Instructors
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Pamela Trokanski
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Owner and Director of the Dance Workshop and Performing
Arts Center, Pamela received her BA in Dance from Empire
State College, New York, and holds a California Teaching
Credential for grades K-12 in Physical Education. She is the
Director/Choreographer of the Pamela Trokanski Dance
Theatre and The Third Stage, a multi-generational,
contemporary dance company.
In her 25 years in Davis, she has received multiple Arts Contracts from the Davis Civic Arts
Commission. She has taught dance at Davis Senior High School since 1985, for both the
Physical Education and Fine Arts departments. She has also been a California Arts Project
(TCAP) faculty member, teaching for them 1993-2003 in both Open Institutes and
Invitationals at UC Davis, CSU Chico and S. Lake Tahoe. Her work with TCAP includes
writing a teacher's guide for UC Davis Presents’ school matinee series that integrates the
concert experience with the California Content Standards for the Visual and Performing
Arts. She also writes as a dance critic for the Davis Enterprise.
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Denise Fladager
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Denise Fladager, former dancer with the San Francisco Ballet, comes from a strong
Russian and Balanchine training. Her first teacher, Daphne Slompka, was one of
Balanchine's original members of his first American Ballet company in New York City. Her
training continued with the San Francisco Ballet, where she was the recipient of
scholarships that allowed her to study with Anatole Vilzak and his wife, Ludmilla Shollar,
(both of the Russian Imperial ballet) Harold Christensen, and Ron Chetwood. She joined the
company at 15. Her teaching experience includes work with children, teens and adults.
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Marlaina Schroeder
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Trained in ballet for 15 years, jazz for nine, urban hip hop for
five and lyrical for three, Marlaina's performances include
work for and with the Fallbrook Civic Ballet Studio, Fallbrook
High School, Heritage Hall, and Urban Steps. Her teaching
experience has focused on jazz, hip hop, directing and
choreographing two jazz air-bands.
As Assistant Coach of “Caution,” a hip hop team, she won three of four competitions and
received first place at a National Competition in Las Vegas.
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Jennifer Fitzgerald
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Jennifer holds a BA in Dance Science from Cal State University at Long Beach,
where she graduated with Honors. She has performed with both Ballet San Jose
and the Sacramento Ballet, and is a Certified Pilates Instructor.
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Latisha Paw U
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Latisha has studied classical ballet for 14 years. She has performed with the Hanneka
Lohse Ballet Company and has worked with children for four years as a ballet assistant.
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Lori Babington
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Caroline Peters
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Caroline Peters has studied a wide variety of technical styles since her early years,
including jazz, hip hop, dance team prep, and ballet. She has also studied with pamela at
Davis Senior High School where the curriculum also includes study in African ethnic,
modern dance and choreography. She has performed with the Hanneke Lohse Ballet
Company and with the Dance Workshop in addition to her performance with DHS's Dance
Team both Junior and Senior years.
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Mimi Farber
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Lori Babington has taught dance for over 17 years, including experience with dance and
drill camps, work for community services in Fairfield and Reno, and teaching at both Solano
and Napa colleges. Her performance experience includes a professional stint in "Hello
Hollywood" in Reno, Nevada. Her training in tap, ballet, jazz, voice, and martial arts is
complimented by her BA in English/Drama from CSUS.
Mimi Farber has trained in classical ballet for 16 years, in addition to her training in jazz (16
years,) hip hop (10 years,) lyrical (11 years,) and tap (10 years.) Her performance work
includes the Nancy Doiz`e school of Dance performances as well as competition in jazz, tap,
and lyrical jazz. While attending UC Davis, she was a four year member of the UC Davis
Dance Team, and captain during her senior year. She was also a member of the hip hop
crew, Mobility, for two years. Her teaching experience includes several years at the Nancy
Doiz`e School of Dance and, internationally, in Japan.
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