PAM WALDEN, Guest Teacher, has been dancing all her life and teaching dance in higher education since 1985, when she joined the faculty of San Jose State University, California. She has been on the faculty of Smith College, University of Georgia, Western Kentucky University and in 2007 joined the Illinois State School of Theatre. With a diverse background in jazz and modern techniques, she has trained and danced professionally in New York, Philadelphia, Atlanta, Los Angeles, San Francisco, San Jose, Mexico and Japan. Her choreography crosses all dance genres, from contemporary ballet to musical theatre and has been performed at national and international venues, including the Kennedy Center, Washington D.C. and the Theatreo Traiano in Civitavecchia, Italy.

Dr. Walden holds a Bachelors degree from Randolph-Macon Woman's College, where she trained with Graham dancer, Helen McGehee. Her Masters degree from San Jose State culminated in an award-winning thesis on Pina Bausch in 1988. She received her Doctorate Degree in Dance Education from Temple University where her interest in somatics was further realized in her dissertation on Authentic Movement.

Pamela's most recent sojourn was in the Last Frontier with the Anchorage Opera and the Alaska Dance Theatre.

Ultimately, I am committed to investigating dance as an art form, celebrating the body and the power of movement within our lives.