Adjudicators
PHYLLIS LAMHUT is an active member of the United States dance community. A choreographer of over 100 works, she is dedicated to the exploration of motion and its kinetic expression. Ms. Lamhut received her professional training in dance technique, improvisation, choreography, percussion, notation and stagecraft from Alwin Nikolais at the Henry Street Settlement Playhouse. She has also studied with Merce Cunningham and Zena Rommett. She was a principal dancer with the Nikolais Dance Theatre for twenty years and a leading dancer with the Murray Louis Dance Company. In 1970 she incorporated the Phyllis Lamhut Dance Company. As a member of the Nikolais, Louis and Lamhut Companies, she performed all over the world on concert stages and television, winning critical acclaim for her artistry of motion talents as a comedienne, and versatile choreographic range. She is considered one on the finest teachers in dance and her Master Classes, Lectures and Workshops are in demand around the world. She has directed the National Association of Regional Ballet Craft of Choreography Conference, the National Canadian Composer/Choreographer Seminar, the Carlisle Project “New Impulses” choreography workshop. She was an Artistic Director of the Dance and Music Workshop in Jerusalem, Israel and was invited to participate in the 1999 Venice Biennale “MoveMan” Project. She has participated in the Joyce Soho Residency Program as a Choreography Mentor to Bebe Miller, Mark Dendy, Wally Cardona, Donna Uchizono Zvi Gotheiner, Reggie Wilson and in Philadelphia for Susan Hess Modern Dance Residency Program Her choreography has been mounted on the Jose Limon Dance Company, Ririe-Woodbury Dance Company, New Orleans Dance, Theatre Ballet of Canada and on many solo artists. Ms. Lamhut is a recipient of a Guggenheim Fellowship and has received grants from the Creative Artists Public Service Program, New York State Council on the Arts and the New York Foundation for the Arts. She has been awarded music grants from the Mary Flagler Cary Trust, Meet The Composer’s Composer/Choreography Project. The National Endowment for the Arts has honored her with sixteen Choreography Fellowships. She has served on the National Endowment for the Arts Overview and Mentor panels, The Pew Charitable Trust National Dance Project and the New York Foundation for the Arts Artists Advisory Board. She is published in the Kansas Journal of Law and Public Policy, The New Dance Review, Ballet Review, Poor Dancers Almanac and Dance USA. Phyllis Lamhut presently teaches choreography and improvisation at New York University Tisch School of the Arts.

CHRISTOPHER D'AMBOISE has worked extensively as a choreographer, director and dancer. As a Principal dancer in the New York City Ballet, he worked closely with George Balanchine and Jerome Robbins dancing all the major roles as well as originating several new works. On Broadway he co-starred with Bernadette Peters in Andrew Lloyd Webber’s Song and Dance (Tony Award Nomination). From 1990-94 He was Artistic Director, President and CEO of the Pennsylvania Ballet where he presented over 30 productions of classic repertoire as well as commissioned 20 new works of contemporary choreographers. As a Choreographer, he has created over 50 ballets for companies’ world wide including, The San Francisco Ballet, The Het National Ballet in Amsterdam, The Royal Ballet of Flanders. His latest premiere was with the New York City Ballet. His Choreography for theater includes: The original production of High Society, and Terrence Mann’s Romeo & Juliet. He is currently developing a New Musical with Cat Stevens. His Television credits include two appearances on the “Kennedy Center Honors”, where he performed most recently in honor of his father Jacques d’Amboise and previously to honor mentor Jerome Robbins. His other television appearances include: “Live from Studio 8H”, and the Oscar and Emmy Award-winning film “He Makes Me Feel Like Dancing."

KRAIG PATTERSON was born in Trenton, New Jersey. He was inspired to pursue a career in dance after performing in high school musicals. He continued his formal dance training via scholarships from The Princeton Ballet, The Ailey School, The Graham School and The Cunningham Studio. He received his B.F.A. from The Juilliard School in 1986, joined the Mark Morris Dance Group in 1987 and danced with the company until 1999. Mr. Patterson, also known as bopi, has performed with Mark Haim, The Danny Lewis Repertory Ensemble, Ohad Naharin, and The White Oak Dance Project. In 1996, Mikhail Baryshnikov invited Kraig to choreograph a new piece for The White Oak Dance Project, “make like a tree…”  He went on to create three additional works for the company. Mr. Patterson also served as artist in residence at George Mason University, Princeton University, Cornish College for the Arts, and Barnard/Columbia Colleges, among others. He has been a guest faculty member at Barnard/Columbia College, Sarah Lawrence College, The International Summer School of Dance-Japan, and American Dance Festival. Kraig started his own dance company in 1996, bopi's black sheep / dances by kraig patterson, which is currently in residence at Borough Manhattan Community College's Tribeca Theater.

Anonymity Reminder for Conference Participants
The adjudication process is structured to insure that the adjudicators do not know the names of schools or choreographers presenting work in the adjudication concerts. This ACDFA policy allows the selection process to be as objective as possible. In order to keep the integrity of this policy and process in tact through the adjudicators’ final decision, it is necessary to ask all conference participants to avoid conversation with adjudicators about the adjudicated dances, the adjudication process, or their comments during the feedback session. In addition, please do not discuss your school's programs or your own work with the adjudicators. Your full cooperation is being requested for the enjoyment of all conference participants, including the adjudicators!