{"id":1211,"date":"2020-06-26T12:01:44","date_gmt":"2020-06-26T19:01:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.palomar.edu\/performingarts\/?page_id=1211"},"modified":"2022-07-07T12:57:23","modified_gmt":"2022-07-07T19:57:23","slug":"faculty-and-dance","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.palomar.edu\/performingarts\/home\/faculty-and-dance\/","title":{"rendered":"Dance Faculty and Staff"},"content":{"rendered":"<style>.staff-member { display: block !important; }<\/style><div class=\"staff-member-listing dance\"><div class=\"staff-member even clearfix\">\r\n<div class=\"staff-member-row\">\r\n <div class=\"staff-member-image-container\">\r\n    <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"staff-member-photo staff-member-image-responsive-wide\" src=\"https:\/\/www.palomar.edu\/performingarts\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/246\/2020\/06\/DSC_9058-cr-2-blurr-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"Patriceann Mead : Chair of Performing Arts, Professor of Dance\">\r\n <\/div>\r\n <div class=\"staff-member-info-wrap staff-member-info-container \">\r\n        <h3 class=\"staff-member-name\">Patriceann Mead<\/h3>\r\n        <h4 class=\"staff-member-position\">Chair of Performing Arts, Professor of Dance<\/h4>\r\n        <div class=\"staff-member-bio\"><p>Patriceann Mead, Chair of Performing Arts as of Summer 2014, joined the Palomar College Performing Arts Department faculty in 1997 as a fulltime professor. She has enjoyed a flourishing career as a performer, choreographer, artistic director and educator. She has had a unique and diverse education and dance training, an interdisciplinary and multicultural approach to teaching; as well as an extensive choreography and performance background. Before coming to Palomar, Patriceann attended the State University of New York at Brockport where she earned three degrees: a Bachelors of Science in Dance, a Masters of Arts, and a Masters of Fine Arts. She also served as a graduate assistant as well as becoming the recipient for the Pylyshenko-Strasser Graduate Dance Award for outstanding work in both written scholarship and performance. Later, Patriceann was offered two guest residencies: a two month residency at The University of Iowa and a six-week residency at the Edna Manley College of Visual and Performing Arts in Kingston, Jamaica. During her undergraduate and graduate academic career, she also enjoyed a thriving performing career. She danced with Agroma, an African Dance Ensemble directed by Professor Alber Opoku from the University of Ghana. She also danced with two Afro-Brazilian Dance Ensembles: Sankofa and Alafiagia, both directed by Clyde Morgan and Khalid Saleem. And, most noteworthy as an undergraduate, she danced with the internationally acclaimed dance legend, Garth Fagan.<\/p>\n<p>Patriceann started her own company in 1990: The Minzeko Drum and Dance Ensemble. She was the artistic director and choreographer for the company from 1990-1997.<\/p>\n<p>She began studying Afro-Cuban dance with Juan Carlos from 1997-2001. She has also studied with Teresita Dance Perez and Susana Arennas Pedrosa. Patriceann was brought from New York to Palomar for multiple reasons: to establish a world dance program, develop new curriculum, create a world dance outreach program, choreograph and perform new work, direct student and faculty dance productions, and teach core classes for our Associates Degrees\/Certificates in Dance. She is the founder and artistic director of the resident Afro-Cuban\/Brazilian drum and dance ensemble Agogo, formally known as the Palomar Drum and Dance Ensemble. Agogo is a facet of the Palomar outreach program which presents diverse programs for community events, festivals, local high schools, the Palomar dance season, and as featured entertainment at Palomar Foundation fundraisers, and featured entertainment for the Noche Havana Events. She is also performing, collaborating, and team teaching with Cuban artist Silfredo La O Vigo, whom she brought to the world program and to the company in 2006, as the new music director for Agogo. Following the eight-year tenure, of founding musical director and San Diego legend, Mark Lamson.<\/p>\n<p>Check Out Her YouTube Channel<br \/>\nPatriceann08<\/p>\n<\/div>\r\n        <hr>\r\n       <h4 class=\"contact-info\">Contact Information<\/h4>\r\n       <span class=\"member-email\"><strong>Email<\/strong>: <a class=\"staff-member-email\" href=\"mailto:P&#109;&#101;&#097;&#100;&#064;pal&#111;m&#097;&#114;&#046;e&#100;u\" title=\"Email Patriceann Mead\">P&#109;e&#097;d&#064;&#112;a&#108;om&#097;r&#046;&#101;&#100;&#117;<\/a><\/span>\r\n       <span class=\"member-phone\"><strong>Phone<\/strong>: 760 744 1150 ext 2969<\/span>\r\n <\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div> <!-- Close staff-member --><div class=\"staff-member odd clearfix\">\r\n<div class=\"staff-member-row\">\r\n <div class=\"staff-member-image-container\">\r\n    <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"staff-member-photo staff-member-image-responsive-wide\" src=\"https:\/\/www.palomar.edu\/performingarts\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/246\/2020\/06\/Molly-Head-shot-2017.jpg\" alt=\"Molly Faulkner : Professor\">\r\n <\/div>\r\n <div class=\"staff-member-info-wrap staff-member-info-container \">\r\n        <h3 class=\"staff-member-name\">Molly Faulkner<\/h3>\r\n        <h4 class=\"staff-member-position\">Professor<\/h4>\r\n        <div class=\"staff-member-bio\"><p>Molly Faulkner is a Professor of Dance at Palomar College in San Marcos California where she teaches all levels of ballet and pointe, choreography and other core curriculum dance courses and directs the Palomar College Contemporary Dance Ensemble. She has her Ph.D. from Texas Woman\u2019s University, her Master of Fine Arts from the University of Iowa, and her Bachelor of Fine Arts. from the University of Arizona. She has danced professionally with Ballet Arizona, Arizona Dance Theatre, Empire State Ballet, Tokyo Disneyland, and was the Muppet Grover on an International Tour of Sesame St. Live. Ms. Faulkner and collaborator Julia Gleich\u2019s chapter \u201cDancing into the Margins: Karole Armitage, Bronislava Nijinska and Their Philosophies of (A Contemporary) Ballet\u201d is included in the <em>Oxford Handbook for Contemporary Ballet<\/em>. She and Ms. Gleich\u2019s article \u201cShould there be a Female ballet canon: Seven radical acts of inclusion\u201d is published with Excite books in the anthology \u201cReClaiming Ballet\u201d. Their current research is on integrity in ballet education.<\/p>\n<\/div>\r\n        <hr>\r\n       <h4 class=\"contact-info\">Contact Information<\/h4>\r\n       <span class=\"member-email\"><strong>Email<\/strong>: <a class=\"staff-member-email\" href=\"mailto:&#109;f&#097;&#117;l&#107;&#110;&#101;&#114;&#064;&#112;a&#108;&#111;mar&#046;&#101;d&#117;\" title=\"Email Molly Faulkner\">&#109;fau&#108;k&#110;&#101;r&#064;p&#097;l&#111;m&#097;r.&#101;&#100;&#117;<\/a><\/span>\r\n       <span class=\"member-phone\"><strong>Phone<\/strong>: 760 744-1150 ext 2318<\/span>\r\n <\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div> <!-- Close staff-member --><div class=\"staff-member even clearfix\">\r\n<div class=\"staff-member-row\">\r\n <div class=\"staff-member-image-container\">\r\n    <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"staff-member-photo staff-member-image-responsive-wide\" src=\"\" alt=\"Rita Walther : Administrative Department Assistant\">\r\n <\/div>\r\n <div class=\"staff-member-info-wrap staff-member-info-container \">\r\n        <h3 class=\"staff-member-name\">Rita Walther<\/h3>\r\n        <h4 class=\"staff-member-position\">Administrative Department Assistant<\/h4>\r\n        \r\n        <hr>\r\n       <h4 class=\"contact-info\">Contact Information<\/h4>\r\n       <span class=\"member-email\"><strong>Email<\/strong>: <a class=\"staff-member-email\" href=\"mailto:rw&#097;&#108;ther&#064;&#112;alo&#109;&#097;&#114;.&#101;d&#117;\" title=\"Email Rita Walther\">r&#119;&#097;l&#116;&#104;&#101;r&#064;palo&#109;&#097;&#114;&#046;e&#100;&#117;<\/a><\/span>\r\n       <span class=\"member-phone\"><strong>Phone<\/strong>: 760-744-1150 ext 2440<\/span>\r\n <\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div> <!-- Close staff-member --><div class=\"staff-member odd clearfix\">\r\n<div class=\"staff-member-row\">\r\n <div class=\"staff-member-image-container\">\r\n    <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"staff-member-photo staff-member-image-responsive-wide\" src=\"\" alt=\"Paul Helling : Administrative Departmental Assistant\">\r\n <\/div>\r\n <div class=\"staff-member-info-wrap staff-member-info-container \">\r\n        <h3 class=\"staff-member-name\">Paul Helling<\/h3>\r\n        <h4 class=\"staff-member-position\">Administrative Departmental Assistant<\/h4>\r\n        \r\n        <hr>\r\n       <h4 class=\"contact-info\">Contact Information<\/h4>\r\n       <span class=\"member-email\"><strong>Email<\/strong>: <a class=\"staff-member-email\" href=\"mailto:&#112;hel&#108;i&#110;g&#064;&#112;al&#111;ma&#114;.&#101;d&#117;\" title=\"Email Paul Helling\">&#112;&#104;&#101;&#108;&#108;i&#110;&#103;&#064;p&#097;l&#111;m&#097;r&#046;&#101;d&#117;<\/a><\/span>\r\n       <span class=\"member-phone\"><strong>Phone<\/strong>: 760 744 1150 ext 2302<\/span>\r\n <\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div> <!-- Close staff-member --><div class=\"staff-member even clearfix\">\r\n<div class=\"staff-member-row\">\r\n <div class=\"staff-member-image-container\">\r\n    <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"staff-member-photo staff-member-image-responsive-wide\" src=\"\" alt=\"Dawn Cheek : Hawaiian and Tahitian\">\r\n <\/div>\r\n <div class=\"staff-member-info-wrap staff-member-info-container \">\r\n        <h3 class=\"staff-member-name\">Dawn Cheek<\/h3>\r\n        <h4 class=\"staff-member-position\">Hawaiian and Tahitian<\/h4>\r\n        <div class=\"staff-member-bio\"><p>Dawn Cheek started as an apprentice at the tender age of 12 teaching tap, jazz, and Polynesian dances. As the years went by, she decided to focus on her first love, Polynesian dance, and studied under Valerie Sills, Liz Kahaleponi Edwards, and Nia Souie. Her performing groups have appeared on national television and are often featured at local events. One such group, the\u00a0<em>Tiki Hut Dancers<\/em>, was a predominant force in the Polynesian Dance scene in Southern California during the 70s and 80s. Her current group,\u00a0<em>Tipanie O Patitifa<\/em>, won a major event in Los Angeles and currently entertains throughout Southern California.<\/p>\n<\/div>\r\n        <hr>\r\n       <h4 class=\"contact-info\">Contact Information<\/h4>\r\n       <span class=\"member-email\"><strong>Email<\/strong>: <a class=\"staff-member-email\" href=\"mailto:&#100;ch&#101;e&#107;&#064;palo&#109;ar.&#101;du\" title=\"Email Dawn Cheek\">&#100;&#099;h&#101;ek&#064;&#112;alom&#097;r&#046;&#101;&#100;&#117;<\/a><\/span>\r\n       <span class=\"member-phone\"><strong>Phone<\/strong>: <\/span>\r\n <\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div> <!-- Close staff-member --><div class=\"staff-member odd clearfix\">\r\n<div class=\"staff-member-row\">\r\n <div class=\"staff-member-image-container\">\r\n    <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"staff-member-photo staff-member-image-responsive-wide\" src=\"\" alt=\"Elias Fonseca : Capoeira\">\r\n <\/div>\r\n <div class=\"staff-member-info-wrap staff-member-info-container \">\r\n        <h3 class=\"staff-member-name\">Elias Fonseca<\/h3>\r\n        <h4 class=\"staff-member-position\">Capoeira<\/h4>\r\n        \r\n        <hr>\r\n       <h4 class=\"contact-info\">Contact Information<\/h4>\r\n       <span class=\"member-email\"><strong>Email<\/strong>: <a class=\"staff-member-email\" href=\"mailto:efo&#110;s&#101;&#099;a&#064;&#112;&#097;lo&#109;&#097;&#114;.&#101;d&#117;\" title=\"Email Elias Fonseca\">ef&#111;n&#115;ec&#097;&#064;&#112;&#097;&#108;om&#097;&#114;.edu<\/a><\/span>\r\n       <span class=\"member-phone\"><strong>Phone<\/strong>: <\/span>\r\n <\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div> <!-- Close staff-member --><div class=\"staff-member even clearfix\">\r\n<div class=\"staff-member-row\">\r\n <div class=\"staff-member-image-container\">\r\n    <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"staff-member-photo staff-member-image-responsive-wide\" src=\"\" alt=\"Sue Gilson : Jazz\">\r\n <\/div>\r\n <div class=\"staff-member-info-wrap staff-member-info-container \">\r\n        <h3 class=\"staff-member-name\">Sue Gilson<\/h3>\r\n        <h4 class=\"staff-member-position\">Jazz<\/h4>\r\n        <div class=\"staff-member-bio\"><p>Sue Gilson has professional credits in jazz, Polynesian, and tap dance from performances in the Los Angeles area. She began choreographing musicals for the Palomar College Theatre in 1975 including\u00a0<em>Cabaret, Can Can, Fiddler on the Roof, West Side Story<\/em>\u00a0(1981 and again in 1999),\u00a0<em>Sweeney Todd, The Merry Widow, Quilters<\/em>, and\u00a0<em>Little Shop of Horrors<\/em>. Her choreography for Palomar\u2019s 50th Anniversary Musical,\u00a0<em>Kiss Me Kate<\/em>, received critical acclaim.\u00a0Sue is part of the Performing Arts Department\u2019s outreach program which has presented numerous programs for local high schools and community organizations and as featured entertainment at Palomar College Foundation black tie events.\u00a0To maintain state-of-the-art skills and techniques, Sue regularly participates in professional dance workshops and master classes. On frequent trips to the East Coast, Sue has studied with Gus Giordano in Chicago and Frank Hatchett in New York City. She also studied dance in London and Stuttgart, Germany. Sue is on the Board of Directors for the\u00a0<em>World Jazz Dance Congress<\/em>. In addition to teaching at Palomar College, she is the working owner of Georgia\u2019s School of Dance in Escondido.<\/p>\n<\/div>\r\n        <hr>\r\n       <h4 class=\"contact-info\">Contact Information<\/h4>\r\n       <span class=\"member-email\"><strong>Email<\/strong>: <a class=\"staff-member-email\" href=\"mailto:s&#103;i&#108;so&#110;&#064;p&#097;l&#111;&#109;a&#114;.&#101;&#100;u\" title=\"Email Sue Gilson\">sg&#105;l&#115;on&#064;pa&#108;&#111;m&#097;r&#046;&#101;&#100;u<\/a><\/span>\r\n       <span class=\"member-phone\"><strong>Phone<\/strong>: <\/span>\r\n <\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div> <!-- Close staff-member --><div class=\"staff-member odd clearfix\">\r\n<div class=\"staff-member-row\">\r\n <div class=\"staff-member-image-container\">\r\n    <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"staff-member-photo staff-member-image-responsive-wide\" src=\"\" alt=\"Mark Lamson : Afro-Cuban\/Brazilian Drumming\">\r\n <\/div>\r\n <div class=\"staff-member-info-wrap staff-member-info-container \">\r\n        <h3 class=\"staff-member-name\">Mark Lamson<\/h3>\r\n        <h4 class=\"staff-member-position\">Afro-Cuban\/Brazilian Drumming<\/h4>\r\n        <div class=\"staff-member-bio\"><p>Mark Lamson<br \/>\nAn acclaimed percussionist, recording artist, producer and educator, Mark Lamson is an internationally recognized authority of Afro-Cuban and Brazilian music. The creation, recording and performance of \u201cBata Ketu\u201d \u2013 in collaboration with San Francisco musician and educator, Michael Spiro \u2013 is one of Mr. Lamson\u2019s greatest achievements to date. Born in Boston, Mark Lamson moved to San Diego at the age of eight and started drumming when he was ten. Mr.<br \/>\nLamson\u2019s career is highlighted by his many travels to Cuba, Mexico and Brazil, where he had the opportunity to tour and study extensively with dozens of master drummers. Mr. Lamson later went on to complete his Bachelor\u2019s in the Performing and Creative Arts at California State University, San Marcos. He is fluent in both Spanish and Portuguese. Mark Lamson is the Director and lead percussionist of Sol e Mar, a dynamic Brazilian\/Latin music collective which he co-founded in 1985. Sol e Mar features anywhere from 3 to 55 performers, ranging from a bossa nova jazz trio to a full drum bateria with Brazilian samba dancers in full Carnaval costume. Over the last 10 years, Mr. Lamson has been an adjunct faculty member at San Diego State University and Palomar College. He has also taught as adjunct faculty at CSU Long Beach and Santa Clara University. Mark Lamson co-directed the Agogo with founder and Artistic Director Patriceann Mead from 1997 to 2006, and then he passed the torch to Silfredo La O Vigo in 2006. He continues to perform with Agogo as a guest artist, and has began accompanying the Drum and Dance Classes, once again, with Patriceann Mead and Silfredo La O Vigo.<br \/>\nRefer to Mark Lamson\u2019s website for a complete Bio. https:\/\/marklamson.com<\/p>\n<\/div>\r\n        <hr>\r\n       <h4 class=\"contact-info\">Contact Information<\/h4>\r\n       <span class=\"member-email\"><strong>Email<\/strong>: <a class=\"staff-member-email\" href=\"mailto:mlam&#115;&#111;n&#064;pa&#108;&#111;&#109;&#097;r&#046;&#101;du\" title=\"Email Mark Lamson\">m&#108;am&#115;on&#064;palo&#109;a&#114;.ed&#117;<\/a><\/span>\r\n       <span class=\"member-phone\"><strong>Phone<\/strong>: <\/span>\r\n <\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div> <!-- Close staff-member --><div class=\"staff-member even clearfix last\">\r\n<div class=\"staff-member-row\">\r\n <div class=\"staff-member-image-container\">\r\n    <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"staff-member-photo staff-member-image-responsive-wide\" src=\"\" alt=\"Joei Waldron : Hip Hop and Modern\">\r\n <\/div>\r\n <div class=\"staff-member-info-wrap staff-member-info-container \">\r\n        <h3 class=\"staff-member-name\">Joei Waldron<\/h3>\r\n        <h4 class=\"staff-member-position\">Hip Hop and Modern<\/h4>\r\n        <div class=\"staff-member-bio\"><p>Joei Waldron is a choreographer, director and educator living in San Diego, CA.\u00a0 He is the Founder, Artistic Director, and Choreographer of\u00a0<em>AXXIOM<\/em>\u00a0Dance Collective, a San Diego-based dance company.\u00a0 Joei has presented work both nationally and internationally. In 2012, Joei presented work at the Festival Fringe in Edinburgh, Scotland. Joei followed that up the following year by presenting work in the 55th International Choreographers Festival held at the Sala Cuatra Pared Theater located in Madrid, Span. Domestically, Joei has presented work throughout San Diego, Los Angeles, Arizona and Washington, DC. In 2013, Joei\u2019s work,\u00a0<em>Windows Within<\/em>, was selected as a finalist for the 15th annual Choreographers Festival held at the McCullum Theater in Palm Desert, CA. In his work and his life, Joei is driven by adventure and empowerment. Joei holds a B.S. from Salisbury University and an MA from San Diego State University.<\/p>\n<\/div>\r\n        <hr>\r\n       <h4 class=\"contact-info\">Contact Information<\/h4>\r\n       <span class=\"member-email\"><strong>Email<\/strong>: <a class=\"staff-member-email\" href=\"mailto:j&#119;&#097;&#108;dr&#111;&#110;&#064;&#112;a&#108;o&#109;&#097;r.e&#100;&#117;\" title=\"Email Joei Waldron\">&#106;&#119;&#097;&#108;dr&#111;n&#064;p&#097;lo&#109;&#097;r.edu<\/a><\/span>\r\n       <span class=\"member-phone\"><strong>Phone<\/strong>: <\/span>\r\n <\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div> <!-- Close staff-member --><\/div> <!-- Close staff-member-listing -->\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":10683,"featured_media":0,"parent":25,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-1211","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/P6Sp7b-jx","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.palomar.edu\/performingarts\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1211","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.palomar.edu\/performingarts\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.palomar.edu\/performingarts\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.palomar.edu\/performingarts\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10683"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.palomar.edu\/performingarts\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1211"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/www.palomar.edu\/performingarts\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1211\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1674,"href":"https:\/\/www.palomar.edu\/performingarts\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1211\/revisions\/1674"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.palomar.edu\/performingarts\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/25"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.palomar.edu\/performingarts\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1211"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}