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“The contemporary artist can do no less than to dedicate the power of his spirit and the flame of his art to bring light to the dark places.”
Leadership
Juan José Escalante
Executive Director
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Juan José Escalante, Executive Director, came to the José Limón Dance Foundation with an impressive nonprofit management background from New York City Ballet, where he worked as an associate director of finance and Miami City Ballet as the development manager and human resources director, and Ballet Florida, where he served as Executive Director from 2001 to 2004. He also led the Orlando Ballet from 2009 to 2011 as their Executive Director. Mr. Escalante holds a Bachelor’s Degree in Business Administration, a Masters Degree in Global Management and recently completed the Strategic Perspectives in Nonprofit Management Program at Harvard University. He has chaired the national committee for small and medium companies for DanceUSA, and the Cultural Executive’s Committee for the Palm Beach County Cultural Council. Mr. Escalante was appointed Executive Director of the José Limón Dance Foundation on January 1st, 2014 and currently serves on the Board of Dance NYC.
Dante Puleio
Artistic Director
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Lena Lauer
Director of Education Programs
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Administrative, Artistic & Technical Staff
Kathryn Alter
Associate Program Director
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Penelope Gonzalez
Marketing Manager
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Juliane Silveira
Business Manager
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Louise Brownsberger
Business Manager Assistant
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Donnell Williams
Education Programs Associate
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Logan Frances Kruger
Rehearsal Director
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Christopher Chambers
Lighting Supervisor
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Bill Schaffner
Production Stage Manager
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Ali Lane
Wardrobe Supervisor
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Representation
Publicity
Audrey Ross
Press Representative
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Edward V. Schoelwer
Red Shell Management, LLC
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Endorsed Master Teaching Faculty
Kathryn Alter
Bradley Beakes
Becky Brown
Sue Bernhard
Raphael Boumaila
Jennifer Chin
Alice Condodina
Colin Connor
Natalie Desch
Roxane D'Orleans Juste
Kurt Douglas
Daniel Fetecua
Carl Flink
Kristen Foote
Jonathan Fredrickson
Ryoko Kudo
Daniel Lewis
Ashley Lindsey
Gary Masters
Brenna Monroe-Cook
Jesse Obremski
Stephen Pier
Pablo Ruvalcaba
Jennifer Scanlon
Sarah Stackhouse
Risa Steinberg
Nina Watt
Board of Directors
Ivan Sacks, Chairman
Andres Mata Osorio, Secretary & Treasurer
Robert A. Meister, Past Chair
Paula Carriço
Alejandra Castro Rioseco
Kurt Douglas
Tina Evans
Sonia Garcia-Romero
Jonathan Leinbach M.D.
Cecilia Picón