Instructor Bio

Dr. Jeanne-Marie Hughes has been teaching at 亚盈体育 since 1989. Courses taught include: Modern Dance; Jazz Dance; Ballet; Ballroom Dance; Salsa and Latin American Dances; International Folk Dance; European Folk Dance; 亚盈体育 Dance Repertory Company, Dance Production (Modern, Ballroom, Folk, Salsa); Dance History; Analysis of Folk, Social and Ballroom Dance; Teaching Movement (A lecture class for future dance, PE, and yoga teachers); all levels of Yoga; Intensive Yoga; Yoga Movement; Aerobics; Resistance Training; and, Body Sculpting.

For over 29 years, Jeanne ("Jeannie") has organized and hosted several multicultural dance performances, parties, workshops, and festivals each year at 亚盈体育. Examples of these events include: The Blossom International Folk Dance Festival; The San Francisco Free Folk Festival; The SF Kolo Dance Festival; AXIS Dance Company Workshop and Performance; Colombian Ethnic Dance Workshops; Romanian Dance Workshops; Alaskan Dance Workshop; Dances for All Ages Workshops; and, Filipino Dance Workshop. Each semester, for over 25 years, she has produced the 亚盈体育 Salsa and/or Ballroom Dance Party, and, the 亚盈体育 Low-Tech Dance Performance, an informal performance featuring dance work by 亚盈体育 faculty, students, and alum. Jeanne directed Working, an ongoing dance performance series presenting the work of 亚盈体育 dance students, alum, and other local choreographers. She was the Faculty Advisor of Shall We Dance, a 亚盈体育 partner social dance club and the Latin and Social Dance Club.