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Biography

JoEllen Kuhlman is a lecturer in the Theatre Department at 91���� where she teaches jazz and tap dance. At 91����, she has choreographed the musical theatre productions “Urinetown,” “The ThreePenny Opera,” “Little Shop of Horrors,” “Man of La Mancha,” “Hairspray,” “Rent,” “A Chorus Line” and “Spring Awakening.” At 91����, she also directed/choreographed her original dance works including “�ʲⲵ���������Dz�” (2010), “A Broken Key” (2012), “��Dz����Dz��DzԲ�” (2013), “7 Deadly Sins” (2014) and “��������ܲ�” (2015, co-choreographer) and “Jazz Nutcracker,” an annual holiday dance production since 2016.

Off campus, she has choreographed “�����󾱱���” for Florida Studio Theatre, “�󲹳ܲ���” for the Tri-Cities Opera, ACDFA award-winning choreography for “�ٰ��ܳ����DzԱ�” at the University of Nebraska, “The King and I” for 91���� Summer Theatre, and coached the 91���� Bearcats Dance Team. She is an instructor/choreographer for the competitive team at Kathy Hansen School of Dance. She earned her BA from Point Park University in 2003, with a concentration in jazz dance, and was a member of the Conservatory Dance Company at the Pittsburgh Playhouse.

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