Dorothy Jungels was born in Chicago, Illinois in the 1930's and is known for her contribution in dance. She started taking ballet classes when she was 15, attended Alverno College in Wisconsin, and moved to Providence when her husband became a professor at RISD, where she later taught dance. In 1975, she got a job with the Rhode Island State Council for the Arts teaching dance to the elderly, and studied with Katherine Dunham. After teaching at RISD, she was instrumental in beginning the Everett Dance Theater in 1986; she remains the creative director there, and has been named one of the eight most influential people in the arts in Providence by the Providence Phoenix. The company has performed a number of all-original touring shows, including The Science Project and Somewhere in the Dream.
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