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| OUR HISTORY |
1954-57 – After his early training in Novi Sad, Yugoslavia, with Margarita Debeljak, Smilja Moic, and Nina Kyrsanova (former ballerina at the St. Petersburg
Marinsky Theatre, now Leningrad’s Kirov, and member of the Anna Pavlova Company.) graduated from Government Academy School of Dance, Belgrade,
Yugoslavia. Entered Belgrade National Opera Ballet after graduating. As principal dancer, he created and recreated roles in ballets: Romeo and Mercutio in
“Romeo and Juliet,” the Mandarin in “The Miraculous Mandarin,” “Arioso” Pas de Deux, Franz in “Coppelia,” Seigried in “Swan Lake,” “Capricio Espanol,” “Bolero,”
“Chinese Story,” “La Rein des Illes” by Dmitri Parlic (former principal dancer, ballet master and choreographer of the Belgrade National Ballet), Michel Fokine’s
“Polovtsian Dances” from “Prince Igor.” Was chosen for Albrecht in “Giselle” by Leonid Lavrowsky (then director and principal choreographer of Moscow’s Bolshoi
Ballet.)
Toured repeatedly with the company to Wiesbaden, Germany; Vienna, Austria; Athens, Greece; Maggio Musicale Fiorentino, Italy; and Paris, France. Invited to
appear as a guest artist in Poland, Hungary, etc. At the palace of Josip Broz Tito, he danced command performances for President Haille Sellasie of Ethiopia
and President Nassar of Egypt.
1957-58 – Joined the Deustch Oper am Rhein, Dusseldorf, Germany, where he danced principal roles in Stravinsky ballets, choreographed by Otto Kruger.
1958-60 – Studied at the Bolshoi and Kirov ballet schools, completing 18 months of specialization with Alexander Pushkin of the Kirov School. Grebel and Ms.
Tcherina performed as guest principal artists with the Bolshoi Ballet in "Giselle."
Worked with choreographers George Skibine, Leonid Massine, David Lichen, Edward Caton, and John Taras.
Invited by Prima Ballerina Rosella Hightower and Director Marquis Georges de Cuevas to dance as a soloist and principal in a long series of ballet creations and
restagings: “Annabel Lee,” George Skibine; “Gaite Parisienne,” Leonid Massine; “Jeux,” David Lichine; “St. Sebastian,” Edward Caton; for the company’s last
season at the Theatre des Champs Elysees, performed principal role in the ballet "L’ile Cruel” by John Taras with Collette Marchand; which was presented several
times during the short season.
1959-1965 - Principal dancer with, Ludmilla Tcherina Ballet.
Principal dancer with the Belgade National Opera Ballet, Deutsche Opera Am Rhine, Ballet Marquis de Cuevas, Roland Petite Ballet Company, Bolshoi Ballet
1963 - Performed in the ballet film "The Lovers of Teruel" with Ludmila Tcherina and presented the movie at the 1963 Cannes Film Festival. Grebel was highly
respected as a partner, also; and received the title of "dancer etoile" in Paris.
1965 - 1971 Grebel joined the National Ballet of Washington, D.C., under the direction of Frederic Franklin, who was an original member of the Ballet Russes de
Monte Carlo.
National Ballet of Washington was the first company to perform the ballet “La Peri” in the United States with principals Stevan Grebel and Andrea Vodehnal, at the
Lisner Auditorium, Washington, D.C. He is listed in George Balanchine’s book “The Great Ballets,” as well as in numerous directories. His name is in the Bolshoi
Theatre’s book of principals and guest artists.
Principal dancer with National Ballet of Washington, D.C. with which he performed in a command performance for President Lyndon B. Johnson at the White
House. Performed on national television in the United States and abroad.
Danced with and partnered ballerinas: Rosella Hightower, Ludmilla Tcherina, Sonia Arova, Liliane Van De Velde, Andrea Vodehnal, Anita Kristina, Roni Mahler,
Maina Gielgud, Arlette Castanier, and others.
Danced in Summer Stock in “Annie Get Your Gun,” with Lee Remick.
1970 – Came to Birmingham to set the “Nutcracker” for the Alabama Ballet.
1971 - invited by Dr. Joseph Volker to develop and implement a dance program at UAB.
1971-74 - Grebel taught ballet classes for the Alabama School of Fine Arts on the campus of UAB.
.
Became Associate Professor of Dance and Artistic Director of Ballet UAB and the UAB Youth Ballet program for the next 25 years.
1974 - He was awarded an Honorary PhD by the School of Arts and Humanities at UAB. Stevan Grebel received a Medal of Distinction from the United Negro
College Fund in the mid-70's for his support.
1970-1981- directed the "Nutcracker" with the Alabama Symphony, as well as other ballets, throughout each year at the Boutwell Auditorium and the BJCC, also
with the Alabama Symphony. Developed a community dance school with over 700 students at UAB.
1971-1996 - Associate Professor of Dance and Artistic Director of Ballet UAB and the UAB Youth Ballet.
1972-82 - Under his direction of Ballet UAB (a precursor to what is now Alabama Ballet,) Grebel's company was the first in Alabama to be given permission (by Mr.
George Balanchine) to do Balanchine's "Serenade" from 1972 through 1982 in performances at Boutwell Auditorium and at the new Birmingham Civic Center
Concert Hall, as well as touring across the southeast. Mr. Grebel was able to secure the talents of Michael Paulin, who later became a member of automation
design teams for many shows on Broadway, including "Phantom of the Opera;" and Ronnie Bates, lighting director for the New York City Ballet, to set the lights for
"Serenade" as well as for other projects of Grebel's in Birmingham.
1988 - Created "Adagio Lento" for ballerina of the Bolshoi Ballet, to be performed for her anniversary at the Bolshoi.
1990 - World premiere of Grebel’s "Cleopatra," original musical score given by Basil Poledoris and performed by the Novi-Sad Symphony. Grebel
choreographed for companies in Novi-Sad in Yugoslavia, and in Szeged, Hungary.
1990-1994 - Grebel’s ballets performed in the United States, Pecs and Budapest, Hungary include:
"Three Pieces," "Adagio Lento," "Flute Sonata," "Trio," "Overseas," "Confabulation," as well as his own productions of " Nutcracker" and "Cinderella." Other ballets
include: Mikel Fokine’s "Petruschka," "Swan Lake," “Giselle,” George Balanchine’s "Sonambula," “Serenade,” Lew Christenson’s “Con Amore,” as well as Grebel’
s “Ascent,” “Icht Nietzche,” "Uprising," "Swan in Love," and "Reverie."
1994 - UAB dance department closed. Stevan retired after 25 years at UAB, but continued to teach master classes around the state and the country.
1996 - Stevan Grebel and Deborah Russell Douglas married and were invited to teach at the Montgomery Ballet. He was on the faculty there for 4 years,
teaching summer sessions, as well as throughout the school year, and set three ballets for them. He continues to teach classes for students there, as well.
1996 – present - Has taught master classes throughout the United States and Europe, as well as set and choreographed classical repertoire and contemporary
works for companies here and abroad.
1998 - Taught ballet classes for Birmingham – Southern College’s interim and set “Con Amore” and “Les Sylphides” for their Spring Concert Performance.
May 2002 - Grebels performed with choreographer Lea Wolf in her dynamic "The Story of Our Lives" at the ODC Theatre in San Francisco.
August 2003 - opened The Stevan Grebel Center for Dance .
Grebel's students have gone on to dance, teach, choreograph, and direct in cities all over the United States and Europe. Many of the schools in the Birmingham
area are owned and taught by former students of Ballet UAB.
Marinsky Theatre, now Leningrad’s Kirov, and member of the Anna Pavlova Company.) graduated from Government Academy School of Dance, Belgrade,
Yugoslavia. Entered Belgrade National Opera Ballet after graduating. As principal dancer, he created and recreated roles in ballets: Romeo and Mercutio in
“Romeo and Juliet,” the Mandarin in “The Miraculous Mandarin,” “Arioso” Pas de Deux, Franz in “Coppelia,” Seigried in “Swan Lake,” “Capricio Espanol,” “Bolero,”
“Chinese Story,” “La Rein des Illes” by Dmitri Parlic (former principal dancer, ballet master and choreographer of the Belgrade National Ballet), Michel Fokine’s
“Polovtsian Dances” from “Prince Igor.” Was chosen for Albrecht in “Giselle” by Leonid Lavrowsky (then director and principal choreographer of Moscow’s Bolshoi
Ballet.)
Toured repeatedly with the company to Wiesbaden, Germany; Vienna, Austria; Athens, Greece; Maggio Musicale Fiorentino, Italy; and Paris, France. Invited to
appear as a guest artist in Poland, Hungary, etc. At the palace of Josip Broz Tito, he danced command performances for President Haille Sellasie of Ethiopia
and President Nassar of Egypt.
1957-58 – Joined the Deustch Oper am Rhein, Dusseldorf, Germany, where he danced principal roles in Stravinsky ballets, choreographed by Otto Kruger.
1958-60 – Studied at the Bolshoi and Kirov ballet schools, completing 18 months of specialization with Alexander Pushkin of the Kirov School. Grebel and Ms.
Tcherina performed as guest principal artists with the Bolshoi Ballet in "Giselle."
Worked with choreographers George Skibine, Leonid Massine, David Lichen, Edward Caton, and John Taras.
Invited by Prima Ballerina Rosella Hightower and Director Marquis Georges de Cuevas to dance as a soloist and principal in a long series of ballet creations and
restagings: “Annabel Lee,” George Skibine; “Gaite Parisienne,” Leonid Massine; “Jeux,” David Lichine; “St. Sebastian,” Edward Caton; for the company’s last
season at the Theatre des Champs Elysees, performed principal role in the ballet "L’ile Cruel” by John Taras with Collette Marchand; which was presented several
times during the short season.
1959-1965 - Principal dancer with, Ludmilla Tcherina Ballet.
Principal dancer with the Belgade National Opera Ballet, Deutsche Opera Am Rhine, Ballet Marquis de Cuevas, Roland Petite Ballet Company, Bolshoi Ballet
1963 - Performed in the ballet film "The Lovers of Teruel" with Ludmila Tcherina and presented the movie at the 1963 Cannes Film Festival. Grebel was highly
respected as a partner, also; and received the title of "dancer etoile" in Paris.
1965 - 1971 Grebel joined the National Ballet of Washington, D.C., under the direction of Frederic Franklin, who was an original member of the Ballet Russes de
Monte Carlo.
National Ballet of Washington was the first company to perform the ballet “La Peri” in the United States with principals Stevan Grebel and Andrea Vodehnal, at the
Lisner Auditorium, Washington, D.C. He is listed in George Balanchine’s book “The Great Ballets,” as well as in numerous directories. His name is in the Bolshoi
Theatre’s book of principals and guest artists.
Principal dancer with National Ballet of Washington, D.C. with which he performed in a command performance for President Lyndon B. Johnson at the White
House. Performed on national television in the United States and abroad.
Danced with and partnered ballerinas: Rosella Hightower, Ludmilla Tcherina, Sonia Arova, Liliane Van De Velde, Andrea Vodehnal, Anita Kristina, Roni Mahler,
Maina Gielgud, Arlette Castanier, and others.
Danced in Summer Stock in “Annie Get Your Gun,” with Lee Remick.
1970 – Came to Birmingham to set the “Nutcracker” for the Alabama Ballet.
1971 - invited by Dr. Joseph Volker to develop and implement a dance program at UAB.
1971-74 - Grebel taught ballet classes for the Alabama School of Fine Arts on the campus of UAB.
.
Became Associate Professor of Dance and Artistic Director of Ballet UAB and the UAB Youth Ballet program for the next 25 years.
1974 - He was awarded an Honorary PhD by the School of Arts and Humanities at UAB. Stevan Grebel received a Medal of Distinction from the United Negro
College Fund in the mid-70's for his support.
1970-1981- directed the "Nutcracker" with the Alabama Symphony, as well as other ballets, throughout each year at the Boutwell Auditorium and the BJCC, also
with the Alabama Symphony. Developed a community dance school with over 700 students at UAB.
1971-1996 - Associate Professor of Dance and Artistic Director of Ballet UAB and the UAB Youth Ballet.
1972-82 - Under his direction of Ballet UAB (a precursor to what is now Alabama Ballet,) Grebel's company was the first in Alabama to be given permission (by Mr.
George Balanchine) to do Balanchine's "Serenade" from 1972 through 1982 in performances at Boutwell Auditorium and at the new Birmingham Civic Center
Concert Hall, as well as touring across the southeast. Mr. Grebel was able to secure the talents of Michael Paulin, who later became a member of automation
design teams for many shows on Broadway, including "Phantom of the Opera;" and Ronnie Bates, lighting director for the New York City Ballet, to set the lights for
"Serenade" as well as for other projects of Grebel's in Birmingham.
1988 - Created "Adagio Lento" for ballerina of the Bolshoi Ballet, to be performed for her anniversary at the Bolshoi.
1990 - World premiere of Grebel’s "Cleopatra," original musical score given by Basil Poledoris and performed by the Novi-Sad Symphony. Grebel
choreographed for companies in Novi-Sad in Yugoslavia, and in Szeged, Hungary.
1990-1994 - Grebel’s ballets performed in the United States, Pecs and Budapest, Hungary include:
"Three Pieces," "Adagio Lento," "Flute Sonata," "Trio," "Overseas," "Confabulation," as well as his own productions of " Nutcracker" and "Cinderella." Other ballets
include: Mikel Fokine’s "Petruschka," "Swan Lake," “Giselle,” George Balanchine’s "Sonambula," “Serenade,” Lew Christenson’s “Con Amore,” as well as Grebel’
s “Ascent,” “Icht Nietzche,” "Uprising," "Swan in Love," and "Reverie."
1994 - UAB dance department closed. Stevan retired after 25 years at UAB, but continued to teach master classes around the state and the country.
1996 - Stevan Grebel and Deborah Russell Douglas married and were invited to teach at the Montgomery Ballet. He was on the faculty there for 4 years,
teaching summer sessions, as well as throughout the school year, and set three ballets for them. He continues to teach classes for students there, as well.
1996 – present - Has taught master classes throughout the United States and Europe, as well as set and choreographed classical repertoire and contemporary
works for companies here and abroad.
1998 - Taught ballet classes for Birmingham – Southern College’s interim and set “Con Amore” and “Les Sylphides” for their Spring Concert Performance.
May 2002 - Grebels performed with choreographer Lea Wolf in her dynamic "The Story of Our Lives" at the ODC Theatre in San Francisco.
August 2003 - opened The Stevan Grebel Center for Dance .
Grebel's students have gone on to dance, teach, choreograph, and direct in cities all over the United States and Europe. Many of the schools in the Birmingham
area are owned and taught by former students of Ballet UAB.
Deborah Russell Grebel - Began her early dance training with Frances Keeton Armstrong, and later at Birmingham Civic
Ballet with Henley Haslam and Gaenor Grange. She entered the University of Alabama at Tuscaloosa and studied modern
dance with Lou Wall. With a B.A. Degree in dance from the University of Alabama at Birmingham, she later graduated
cum-laude with a Ma.Ed. in dance physiology. She was a five-time college scholarship recipient of the Men's and Women's
Poinsettia Ballet Committee and The Friends of Ballet UAB. Later, she served as treasurer and vice-president of the
Friends of Ballet UAB, an organization which supported college scholarships for dancers exhibiting talent and academic
achievement. Noted by her colleagues as an expert in the kinesioloy of dance, Debbie has been called upon to teach and
to explain the physics of dance to many students of dance and academia. Her research and work In physiology,
kinesiology, and the bio-mechanics of dance, has been published in the United States and in Europe in The European
Journal of Sports and Conditioning. She began dancing with Ballet UAB in the corps de ballet in 1971, and as a soloist in
1972. She left the ballet in 1976 to raise a family. She returned to ballet again in 1981, and In 1982 she performed the
role of Snow Queen with the Omni Dance Company. In 1985 she became a principal dancer with Ballet UAB
Ballet with Henley Haslam and Gaenor Grange. She entered the University of Alabama at Tuscaloosa and studied modern
dance with Lou Wall. With a B.A. Degree in dance from the University of Alabama at Birmingham, she later graduated
cum-laude with a Ma.Ed. in dance physiology. She was a five-time college scholarship recipient of the Men's and Women's
Poinsettia Ballet Committee and The Friends of Ballet UAB. Later, she served as treasurer and vice-president of the
Friends of Ballet UAB, an organization which supported college scholarships for dancers exhibiting talent and academic
achievement. Noted by her colleagues as an expert in the kinesioloy of dance, Debbie has been called upon to teach and
to explain the physics of dance to many students of dance and academia. Her research and work In physiology,
kinesiology, and the bio-mechanics of dance, has been published in the United States and in Europe in The European
Journal of Sports and Conditioning. She began dancing with Ballet UAB in the corps de ballet in 1971, and as a soloist in
1972. She left the ballet in 1976 to raise a family. She returned to ballet again in 1981, and In 1982 she performed the
role of Snow Queen with the Omni Dance Company. In 1985 she became a principal dancer with Ballet UAB
in both classical and contemporary repertoires until 1994. In the early days, they performed at the Boutwell Auditorium and BJCC Concert Hall, with
the Alabama Symphony Orchestra, in "Nutcracker," "Giselle," "Serenade," Copellia," "Cinderella," "La Vivandiere," "Con Amore," and for the
Children's Concert Series, "Carnival of the Animals" and "Peter and the Wolf." She was chosen by guest choreographer Zika Novkov, of the Pecs
Ballet in Pecs Hungary, to create the principal role in Stravinsky's "The Firebird" in 1988, with Foy Dubose and Randall Clark. Mr. Grebel created a
solo , "Overseas," for her, as well as the role of Cleopatra in his world premiere ballet "Cleopatra," which was presented in Novi-Sad in 1988. She
was the female principle dancer in Grebel's "Icht Niche," "Ascent," "Uprising," and many others. She performed numerous pieces with her long-time
partner, David Anderson, who is presently with the ballet in Indiana. They performed many classical and contemporary works at UAB's Bell Theatre
and in the Hulsey Studio Building for the Performing Arts. She also created roles in Grebel's "Uprising" and pas de duex with partner Gary Joplin,
which received accolades at the Panoply Festival for the Arts, and performed for the ground breaking ceremony the Morris Sirote Theatre and the
Alys Stephens Center. Deborah and Gary danced many ballets together, including the Sugar Plum Fairy and Cavalier of the "Nutcracker."
Deborah was recognized for her youthfulness and passion, as well as her precision and ability to perform many different styles of ballet. Oliver
Roosevelt, of the Birmingham News, wrote that "Deborah was quick and precise in her movements, and able to carry the stage all on her own."
Debbie also studied and performed modern dance under Paddy Toon - Pittsburgh Ballet Theatre and Edie Barnes - UAB. She has worked with
choreographers and ballet masters Fredrick Franklin - National Ballet of Washington, D.C., Nicholas Petrov - Pittsburgh Ballet Theatre, Edward
Caton - New York, Zika Novkov - Pecs, Hungary and Serbian National Ballet of Novi-Sad, Shamil Yagudin - Bolshoi Ballet, Mira Popovich -
Birmingham-Southern College, Fred Siretta - Jazz, NYC, Marcus Alford - Jazz, and Joey Puglisi, Jazz, NYC,. She was instrumental in creating the
idea of a touring group of students in 1985-1990, directed by Melanie Mihalic, known as "B.A.D. & Company" (Ballet Against Drugs), which
performed a pointe/jazz version of "Peter and the Wolf" for elementary to high school students in the Birmingham area during Nancy Reagan's
"Just Say No" projects period. She also developed the Dance Masters program at UAB which toured dancers with lecture demonstrations to
schools and organizations throughout the state. She worked closely and intensively with Ms. Mihalic from 1981 -1994, creating roles that Mihalic
developed for her such as "The Rose," "Working Mother," "Jealousy," the principal dancer in"All the Clowns," "Akhenatan," and "Tchaikovsky."
Other pieces she performed include "Third Stream," "Confabulation," "Reverie," "Tchaikovsky Pas de Deux," "Courage to Care," "Swan in Love,"
"Four for Chopin," "The Mad King," and "Robert, Roberta." She also choreographed performances for the Youth Ballet and theatre. She
choreographed the dance of Solome for UAB Theatre's production of "Solome." She also served as ballet mistress, and stage manager during
several shows.
the Alabama Symphony Orchestra, in "Nutcracker," "Giselle," "Serenade," Copellia," "Cinderella," "La Vivandiere," "Con Amore," and for the
Children's Concert Series, "Carnival of the Animals" and "Peter and the Wolf." She was chosen by guest choreographer Zika Novkov, of the Pecs
Ballet in Pecs Hungary, to create the principal role in Stravinsky's "The Firebird" in 1988, with Foy Dubose and Randall Clark. Mr. Grebel created a
solo , "Overseas," for her, as well as the role of Cleopatra in his world premiere ballet "Cleopatra," which was presented in Novi-Sad in 1988. She
was the female principle dancer in Grebel's "Icht Niche," "Ascent," "Uprising," and many others. She performed numerous pieces with her long-time
partner, David Anderson, who is presently with the ballet in Indiana. They performed many classical and contemporary works at UAB's Bell Theatre
and in the Hulsey Studio Building for the Performing Arts. She also created roles in Grebel's "Uprising" and pas de duex with partner Gary Joplin,
which received accolades at the Panoply Festival for the Arts, and performed for the ground breaking ceremony the Morris Sirote Theatre and the
Alys Stephens Center. Deborah and Gary danced many ballets together, including the Sugar Plum Fairy and Cavalier of the "Nutcracker."
Deborah was recognized for her youthfulness and passion, as well as her precision and ability to perform many different styles of ballet. Oliver
Roosevelt, of the Birmingham News, wrote that "Deborah was quick and precise in her movements, and able to carry the stage all on her own."
Debbie also studied and performed modern dance under Paddy Toon - Pittsburgh Ballet Theatre and Edie Barnes - UAB. She has worked with
choreographers and ballet masters Fredrick Franklin - National Ballet of Washington, D.C., Nicholas Petrov - Pittsburgh Ballet Theatre, Edward
Caton - New York, Zika Novkov - Pecs, Hungary and Serbian National Ballet of Novi-Sad, Shamil Yagudin - Bolshoi Ballet, Mira Popovich -
Birmingham-Southern College, Fred Siretta - Jazz, NYC, Marcus Alford - Jazz, and Joey Puglisi, Jazz, NYC,. She was instrumental in creating the
idea of a touring group of students in 1985-1990, directed by Melanie Mihalic, known as "B.A.D. & Company" (Ballet Against Drugs), which
performed a pointe/jazz version of "Peter and the Wolf" for elementary to high school students in the Birmingham area during Nancy Reagan's
"Just Say No" projects period. She also developed the Dance Masters program at UAB which toured dancers with lecture demonstrations to
schools and organizations throughout the state. She worked closely and intensively with Ms. Mihalic from 1981 -1994, creating roles that Mihalic
developed for her such as "The Rose," "Working Mother," "Jealousy," the principal dancer in"All the Clowns," "Akhenatan," and "Tchaikovsky."
Other pieces she performed include "Third Stream," "Confabulation," "Reverie," "Tchaikovsky Pas de Deux," "Courage to Care," "Swan in Love,"
"Four for Chopin," "The Mad King," and "Robert, Roberta." She also choreographed performances for the Youth Ballet and theatre. She
choreographed the dance of Solome for UAB Theatre's production of "Solome." She also served as ballet mistress, and stage manager during
several shows.
Her professional and artistic affiliations include: The Friends of Ballet UAB; The Alabama Dance Council; The Alabama Council on the Arts; The
Alabama Dance Summit; The Association of Physical Education, Health, Recreation, and Dance Alliance. Student of the Year 1988, UAB
Department of Physical Education; CORD (Council on Research and Dance); NEA; Birmingham Chamber of Commerce; Who's Who in American
Colleges; Who's Who of Collegiate Scholars, Alabama Chapter; Who's Who of American Businesswomen; nominated Woman of the Year, 1989;
numerous charities, including The Susan G. Komen Foundation, Sav-A-Life, American Cancer Society; and formed Mary's Hope Fund, a charity to
raise money for Mary Paulin during her illness.
Alabama Dance Summit; The Association of Physical Education, Health, Recreation, and Dance Alliance. Student of the Year 1988, UAB
Department of Physical Education; CORD (Council on Research and Dance); NEA; Birmingham Chamber of Commerce; Who's Who in American
Colleges; Who's Who of Collegiate Scholars, Alabama Chapter; Who's Who of American Businesswomen; nominated Woman of the Year, 1989;
numerous charities, including The Susan G. Komen Foundation, Sav-A-Life, American Cancer Society; and formed Mary's Hope Fund, a charity to
raise money for Mary Paulin during her illness.
In 1974, Debbie studied with Rosella Hightower at Centre de Danse Internationale in Cannes, France. Later, She danced as guest artist with
companies in the Southeast and in California. She has taught in public and private elementary and secondary schools since 1978, as a guest
artist/teacher of dance, as well as substitute education teacher. Taught workshops in 1993-94 at Resource Learning Center. She was a principal
teacher in the first year of the Briarwood Ballet School in 1978-79 with Barbara Barker. In 1981-84, Debbie began the North Jefferson Academy of
Dance in Gardendale, Alabama. She was the principal instructor for UAB's Youth Ballet Program and taught non-major and major classes at the
University of Alabama at Birmingham from 1985 - 1994. Debbie was at the Montgomery Ballet from 1996 - 2000, teaching classes and assisting in
company rehearsals. Currently, she is an adjunct professor of dance at Birmingham-Southern College, since 1995.
companies in the Southeast and in California. She has taught in public and private elementary and secondary schools since 1978, as a guest
artist/teacher of dance, as well as substitute education teacher. Taught workshops in 1993-94 at Resource Learning Center. She was a principal
teacher in the first year of the Briarwood Ballet School in 1978-79 with Barbara Barker. In 1981-84, Debbie began the North Jefferson Academy of
Dance in Gardendale, Alabama. She was the principal instructor for UAB's Youth Ballet Program and taught non-major and major classes at the
University of Alabama at Birmingham from 1985 - 1994. Debbie was at the Montgomery Ballet from 1996 - 2000, teaching classes and assisting in
company rehearsals. Currently, she is an adjunct professor of dance at Birmingham-Southern College, since 1995.