About The Director
  Jim Gilleran, teacher of dance, exercise, pantomime and physical comedy, guides his students through movement with a physical eloquence that makes you laugh and learn.
   He holds certificates in Fitness, Ballroom Dancing and has a Mental-Health Certificate with a specialty in Dance-movement Therapy from Northeastern Illinois University and Riveredge Hospital. He has an M.A. in Sociology with a specialty in Gerontology from Roosevelt University in Chicago.
   Jim has traveled to the former Soviet Union to study exercise programs and lifestyles of centenarians in Azerbijian (Georgia). He has taught movement therapy and exercise programs at Loretto, Gottlieb, West Suburban and Loyola Hospitals in the Chicago area. Jim has also taught classes at Triton College, Dominican University and University of Illinois, Chicago. He is the former owner/instructor of two studios—in Oak Park, Illinois and Hilton Head, South Carolina.
   Jim currently teaches at Blue Ridge Community College. He is director of fitness activities for the Sammy Williams Center in Hendersonville, North Carolina.

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