Our Mission: to provide the Hampton Roads community and surrounding regions professional dance and dance education, advancing the discipline, tradition, and integrity of historical dance pieces, as well as promoting creativity via future works and the next generation of dancers.

2007-08 Officers and Board of Directors

Deborah Thorpe, President,  info@trdance.org
Chair, Dance Department of The Governor's School for the Arts; Horizons Circle for Children's Hospital

Kathy Lasakow, Treasurer, kbl@141.com
School Administrator, TRDance Center;Faculty,The Governor's School for the Arts; Faculty,
Old Dominion University; Volunteer, Ghent Elementary School

Helene Uhlfelder, PH.D., Secretary, hfuhlfelder@cox.net	
American Managment Association; OD Network;APA (American Psychological Association); Virginia Arts
Festival Board (2000-2002)

Todd Rosenlieb, Artistic Director, trosenlieb@aol.com
Director, TRDance Center & Pilates Center;Faculty,The Governor's School for the Arts, Member, 
Downtown Norfolk Council 

Ricardo Melendez, ricar70666@aol.com
Faculty,The Governor's School for the Arts;Artist,Theatre Workshop Group;Dancer,Todd RosenliebDance

Lorraine Graves, lagraves1313@aol.com 	
President, Norfolk Commission on the Arts & Humanities;Faculty,The Governor's School for the Arts

Paul Lasakow, paul.lasakow@gmail.com

David Lauwson 
Vice President - Industrial Products, Norfolk Southern Corporation

Jenilee Harris,CPO,USN, Ret., jharris@vbgov.com	
Retired Naval Chief Petty Office;Military Liason, Virginia Parks & 
Recreation Society

Kyle Taylor, GDWHANDS@aol.com	
Massage Therapist

Susan Hunter, PH.D., shunter@quincy.edu
Dean, Community Health, Quincy Community College

Lisbet Hanson,MD.,lhansonmd@aol.com

Manuela Mourao, PH.D.,mmourao@odu.edu
Associate Professor of English, Old Dominion University

Ed Jacobs, PH.D., ejacobs@odu.edu
Associate Professor of English, Old Dominion University

Allison Whitmore, allisonwhitmore@cox.net
Interior Design;Volunteer, The Williams School

Chip Gallagher, cgallagher@mac.com
Department Chair, The Governor's School for the Arts

Advisory Board

Randy Axelrod, MD., rcaxelrod@cox.net

Terri Axelrod, tjaxelrod@cox.net

Donna Englestad, dmenglestad@hotmail.com

Gayla Zukevich, meadowrise6@cox.net