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Glenna Blessing (Baltimore, MD)
Training Institute Faculty/ Mentor for participants throughout the year.
Courses: Effective ways to connect dance to an academic curriculum; Building the healthy dancer – latest trends in dance science
Glenna is an assistant professor in the Dance Department at Goucher College and a member of the dance faculty at Carver Center for Arts and Technology. She helped to write the middles school elective curriculum for the Baltimore County Public Schools. Originally from Pennsylvania she began her early training with Mary L. Hepner, Nana Badrena, and Trinette Singleton at the Ballet Theatre Pennsylvania school and was later invited to join the company. Blessing has performed nationally and throughout Canada with several companies including the University of Oregon Repertory Dance Company, Howard County Ballet, and Ballet Theatre Pennsylvania. She received her B.A. in Dance from Goucher College in 1998 and her M.F.A. with a dual emphasis in Dance Science and Performance/Choreography from the University of Oregon in 2001. Glenna has been a member of ClancyWorks Dance Company since 2005.