Amanda Clark is a Professor and Dance Program Coordinator at Western Kentucky University, where she teaches all levels of jazz and tap dance technique, along with dance theory coursework. She received a MFA in Dance from the University of Oklahoma and a BPA in Dance Performance from Oklahoma City University. Amanda's choreography has been presented nationally and internationally and encompasses a mix of classical and contemporary approaches within the jazz and tap dance genres. Amanda's primary research interests lie in the history and pedagogy of jazz and tap dance. Sara Pecinais the Director of Dance at Berry College. Shereceived her MFA in Dance from the University of Oklahoma and graduated with a BA in Dance from Western Kentucky University.She has presented research on thehistory and pedagogyofjazz and tap dance bothnationally and internationally at various dance conferences including both the National Dance Education Organization and the Dance Studies Association annual conferences. Sara is a certified mat Pilates instructor and has also trained to teach Dance for Parkinson's Disease with Mark Morris Dance Group and in the American Tap Dance Foundation's Rhythm Tap Teacher Program.