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Douglas
Corbin holds BA and MA degrees form Hunter
College, City University if New York. After early
piano studies with with Dr. Claudette Valentine in
his hometown Omaha, Nebraska, Doug moved to New York
City, where he won widespread acclaim for his work
with many major companies and schools, including the
Alvin Ailey School, the School of American Ballet,
the Martha Graham School, American Ballet Theatre,
and many others. Doug continued piano studies with
jazz pianist Joanne Brackeen and composer Andrew
Hill, and began teaching music at the City College
of New York, Bronx Community College and Manhattan
Community College. Doug Corbin is currently on the
faculty of Florida State University.
In 1995, Doug was invited by Merce Cunningham to provide music for the Cunningham company classes. He also accompanied Maya Plisetskaya's historic first master classes in New York City. His collaboration with tap dance legend Paul Draper was the subject of a PBS special, "Paul Draper on Tap." In Europe, Doug works at dance workshops such as Arena Summer Dance in Zürich, Henny Jüriens Stichting in Amsterdam, and the Bartolin Ballet Seminar in Copenhagen. He has lead workshops on music for dance throughout the U.S., Asia and Europe, and made more than twenty recordings of music for ballet class. |
| Order # | Title | Teacher | Pianist | Format |
| 8711C | In the Spirit of Dance CD |
David Howard | Douglas Corbin | CD |
| 9225C |
25th Anniversary CD |
David Howard | Douglas Corbin | CD |
| 9225D |
25th Anniversary DVD |
David Howard | Douglas Corbin | DVD |
| 9429C |
Favorites CD |
David Howard | Douglas Corbin | CD |
| 9429D |
Favorites DVD | David Howard | Douglas Corbin | DVD |
| 9430C |
First Class Vol. 2 CD |
Nancy Bielski |
Douglas Corbin | CD |
| 9430D |
First Class Vol. 2 DVD |
Nancy Bielski | Douglas Corbin | DVD |
| 9535C |
David & Doug - Music for Ballet
Class CD |
David Howard | Douglas Corbin | CD |
| 9535D |
David & Doug - Music for Ballet
Class DVD |
David Howard | Douglas Corbin | DVD |