DANCE ALUM - Visiting dance instructor teaches for semester

By Megan Favignano 
The Webster University Journal
February 1, 2012

This spring, the Webster University dance ensemble spring concert will include a traditional folk dance for the first time. Leonard Cruz, guest assistant professor in the dance department, will help choreograph the dance at the spring concert.

“It’s exciting for me to be able to share my heritage and my culture to students,” Cruz said.

This is Cruz’s first semester at Webster. One of his classes focuses on the dances of the Philippines.

Cruz is a Filipino-born dancer who began dancing at the age of four.  At 17, he had the opportunity to perform at the Kennedy Center for former President Ronald Reagan after being named a presidential scholar in the arts...

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