Director: Denise Rinaldi FCUSA-CICB, FISTD, Examiner Ms. Rinaldi holds her Fellowship, (passed with distinction) in Cecchetti USA and the Imperial Society of Teachers of Dancing and is a member of Cecchetti International. The Fellowship is the highest teaching qualification awarded. She is Chair of the Board of Directors for Cecchetti USA. In addition, Ms. Rinaldi is an examiner for the organization and travels around the country evaluating students in this capacity. Her training began with Carol Garland, whose Cecchetti background emphasized pure classical styling. She received her degree in Theater from the University of California, Santa Barbara where she studied with many fine dance teachers. She received private coaching both as a dancer and a teacher from Sheila Darby, FISTD, head and founder of Cecchetti USA. In 1983, she set her first choreography, (on Goleta Civic Ballet) and won the NARB Monticello Scholarship to the Craft of Choreography conference from the Pacific Region.
	Emmy Lou Crawford Emmy Lou Crawford has taught creative dance, ballet, modern and jazz for the past thirty years. She holds an ACUSA, Associate Cecchetti, USA and her Associate Diploma (ARAD Dip) from the Royal Academy of Dance based in London, England. Each year, she enters students in the RAD or Cecchetti examinations from primary through professional to ensure excellence in training. Ms. Crawford's early training was with Eugene Loring at the American School of Dance in Hollywood, California. She received a full scholarship, which included eighteen classes a week of ballet, free style, character, choreography, and jazz. This opportunity afforded her teachers like: Merce Cunningham, Aaron Gerard, John Butler, Carmen deLavallade, Roy Fitzell, Matt Mattox, and many others. After her studies she went on to a professional career in Television and movies. She did shows including Andy Williams, Dean martin, Lucille Ball and movies like 'Hello Dolly', "Finians Rainbow" and others. Ms. Crawford also holds AMI (Association Montessori Internationale) certificates for three to six year olds and six to twelve year olds. She currently teaches a six to twelve class in Lompoc, California.
	Valerie Huston Valerie is a member of the dance faculty at the University of California at Santa Barbara. She received a B.F.A. degree from the ballet department at the University of Utah and has been a Santa Barbara resident for more than 30 years. From 1977 to 1985 she was the founder and artistic director of The Valerie Huston Dance Theater which toured regionally and received funding from the National Endowment for the Arts. She has received a lifetime achievement award in dance from the Santa Barbara Dance Alliance and also serves on the Board of Directors of the Ensemble Theater Company of Santa Barbara. Her work Bobby Sings for Nine was recently selected for performance on the RAD/Pacific dance festival in Bremerton, WA.
	Christina McCarthy Christina has a BA in Dance from UCSB. She is assistant director of Santa Barbara Dance Theater and has choreographed for UCSB, Santa Barbara High School, Dos Pueblos High School and San Roque School. She loves all forms of dance and is thankful to have two sons who love to dance as well.