Faculty

Department: dance-academy

Dance Faculty
Jill Nunes Jensen has instructed courses in dance history, ballet technique, dance as social action, choreography, and serves as a senior thesis mentor. For years, her research has been the primary scholarship on Alonzo King LINES Ballet and she has presented on the company internationally.
Visiting Artist, Trudl Zipper Dance Institute
One of the most celebrated dancers of her generation, Ms. Ringer has contributed to the field of dance in many ways.
Chair, Ballet
Kelly Ann Sloan has been Ballet Chair of the Colburn Community School of Performing Arts since 2014. She began her ballet training at the New Jersey School of Ballet, and then attended Indiana University School of Music where she graduated with a Bachelor of Science in Ballet and Outside Field in Journalism.
Melinda Sullivan smiling in front of a window.
Tap Dance Instructor
Melinda Sullivan is a Los Angeles-based artist with a diverse career in dance, television, and theater.
Janie Taylor
Ballet Instructor
Janie Taylor, a former New York City Ballet principal dancer, is currently a dancer and rehearsal director for L.A. Dance Project.