Education
MFA in Dance, University of Maryland, College Park
B.A. in Performing Arts, Saint Mary鈥檚 College of California
Assistant Professor

MFA in Dance, University of Maryland, College Park
B.A. in Performing Arts, Saint Mary鈥檚 College of California
Gyrotonic庐 and Gyrokinesis庐 expansion systems
Progressing Ballet Technique庐
ABT庐-certified Teacher training (Pre-primary through Level 5)
Caroline Rocher Barnes is an assistant professor of dance at Towson University. She
trained at the Conservatoire de Montpellier in France, the Rudra B茅jart Art School
in Switzerland, and the Alvin Ailey American Dance Center in New York. In 1999, Mrs.
Rocher Barnes joined The Dance Theatre of Harlem under Arthur Mitchell's mentorship,
was promoted to Soloist in 2000, and then Principal Dancer the following year. Her
professional career extends to the Bavarian State Ballet in Germany, the Lyon Opera
Ballet in France, and Alonzo King's Lines Ballet in San Francisco. In 2001 Mrs. Rocher
Barnes was named "25 to watch" in Dance Magazine. She has taught at numerous dance
institutions worldwide, such as the Alonzo King Lines Training and Summer Programs,
the University of Oklahoma, the Bates Dance Festival, the J.F. Kennedy Center for
the Performing Arts, The Washington School of Ballet, the University of Cincinnati
Conservatory Program, the Collage Dance Collective Summer Program, George Mason University,
Howard University, Georgetown University, the LEAP Dance Academy in Cape Town South
Africa, the Conservatoire Mozart and Conservatoire de Montpellier in France, to name
a few.
Mrs. Rocher Barnes is a current member of IABD, (the International Association of
Blacks in Dance), and of CORPS de Ballet International (Council of Organized Researchers
in Pedagogical Studies of Ballet). Mrs. Rocher Barnes holds a certification in the
Gyrotonic庐 & Gyrokinesis庐 expansion systems, the FA庐 Functional Awareness method,
and the Progressing Ballet Technique庐. She is an ABT庐 Certified teacher who has completed
the ABT庐 Teacher training intensive in Pre-Primary through Level 5. Mrs. Rocher Barnes
graduated Summa Cum Laude from Saint Mary's College of California with a BA in Performing
Arts. She holds an MFA in Dance from the University of Maryland, College Park.