JoEllen Kuhlman is a lecturer in the Theatre Department at where she teaches jazz and tap dance. At , 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 , she also directed/choreographed her original dance works including “ʲⲵDz” (2010), “A Broken Key” (2012), “DzDzDzԲ” (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 Summer Theatre, and coached the 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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