Maria Rendina Frantz: dancer, teacher, choreographer and actor has worked in various mediums, including dance, theatre, performance art, film and television for the past thirty years.  Ms. Frantz studied extensively with the companies of Erick Hawkins, Martha Graham,  June Lewis and Twyla Tharp and studied choreography with Leonide Massine, Bessie Schonberg, June Lewis and Pearl Lang.  Ms. Frantz danced with Dance June Lewis & Company and with choreographers Judith Leifer and  Dan Wagoner, and several choreographers, before her first attempt at 'MotionTheatre'TM choreography in 1978. Ms. Frantz earned a M.A. in Dance and Dance Education from Columbia University and a B.A. in Dance from Point Park University.  Maria Rendina / Motion Theatre co-produced with the Pennsylvania Dance Theatre and since presented her original works in N.Y.C., Washington, D.C., Maine, New Mexico, Ohio, Pennsylvania, California and in Avignon, France.   In 1995 she founded Movement Arts in Santa Fe, NM before moving to Santa Barbara in 1997. She is a member of National Dance Association, Congress Of Research in Dance, Congress of International Dance, Screen Actors Guild, the S. B. Dance Alliance, and the S. B. Performing Arts League. Most recently Maria co-taught with Katherine Duke, Artistic Director the Erick Hawkins Dance Company the Hawkins Winter Dance Intensive in January 2009.