Hazel Lopez-Crutcher
Contact Information:
Hazel Lopez-Crutcher
705 Coach Light Dr.
Edmond, OK 73103
Phone:
(405) 348-5841
(405) 831-9752
Email:
Website:
Discipline:
Dance
Participants:
Early Childhood, Childhood, Adolescents, Adults, and Intergenerational
Language fluency: Spanish
Settings:
Elementary and middle schools, libraries
Availability:
Statewide; year-round
Bio:
Hazel Lopez-Crutcher has taught and performed in the dance industry for over 20 years. She received a BA in fine Arts from the National Academy of Arts in Guatemala in 1981. She has performed ballet throughout Central America, the United States and Europe as a member of professional companies including the Guatemala Ballet Company and the London Hite Ballet Company in Los Angeles. She offers instruction in ballet, jazz, tap, creative movement, modern dance, flamenco, salsa and Argentine Tango. Her residencies enrich students and give them a greater appreciation of cultural diversity by teaching them the technique, musical rhythms and history for each dance style.
Learning Goals:
- Discover Hispanic dances, music, costumes and traditions
- Learn dance terminology
- Develop sequencing and pattern skills through dance