University of Rochester: Program of Movement & Dance

the faculty

Judith Hook - Director (email)

Todd Russell (email)
Robert Loughridge (email)
Karen Martino (email)
Jacki McCausland (email)
Nancy Pigno (email)
James Holland (email)
Katrina Scott (email)

the staff

Deborah Dowd -
Administrative Assistant

Ellen Cronk

the student staff

Jessica Lam
Mimi Wertheimer
todd
Russell
Capoeira, not only a dance, a game, a fight, but a culture...a way of life.

My belief is that through a relaxed and fun atmosphere students remain energized and open themselves to all the possibilities that Capoeira has to offer. Through a safe and positive class setting students learn a new sense of awareness. This sense of awareness extends not only to the student's movement with their own body, but interaction between other people, their surrounding environment and many other aspects of life.