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Cassandra Phifer was an original member of the Dance Theatre of Harlem where she rose through the ranks to principal dancer, receiving critical acclaim in Valerie Bettis’ “Streetcar Named Desire”, Agnes De Mille’s “Fall River Legend”, as well as George Balanchine’s “Serenade” and “Four Temperaments.” In 1994 she joined the faculty of New York University’s Tisch School of the Arts and in 1998 the faculty at Marymount Manhattan College. Among her other teaching credits are Sarah Lawrence College, Alvin Ailey American Dance Center, Ballet Hispanico, as well as numerous master classes and workshops nationally and internationally.
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