Crystal Fullmer Curriculum Vitae

Crystal Fullmer has been teaching dance for more than 23 years at universities, private studios and conservatories.  She received her B.S. in Dance Pedagogy from the University of Idaho in 2003 and M.F.A. in Dance Choreography from the University of New Mexico in 2013. 

Fullmer’s early training began at The Jacquie Kunzman School of Ballet in Oregon City, Oregon. It was here she received her foundation in classical ballet from Ms. Kunzman, Nina Vasilieff Raimondo, and Frank Bays. 

Portrait – Choreography: Donna Jewell

Fullmer owned Northwest Dance Center, in Washington state, from 2006-2009, the only private studio in the area to offer a modern dance program in addition to a full curriculum of ballet, pointe, jazz, tap, and children’s creative classes.  Under her direction, the studio produced the full-length ballets The Sleeping Beauty, Coppelia, Les Sylphides, and The Firebird, which incorporated dancers and actors from two major universities, multiple private studios, and the community.  The students also premiered many contemporary ballet and modern works by Fullmer and guest choreographers.

Crystal was the Instructor of Dance at Washington State University (2008-2010) where she coordinated all elements of the dance program within the Department of Theatre and Dance. During her time there, enrollment more than doubled in the dance program and the biannual dance concerts grew in choreographic diversity.

In fall 2013 Fullmer joined the faculty of the dance minor program at Central Washington University. She instructed students in all levels of ballet, as well as taught courses in jazz, choreography, dance production, ballroom, beginning folk dance, and assisted with the student dance company, Orchesis.

Wishing to return to working with students majoring in dance, Fullmer accepted a position as Visiting Assistant Professor in the Department of Theatre and Dance at Alma College in the fall of 2015. At Alma College she staged excerpts from the ballets Raymonda and Coppelia, as well as Act II of Giselle. She also created several original works in both classical and contemporary genres. Courses taught at Alma College included all levels of ballet technique, pointe, and partnering, dance criticism, dance pedagogy, and dance history. She also co-directed four main-stage faculty dance concerts and two in-studio productions while at Alma.

Fullmer’s former students have been accepted into the dance programs at Cornish College of the Arts, University of Utah Department of Modern Dance, LINES Ballet at Dominican University, The Hartt School, Western Washington University, University of Idaho, University of Arizona, and University of New Mexico. Some have gone on to dance with Ballet 5:8, State Street Ballet, Ballet Idaho, ArtLab J and Third Coast Dance Company.