is working in Professor James Fishkin's Center for Deliberative D...[more]
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Monique Smith   1998/Dance
Monique graduated from Fordham University in 2002. She then joined the Philadanco dance company in Philadelphia, leaving in 2005. She was in the dance musical Hot Feet in New York in 2006. Currently living in Brooklyn. http://www.myspace.com/princes...[more]
Deirdre Thomas   1990/Dance

2010: Montessori de Terra Linda,  San Rafael, Primary Head Teacher. Guide children 3 - 6 years old through Montessori education. We have one beautiful daughter.

CSUS, Sacramento, BA, child and family development, 1995. Montessori teachi...[more]

Buddy Valdez   2004/Dance
Graduated from Julliard School with a BFA in Dance in 2008. Joined the Luna Negra Dance Theater (2009).
Robert Valdez   2004/Dance

2010: ZviDance, New York City, Dancer. He dances full time with Zvi Dance and Riedel Dance Theater.  He also continues to do freelance work with 360 Degree Dance Company, and Laura Ward/Octavia Cup Dance Theater.  He was a former member...[more]

Robert Valdez   1994/Dance

2010: ZviDance, New York City, Dancer. He dances full time with Zvi Dance and Riedel Dance Theater.  He also continues to do freelance work with 360 Degree Dance Company, and Laura Ward/Octavia Cup Dance Theater.  He was a former member...[more]