Boston University Fitness & Recreation Center

Dance Faculty

Full-Time Faculty

Micki Taylor-Pinney , Coordinator of Dance, Instructor of Modern Dance. Adjunct Faculty in the College of Fine Arts. Co-chair of the dance minor and coordinator of the summer outreach program for teens. BS with honors in Physical Education with Dance Concentration, University of Massachusetts, Amherst; MFA in Dance, University of North Carolina, Greensboro. Joined Dance Collective in 1986 and was artistic director from 1998-2006. Her work has been commissioned by the musical ensembles Alea III and the Brookline Chorus. She is co-author of a how-to manual for teaching dance to children, a product of teacher-training grant in the Boston Public Schools. Served as officer and board member of Boston Dance Alliance for eight years. She is now artistic director of Mass Movement, Inc., bringing dance education to schools and after-school programs through Young Audiences of Massachusetts.

Ramelle Adams , Manager of the Non-Credit Instructional Programs and Instructor of Dance. BA with honors in French and Philosophy, Columbia University; MS in Physical Education, MFA in Dance, University of Wisconsin, Madison. She danced with "KRAUS AND.," the Massachusetts Dance Ensemble and in independent productions with Nancy Compton, Wendy Blum, Judith Chaffee, and Dance Collective of Boston. She received choreographic commissions from New Comp and MJT.

Ann Brown Allen , Full-Time Instructor of Jazz Dance and Ballet. BA in Education and Psychology, Simmons College. For the past two decades, she has performed with all of Boston's major modern and jazz dance companies including Peter DiMuro and Associates, Back Porch Dancers and Dance Collective of Boston, touring New England, New York and Europe. She has also been a guest artist with several ballet companies.

Lynda Rieman, Theatre Manager/Assistant Coordinator of Dance, has over 25 years experience as a manager in the dance and theater fields having worked primarily with San Francisco companies, including ODC and Joe Goode Dance Company. She studied dance at Bard College as an undergraduate and is also a lighting designer.

Part-time Faculty

Jossie Coleman, Part-time Instructor of Cardio-Jazz Funk and Hip-Hop Dance. Coursework in Dance, Boston Conservatory of the Arts. She teaches children and adults in the Greater Boston area and has an annual performance in Roxbury. She is the Director of the Dance Program at the Creative Arts at Park, a summer program for children.

David Connolly, Part-time Instructor of Tap. (Beginning Fall 2008) BA in Psychology, minors in Music, Theatre, and Education, Plymouth State College. David was the former owner and director of the Studio of the Performing Arts in Canton, MA. He is now the co-artistic director of the Dance Explosion Studio of the Performing Arts, Inc. and the resident Director of the Theatre Program at Xaverian Brothers High School in Westwood. He has been a teacher and adjudicator for several organizations and has performed for various industrial and corporate events. Teaching credits include arts, educational and studio organizations working with children and adults. His students have won many regional and national dance titles. Many of David’s students are now working in the theatre and dance world both as performers and instructors. In his “free time," David enjoys directing and choreographing for theater companies throughout the Boston area.

Margot Parsons, Part-time Instructor of Ballet. BA in Dance, University of Wisconsin, Madison; MS with honors in Dance, University of Utah. Produces dance shows in Boston for the Boston Ballet and the Robsham Theatre at Boston College. She also has performed successfully in New York on Broadway and was invited to join the American Ballet Theatre. She teaches ballet technique, dance history, and dance kinesiology at Boston College.

Anne Marie Paul, Part-time Instructor of Ballroom Dance, owner and Co-Director of DanceSport Boston in Weymouth, MA. Anne Marie was the Founding Coach of the BU Ballroom Dance Club. Education: Earned a BFA in Fashion Design from Massachusetts College of Art. Additional Study: Paris American Academy (Paris), Vesper George School of Art (Boston).

John Paul, Part-time Instructor of International & American Style Ballroom Dance classes, owner and Co-Director of DanceSport Boston in Weymouth. Current Standard & Smooth coach for the Boston University Ballroom Club DanceSport Team. John is a Certified Associate & Licentiate Ballroom Dance Instructor in the American Style Ballroom & Rhythm via AMI & FADS.

DeAnna Pellecchia, Part-time Instructor of Jazz Funk. BA in Dance/Performance with a dual minor in Business Management & Latin from Roger Williams University, 1999. DeAnna is a dancer/aerialist, educator and choreographer committed to creating compelling, inter-disciplinary dance performances via collaborative process. She has performed and taught dance throughout the US with internationally acclaimed Paula Josa-Jones/ Performance Works, Kinodance Company and Bennett Dance Company, of which she is a founding member and for which she is Rehearsal Director & Assistant Choreographer. Ms. Pellecchia makes dances with Ingrid Schatz as co-founder/choreographer of Kairos Dance Theater. She is also a practicing ACE-certified Personal Trainer. www.deannapellecchia.com

Ingrid Schatz, BFA in Dance from the University of Massachusetts. Ingrid has studied Authentic Movement, Action Theater, stilt walking, low flying trapeze, and horse handling; and has performed in theaters, in gardens and on the screen. She has collaborated with many artists including choreographers Jin Wen Yu and Paula Josa-Jones (1997 – present), visual artists Michael Dowling and Bo Lembo, and performance artist Ernesto Pujol. She makes dances with Boston based Kairos Dance Theater and creates interdisciplinary collaborations with Kinodance Company.

Elena Solovieva, Part-time Iinstructor of Ballet. Graduated from Vaganova Academy of Dance in St. Petersburg, Russia. She was a principal dancer with the Stanislavsky Opera and Ballet Theater and performed as a guest artist with various companies around the world including the Bolshoi Ballet and the Lithuanian State Ballet Theater. Currently teaches at the Boston Ballet Center of Dance Education.