Faculty
AnaMaria Correa (Director of Education & Outreach) AnaMaria is delighted to be part of Ballet Hispanico! She has worked in arts in education in the disciplines of theater, dance, music, visual art, creative writing and architecture with organizations like the Henry Street Settlement’s Abrons Arts Center, Jewish Museum of Florida, Brooklyn Historical Society and Washington State University’s “Performance as Education” program. . ...READ MORE...
Most recently she was the Education Director for Dancing Classrooms where she was responsible for programmatic and teaching performance quality for 200+ residencies throughout New York City. She is doing her life’s work -- a mission to ensure that young people, community and educators have access to, and a meaningful connection with, arts experiences that transform their lives through the incredible work of exquisite artists and their craft. She’s earned degrees in Secondary Education and Literature from Hunter College, an MFA in Acting from Brooklyn College and is currently a doctoral student in Urban Education at the CUNY Graduate Center.
Nicholas Villeneuve (Deputy Director, School of Dance) Nicholas Villeneuve is currently the Deputy Director for the Ballet Hispanico School of Dance and Rehearsal Director for BHdos, the second company of Ballet Hispanico. BHdos provides educational and professional opportunities for pre-professional dancers ages 18-22 and bridges the gap between the many facets of the organization from the school to the professional company. ...READ MORE...
Nicholas, a native of Canada was raised in Kingston, Jamaica. In 1997, he moved to New York City on scholarship to study at the Alvin Ailey School under the late Denise Jefferson, and the tutelage of Benjamin Harkarvy at The Juilliard School. In 2001 he received the title of Dance Captain for Disney's The Lion King in Toronto and joined Ballet Hispanico in 2005. After seven amazing seasons with Ballet Hispanico he retired in the Spring of 2011 to further pursue his love of education, directing and choreography.
Nicholas has choreographed works for The Company Dance Theatre in Kingston, Jamaica; The Juilliard School, NY; Cawthra Park Ensemble in Toronto, Canada and for Perry-Mansfield performing Arts School in Steamboat Springs, CO where he was commissioned for an entire evening of his work for the New Works Festival in 2010.
His collaboration with Ballet Hispanico and the Orchestra of St. Luke's in 2011 marked his 16th work of choreography. Nicholas has also worked outside of traditional dance companies, choreographing and teaching for theatre and musical theatre, as well as for numerous HIV/AIDS fundraisers in Canada.
Nicholas's choreographic style ranges from the humorous through the morbid to whimsically romantic, drawing continuously on great athleticism and linear design.
His extensive teaching background has taken him across the country and internationally, giving master classes in Modern Technique and Contemporary Partnering. He has been on faculty for the last seven years at Perry-Mansfield Performing Arts School as Assistant to the Director and is part of the guest faculty at The Juilliard School.
Caridad Martinez (Pre-Professional Coordinator), a former principal dancer with the National Ballet of Cuba, has performed in many of the world's greatest theaters, including Scala de Milano, the Champs Elysses Theatre in Paris, the Metropolitan Opera House in New York, the Beaux Arts Theater in Mexico City, and the Kirov Theater in Saint Petersburg. ...READ MORE...
A graduate of the National School of Arts, she also studied at the Superior Institute of Art in Cuba. While Ms. Martinez lived in Mexico, she spearheaded a 9-year campaign to bring Cuban-based training to Mexican youth. She succeeded in this by founding and serving as Artistic Director of the Cuban-Mexico Ballet School for 13 years. She continues to be an advisor for the School. Ms. Martinez has also served as the Artistic Director and choreographer of The Havana Ballet Theater Company, as guest teacher and choreographer for the Beau Art Schools in Mexico, and as Conservatory Director and teacher at Brooklyn Ballet. She has choreographed for movies, television, and ballet and modern dance companies, and is currently working with DANZAMERICA International in Costa Rica, the Escuela Cubana de Ballet in Veracruz, Danza Activa in Panama, the 92nd Street Y, and Alberta Ballet School in Calgary, among others. Ms. Martinez is looking forward to bringing her artistic talents to Ballet Hispanico.
Mariangela Lopez (Adventures in Dance Coordinator) is a native of Caracas, Venezuela, and has been teaching movement and dance for ten years. She is a graduate of The Boston Conservatory (BFA in Dance, 1999). After graduation she moved to NYC to continue her career as a dancer, choreographer and dance educator. ...READ MORE...
In 2001, Mariangela became a Certified Movement Analyst (CMA) from the Laban Institute of Movement Studies. She has done extensive outreach teaching, and in 2005 worked with Gina Gibney Dance to develop a curriculum specially designed to teach movement to children living in shelters. From 2005-2008, she was a teaching artist at Tisch School of the Arts, Undergraduate and Graduate Summer School, through Gina Gibney Dance. Ms. Lopez is a certified yoga teacher and holds a certification in Foundations of Dance Education from Dance Education Laboratory (DEL), NYC. Mariangela is currently on faculty at the Harkness Dance Center (92 Street Y), Ballet Hispanico and the Laban Institute of Movement Studies, NYC. In addition to teaching and performing nationally and internationally, Mariangela has been presenting her work as a choreographer in NYC, Europe and Latin America, and creates works for her own dance company, Accidental Movement.
La Meira (Flamenco, Adult Flamenco) The New York Times called the “purity and invention” of Meira's dancing “joyous, powerful." Widely recognized as a master teacher and performer, Meira began her extensive training in her native Los Angeles with Roberto Amaral and Carmen Mora. In Spain she performed in flamenco festivals and renowned tablaos such as Los Canasteros. She has performed with many of the giants of Flamenco, including Antonio Canales, Diego Carrasco, Manolo Soler, La Repompa de Malaga and Juanito Habichuela “El Camborio.” La Meira has been first dancer in Fred Darsow Dance, Carlota Santana Flamenco Vivo, Pasion y Arte, and Ballet Flamenco La Rosa, performing throughout North America in venues such as Carnegie Hall and Jacob's Pillow. ...READ MORE... Meira has been featured in several documentaries and has been awarded choreography grants from Pew Charitable Trusts, American Dance Festival, and the New York State Council on the Arts. She choreographed “Carmen” under the baton of Seiji Ozawa, and “Blood Wedding” at Sarah Lawrence College and just finished choreographing the first staging of the 1915 version of Manuel de Falla's “Amor Brujo” since Pastora Imperio performed it in that year, along with the rarely staged opera “La Vida Breve” for the Manhattan School of Music. The New York Times called the production “one of the more audacious, intriguing operatic undertakings to hit a New York stage this season.” Meira holds an M.F.A. in choreography as well as an Ed.D in dance history from Temple University, and has published numerous articles on Flamenco history. She has taught at Bryn Mawr, NYU, Princeton, Sarah Lawrence College, Flamenco Festival International in Albuquerque, and at the Fashion Institute of Technology. She is a certified Pilates instructor, and is very proud to be part of the Ballet Hispanico family. Melinda Marquez (Flamenco, Adult Flamenco, Adventures in Dance) has been a member of the Ballet Hispanico faculty since 1985, working with both the Ballet Hispanico School of Dance and Primeros Pasos arts education program. She is a highly skilled and well- known teacher and choreographer. The guitar master Paco Pena recently bestowed high praises on her work: "I had the pleasure of seeing the Alegrias of the Ballet Hispanico School Dance Recital of 2008. ...READ MORE... I would like to extend my congratulations to Melinda Marquez on her excellent teaching." Throughout her career Melinda has studied and performed with great masters of Flamenco dance, singing and guitar. A co-founder of Flamenco Vivo with Roberto Lorca and Carlota Santana, her primary career focus is now on teaching and choreography. Her work has been recognized with a NY Foundation for the Arts choreography fellowship, faculty positions at the Alvin Ailey School, Jacques d’Amboise’ National Dance Institute, Eglevsky Ballet, and Dance CT. She has led master classes at Brooklyn College, Mannes College of Music, The Hartt School and the City Center Fall for Dance Festival. Melinda is the artistic director of Marquez Flamenco Productions and Bailes Melinda Marquez. In addition, she recently wrote and co-hosted “Flamenco: A Living Art Form” which aired on WPKN, Bridgeport, CT. Kiri Avelar (Flamenco) Ms. Avelar holds a B.A. in Dance with Honors from New Mexico State University, where she later served as dance faculty and Director of the Pan American Dance Institute. In addition, she has served on faculty at El Paso Community College, and Barbara Driscoll School of Ballet in El Paso, TX, the Academia de Ballet Emmanuel in Ciudad Juárez, Chihuahua, Mexico, and Sharron Miller’s Academy for the Performing Arts in Montclair, NJ. She has danced professionally with the Milwaukee Ballet, Cor Ignis Contemporary Dance Company in Cd. Juárez, México, and Sol y Arena Flamenco and Classical Spanish Dance Company in New Mexico. She is currently an Apprentice with Ballet Español de Gabriela Granados in New York City.
FRANCHESCA MARISOL CABRERA (Intro to Spanish) Franchesca Marisol Cabrera most recently completed her Masters Degree in Arts Education at NYU's Gallatin School in her own self-designed program: “Integrated Arts Curriculum for Elementary School Classrooms with an emphasis on Critical Thinking.” She began her dance training in Santa Barbara, California training in the styles of Classical Spanish dance, Flamenco, Baroque, Ballet and Mexican Folklorico among others. She earned a B.A. from the World Arts and Cultures Department at the University of California, Los Angeles. Upon graduation, she moved to Europe for three years to train in a conservatory of Spanish Dance. In the States, she has worked as a teaching artist in both private and public schools, exposing children of all ages to dance education. Since moving to New York, Ms. Cabrera has interned in several Education & Outreach departments, including Pentacle Dance Arts and Ballet Hispanico. Franchesca is a performing artist for the Brooklyn based dance theater company, COMPANYXIV and also teaches in the Ballet Hispanico School of Dance. Liliana Morales (Flamenco) A native New Yorker, Liliana started dancing at the age of 5. By the time she was 8, she was performing small roles in New York opera companies. Not surprisingly, her first role was in Carmen with the Amato Opera Company. In August 1969, Liliana headed to Madrid, where she began studying with Jose Granero, a ballet dancer from the Jose Greco Dance Company. Her studies were cut short by her mother’s death, which brought her back to New York, but when Morales returned in 1971, she quickly plugged herself into Spanish dance culture. For the next five years, she built a reputation in Madrid’s famous tablaos, including Café De Chinitas, Torres Bermejas, Los Cabales and other celebrated Flamenco venues.
Alexandra Gonzalez (Pre-Professional Program, General, Adventures in Dance) started her ballet training at the age of 3 in Miami, Florida and continued in Colombia with the Ana Pavlova Ballet Academy and San Francisco Ballet School. Alexandra has danced professionally with San Francisco Ballet Company, Miami City Ballet, Ballet Florida, Michel Uthoff Dance Theater, Cedar Lake Dance Ensemble, the Metropolitan and Thomas/Ortiz Dance. Juan Carlos Peñuela (Pre-Professional Program) A native of Cali, Colombia, Juan Carlos Penuela began dancing at the of 12 with Incolballet a ballet-center secondary school. After graduation, Mr. Penuela was invited to join Colombia's ballet company as a soloist, Ballet de Cali,by Artistic Director Gloria Castro where he performed in a variety of leading roles in contemporary works as well as classical pieces. ...READ MORE... Mr Penuela moved to USA in 1993 and also danced with the Ballet Arizona in phoenix, Dance Theatre of Harlem, Pennsylvania Ballet,Maximun Dance Ballet Gamonet. in 2001 and 2002, Mr Penuela was selected to represent his native Colombia by performing in the International ballet festival of Miami. Guest Ballet Master and Repetitur with Compania Colombiana de Ballet- Incolballet in Colombia, Chamber Dance Project, Lexington Ballet, The Ajkum Ballet Theatre in New York City and Earl Mosley's Institute of the Arts in CT. Juan calos Holds a Romana's Pilates certification for the passed 4 years. Mr Penuela is the official Ballet master of the annual International Ballet festival of Colombia and is teaching Company Class to Ballet Hispanico for the 2010-11 season. www.jcpenuela.webs.com Donna Salgado (General, Adventures in Dance) earned a BFA in Dance Performance from Towson University and a MFA in Dance Performance and Teaching from Purchase College, State University of New York, while on scholarship. She received her classical training under Tatjana Akinfieva-Smith and Elena Manakhova, and has attended intensive programs with the American Ballet Theatre, Central Pennsylvania Youth Ballet, Paul Taylor Dance Company, and Lines Ballet. ...READ MORE... She has performed with the Eastern Shore Ballet Theatre, TU Dance Company, ad Hoc Ballet, and the Connecticut Ballet. She has been teaching dance for over a decade in a variety of venues including dance studios, public and private schools, summer camps, and at the university level. As a member of the ballet faculty for Towson University’s Children’s Dance Division, she was selected to coach the children performing in the touring productions of the Washington Ballet’s and the Moscow Ballet’s Nutcrackers. She is also a member of the dance faculty at the School at STEPS on Broadway. Her passion for dance has also lead to choreographing several commissions, modeling for a dancewear company and dance photographers, writing for Dancer Magazine, and earning a Pilates certification. Vanessa Salgado (Pre-Professional Program, General, Adventures in Dance) holds a Bachelor of Fine Arts Degree from the Alvin Ailey/Fordham University BFA Program at Lincoln Center. She has performed with Ad Hoc Ballet, Eastern Shore Ballet Theatre, Ailey/Fordham Student Dancers, and galas in Barcelona, Spain and Miami, FL. She was a dancer in the Victoria's Secret Fashion Show on CBS, and for L'Oreal Professional. ...READ MORE... Vanessa is a Maryland Distinguished Scholar in the Arts and has attended programs with American Ballet Theatre, Briansky Saratoga Ballet Center, Central Pennsylvania Youth Ballet, and Atlantic Contemporary Ballet Theatre. Vanessa has been an assistant teacher for the Ailey First Steps Program, the Children and Teen Program at Broadway Dance Center, and faculty of the Salisbury Studio of Dance. She has been a Director for the CPYB residential life program, as well as residential leadership roles with the NYSSSA School of Dance, Maryland Summer Center for the Arts, and the Ailey Summer Intensive. Vanessa is currently a dancer with the Clear Talent Group.
Rebecca Tsivkin (Pre-Professional Program, General, Adventures in Dance) Rebecca Tsivkin is a member of the Royal Academy of Dance in London, where she received a teaching degree after completing an intensive three-year program. She has taught in Montessori schools and ballet academies on the East and West Coasts, and was a guest teacher at the California State University at Fullerton and the University of New Hampshire. She is a judge for the Performance Awards of the American Academy of Ballet, and is on faculty at a ballet Summer School program at Purchase College.
Mariangela Lopez (Adventures in Dance Coordinator) is a native of Caracas, Venezuela, and has been teaching movement and dance for ten years. She is a graduate of The Boston Conservatory (BFA in Dance, 1999). After graduation she moved to NYC to continue her career as a dancer, choreographer and dance educator. In 2001, Mariangela became a Certified Movement Analyst (CMA) from the Laban Institute of Movement Studies. ...READ MORE... She has done extensive outreach teaching, and in 2005 worked with Gina Gibney Dance to develop a curriculum specially designed to teach movement to children living in shelters. From 2005-2008, she was a teaching artist at Tisch School of the Arts, Undergraduate and Graduate Summer School, through Gina Gibney Dance. Ms. Lopez is a certified yoga teacher and holds a certification in Foundations of Dance Education from Dance Education Laboratory (DEL), NYC. Mariangela is currently on faculty at the Harkness Dance Center (92 Street Y), Ballet Hispanico and the Laban Institute of Movement Studies, NYC. In addition to teaching and performing nationally and internationally, Mariangela has been presenting her work as a choreographer in NYC, Europe and Latin America, and creates works for her own dance company, Accidental Movement.
Donna Salgado (General, Adventures in Dance) earned a BFA in Dance Performance from Towson University and a MFA in Dance Performance and Teaching from Purchase College, State University of New York, while on scholarship. She received her classical training under Tatjana Akinfieva-Smith and Elena Manakhova, and has attended intensive programs with the American Ballet Theatre, Central Pennsylvania Youth Ballet, Paul Taylor Dance Company, and Lines Ballet. ...READ MORE...
She has performed with the Eastern Shore Ballet Theatre, TU Dance Company, ad Hoc Ballet, and the Connecticut Ballet. She has been teaching dance for over a decade in a variety of venues including dance studios, public and private schools, summer camps, and at the university level. As a member of the ballet faculty for Towson University’s Children’s Dance Division, she was selected to coach the children performing in the touring productions of the Washington Ballet’s and the Moscow Ballet’s Nutcrackers. She is also a member of the dance faculty at the School at STEPS on Broadway. Her passion for dance has also lead to choreographing several commissions, modeling for a dancewear company and dance photographers, writing for Dancer Magazine, and earning a Pilates certification. Vanessa Salgado (Pre-Professional Program, General, Adventures in Dance) holds a Bachelor of Fine Arts Degree from the Alvin Ailey/Fordham University BFA Program at Lincoln Center. She has performed with Ad Hoc Ballet, Eastern Shore Ballet Theatre, Ailey/Fordham Student Dancers, and galas in Barcelona, Spain and Miami, FL. She was a dancer in the Victoria's Secret Fashion Show on CBS, and for L'Oreal Professional. ...READ MORE... Vanessa is a Maryland Distinguished Scholar in the Arts and has attended programs with American Ballet Theatre, Briansky Saratoga Ballet Center, Central Pennsylvania Youth Ballet, and Atlantic Contemporary Ballet Theatre. Vanessa has been an assistant teacher for the Ailey First Steps Program, the Children and Teen Program at Broadway Dance Center, and faculty of the Salisbury Studio of Dance. She has been a Director for the CPYB residential life program, as well as residential leadership roles with the NYSSSA School of Dance, Maryland Summer Center for the Arts, and the Ailey Summer Intensive. Vanessa is currently a dancer with the Clear Talent Group. Rebecca Tsivkin is a member of the Royal Academy of Dance in London, where she received a teaching degree after completing an intensive three-year program. She has taught in Montessori schools and ballet academies on the East and West Coasts, and was a guest teacher at the California State University at Fullerton and the University of New Hampshire. She is a judge for the Performance Awards of the American Academy of Ballet, and is on faculty at a ballet Summer School program at Purchase College.
Siomara C. Bridges (Hip-Hop), a native New Yorker, received an Associates degree in Fine Arts: Dance Concentration at Queensborough Community College, and a Bachelors degree in Dance Education from Hunter College. ...READ MORE... IAs a member of the Hunter College Dance Company, Siomara performed works by Camille Brown, Monica Bill Barnes, and David Capps. She as also worked with Robin Dunn and Tweety. Siomara has taught extensively overseas and in the New York area, including the Ridgewood Bushwick Youth Council, Mambo 101 Studios, and currently at Astoria School of Fine Arts. She has performed at the National Black Theater, Dance Theater Workshop, The Ailey Extensions “Ladies Get Down”, Buffalo State University‘ s Fall Fest, South Carolina’s 97.9 The Wiz showcase, and on the television show, BET 106 and Park. Siomara is currently on staff in the Education & Outreach department at Ballet Hispanico, and continues to perform, teach, and choreograph. She hopes to act as a shining example for her students, teachers, and audiences. Siomara holds a warm heart for motivation and most of all, one’s creativity through dance.
Michael Fielder’s (Beginner Latin Jazz, Pre-Teen Latin Jazz) performance credits stretch from Broadway to television. His most recent achievement was debuting on Broadway and in 1st National Tour of the 2008 Tony award winning musical “IN THE HEIGHTS”. Other credits include: Off Broadway “Mambo Kings” the musical, Paper Mill Playhouse’s “Carnival”, Metropolitan Opera in “Samson et Delilah” and the Public Theatre’s “Skin of our Teeth”. Regional credits include: Swing, All Shook Up, and Seven Brides for Seven Brothers. Michael also worked with amazing and talented artists such as The Back Street Boys, Liza Minnelli, Don Omar, Mariah Carey to name a few. He’s also graced the silver screen in Walt Disney’s “Enchanted” with Amy Adams and Patrick Dempsey and “El Cantante” with Marc Anthony and Jennifer Lopez. Choreography credits include: SYTYCD L.A. and Canada, Disney Cruise Lines “The Golden Mickey’s”, AMAS Theatre “Latin Heat”, JeanAnn Ryann cruise ship productions, Broadway Dance Center, Ballet Hispanico, Joffery Ballet School and a few other well known studios in the NYC area. All these experiences have helped him develop into an amazing performer/choreographer. Michael is often collaborating with professionals from around the World to promote Latin Jazz and to integrate this dance style into workshops, Public Schools ,Universities, Community Centers and to prestigious Dance Facilities worldwide. Dance promotes good health and fitness, self confidence and discipline. Most importantly Dance is about sharing your love of music, movement and spiritual energy.
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Michelle Manzanales (Teen Jazz) began working with Eduardo Vilaro in 2003 as a dancer for his company Luna Negra Dance Theater of Chicago where she later became rehearsal director in 2006 and served as interim artistic director 2009-2010.
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In 2007, Manzanales choreographed Sugar in the Raw (Azucar Cruda) for LNDT which was applauded by the Chicago Sun-Times as "a staggering, beautiful, accomplished new work." Last season, her piece honoring Frida Kahlo, Paloma Querida, was hailed as a "visual masterpiece" by Lucia Mauro of the Chicago Tribune. Rachel C. Warren (Hip-Hop, Teen Hip-Hop) is a dancer, teacher, choreographer, and fitness instructor, and has been working in New York since 2008. With a degree in Dance and Choreography from Virginia Commonwealth University and her Group Fitness Certification from AFAA, Rachel teaches a variety of dance and fitness classes throughout the city. She has an extensive background in a variety of dancer forms, such as ballet, jazz, hip-hop, modern, Latin and Standard ballroom. ...READ MORE... She has taught and performed throughout the country with various choreographers, as well as worked internationally in Italy and German. She believes that movement transcends on a variety of levels, giving people, at any age, the ability to challenge, improve, educate, and inspire.
Mariangela Lopez (Hablando y Bailando) is a native of Caracas, Venezuela and has been teaching movement and dance for over ten years. She is a graduate of the Boston Conservatory (BFA in Dance). Upon graduation, she moved to New York City to continue her career as a dancer, choreographer, and dance educator. Ms. Lopez is a Certified Movement Analyst (CMA) from the Laban Institute of Movement Studies. In 2005, Ms. Lopez worked with Gina Gibney Dance to develop a curriculum specifically designed to teach movement to children living in shelters. She has been a teaching artist for Ballet Hispanico, NYU Tisch School of the Arts, Harkness Dance Center (92nd Street Y), and the Laban Institute of Movement Studies. In addition to her extensive outreach teaching, she has presented her work in New York City, Europe, and Latin America with her own dance company, Accidental Movement.
Khaleah London (Pre-Professional Modern, Afro-Caribbean) is a dancer, choreographer, instructor and actress that graduated summa cum laude from California State University, Long Beach, with a Bachelor of Fine Arts in dance. At the age of eleven, she danced professionally in the Afro-Caribbean Dance Revue / Caribbean Heat, performing with fire, and dancing on nail boards and broken glass. Formerly a member of Chuck Davis and The African American Dance Ensemble, she performed her solo choreography in the company’s touring repertoire. As a featured soloist with, dancer, Hope Boykin, of the Alvin Ailey American Dance Theatre, Ms. London performed in a New York engagement of “Their Speech Is Silver, Their Silence Is Gold,” by choreographer Nathan Trice. Deemed Dance Magazine’s National Outstanding Performances Award winner for the National American College Dance Festival, Ms. London, received full tuition scholarships, including, the American Dance Festival’s Bessie Schoenberg. Internationally, she joined, Sakoba Dance Theatre, in New Castle, England, and performs, in Trinidad with Makeda Thomas’ Roots and Wings Movement. Recently, she performed her contemporary solo work at the, Kaay Fecc, festival, in Senegal, West Africa. Ms. London was a guest instructor at the southwestern regional American College Dance Festival, an invited guest instructor/Lecturer at California State University, Long Beach, and a former faculty member of numerous colleges in southern California. She was a guest choreographer for Long Island University and is a recipient of The Harlem Stage Fund for New Work awarded grant.
Kevin J. Guy (Boys Workshop) Born in Fort Worth, Texas, Kevin began dancing and training under Karen and Fernando Schaffenburg. Mr. Guy then moved on to study with famed dancer/choreographer Debbie Allen, thereafter, he attended North Carolina School of the Arts where he received a B.F.A. in Contemporary dance. ...READ MORE...He has performed and been a member of several dance companies such as Dance Alloy Theater, Genesis Dance Company, Opus Dance Theater and with Camille A. Brown. Kevin Guy danced in stage productions of Pepito’s Story, The Black Nativity , On The Block and Soulful Noel, The Metropolitan Opera production of Aida, Mercedes Benz Fashion Week, and Dancing From The Heart/Broadway Cares with Camille A. Brown. He was featured in the motion picture Across the Universe , The Nutcracker PBS Special for the North Carolina School of the Arts Ballet Program,and a staging of Purlie restaged by Louis Johnson. Kevin has also studied with Milton Myers, B.J. Sullivan, Brenda Daniels, Sean Sullivan, Steve Rooks, Dianne Markham, Trish Casey, Raymond Serrano and Kat Wildish and performed works by Jose Limón, Kevin Wynn, Scott Rink, Gerri Houlihan, David Shimotakahora, Stephen Koester, Carlos Orta, Christopher Huggins and Bill T. Jones. Mr. Guy has assisted Camille A. Brown on ballets choreographed for La Guardia Performing Arts High School, Barnard College, Alvin Ailey Certificate Program, Ballet Memphis and Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater. His own choreography has been performed worldwide and his work as been included in the Jerome Robbins Archive. Kevin has taught for The Ailey Schools Junior Division and PPAS program, Performing Arts Collective, Perry Mansfield as well as instructing auditions for Ballet Tech School. He currently teaches for Dance Theater of Harlem School, CAS/Ailey Camp and is also a Resident Teaching Artist for the Alvin Ailey Foundations Arts in Education program.
Nicolas Messina (Pre-Teen Salsa, Teen Salsa, Adult Salsa) was born and raised in New York giving him a very diverse range of knowledge and insight into many different styles of dance including the Latin dances, American Rhythm and Smooth Ballroom dancing. However, New York’s style of Salsa on “2” and New York style Cha Cha have become two of Nicholas’ passions. Having learned with many of New York’s top Salsa pioneers, he offers unique insight into the technique and form of the fun, popular style of dance known as “Salsa on 2” or “Mambo.” It is his understanding of Ballroom technique fused with the exhilarating, sexy, club style of New York’s Salsa/Mambo scene that makes learning with Nicholas such an uncommonly, wonderful experience. His love for Salsa and Cha Cha, both music and dance, are very much present in his high energy and informative classes. Xavier Auza (Ballroom) studied at the Conservatorio de Artes Gatell in Buenos Aires, Argentina and has been teaching ballroom and latin dance for almost 15 years. A former top competitor himself in American Style. Xavier is a member of the National Dance Council of America. He has worked at Fred Astaire Dance Studios and Pierre Dulaine Dance Center coaching at different levels to both, professional and amateur dancers. He also worked at American Ballroom Theatre for the Dancing Classrooms program where his schools took the championship trophy for three straight years. Currently a Teaching Artist for Wingspan Arts and Creative Music Program, non-profit organizations that bring arts-in-education to public schools in the New York City area. In 2006 he founded Avant Dance Project, a not for profit organization that in partnership with elite companies such us American Ballet Theatre, Martha Graham, Ballet Arts and others bring full scholarships to children with limited means but unlimited talent towards becoming full fledged dancers. 2011 also saw the very successful execution of the II Harlem Ballroom & Latin Dance Festival, a citywide competition between public schools that host the dance program. An event sponsored by Avant and supported by the top professional ballroom dancers in the country.Xavier is in the initial stages of creating an extension of Avant Dance Project in South America, where he is originally from. Yoga | | SAT | 10:00AM - 11:00AM | Vinyasa Yoga
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Classes start September 17th! Fees: Drop-in $15 4-class card: $52 8-class card: $100 For REGISTRATION: Please contact the School Office at 212.362.6710.
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