Jocelyn Buchanan
Associate Artistic Director
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Ms. Buchanan received her training from Pamela Meadows in Arizona and Marie Vegh of Marin Ballet. She holds a Bachelors of Fine Arts in Dance from Arizona State University. She has performed with The Martha Graham Company and with The Murray Louis Company. She has performed and been on the faculty of dancing in Nicolas Pacaña's Summers Eve. Audiences will remember her from her interpretations of Atlanta Festival Ballet's "Arabian" in The Nutcracker and the Lilac Fairy in The Sleeping Beauty. As a faculty member she has been very instrumental in building the confidence and dance appreciation of the students in the open school program. In her position as Associate Artistic Director; she works with the Artistic Directors in planning, scheduling, casting and rehearsing the ballet productions and bringing them to the stage; as well as guiding, reviewing and overseeing the placement and development of students in the ballet program.