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alumni

EDT's alumni have come from as nearby as Minneapolis, Minnesota, to as far away as Strandza, Bulgaria. Below is a working list of alumni who have each made EDT what it is today. If you are an EDT alum and your name is missing from this list, please contact us at info@ethnicdancetheatre.com. We'd love to hear from you!

Gordy Abel, Minneapolis
musician and orchestra director

Jenny Ammerman

Gayle Anderson

Peggy Anderson

Royal Anderson
dancer

Robin Anderson

Radmilla Andrich

Jeff Annis

Paula Arnold

Brian Barnes
musician

Joy Bartels

Carol Bauer
singer

Lee Beaty
dancer

Robert Beck

Sherri Bellis

Joanne Benedetto

Lance Benishek, St. Paul
dancer

William Bennett

Barbara Bezat, St. Paul
singer

Atul Bhatt

Joe Blackshear

Mary Cay Brass

Paulino Brener
dancer, 2003-2004

Blanka Brichta
dancer

Natalie Bryn
dancer, 1999-2004

Carol Buche
singer and costumer, 1986-2004

Karen Buche Clark
singer and vocal director, 1986-1999

Betsy Calvert

Priscilla Carlson

Anne Chenette

Cathy Chenette

Alfredo Chiclana

Michele Chin-Purcell
dancer

Tom Claesgens
dancer

Christina Collins

Andrea Conger
dancer, choreographer

Lia Conklin

Steve Corey

Mary Crimi
dancer

Brian Curtis, Minneapolis
singer, 2000-2001

Keith Curtner

Rex Dale

Peggy Davis

Carol Delak

Erejna Delaney

Dawn Doering
musician

Joan Elwell, New Brighton
singer, 1996-1998

Michael Eric

Joseph Espinosa
dancer

Mary Ann Evans

Heather Franek

Jonathan Frey
dancer and co-founder, 1974-1995

Dennis Fritz

Lisa Fuglie

Jeff Gegner

Alex Ghebregzi

Gary Gilchrist (in memoriam)
dancer

William Gladen

Steve Glennon

Ciel Gordon

Kevin Grabau

Roger Grabowski

Jim Greeney

Hrizantema Gueorguiev, Burnsville
dancer, 1999-2002

Nikolay Gueorguiev, Burnsville
musician, 1999-2003

Karen Haglund

Ian Hall

Ralph Hanson
dancer

Terry Hanson Day

Laura Harada
musician

Natalie Hart

Dave Hartman
musician

Anne Helgeson

Lenka Hester
dancer

Susan Hill Wright

Wendy Hoffman

Brad Holmberg

Meredith Holt
Dancer, choreographer, teacher

Jerry Ingber

Deborah Ingebretsen
singer and vocal director

Bryan Iwamoto

Joy Jacobsen

Michael Jaruch

Amanda Jatniece
singer

Eileen Johnson

Loren Craig Johnson
dancer

Sally Johnson Dale

Carolyn Johnson Ozcan

Matt Kallenberg
dancer

Rebecca Katz
dancer

Sara Kessler, Hudson (Wisconsin)
singer, 1998-1999

Eva Kish
dancer

Jeff Krawczyk
musician

Loni Kreisman

Peter Kreisman
dancer

James Kreisman

Tom Kringstad

Kristin Kusanovich

Paul La Bissoniere

Mick La Briola

Jeanne LaCourse Schultz
singer

Mark LaCourse
dancer

Marnee Larkin

Julie Lee

Nancy Leeper

Lesley LeFevre

Jay Lehman

Anne Lies
singer, 1992-2004

Tomm Lillyman (in memoriam)

Michael Lilya
musician

Cindy Lobert

Alice Love

Faith Lubitz
singer

Nora Lund, Minneapolis
singer, 1998-2000

Marilyn Lustig

Marge Maddux
dancer

Candy Magnuson
dancer

Melissa Mathews, Minneapolis
musician, 1999-2003

Ron Mathisen
dancer

Mark Mattern

Barry Mauer

Rebecca Maydak

Megan Mayer, Minneapolis
dancer

Mary Ann McCloud

Susan McKenna
dancer

Donna McKirdy
singer

Eva Mengel

Becca Menken

Demi Miller

Michel Mittelmark

Jeff Mittelmark

Kristen Moeller

Teri Mohr

Cathy Moulton

Jan Morse
dancer

Sayan Mukherjee

Heather Nagel
dancer

Benjamin Nagel
dancer

Anne Nelson

Anne Ng

Tracy Nielsen, Berkeley (California)
singer, 1998-2000

Nikola Nikolov, Burnsville
musician, 1999-2002

Jonas Nissen

Piotr Novak

Natalie Nowytski
singer and vocal director, 1996-2004

Olenka Nowytski, Minneapolis
singer, 1994-1999

Gary Olsen

Kari Pastir-Smith
dancer

Kathy Pedelty

Richard Perrault

Mary Peterson

Greg Peterson

John Petros
dancer

Marianne Pinto

Ruth Pletscher, Chicago (Illinois)
dancer, 1998-2001

Zinta Pone, Riga (Latvia)
dancer and singer

Gunta Pone, Minneapolis
singer, 1996-2002

Tatiana Popova (in memoriam)
dancer

Natasha Poppe

Peter Porvaznik

Alison Preston

Bosko Radich

Nick Radulovich

Roman Rajtar

Kathryn Ream
singer, 2003-2004

Greg Reirson
musician

Barbara Rice

Flauren Ricketts

Barbara Ridl

Becky Rockwell

Richard T. Roman

Ed Rosenbaum

Charles Rusnacko

Arlene Samsel

Karen Sandness

Anne Schaefer

Lorrie Scheller
singer

Andy Schippel

Chris Schlichting

James Schmidt

Connie Schmitz
singer, 1996-1997

Beth Schoenwald

Vicki Schwartz

Marion Seely-Kreisman

Eric Sessions
musician

Jan Sha

Scott Slocum

Susanna Smith
singer and vocal director

Betsy Smith
singer

Scott Spencer

Sandy Spieler

Margo Stark

Mary Ann Start

David Stenshoel
musician

Rob Stephenson

Mark Stillman
musician

Jana Stow
singer, 1998-2004

Jim Sturkie

Michael Sullivan

Adrianna Sutherland

Carah Thomas

Laurie Thompson

Hilary Toren

Vera Trent

Donette Triantaphylithou

Alexis Vaubel

Charles Vaubel

Aleksandra Veriga
singer, 1989-2004

Carol Wahl
dancer and singer

Betty Wahl

Darlene Waite

Matt Wallen, Galway (Ireland)
dancer

Erin Walsh

Julie Weiler, St. Paul
dancer

Kate Weiss

Christine Whyatt
musician, 1998-1999

Brian Wickland

Cecilia Wirth

Jennifer Wiseman

Sheila Wolk

Deborah Wright-Prince

Christine Whyatt
musician, 1998-1999

Denise Zakula

Sergei Zaslavsky

Christopher Yaeger
dancer, choreographer, teacher

Vera Zjalic

Laurie Zunner

If you are an EDT alum and your name is missing from this list, please contact us at info@ethnicdancetheatre.com. We'd love to hear from you!

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