![]() For Immediate Release: Tuesday, May 17, 2005 |
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Contact: Christy Skeen |
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Bulgarian Born Fashion Designer Attributes Phoenix College For Her Success
(PHOENIX, Ariz., May 17, 2005) - When Galina Mihaleva immigrated to the United States in 1992 from Bulgaria, she spoke no English. Within three years she had somewhat mastered the English language and had graduated from the Phoenix College Fashion Design Program. These accomplishments were just the beginning to a successful designing career that was just around the corner. "Once I began taking classes at Phoenix College, a chain of events followed," said Mihaleva. "Really one thing led to another. I feel so blessed."
"Phoenix College has such a great program with strong roots in the fashion community," she added. "There are programs out there that cost more than $60,000 and I must say that they are not as good or as demanding of students as this one." Mihaleva's most recent success put her in direct contact with "the most widely acclaimed choreographer to emerge from the postmodern era," Trisha Brown. Mihaleva's costume designs were worn by dancers in Brown's world premiere of Motione at ASU's Galvin Playhouse. The dance company continued to showcase the production at the Lincoln Center in New York and in Holland and France. Mihaleva has also designed costumes for Ballet Arizona, Sister Sledge, and Bill T. Jones. In addition, choreographers including Jo Kreiter, Yin Mei, Neta Pulvermacher, Thadius Davis, Tere O'Connor, Ron Brown, Fred Darsow, and David Dorfman sought out her original designs.
For more information on the Phoenix College Fashion Design Program, please call 602.285.7287. ### |