The Faculty

     Based in Manhattan, Education In Dance has a faculty of twenty-six experienced educators, trained aesthetically in the arts and child development.

DIRECTORS

     Elizabeth Bernard Pettit is the Creator and Director of Education In Dance and the Related Arts. She studied at Columbia University, Barnard College and the New School (Psychology, Early Childhood Education, Dance and Theatre) and trained with Martha Graham and other leading New York professionals in dance, music and the creative arts. Earlier she founded and taught at Holiday Hill in Mendham, NJ, a summer program connecting quality arts, the athletics, and the academics for lifetime use. Elizabeth is co-founder of Viewpoint Gallery on Union Square in NYC. It offers an extensive collection of rare and reading copies of books in all areas of the arts, history and literature.

     Jo A. G. Frederiksen, Director, is a doctoral candidate in Art and Art Education at Columbia University where she is writing on early aesthetic movement and dance development. She received her MFA in Dance from Sarah Lawrence College, and a BA in Environmental Science and Geology from Gustavus Adolphus College. She has danced professionally with Cherry Creek Theatre, Big Wave/NYC, Detroit Dance Collective, Sullivan Dance Project, and numerous original performance dance/music/art collaborations.  Jo has taught undergraduate and graduate courses at Wayne State University, Oakland University, OCC, Albion College, St. John's University, Fordham University, and Lawrence Woodmere Academy where she chaired the Visual and Performing Arts Departments.

 

Education In Dance and The Related Arts    16 East 11th Street  NYC  10003  212.254.3194
      eidancejo@verizon.net                          240-45 Cherry Street Douglaston, NY 11363  718.224.0749
New York City Department of Education     VENDOR ID: EDU 043000     CONTRACT #: QR1640W