Camille Olivier-Salmon, Artistic Director, founded Brisbane Dance Workshop 30 years ago and continues to be its Artistic Director. Camille received her BA in Choreographic Design. As a young performer, Camille was awarded scholarships to study and perform at the American Dance Festival, a long-standing and honored institution. She trained in NYC with Martha Graham, Jose Limon, and Rudy Perez. She performed professionally with the Rudy Perez Dance Ensemble in New York and with Kadeka Dance for Kids and Shelia Xergoes in San Francisco. As a choreographer, Camille's work has been shown at ADF, and in Louisiana, NYC and S.F. Camille, is program director for the SF Arts Education Project, a SF not for profit organization that places artist in resident in public school, she is also a choreographer and associate director for the EVENT Players, a pre-professional children's musical theater company. She served on the Board of Trustees for the Brisbane School District for twelve years and is co-chair of SF Arts Providers Alliance. email Camille.

Bruce Biada, Tap, feels strongly that the clear, well-rounded strength of a sturdy tap foundation, for beginners of any age, is a gift for the future. With a strong foundation comes the courage, confidence, and comfort needed to take in, work with, and execute a variety of tap styles in the intermediate and advanced levels, with a more satisfying ease. He believes that this approach to teaching, and learning, is true for most forms of dance...and life. Once the foundation is set, Bruce enjoys imparting many styles, ranging from the classic to the current, with innovative whimsy and humor scattered throughout...and, at times tapping outside of the box! Bruce encourages the students in his classes to "work hard and play hard"...in other words, to have fun while getting things done!

Barbara Ebel, Costume Design. This is Barbara’s first year with BDW, but she has been working in costuming since 1990. She graduated from SFSU with honors from the technical theater program. She has worked with San Francisco Opera, the Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco, as principal pattern maker for Asana yoga wear, and has worked on Bikram’s yoga line. She has made award-winning costumes for the Great Dickens Fair and Burning Man. She currently resides in Brisbane, California and works as a freelance costumer and artist. Her work is showcased at www.CoutureCostume.com. She is also trying to perfect a completely sustainable lifestyle.

Matthew Engel, Drama Teacher, is delighted to return to BDW for his 4th year. Having spent 10 years working as a counselor with children and families, Matthew has been acting since the age of 13. Although his first love is theatre, he has also appeared in several Bay Area independent and student film projects. Matthew has a Master of Social Work from Boston University and a Bachelor of Arts, Magna Cum Laude, from SUNY Oswego. Matthew’s actor training comes from SUNY Oswego, Dream Drama Company in Massachusetts, and Studio ACT. He has taught and directed children’s acting classes and performances at Spindrift School of Performing Arts in Pacifica, Russell Bede School in San Mateo, and The Fiddlehead Theatre Company in Greater Boston. Matthew believes in establishing a safe and supportive environment for kids to explore their creative expression and deepen their understanding of themselves and the world around them through in depth character and script study, encouraging students to expand their limitations, while also emphasizing the responsibility and hard work involved in creating a high quality show. When he isn’t working on theatrical projects, most of Matthew’s professional time is devoted to his Holistic Counseling Practice in San Francisco.

Bernadette Flynn, Irish Dance. Bernadette is a graduate of San Francisco State and holds a B.A. in Dance and a B.A. in Liberal Arts and was a member of the University Student Dance Theatre. She began her studies with the Murphy School of Irish Dance based in San Francisco at the age of 4, and competed in local, state and national competitions until the age of 16. Bernadette has taught Irish Dance for SSF, San Bruno, Millbrae, San Francisco and at St. Veronica Elementary School in SSF. She teaches at Sunset Movement Arts in San Francisco and BDW, and her students have performed at the St. Patrick's Day Festival and local events around the Bay Area. Bernadette teaches the Thursday Irish classes.

Lynne Grant, Costume Designer, graduated in 1973, from SFSU with a degree in Costume Design. She attended the Pacific Conservatory for Performing Arts in Santa Maria, California, with an emphasis on costume. Lynne has worked in a variety of costume related areas, beginning with the American Costume Co. in Denver, Colorado, working as a pattern maker and cutter for Sandra Woodall Designs, and as a dresser and makeup assistant for the SF Opera. In addition she has worked freelance with a variety of Bay Area artists and groups. Lynne has designed and coordinated musicals at Lipman Intermediate School in Brisbane, including "Sound of Music," "King and I," "Wizard of Oz" among others. Lynne is the recepient of the 2006 Insadora Duncan Award forher costuming of "Hotel Memories" for the Debra Slater Dance Group. This year, Lynne was awarded Brisbane's Art Advocate of the Year 2010. Returning to the Marin Mountain Play for a second year, Lynne is the cutter/draper for this year's show, "Guys and Dolls," opening May 23rd, 2010. In addition, for the Brisbane Dance Workshop, having contributed with design, coordinating and fabricating costumes for their Spring Productions from 2003 to the present, she is costuming the "City People" and the "Bayou Spirits" for their current production of "Kas Ka Ra."

Kyle Limin, Hip Hop, received his BA in Dance from SF State. He has been adancer and contributing choreographer to several Bay Area groups including FunkBeyond Control, Mind Over Matter, and Project Em. He currently serves as principal dancer to Funkanometry SF and continues to teach workshops throughout the country.

Kyle teaches the Friday Hip Hop classes.

Laura Marsh, Creative Movement, is originally from Memphis, Tennessee. She has a BFA in Theatre and Dance from University of Memphis. In Memphis, Laura served as co-artistic director of Project:Motion, and was a member of Professor Chameleon's Eccentric Medicine Show, a children's theatre company. Locally, she has performed with Megan Nicely, Right Brain Performance Lab, Automatic Art, Nina Galin Music and Dance, and Flesh and Blood Mystery Theatre. Her own choreography has been shown at ODC, Studio Valencia, and Dance Mission. Laura teaches throughout the Bay Area as well as for the SF ArtsEd Project as an artist in the schools. Laura teaches the Monday Creative Dance classes.

Jetta Martin, Modern. Jetta Martin began her dance training with Grace Doty at Berkeley City Ballet. Merit scholarships at Dance Theater of Harlem, The Rock School, The School at Jacob’s Pillow and American Ballet Theater furthered her dance education. Summer intensives with Ailey, Limon, Lines and ODC also inform her dance practice. While attending Harvard University, Jetta danced with the modern, jazz and ballet companies as well as choreographed. After graduation, Jetta danced professionally with the following companies: Ronn Guidi’s Oakland Ballet, Natasha Carlitz Dance Ensemble, Liberation Dance Theater, Mark Foehringer Dance Project , David Herrera Performance Company and Push Dance Company. Jetta’s choreography has been presented and commissioned throughout the Bay Area. Most recently she received Dance Mission Theater’s Down and Dirty Dance Grant to present her work. Previously Jetta taught children’s dance classes at both Henry Berg’s The Ballet Studio in San Francisco and Shawl Anderson Modern Dance Center. She is looking forward to working with the students at the Brisbane Dance Workshop.,

Sam Ellis Moreau, Musical Theater, began her musical training in piano and voice at age five and began performing when she was six. She studied musical theater and performed in theatre productions at Western Michigan University and the New Vic Theatre in Kalamazoo, Michigan. After college Sam began her professional career performing in Chicago, New York City and San Francisco as a vocal soloist accompanying herself on piano and guitar. Sam is an accomplished composer and arranger and can currently be seen performing with the Luna Tunes.

LizAnne Roman, Ballet. Born and raised in Tulsa, OK, LizAnne Roman moved to the Bay Area in 2007. She grew up training at the Tulsa School of Ballet under Moscelyne Larkin. While pursuing her BFA at the University of Oklahoma she also worked as an apprentice with the Tulsa Ballet. Here she performed in a wide variety of classical ballets as well as in Lila York's Celts. Upon completion of her BFA, LizAnne had performed leading roles in Balanchine's Concerto Barocco and Serenade, Pas de Quatre, and Ben Stevenson's Sentimientos, among others. LizAnne came to the Bay Area in pursuit of more contemporary dance after a season with the Louisville Ballet. She has been honored to work here in projects with such choreographers as: Todd Courage, David Herrera, Paco Gomez, Janice Garrett & Charles Moulton, Folawole, and most recently Mark Foehringer. She is currently pursuing her STOTT Pilates certification. She is ecstatic to be joining the BDW team, eager to share her love of dance with the next generation.

Keta Bill Selvin, Voice, has been performing great dance music in the bay area since 1977.
Zasu Pitts memorial Orchestra, Big Bang Beat! and her own Keta Bill soul show.
She graduated from Western Illinois University in 1977 with a B.A. in Theatre and Music.
She has sung on many commercials and movies and artist cds, and has her own children's cd, keta's toddler tunes!
This is Keta's 7th year with Brisbane Dance Workshop.

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