PATRICIA BERREND
Director / Ballet / Pointe
PATRICIA BERREND is the former Associate Director of the Washington School of Ballet and a Washington School of Ballet alumna. Her fifteen years of professional experience included companies in Kiel, Bremen, and Hamburg, Germany, as well as in Washington, DC.
Unveiling and Fostering Hidden Talents & Inspiring Creative Thinkers
Berrend Dance Centre has gained the reputation of being one of the Washington Metropolitan Area's finest dance schools. The Centre is under the direction of Patricia Berrend, former Associate Director of The Washington School of Ballet. She brings a wealth of knowledge and experience from her 28-year association with The Washington School of Ballet, as well as from her professional dance career and involvement with the local dance community.
Her exceptional ability as a teacher has been nationally recognized by such institutions as the White House Commission on Presidential Scholars and the National Foundation for the Arts. Berrend's former students are members of dance companies worldwide and, with her coaching, have received numerous prizes and awards in the most prestigious international ballet competitions.
PROGRAMS
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PAM PAUKER
SCHOLARSHIP FUND
Director / Ballet / Pointe
A Pam Pauker Scholarship Fund at the Berrend Dance Centre has been established and will be administered by The Laurel Fund for the performing arts and your donations are welcome. The Laurel Fund for the performing arts is a 501(3) organization, so donations to the Pam Pauker Scholarship Fund are tax deductible to the extent that the law provides. Please make checks out to The Laurel Fund for the performing arts and mail to :
Elvi Moore, The Laurel Fund
5801 Nicholson Lane, # 534
North Bethesda, Maryland 20852