Here we wish to honor the artists who have taught us so much. We realize that this listing compartmentalizes what is truly a cross-categorized experience of our teachers. Rather than repeating names, we've listed them in the areas where each has influenced us the most. We also wish to acknowledge eachother, as Barbara has learned so much from Jeff, and he has also learned so much from Barbara!

Barbara with Layne Redmond inside
The Great Pyramid in Cairo

Herve Ricobono
Donald Paulson
Barry Bernstein
Arthur Hull
Jimi Two Feathers

Morwen Two Feathers
Reinhard Flatischle
Cornelia Flatischler
Dr. Karl Sperber
Kathy Thielke

"Smokey" McKeen
Valerie Naranjo
Stewart Paton
Frank Giorgini
Brian Melick
Caru Thompson
Fre Atlast

Layne Redmond
Tommy Brunjes
Glen Velez
John Bergamo
Randy Crafton

Allessandra Belloni
Bob Childs
Chris Caswell
Over a dozen Nubian and Arabic drummers while we were in Egypt

Robin Adnan
Anders Daveed Korup

Tim O'Keefe
Alexandrino DuCarmo
Airto Moreira

Jose Cortesao
Marcos Suzano

John McDowell
Judy Nielsen
Lizzy Derecktor
Annegret Baier
Janice Erickson
Barbara Gail
Babatunde Olatunji
Bob Bloom

Yaya Diallo
Kofi
"Nana" Stephan Collins
Paolo Mattioli Ubaka Hill
Shamou
Jordan Benissan
Edwina Lee Tyler
John Miller Chernoff

Birger Silsbruck
Jerry Steinholz
Doug Sole
Alan Dworsky
Betsy Sansby
Rebeca Mauleon

Kim Atkinson
Michael Wingfield
Luis Conte
Richie Gajate Garcia
Bill Mathews
Jeff Hanna

John Amira
Bonnie Devlin

Garifuna drumming
Allen "Chinny" and partner

Maroon drumming
Emmeth "Metho" Young

Othello Molineaux
Carl Chase
Eric Rollnick

Denise Bean
Becky Nordstrom
Tara McClellan
Spider Krukowski
Daphne Lowell
Peggy Schwartz

Various student teachers, faculty, and guest artists,
Five College Dance Department, Amherst, MA

Various faculty at The Institute for Contemporary Dance, Cambridge, MA

Various faculty at The Baltimore Ballet, Baltimore, MD

Ginny Parnell
Art Bridgman
Myrna Packard
Michael Foley
Various faculty at The Portland Ballet