Joan Halpert

Costume Designer, Dance Instructor

B.S., Dance/Theatre, Skidmore College
M.F.A. Program, Costume Design, Boston University
Adelphi University: with a concentration in Classical Ballet and West African Dance
The American Ballet Center, School of American Ballet Theatre: Classical Ballet The Fiedel School : Modern Dance Andre Eglevsky: Classical Ballet

E-mail: jhalpert@stonehill.edu
Phone: (508) 565-1055
Office: Duffy, 100

Ms. Halpert has been dancing, teaching, and designing for over thirty years. Her costume credits include more than 60 plays as well as the Muppets film, A Dark Crystal. She has designed and built costumes for professional theatre (e.g., Playwrights Horizons, NY, The Lyric Stage, Boston, Massachusetts), and taught both dance and theater at North Adams State College, Williams College, Graham Junior College, Jersey City State College, Boston University and Stonehill College.

Ms. Halpert was originally trained in the Vaganova technique with Andre Eglevsky, former principal male dancer of The New York City Ballet.She continued her ballet studies at Adelphi University, Skidmore College, American Ballet Center. She learned Graham techniques at the Fiedel School, and Skidmore College.

Recent Projects & Exhibits:

  • Costumes designed for "Frankenstein Virtuoso" and "Dancing at Lughnasa"
  • Beyond The Footlights, Cushing Martin Gallery, Stonehill College
  • The Robert Bennet Forbes House, Milton, Ma.
  • The Faculty Art Exhibit, Cushing Martin Gallery, Stonehill College

Recent Awards, Grants & Professional Activities:

Courses Taught:

  • VPT 308 Costume Design
  • VPT 205 Stagecraft
  • VPT 305 Advanced Stagecraft
  • VPD 141 Dance & Movement