Gerri Houlihan (Contemporary Dance) Geri Houlihan began her professional career at the Juilliard School, where she studied with Antony Tudor and members of the Martha Graham and José Limón dance companies. She has performed with the Metropolitan Opera Ballet Company and Paul Sanasardo Dance Company and spent five years as a soloist with Lars Lubovitch Dance Company. From 1991 to 1999 she directed her own company.