Performing Arts Speakers
Peter Pallis is the Non-Traditional Academic Advisor in the Academic Advisement & Transfer Center. Pallis is also one of the founding members of the band AnAkA who have two studio albums and whose video, *Erase*, went to number one for rock on MTV.
Diane Dowling is a professor and the Theatre Program Coordinator in the Speech, Communications and Theatre Arts Department. An actor and director Dowling has appeared in numerous productions. She regularly directs BMCC theatre productions.
Elspeth Brown is a BMCC and Hunter College graduate. Dancing since the age of three she has danced in the Pittsburgh Ballet Theater. Recently, she founded Eyes of a Blue Dog, a modern dance company that melds classical, jazz, hip-hop and other genres.
Susana Powell is the chair of the Speech, Communications and Theatre Department. She has a bachelor of art degree at Bristol University, and a doctorate at the CUNY Graduate Center. A Shakespearean expert she has published and lectured extensively on his plays.
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