Artistic Director - Kandis Meinel is a graduate of the University of Arizona with a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Dance
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Kandis Meinel is a graduate of the University of Arizona with a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Dance and a Master of Sciene in Exercise and Sports Sciences. Her thesis work "Assessment of Lateral Hip Rotation and Lower Extremity Alignment During 'Turnout' in Ballet" was presented in the 1988 Annual Meeting for the American Colleger of Sports Medicine and published as an abstract in Volume 20, No. 2 of the journal, Medicine and Science in Sports and Exercise. Kandis began dancing in Buffalo, New York at the age of eight. She continued at the school for the Joffrey Ballet in New York City. Her mentor, George Zoritch, was a principal dancer with the renowned Ballet Russe de Monte Carlo. This Company performed across the United States bringing the first full-scale ballet to Americans. In Tucson, Kandis has worked with Tucson Metropolitan Ballet, Tucson Regional Ballet and Arizona Dance Theatre. She has taught for the University of Arizona, School of Dance as a graduatre treaching assistant, and guest teaches at Ballet Continental in Greern Valley. Ms. Meinel has served on the Board of Directors for the Arizona Dance Arts Alliance, and is a current member of Dance Educators of America.
