Welcome to Theatre at Eastern Oregon University
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Beckie Thompson-Hendrickson danceteacherbeckie@yahoo.com
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Beckie is an adjunct faculty/guest choreographer who began training in ballet at the age of 3 and was dancing professionally by her teens. She has danced with the former Portland Ballet Theatre and Portland Repertory Theatre with special solo appearances in My Fair Lady, Kiss Me Kate, and The Music Man to name a few. She has over 30 years experience as a professional dancer, teacher, choreographer and coach. Beckie says that her two children are her greatest accomplishments! Her daughter Daisy is a dancer for the Portland Trail Blazers and her son George is a singer, songwriter living in New York. In 1980, she opened Beckie's Studio of Dance and coached and choreographed the La Grande High School's Competitive Dance Team for ten years. She was an artist in residence at Luigi Galvani Institute in Quito Ecuador teaching dance to over 350 school children in 2004. She also served as adjudicator for the Portland Trail Blazers danceteam finals in selecting their 06-07 & 07-08 teams. She has been resident choreographer and instructor for the EOU Theatre Program since 1994 choreographing such shows as The Scarlet Pimpernel, Fiddler On the Roof, Coyote Tales and As You Like It. Most recently, she choreographed EOU's production of Pippin . |
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