University at Buffalo - The State University of New York

PHOTO: DONNA LONGENECKER

Laid Back Ladies

Instructor Susan Quinn (left) puts dancers through their paces, giving individual and group pointers during the Jazz Dance World Congress hosted by UB last week. Quinn trained under the famed Gus Giordano, becoming a faculty member and principal dancer with Gus Giordano Jazz Dance Chicago, and later becoming the company's associate artistic director. Quinn also owned a professional school and became founding co-director of First City Dance Theatre, the only jazz company funded by the State of Florida.