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Carol Iwasaki
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Carol N. Iwasaki, Professor and former Chair of the Department of Ballet at the University of Utah (currently on sabbatical) received her B.F.A. and M.F.A. degrees from the University of Utah, where she was the recipient of a teaching fellowship.

Professor Iwasaki received her early dance training from June Purrington Park in Salt Lake City, Utah. She then began intensive training in the ballet preparatory and collegiate programs at the University of Utah with Willam F. Christensen, Gordon Paxman, Yurek Lazowski, Mattlyn Gavers, Bene’ Arnold, Gilbert Reed, Ramon Segarra, John Callendar, Terri Port, Barbara Hamblin, and Marianne Hatton. She was also a member of Utah Civic Ballet Company, forerunner of Ballet West.

Prior to her return to the University of Utah, she was Head of the Dance Division at the College-Conservatory of Music (CCM) at the University of Cincinnati, where she was named the first chair holder of the Corbett-McLain Distinguished Chair in Dance. She was also Director of Dance at The Wichita State University, and Executive Director of Dance at Wichita Children’s Theatre and Dance Center.

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