TBC Guest Artists

TBC Guest Artists vary each year, showcasing new and established collaborations with wonderful dancers, actors, singers, composers, videographers and designers.

TBC Staff

Paula Bliss (ArtSmart Lead Teacher and Mentor) teaches Children's Dance at San Jose State University and professional development workshops for Santa Clara Department of Education. She taught for Dance Force in San Mateo and for Spectra Plus, a program with Gault Elementary School and the Santa Cruz County Cultural Council, the first local program to infuse the arts into the curriculum. Paula is currently teaching music and movement at Mountain Elementary School. She has been performing and teaching with Tandy Beal and Co. for over two decades.

Saki Tamao (Lead Teacher, Kindness Project and ArtSmart) earned her BFA in Modern Dance at the University of Utah. She worked as a dancer and arts educator for Pickle Family Circus & TBC. She is currently Director of Dance for WEST Theatre and a performer and teacher with Dr. Shaffer & Mr. Stern Dance Company. She is a member of the Artist/Teacher Partnership program for the Santa Cruz County Office of Education and developed arts curricula for the SC Arts Council. She has been on the SPECTRA Arts Education roster for 20+ years and has taught in over 50 schools. 

Rebecca Blair (Managing Director, Rehearsal Director, Stage Manager) was awarded a Ford Foundation Scholarship to study at the School of American Ballet and the Harkness House Ballet School in New York City. She was a charter member of Maria Tallchief's Chicago City Ballet and the Lyric Opera Ballet Company, dancing soloist roles. Rebecca has been teaching adult and children’s ballet classes in Santa Cruz since 1991.  She is currently the Stage Manager and Rehearsal Director for Tandy Beal and Company. She has Stage Managed for many local dance studios, Cabrillo College Dance Concerts, as well as the Alvin Ailey Camp at Cal Performances Zellerbach in Berkeley.

Micha Scott (Lead Teacher, ArtSmart) As a 13-year senior member with Garth Fagan Dance, Micha Scott has performed and taught master classes worldwide. She has been a soloist with Tandy Beal & Company, and a featured dancer in the PBS special ‘Griot New York’ with famed composer and trumpeter Wynton Marsalis. Micha has taught dance at SUNY Brockport, Rochester School of the Arts, SCU, UCSC, Cabrillo College, public schools, and private studios. Her choreography has been commissioned by Santa Clara University, Cabrillo College, the Absolute Dance Company, and Monterey and Seaside High School. Micha is Artistic Director at Tannery World Dance and Cultural Center, the founder and Artistic Director of Empire Dance Company, dance instructor at Dancenter, and lead teacher with Tandy Beal & Company’s ArtSmart program.

Current Board of Trustees

• Maggie Collins (Board President) Financial Administrator, UCSC, Retired (Santa Cruz)

• Lyn Cavanagh Olson (Vice President), Santa Cruz/Silicon Valley New Teacher Project Mentor, PVUSD Visual and Performing Arts Coordinator, Elementary School Teacher, Retired (Aptos)

• Rebecca Blair, (Secretary) Managing Director/Stage Manager TBC, former Ballet Mistress Chicago City Ballet (Santa Cruz)

• Tandy Beal (founding member), Performer/Choreographer/Director (Zayante)

• Linda Butters, Manager, Il Fornaio Restaurant (Carmel)

• Sheila Cliff, MA Special Ed, Arts teacher (Santa Cruz)

• Patrick Lei, Caterer (Scotts Valley)

• Steve Principe, Mortgage Broker, Former Owner Vino Cruz (Santa Cruz)

• Mary Saxon, Publicist, Producer (Aptos and LA)

• Jon Scoville (founding member), Composer (Zayante)

• Frank Widman, Senior Trainer, UC Santa Cruz, Retired (Boulder Creek)

NATIONAL ADVISORY BOARD

Gladys Bailin Sheila Baumgarten, former manager of TBC and Pickle Family Circus, former Program officer at Koret Foundation (Santa Cruz) Paulo Brandao, Musician (Rio De Janeiro, Brazil) Marc Lawton, Ministry of Education (Paris) Bobby McFerrin, Singer  (Philadelphia, PA)
Ellen Sevy, Feldenkreis Practitioner (LA)
Peggy Snider, Co-Founder of Pickle Family Circus, Sculptor (Santa Cruz)
Jeanne Wakatsuki Houston, Author, Farewell to Manzanar (Santa Cruz)

Past Leadership Circles

ArtSmart: Sarah Brothers, Cheryl Caspe, Liz Cass, Sheila Cliff, Jenny Dowd, Brynne Flidais, Susan Freeman, Paula Mahoney, Fred Mindlin, Meridian Negilski, Esteban Ortiz, Pamela Randall, Cheryl Caspe, Sheila Cliff, Maggie Collins, Sonia Deetz, Tom Ellison, Stephanie Locke, Esteban Ortiz, Ramon Pulido, Pam Randall, Beth Riley, Meg Sandow, Micha Scott, Laurel Shastri, June Smith, Carmela Woll 

First Saturday Family Concert Series: Daniel Jadick, Carol King, Sandy Lansdale, Stephanie Locke, Steve Principe, Jennifer Radakovich, Kelsey Ramage, Chavela del Rio, Alan Savat

40 Odd Moves: Courtney Barrett, Roberta Bristol, Mary Brooks, Rosejoanne Cirincone, Maggie Collins, Virginia Lee, Becca Reed, Kathy Runyon, Maya Sapper, Mary Saxon, Saki Tamao

40th Anniversary Reception: Roberta Bristol, Sheila Cliff,  Maggie Collins, Stephanie Golino, Virginia Lee, Paula Mahoney, Diane Marvin, Val Miranda, Steve Principe, Pamela Randall, Jane Real, Chavela del Rio, Kathy Runyon, Mary Saxon, Micha Scott, Saki Tamao

FutureThink: Nancy Abrams, Maureen Davidson, Jinx Deruisa, Diane Grunes, Sherry Halperin, Holly Blue Hawkins, Ann Hazels, Andrea Lehrer, Marla Stone Lyons, Marti Mariette, Nada Miljkovic, Val Miranda, Micha Scott, Judy Slattum, Made Suriya, Sharon Willis, Nancy Worcester

HereAfterHere: Julie Boudreau, Roberta Bristol, Rose Joanne, Maggie Collins, Stephanie Golino, Alexandra Kennedy, JJ Porter, Martha Rabin, Jane Real, Emily Reilly, Carolyn Reynolds, Alan Savat, Mary Saxon, Te Smith, Alexandra Snyder, Marla Stone, Frank Widman

Past Sponsors

Arts Council Santa Cruz County, Bill Graham Memorial Foundation, California Arts Council's Creative California Communities, Community Foundation of Santa Cruz County, David and Lucile Packard Foundation, Downtown Association of Santa Cruz, Fleishhacker Foundation, Good Times Santa Cruz, Greater New Haven Foundation,  KUSP Central Coast Public Radio, Monterey Youth Foundation, National Endowment for the Arts, Carolyn Hyatt, Maggie Collins, Jasmine Berke and Scott Roseman, Faye Crosby (Cowell College Provost) and Cowell College (UCSC).