>THOSE WHO MAKE IT HAPPEN

DNB Board of Directors

Lynne Weber, Chair - Former Vice President, Goldman Sachs
 Sheldon Soffer, President - President, Sheldon Soffer Management (retired)
Carla Guggenheim, Treasurer - Rheumatologist; Department of Rheumatology, Michigan State University and private practice
Oona Haaranen, Secretary - Choreographer, Children's Dance Educator and Writer
 Ann Hutchinson Guest, Honorary President - Language of Dance Centre, London

Christoph Bregler - Associate Professor, Department of Computer Science, New York University
Diana Byer - Founder and Director, New York Theatre Ballet
Patty Harrington Delaney - Associate Professor, Division of Dance, Meadows School of the Arts, Southern Methodist University
Joyce Greenburg - Former Dance Faculty, Adelphi University
David Hopkinson - Accountant, private practice
Margot Lehman - Dance Professor, Marymount College (retired)
Dawn Lille - Ph.D., Dance Educator and Writer, faculty at Juilliard School
Sheila Marion - Ph.D., Director, DNB Extension, The Ohio State University
Alice Moorhead - Former Executive Director, Dance Notation Bureau; Chemical Bank (retired)
Elsa Posey - President, National Registry for Dance Educators, Dance Education Services of Long Island, and Posey School.
Lucy Venable - Professor Emeritus, Department of Dance, The Ohio State University
Lance Westergard - Former Chair of Dance Division at Hofstra University (retired)

DNB Staff

 Lynne Weber, Executive Director - Certified Professional Notator and Teacher of Labanotation; Certified Movement Analyst; B.F.A. in Dance, University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee; notator of 15 works including Joffrey, Massine, Posin, Wagoner, Sokolow, and full-evening length Sleeping Beauty. Danced professionally with Milwaukee Ballet Company and other ballet, modern, opera, and operetta companies. Taught Dance and Notation. Choreographed for the Public Theater. Former Board of Directors: Congress on Research in Dance (CORD) and American Dance Guild. Also has M.B.A. from the Wharton School and M.S.E. in Computer Science at University of Pennsylvania. Managed consulting projects at (now) KPMG and was a Vice President at Goldman Sachs.
lynneweber@dancenotation.org

Alice Helpern, Director of Programs - Ms. Helpern has worked at the Merce Cunningham Studio since 1987: as administrator, studio director, and more recently as International Program Coordinator. She taught dance technique at the Cunningham Studio, the Martha Graham School, Hunter College High School, Vassar College, and a number of summer dance programs. She first studied Labanotation informally at the Connecticut College Summer School of Dance with Helen Priest Rogers, but later returned to earn the Elementary Certificate at Ohio State University (Summer 1974) under Alan Miles, and the Intermediate Certificate at Mills College (Summer 1975) under K. Wright Dunkley.

A graduate of Wellesley College (A.B.) and New York University (M.A. and Ph.D.) She completed her dissertation on “The Evolution of Martha Graham's Dance Technique.” At the encouragement of Selma Jeanne Cohen, this was revised and published as The Technique of Martha Graham in 1991 and 1994, with a number of archival photographs by Barbara Morgan and Martha Swope. She continues to write about dance and has published several articles and reviews in Ballet Review, and edited the edition of Choreography and Dance devoted to Martha Graham.
alicehelpern@dancenotation.org


William Kiley, Director of Finance and Administration - Mr. Kiley joined the DNB in October 2006. He has been a supporter of the DNB for many years and has also served as a volunteer, assisting with financial and technology issues. He spent 20 years as a programmer and project manager in the information technology departments of several investment and commercial banks where he directed the budgeting, design and development of fixed-income transaction processing applications. Mr. Kiley earned an M.A. in Philosophy from Rutgers University in 1984. 
billkiley@dancenotation.org

Oona Haaranen, Director of Education - Choreographer, Educator, and Writer - has a BFA from Juilliard, an MA from City College of New York. She has taught at many institutions, including New York City College, St. Joseph’s College in Brooklyn, New York University, Language of Dance Center USA, Arts Gate Center in New York, and Dance Institute of Helsinki. Ms. Haaranen has performed, directed, and choreographed in many venues both in the US and in Finland. She founded her own dance school and company and has been the Education Director for Brooklyn Ballet since 2002. She is currently pursuing her PhD in dance. Ms. Haaranen has been writing our semiannual DNBulletin and she joined the staff of the DNB in September 2008.
oonahaaranen@dancenotation.org

Sandra Aberkalns, Notator - Certified Professional Labanotator, Stager, and Teacher of Labanotation. Sandra was resident notator for the Paul Taylor Dance Company 1987-1993. As a DNB staff notator she has not only notated additional Taylor pieces but also works by William Forsythe, Robert Battle, Mark Morris, Martha Graham, and Jerome Robbins, among others. As well, Sandra has staged works around the world including the Paris Opera, La Scala in Milan, White Oak Dance Project, and Eglevsky Ballet. She is one of the few notators who holds, in addition to her Labanotation qualifications, advanced notation and teaching certificates from the Benesh Institute in London. She has published articles in Dance Magazine, Dance Teacher, and the 1998 CORD Conference Proceedings. Sandra is also a Flash Reviewer on the Dance Insider when she can squeeze it in. Ms. Aberkalns joined the staff of the Dance Notation Bureau in 1987.
dnbinfo@dancenotation.org (Please write Sandra Aberkalns in the subject line to help us direct your mail.)

Mei-Chen Lu, Director of Library Services and Webmistress - Reconstructor and Certified Teacher of Labanotation; M.F.A. in Dance Performance and Labanotation, The Ohio State University; B.A., Hunter College, CUNY; A.A., Tainan Woman's College of Arts and Technology, Taiwan. Ms. Lu studied Labanotation and received Elementary Labanotation Teacher Certification at the Ohio State University in 2002. While she was at OSU, she also worked as student supervisor in the Music and Dance Library. She has been the writer for the Library News. Ms. Lu joined the Dance Notation Bureau in 2002.
library@dancenotation.org

Mira Kim, Notation Associate - Reconstructor and Certified Teacher of Elementary and Intermediate Labanotation; M.A., The Ohio State University; B.A., Ewha Womans University. In 2001, Ms. Kim joined the DNB, responsible for transcribing scores into Labanwriter. In addition, in 2006, Ms. Kim had completed notator-training, and is currently aiming to complete her certifying score for Peter Quanz's Kaleidoscope sometime in 2010.
mirakim@dancenotation.org

Doris Caravaglia, Office Manager - Doris Caravaglia was formerly the Membership Coordinator and Office Manager with Circum-Arts Foundation, Inc., a non-profit organization for the arts. Prior to that she worked in the corporate world, Wall Street etc. She has always been a devotee and supporter to the arts, particularly dance and music. Mrs. Caravaglia has joined the staff of the DNB as of March 2003.
dnbinfo@dancenotation.org

Charlotte Wile, Theory Bulletin Board Moderator (Volunteer) - Certified Professional Notator, Reconstructor, and Teacher of Labanotation; Certified Movement Analyst; M.S. in Music Education, City College; B.S. in Dance, Juilliard School. Ms. Wile performed on- and off-Broadway and notated works by McKayle, Arpino, and Jooss. She has taught at many institutions, including Laban/Bartenieff Institute of Movement Studies, Brooklyn College, Barnard College, University of Detroit at Marygrove, Performing Arts High School, Ruben Academy in Israel, New York City public schools, and her own studio. She now is writing a book on Motif Writing. Ms. Wile began the Theory Bulletin Board in 1999, and it now has over 100 postings from contributors throughout the Laban community.
dnbinfo@dancenotation.org (Please write Charlotte Wile in the subject line to help us direct your mail.)

Jill Cirasella, Theory Bulletin Board Curator (Volunteer) - Ms. Cirasella was DNB Librarian in 2000-2001 and is now Computational Sciences Specialist at the Brooklyn College Library. Her education includes a B.A. in computer science from Amherst College, an M.S. in library and information science from Simmons College, an M.Sc. in logic from the Universiteit van Amsterdam, and years and years of dance classes.
dnbinfo@dancenotation.org (Please write Jill Cirasella in the subject line to help us direct your mail.)