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Oklahoma City University trains its performance and management majors
to go out after graduation and get the jobs they have worked for four
years to get. This gallery is in tribute to those who have become the
employable dancers this school is known for marketing. Keep up the good
work OCU alumns -- your school is very proud of you.
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Olivia
Policicchio, BPA Dance Performance 2007, as TIger Lily
with fellow cast member in Alabama Shakespeare Festival's
production of Peter Pan.
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Macy
Reeves (BPA 2002) with Joshua Larson (BPA 2005) posing
backstage.
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Gabrielle
Ruiz in High School Musical at Lyric Theatre of Oklahoma. |
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Chip
Abbott dancing onboard the MS Statendam in Australia.
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Chip
Abbott backstage with Krisine Green (former OCU student)
at Never Gonna Dance in LA
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Chip
Abbott on the Panasonic screen in Times Square, dancing with the
Chase Brock Experience (Chip is the one jumping) |
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Colette Staffin as Jasmine. |
Audra
Hernandez as a greeter outside Bally's. |
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Colette Staffin, dance performance graduate, as Jasmine of Aladdin.
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Samantha Davidson and Bobbie Bannister backstage at the Rio in Las Vegas, NV..
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Audra
Hernandez at her latest job at the Tournament of Kings. |
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Stefanie
Seamens, Scott Cherry, and Cristin Sweeney in 42nd Street
at the Broadway Rose Theatre (summer '06).. |
Amanda
Lusk, Jo Rowan, Kristen Cleveland, John Bedford, and Shelly
Harwell in Branson at the Celebrate America. |
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Dana
Fisch, 2002 Dance Management grad, performing on stage.
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Karen
Kasteel, BPA-1992, and her friend Dave Boone at the 2005 Tony
Awards, where Dave was the writer for the televised award show. |
Christina
Marshall & Matthew Cheney on the beach during their day
off on the cruiseship. |
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Peyton
Royal (2002 Dance Performance Graduate) played the role of
a Protean in the Sacramento Music Circus production of A
Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum.
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Kristina
Nelson, Dance Management Graduate, dressed as a Balinese dancer
in Spirit of the Tiger. |
Audra
Hernandez (2006 Dance Performance Graduate) is Cleopatra at
Caesar's Palace in Las Vegas. Audra also performs in Folies
Bergere at the Tropicana and a new show at the Aladdin. |
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Tim
Hausmann, Jake Pfarr, Roy Lightner, & Wes Hart perfoming
in Seven Brides for Seven Brothers at Music Theatre
of Wichita. |
Ray
Rothwell & Christina Marshal between shows at Tokyo Disney
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Jonathan
Rummel (2000 Graduate) with Hollywood actor Michael Champion
in a production of Paint Your Wagon at the Jackson
Hole Playhouse in Jackson, Wyoming.
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Samantha
Davidson (2005 Dance Performance Graduate) performing aboard
the Volendam. |
Victoria
Buell (2004 Dance Performance Graduate) performing on the S.S.
Veendam. |
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| Dean
Bedford, Jo Rowan, and Rockette and OCU graduate Lora Anderson,
backstage at Radio City Music Hall |
Matthew
Cheney (BPA-Dance 2004) performing "Lady in Red" from
the "Stage and Screen" show aboard the Zuiderdam. |
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Josh
Larson '05,
Courtney Sturgis '05
and Brian Mason '05
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Amy
(Grant) Rockenbach (holding scissors) at Chamber of Commerce
ribbon cutting for her 2nd dance studio location Dance Plus
in Woodland Park, Colorado.
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Amy
(Grant) Rockenbach teaching beginning tap class in her studio
- Dance Plus - in Woodland Park, Colorado |
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| Rick
Twombley ('99 Graduate) performing his arial act. He is currently
performing as Tarzan at Hong Kong Disney. |
Rick
Twombley with Liza Minelli and Ben Vereen. |
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An
OCU grad graces the stage as Belle in Walt Disney World in Florida. |
Minnesota
Timberwolves Cheerleader:
Janice Terrell ('02). |
Gwen
Bennett ('00) and Rob Lake touring Japan with The Rob Lake
Magic Show. |
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Brad
Barnes ('99), Victoria Buell ('04), Cym Chaney Honeycutt ('92),
and Brandon Asher in Folies Bergere. |
Peyton
Royal as the carpet in Beauty and the Beast at
North Shore Music Theatre during summer 2004. |
Josh
Larson, Lyndy Franklin ('02), and Peyton Royal ('02) in Chicago
at Music Theatre of Wichita. |
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Bria
Kinsey, 2004 graduate, performing
on a cruise ship. |
Christina
Marshall on her day off at Tokyo Disney. Tokyo Disney is a popular
spot for graduates to perfrom once they've graduate from OCU. |
Matthew
Cheney with his friend Kristin as "Kenneth and Roberta"
in "Sail Away" at Tokyo DisneySea.
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| Stephani
Kammer and Marcel Wilson, 1998 graduates, on tour with Janet Jackson. |
Peyton
Royal, far right, in rehearsal for Susan Stroman's A Christmas
Carol performing at New York's Madison Square Garden |
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| Alison
Woerner, Jamie Fisher, Amy Klingler, and Nita Bordhardt leaving
the theatre after the final (87th) performance of the Radio City
Christmas Show in Phoenix, AZ. |
Macy
Reeves (right), Bachelor of Performing Arts in Dance 2002, with
singer Kameron Hack (left), in their dressing room aboard Royal
Caribbean Cruise Line's SS Grandeur of the Seas. |
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Performance Graduate, Peyton Royal (left), with fellow cast member
Brad Sampey, backstage during their show, Crazy For You,
on tour across the US. |
Dance
Performance Graduate, Megan Parske (left) and former Dance Management
student, Brooke Opheim (right) backstage in the opening costumes
for Donn Arden's Jubilee! performing at Bally's Hotel & Casino
in Vegas |
Lyndy
Franklin (left) and Brandi Wooten (right) after their performance
of Fosse that toured through Oklahoma. |
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| Michelle
Whitty (left) and Amanda Lusk (right) in costume in Dino's Million
Dollar Christmas Spectacular in Branson. |
Jennifer
Halpin performing at Busch Gardens Tampa. |
Peyton
Royal, 2002 grad, performing with the national tour of The
Music Man. |
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| Left
to Right - Alison Bleazard (Zahn), Michelle Hyams (Lewis), Brad
Barnes, Erika Reuter, and Carrie Owen (Evans) backstage of the
show EFX in Las Vegas, NV. |
Former
American Spirit Dancer Company members Brad Barnes (left) and
Stan Stanley (right) in costume in the national touring company
of Cats. |
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| .Jonathan
Rummel, Bachelor of Performing Arts - Dance '00, (center) is graced
by an iguana while sightseeing with friends in Cabo San Lucas,
a port of call for the cruise ship on which he works as an entertainer.
Rummel's cruise ship has taken him to many ports in Central and
South America over the past six months. |
Shannon
Houston, Brandi Rice, Shelley Harwell at the Bobby Vinton Blue
Velvet Theatre in Branson. |
2001
Dance Performance graduate Jeff Quast in Tokyo Disneyland in December
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If you have graduated from Oklahoma City University and you would like
to be included in the Performers and Managers Gallery email your scanned
photo to Dean Bedford or mail
it to:
John Bedford,
Dean
School of American Dance and Arts Management
Oklahoma City University
2501 N. Blackwelder
Oklahoma City, OK 73106
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