Timothy Ryan, 2010 Distinguished Alumnus
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Timothy Ryan is director and co-founder of Center for Movement Arts in Portland, Oregon. Since 1997, the Center for Movement Arts has been dedicated to bringing excellence in dance education to children and adults in a positive nurturing atmosphere. With a growing student body of more than 400 students, the Center for Movement Arts strives to develop technically and artistically strong dancers, intelligent dance audiences, and enthusiastic dance supporters.
Ryan has taught dance since 1977 in public and private schools in both Portland and Eugene. He received a graduate teaching fellowship and earned his M.S. and B.S. in Dance, emphasizing pedagogy, from the University of Oregon. He completed his post-graduate study, as one of five students accepted from a pool of 5,000 applicants, at the Royal Academy of Dance Teachers College in London.
Ryan began studying ballet in 1974 and is conversant in English, Vagonova, and Bournonville styles. Ryan has studied ballet under noted teachers and artists, including John O'Brian (RAD), Susan Zadoff (Ballet Russe de Monte Carlo), Oleg Briansky (Bolshoi Ballet), Melissa Hayden (Royal Ballet), Robert Irwin (American Ballet Theater), Toni Pimble (RAD/Eugene Ballet), Pamela Hayes (RAD/Sacramento Ballet), and Edna Odum (North Carolina School for the Arts).
Ryan has danced with Eugene Ballet, Ballet Oregon, Oregon Ballet Theater, and St. Clair and Co. Dance. He has been a featured soloist in The Nutcracker, Bolero, Pulcinella, Cinderella, Coppelia, and Seven Deadly Sins. In Portland, he has twice served as a grant review panelist for the Regional Arts and Culture Council.
Ryan's students have been accepted at many prestigious schools, including Houston Ballet, San Francisco School of Ballet, Juilliard, Boston Ballet, North Carolina School of the Arts, The Harrid Conservatory, San Francisco Conservatory of Dance, Lines Ballet, Chicago Ballet, Goucher College, Interlochen Arts Academy, and The Joffrey Ballet.
| DISTINGUISHED ALUM AWARDS Given annually and presented at commencement. The award is given in honor of continued service to the school, honor to the school, and service to the community. |
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| 2011 | Mira Frohnmayer Mary Seereiter, Dance |
| 2010 | Doree Jarboe Timothy Ryan, Dance |
| 2009 | Richard Benedum Ann Rodiger , MS Dance |
| 2008 | Larry Gookin Barbara Sellers-Young, Dance |
| 2007 | Ray Miller, Dance Edgardo Simone |
| 2006 | Terry Kuhn Dianne Markham, Dance |
| 2005 | Julie Anne McCornack Sadie Tiffany Mills, Dance |
| 2004 | Barry McNabb, Dance Richard M. Smith |
| 2003 | Allan Eugene Aitken |
| 2002 | Richard Fuller |
| 2001 | Charlotte Plummer Owen |
| 2000 | Janet Towner, Dance |
| 1999 | David Schrader |
| 1998 | Jon Appleton |
| 1997 | Lynn Sjolund |
| 1996 | Doug Orme |
| 1995 | Jerold Ottley |
| 1994 | Gene Slayter |
| 1993 | MarAbel Frohnmayer |
