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Suzanne Slenn, Director

 

Ms. Slenn receive her early training at the School of the Pennsylvania Ballet, Harkness House and the Centrede Danse Classique with Rosella Hightower in Cannes, France.  She was accepted as a trainee with the Joffrey Ballet and was a soloist and featured artist with Edward Villela and the New Jersey Ballet prior to joining Pennsylvania Ballet.  After retiring from performing, Slenn enjoyed a long tenure as a faculty member of the Rock School of the Pennsylvania Ballet where she choreographed a wide variety of works, appearing in the school's repertoire.  The former regional director and ballet coordinator for Rock School West, she rendered her services as teacher and choreographer.  Slenn is also an Associate Professor of Dance at the University of the Arts where she teaches ballet technique, pointe, and repertoire, and serves as faculty advisor in charge of choreography for the Student Composition Course.  In 1999, Ms. Slenn was invited to join the faculty of Bryn Mawr College and continues that collaboration today.  Additionally, Ms. Slenn toured the Far East, Asia, Australia, Europe and North America as a principal dancer in many Equity productions for NBC Entertainment Corporation.  She can occasionally be seen on stage in character roles for the Pennsylvania Ballet.