Dance Legacies
Includes: BA in Dance, MFA in Dance Education and Dance Faculty
Dorothy M. Vislocky was an accomplished choreographer and Hunter College graduate, who left an indelible mark on the world of dance. Born in Brooklyn in 1927, Vislocky was drawn to dance from a young age, and began studying ballet at the age of six. Her long and distinguished career as a dancer and choreographer started in 1952, when she was a founding member of the Alwin Nikolais Dance Company.
Tiffany Geigel initially enrolled at Hunter College as a business major, despite having nurtured a talent for ballet all her life. Born with a rare genetic bone disorder called Jarcho-Levin Syndrome, Geigel didn’t think it was realistic to pursue a dance career, but continued to teach dance classes to kids because she loved it.
Janice Rosario is a New York-based contemporary dance choreographer and improvisational dance instructor. A graduate of LaGuardia High School for the Performing Arts, Rosario is a native of Upper Manhattan and has studied at some of the most elite institutions including Ballet Hispánico, Ballet Academy East, Boston Ballet, and the Alvin Ailey School.
Henning Rübsam is a choreographer, dancer, writer, and educator. He received his MFA in Dance Education from Hunter College in 2016. Already an accomplished dancer and choreographer when he began his studies at Hunter, Rübsam trained in classical ballet at John Neumeier’s Hamburg Opera Ballet School before emigrating to New York from Germany, then earned his BFA from the Juilliard School and eventually formed his own dance company, SENSEDANCE, in 1992.
Dancer, choreographer, and educator Timothy Edwards graduated with an BA in Dance from Hunter College in 2019. Edwards grew up in Hawaii and moved to California after high school to serve in the Air Force.
Kathryn Alter is a choreographer, teacher, dancer, and musician. She was a 2014 recipient of a CUNY Dance Initiative residency, and a 2018 Dance at Socrates Artist. A member of the Limón Dance Company for fifteen years, Alter was named the Associate Program Director for the Limon Professional Studies Program in 2018.