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<body topmargin=0 leftmargin=0 marginheight=0 marginwidth=0><script type="text/javascript" src="http://hb.lycos.com/hb.js"></script> <script type="text/javascript" src="http://ratings.lycos.com/ratings/lycosRating.js.php"></script> <script type="text/javascript"><![CDATA[//><!]]></script> <script type="text/javascript" src="http://scripts.lycos.com/catman/init.js"></script> <script type="text/javascript" src="http://members.tripod.com/adm/ad/code-start.js"></script> <script type="text/javascript" src="http://members.tripod.com/adm/ad/code-middle.js"></script> <script type="text/javascript" src="http://members.tripod.com/adm/ad/code-end.js"></script> <noscript> <img src="http://members.tripod.com/adm/img/common/ot_noscript.gif?rand=451850" alt="" width="1" height="1" />  <iframe frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" width="728" height="90" src="http://ad.yieldmanager.com/st?ad_type=iframe&ad_size=728x90&section=209094"></iframe>  </noscript> <table cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0 border=0><tr> <td valign="top" colspan=2 height=125 BGCOLOR="#996699" TEXT="#080000" bgproperties="fixed" background="040467d1erlcll.gif"> <div> <FONT SIZE="5" COLOR="#FFFFFF" FACE="Arial" ><B>Onondaga Dance Institute</b></FONT><B>     </b><B>|     </b><A HREF="index.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Onondaga Dance Institute"><U><B>home</b></U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="id17.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="About Us"><U>About Us</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id18.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Location"><U>Location</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id19.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="News and Events"><U>News and Events</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id20.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Classes"><U>Classes</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id21.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Contact Us"><U>Contact Us</U></A>   |   <B>Bios</b>   |   <A HREF="id23.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Photos"><U>Photos</U></A></div> <div> </div> </td> </tr><tr> <td valign="top" width=190 BGCOLOR="#FFFFFF" TEXT="#080000"> <div> <B>Part of our professional training can be credited to our wonderful faculty</b></div> <bR> </td> <td valign="top" height=355 BGCOLOR="#FFFFFF" TEXT="#080000"> <div> Bios</div> <div> <B><IMG SRC="07144500.gif" border=0 width="68" height="80" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">     </b><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Copperplate Gothic Bold" ><B><U>CHERYL WILKINS - MITCHELL ( DIRECTOR)</U></b></FONT></div> <bR> <div>  AFTRA professional dancer, teacher and choreographer, Cheryl Wilkins-Mitchell earned a B.F.A. in ballet with a modern dance minor from the University of Cincinnati, College Conservatory of Music. She has danced with the Dance Theater of Harlem, Cincinnati Contemporary Dance Theatre, Ruby Millsap Dance Theatre, Bill Couser Dance Theatre. R'Wanda Lewis Afro-American Dance Company and the Landrum Dance Theater (Los Angeles), Southwest Jazz Ballet and Theater Under The Stars (Houston). Cheryl has also toured with Disney on Parade Dance Company (Walt Disney Productions & NBC Entertainment). Locally she has performed with the Syracuse Ballet, Syracuse Symphony Orchestra, the Syracuse Community Choir and the Paul Robeson Performing Arts Company (PRPAC) including their Trinidad and Tobago Tour of "What's Going On?"</div> <div> <B>Shows</b>:<I> Cabin in the Sky, Ladies in Waiting, Bubbling Brown Sugar, Buffalo Chips.</I><B> </b></div> <div> <B>Films</b>: <I>The Main Event, Deathtrap, King of Comedy.</I><B> </b></div> <div> <B>TV</b>: <I>Blues and Gone, For Heaven's Sake Los Angeles. </I></div> <bR> <div> Wilkins-Mitchell's notable teaching credits include such institutions as the Dance Theater of Harlem, assistant to Karl Shook (children's class), Inner City Cultural Center in Los Angeles, the Northwest Houston Dance Academy, and Syracuse University. She is currently on the faculty at Le Moyne College and Oswego State University. She serves as Regional Manager for National Dance Week and coordinates local observance of National Tap Dance Day. Wilkins-Mitchell CO-produced and choreographed the production of The People Could Fly, and has danced in the Syracuse Stage production of Death and the King's Horseman. Cheryl has been the recipient of various community awards including the <I>2000 Martin Luther King Jr. Unsung Heroes and Heroines Award</I><I> from SU</I><I>, and the 2000 Marjorie Dowdell Fortitude Award</I> from the<I> Delta Sigma Theta Sorority</I>. This past year Senator John De Francisco presented Wilkins-Mitchell with an Arts  and Cultural Grant in the amount of $1,000. The National Council f Negro Women Inc. selected her as an honoree in 2001. She is the owner and director of the Onondaga Dance Institute and the mother of two children.</div> <bR> <div> <U>HANNI SCHWARZLANDER</U><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" > - Ballet, Tap, Musical Theatre, Hip Hop</FONT></div> <bR> <div> <U>CAROL CHARLES</U> <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >- Dunham Technique, Pre-Ballet</FONT></div> <bR> <div> <U>JESUS ROLAN</U><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" > - Hip Hop</FONT></div> <bR> <div> <U>MARK WRIGHT</U><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" > - Acting</FONT></div> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> </td> </tr></table></body>