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Ellen Tittler

Ballroom Dance Program Cordinator
(Associate I.S.T.D.)

Ellen Tittler received her Bachelor of Science Degree in Dance from Juilliard School of Music and earned a Master's Equivalency in Health and Physical Education from her studies at NYU, LIU and Brooklyn College. In addition to Juilliard she trained at The Martha Graham School of Contemporary Dance, Alvin Ailey's American Dance Center and Luigi's. She performed in the dance companies of Pearl Lang, Ethel Winters and Lucas Hoving as well as serving as Rehearsal Director for Pearl Lang and Mary Anthony.

Ellen began teaching in 1962 as a substitute for Pearl Lang at Juilliard. She taught at Alvin Ailey's American Dance Center, NYU, Ballet Hispanico, Mary Anthony's Dance Theater and for the NYC Board of Education. Ellen was twice selected for inclusion in Who's Who of American Teachers. She now serves as an auditor for the Dance Program of New York State Council on the Arts.

Ellen has been teaching at SCDC since 1990. She studied Ballroom dance with Sandra Cameron, Bill Davies, Peter DiFalco, Paul Holmes, Steven Dougherty, Mark Kotowski and Miriam Ellis. Currently, Ellen teaches Advanced Workshop classes and team-teaches the Medal Test classes with her studio dance partner Cameron Johnson. Ellen conducts staff training for the Ballroom instructors.