Transforming lives through dance
Educational Programs Manager
Originally from Pennsylvania, Morgan started studying dance at a young age and quickly discovered it was more than a hobby, but a passion. She continued to explore her interest in college Read more…
Development Coordinator
Casey graduated with honors from Pitzer College with a degree in Dance and Sociology. She has a long history in dance and art education, beginning with her first ballet class at age three. Read more…
Operations Manager
Kalinda is a professional arts manager and dance artist living in Brooklyn, New York. Born and raised in Nothern Vermont, Kalinda started studying dance at the age of seven. Read more…
Director of Marketing & Communications
Passionate about connecting people, Leigh works across communications and performing arts management between the Midwest and NYC. Her background includes dance/theater performance and choreography, visual design, production, sculpture, and large-scale puppetry.
Aliya Perry received a Bachelor of Arts in Dance & Theater from Manhattanville College. Since she was young, Aliya has dedicated her life to entertaining and inspiring others through events and dance. Read more…
Phoebe is a New York City native and has been dancing since the age of 4. For the past five years Phoebe has been working in art education as both an educator and administrator. She has worked in the public schools as a teaching artist, Read more…
Ballet Technique Ages 9-11
Madeline Warriner is a movement artist, educator, and advocate residing in Brooklyn. She graduated from Rutgers University with a BFA in Dance and an EdM in Dance Education, where she received university and professional awards. She currently performs with Shantelle Courvoisier Jackson’s loveconductors, JoAnna Mendl Shaw’s The Equus Projects, and has performed work by Stephan Koplowitz, Manuel Vignoulle, Doug Elkins, Read more…
Modern Ages 7-9 ○ Creative Modern Company Choreographer
Katie Skinner, born and raised in Brookfield, IL, is a performer, teaching artist, and dance maker based in Brooklyn. She has had the pleasure of performing works by Beth Gill, John Jasperse, Joanna Kotze, Nicholas Leichter, David Dorfman & Kendra Portier, Kayle and Company, Charlotte Adams Dance, Sean Thomas Boyt, and Caitlin Cullen Dance. Read more…
Salsa
Ra Ruíz Leon is a poet and dancer from Ponce, Puerto Rico. Ra began her studies in dance with traditional Boricua roots music, Bomba y Plena. Ra served as Managing Director for the flamenco dance company Xianix Barrera Flamenco. Currently she is Latin Dance Teaching Artist Read more…
Modern Technique Ages 9-11 ○
Youth Modern Company Choreographer ○ DCI Coach
Aria Roach is a Vermont-raised, NYC-based dance artist. She holds a BFA in Dance & Choreography from Virginia Commonwealth University’s School of the Arts (VCUarts) and Honors College (summa cum laude). As an undergraduate she spent a semester at the Jerusalem Academy of Music and Dance in Israel and received Read more…