BALLET

David Fernandez

David studied ballet at the Centro de Arte y Ballet in his native Mexico City before winning a scholarship to Giordano Jazz Dance Chicago, where he performed with the company and was awarded the prestigious Jeffrey Mildenstein Award. He continued his classical education at Chicago’s Boitsov Classical Ballet School adding the Vaganova method to his repertoire. During his dance career, David has performed with Chicago’s Boitsov Classical Ballet company; Lyric Opera of Chicago; Ballet Theatre of Chicago and numerous small companies in the US. A highlight of his later career was performing alongside Mikhail Baryshnikov in the play “The Doctor and The Patient” at the Lincoln Center Festival. Since moving to New York in 1998, David has taught classes for numerous schools and companies in the Tri-State area. Teaching credits include: ABT Open Class, Peridance, ABT and Brooklyn Ballet outreach programs, Staten Island Ballet and Westchester Ballet. Choreography credits include: The Jackson Competition, Youth American Grand Prix, Opera North. David is currently resident choreographer at City Center Ballet in New Hampshire. To find out more, please visit David’s website at: www.davidferndance.com

Class Description

A stamina-building and dynamic structured class with a focus on coordination, precision, and musicality. Simple combinations make this class suitable for all levels, offering dancers the opportunity to clean and polish their ballet technique while enjoying a rigorous work-out.

Meghan Grupposo

Meghan Grupposo received her BFA in Dance from The Juilliard School. Concert work includes the works of Jose Limon, Lila York, Mauricio Wainrott and Adam Hougland. Film work includes The de Mille Project, under the direction of Gemze de Lappe, and Sophie Maslow’s ballet, “The Village I Knew” for the American Dance Legacy Institute. Meghan has choreographed and performed for The Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center’s “Meet The Music!” concerts series for kids. Miss Grupposo has been on faculty with The Miami Conservatory of Ballet in Miami, FL and the 95 year old, fabled Perry-Mansfield in Steamboat Springs, CO.

Class Description

My classes focus on the seven basic principles of ballet. With simple, patient explanations of skeletal placement, all students are empowered to achieve ballet technique. Guided through the proper rhythm and execution of the basic steps, they will be enabled to execute the impressive combinations that inspire us to dance.

FLOOR BARRE

Class Description
Working on the floor is stress-free, allowing the body to correct alignment, elongate and strengthen the muscles that support the spine. Working in parallel position strengthens turn-out muscles, and concentrating on hip placement improves ability to work on the standing leg. Exercises are designed to help prevent injury, especially knee injuries. For those with injuries, floor barre keeps the body strong while allowing it to heal. Certified by Zena Rommett.

MODERN, MOD/ROOTS, MOD/JAZZ,JAZZ, LATIN/JAZZ, CONT JAZZ

Katie Aggen

Katie Aggen attended the University of California, Santa Cruz where she received her BA in Community Studies with College Honors and Phi Beta Kappa. Katie studied jazz, tap, ballet and hip hop before she came to modern dance. Katie danced in Los Angeles with Carol Solomon Dance Company, and in San Francisco with Company Chaddick, Strong Current, EmSpace, Dance Elixir, Printz Dance Project and Dance Continuum SF. In New York, she has had the pleasure of dancing for Darcy Naganuma, Dixon Mena, Chris Ferris, Randy James and Sheri Celentano. In 2006, Katie performed Eye Candy with Maria Colaco Dance at the NYC Fringe Festival. Recently, Katie appeared as a guest artist for Shen Wei Dance Arts, and she has toured to Amsterdam and France with Jana Hicks and Marijke Eliasberg’s The Next Stage Project. Currently, Katie dances with Isabel Gotzkowsky & Friends, TNSP, VaBang and KDNY. Katie’s teaching credits include: San Francisco Dance Center, SF School of the Arts and Rutgers University.

Class Description
Class begins on the floor with Pilates mat exercises to warm the joints and core muscles, then progresses to exploring the floor space with various leg swings, arches and curls and some yoga postures. Standing center work builds out of the floor material and focuses on technical alignment and using core muscles to facilitate movement. Short exercises incorporate footwork, weight change, momentum and release, as well as phrase work that travels side to side, to the floor and upside down. The class concludes with longer phrase work to encourage and challenge physicality, musicality, technique and artistry.

Ed Rice

Edward Rice, originally from the suburbs of Chicago, holds a B.S. and an M.F.A in Dance Performance from Illinois State University and the University of Iowa, respectively. His choreography has received honors at ACDFA Conferences and has been performed throughout the Mid-West. In New York, his work has been presented at Dixon Place and as part of Synethisia by Electric Pear Productions. He has performed with Jennifer Kayle + Company, The Brian Brooks Moving Company, Stone Depot Dance Lab, Jody Oberfelder Dance Projects, Amber Sloan, and Elizabeth Dishman. He currently dances with Alexandra Beller/Dances, Laura Peterson Choreography and Ephemerui(Benjamin Rasmussen). He has taught Technique and Improvisation throughout the Mid-West and at the New School (substitute for A. Beller), The International Dance Festival in Bytom, Poland and The Open Look Festival in St. Petersburg, Russia. In his other life he is the Production Coordinator at Dance New Amsterdam.  

Class Description
In this class we will use the studio as our laboratory. Through improvisational experiments we will work to learn about the dynamics and mechanics of our bodies and incorporate that knowledge into performing set material. Dancers need to develop many abilities, such as: endurance, stamina, strength, flexibility, power, speed, coordination, agility, balance, accuracy, creativity, musicality, presence, and subtlety (to name a few).  All of these things are available for us to work on daily, but giving them equal attention is challenging.  In class we will choose a few of these things to focus on while keeping all of them within arms reach.

Julia Burrer

Julia Burrer hails from Austin, Texas and graduated from SUNY Purchase with a BFA in Dance. She studied abroad at Rotterdamse Dansacademie in the Netherlands, as well as performed at the Hong Kong International Dance Festival in the summer of 2006. She has had the pleasure of dancing with and for the following lovely folks - Daniel Charon, Adriane Fang, Bill Young and Colleen Thomas, Teri and Oliver Steele, Gwen Welliver, Chimaera Physical Theater, and pocket engine, directed by Nora Petroliunas and Sarah Oppenheim. Julia has been a member of Doug Varone and Dancers since 2007.

Class Description

In this class we will begin with a thorough, easy-to-follow warm up using a variety of Yoga and Pilates exercises. This will be loosely based on Oliver Steele’s Advanced Modern warm up. The class will build through various shorter exercises addressing momentum and gravity and figuring out how these forces can be used to our advantage. Class will end with a hefty-sized phrase in which we will focus on finding the play between muscularly energized movements and skeletally guided joint articulations.

Marjani Forte

Marjani Forte is a performer, instructor and choreographer. She is a graduate of Loyola Marymount University with B.A. in Marketing and a second major in Dance. Her early training has been with Los Angeles master instructors Karen McDonald, Stephen Semien, Ka-Ron Brown-Lehman, ballet-master Don Hewitt, modern dance pioneer Rudy Perez, and later the Alvin Ailey School Summer Intensives 2000-2003. As a performer, Marjani has worked with several artists and companies including Earl Mosely’s Diversity of Dance, Garth Fagan and is in her 4th year with Urban Bush Women. She has premiered works by acclaimed choreographers Blondell Cummings, Camille Brown, and Nia Love. She can be seen as an original cast member in the historical collaboration between Jawole Zollar and Germaine Acogny (director of Compagnie Jant-Bi) in the acclaimed Scales of Memory. Marjani has performed and taught pre-professional, professional, and non-professional workshops internationally- including Germany, England, New Orleans, Los Angeles, and beyond. Marjani has commenced development on her solo work titled Moments In Prayer, centered on the dynamics of spirituality in collaboration with poet and musician Everett Saunders.

Class Description
For the Student/Training professional, Marjani’s classes and workshops explore elements of performing and developing artistry in addition to technique that fosters agility, abandon, and athletic virtuosity. While investigating- Subtlety and the Overt, the Use of Breath, Speaking and Listening through movement, and Dynamic Shifts, students will dive into this organic and richly diverse style that finds strength and power through opposition, lengthening, momentum, and rhythmic play. This class asks for the student to execute tasks in the body then explore their unique voice as a performer. It encourages the artist in the student and an exchange in the room.

Alessandro Pellicani

Alessandro is best known for his work on Italian national television R.A.I. as a principal dancer, and Studio 54 The Musical where he was assistant choreographer.  He was then asked to dance a tribute for Pope John Paul II. Recognized for his work internationally, most recently Alessandro choreographed a Florida production of Cy Colemans“The Life”and just completed a commercial with Dita Von Teese  for Cointreau Liquors. He’s know choreographing various project around New York City, Including the benefit OceanSpirit, for the preservation of our oceans.!

Class Description:
Alessandro combines strength, technique, and style throughout every part of his class.  His warm-up will start by using floor barre and Qi Qong (breathing technique) to activate the core; allowing students to find their own body’s balance in a safe, controlled environment.  Giving each student more confidence with their movement Alessandro uses the ‘three selves’ (body, mind, and soul) to aid their technique and phrase work during class.  His style focuses on transitions and change of directions using musicality and strength to attain a higher quality of performance. Throughout the class, an emphasis will be put on injury prevention.

Claire Tunkel

Claire Tunkel, originally from Virginia, graduated from Hollins University with a bachelor’s degree in dance and studio art. She is currently a Teaching Artist for the Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater, Manhattan New Music Project and Dance New Amsterdam. She has taught dance for organizations that include the Hudson Repertory Dance Theater, Ballet Tech, and Kinderdance. Since moving to New York she has danced for the Nai-Ni Chen Dance Company, Nathan Trice/Rituals, Ellis Wood dance, Colleen Thomas, Theresa Ling, Elizabeth Hazelwood, Gina Kohler, ShaLeigh Dance Works and Ayo Jackson.

Class Description:
Beginner Modern
This beginning modern class will start with a warm up, bringing attention to alignment, physical strength, flexibility and momentum. We will explore the full range of motion in the body and use movement phrases as a vehicle for students to develop their practice of dancing mindfully and with attention to detail.

Donnell Oakley

Donnell Turner Oakley grew up in Raleigh, North Carolina and spent 15 influential years dancing under Lemma and Glenda Mackie at Arts Together.  She graduated from the University of North Carolina at Greensboro with a BFA in Dance Performance and Choreography in 2001 and attended the American Dance Festival in the summers of 1999 and 2001.  Since moving to New York in 2002, Donnell has had her work produced by The Joyce Soho, Triskelion Arts, Movement Research, and Dance New Amsterdam.  Donnell feels fortunate to have had 6 extraordinary years with her collaborative company, everything smaller.  She currently adores collaborating and dancing with Chavasse Dance and Performance, SteeleDance, and Doug Elkins and Friends.

I am interested in offering a class that fulfills the dancers need to abandon what he or she thinks their boundaries are with movement.  I want to play and investigate various techniques with the dancers.  I want to create an authenticity to approaching movement in a class atmosphere where my plan may veer depending on how well they are absorbing the material.  I think that teaching holds a certain responsibility to keep questioning your approach and is a constant experiment to find a better explanation. 

Class Description
Technique class will begin by pouring weight into the floor while finding simultaneous support through space.  The dancer’s self investigation will continue through improvisation, partnering, and/or across the floor work. We will be preparing both mind and body to find a genuine awareness from moment to moment as well as permission to play within the given structure.  This class will culminate with a movement phrase carving through space with momentum, inversions, slicing, bracing, counter-rotation, and gathering in to explode again. 

YOGA

Felecia Kutch

Felecia has studied yoga for the past 9 years and received her certification to teach in 2008.  Felecia is a professional dancer who has earned her BFA from the University of Montana.  She understands the body-mind connection as well as proper alignment.  She beleives that yoga is a practice and form of exercise.  Felecia also found a spiritual path through the practice.  As a new mother Felecia is very excited to follow her passion for yoga and journey deeper into pre-natal yoga as well as restorative, while focusing on women’s issues and body function.

Class Description
Vinyasa Yoga: Students are encouraged to find personal self expression though the poses as well as devotion within their own practice. The class is designed to build strength and flexibility, as well as stamina and grace.

Intermediate Yoga: will focus on alignment and stamina to encourage a deeper practice.

Hour Yoga: will stimulate the breath and blood flow for a quick burst of energy to help enrich the body and mind.

Ella Luckett

After eight years of teaching yoga, so much has evolved in both my practice and my teaching.  The core yoga principles have integrated themselves into my body and my life in such a way, that I feel stronger, healthier, and happier each year. I am in awe and humbled by this practice, and I do my best every day to share it’s power with my students. My classes are creative, challenging, sweat provoking, moving meditations, with a deep connection to all aspects of yoga including concentration, meditation, breath control, and the experience of ultimate bliss. Jai Jai!

Class Description

Jai Yoga is a mix of Ashtanga and Jiva Mukti Yoga with some dance mixed in.  These are challenging vinyasa flow classes linking postures and precise breath direction together in a seamless creative sequence.  I emphasize the beauty of finding mental ease and clarity during in the most challenging postures.  Students learn to focus on their breath, to gain access to their greatest source of power, a clear and calm mental state, and a reconnection to their natural joyful selves that brought them to the dance floor in the first place.

Danielle Zuccheri

Danielle began her career as a mover at the ripe old age of five.  She went on to graduate at the Dance Conservatory at Purchase College in May of 2005.  Shortly after graduation, Danielle joined the Amy Marshall Dance Company and began her career as a professional dancer, working with numerous other companies in NY.  Her determination to evolve as a mover naturally led her to yoga.  She immediately admired the precision and the dance of yoga.  Danielle continued to practice at YogaWorks NY for five years and proudly graduated from the YogaWorks 200hr Teacher Training Program in June of 2009.  As a yoga teacher and dancer, Danielle aspires to bring new movement to her students focusing on the alignment of the body and the integration of the breath with the body.  Her classes are challenging and focused, yet at the same time uplifting and dynamic.  Vinyasa means “to step in a special way”, and ultimately, Danielle’s main ambition is to invite her students to discover how “to step in a special way” outside of yoga class and into their everyday lives.

Class Description

Most of my knowledge and background in yoga technique comes from YogaWorks, which takes their inspiration from the synthesis of classical Ashtanga, Iyengar, and Viniyoga.  My classes stress the education of proper alignment of the body for the safety of the student.  Being a dancer, my classes are also sequenced to evoke energy with lots of movement and breath flow.  The yoga I practice and teach is accessible for all levels, ages and body types.  I take pride in sequencing challenging, dynamic and uplifting classes adding elements of humor and wit to lighten-up the vigorous practice of yoga.

Witold Fitz-Simon

Witold was drawn to yoga in the early 1990’s as part of a fitness regime, but quickly fell in love with the practice for its own sake. He has been teaching since 2000. Witold’s anatomical approach creates a challenging practice providing the student with a calm and confidence that can be applied equally to fitness, healing and personal development.

Class Descrition
Each class is centered around a theme that incorporates anatomical precision and dynamic movement principles with the aim to provide strength, coordination and freedom for the student’s body, breath and mind. Intelligent and effective sequencing allows the student to progress according to their needs, creating both a healing and challenging practice.  Iyengar yoga was created by living yoga master B. K. S Iyengar as a safe and systematic technique of alignment and progression to develop each student’s ability and skill. Instructors are highly trained to use precise language and demonstration skills to guide students through sequencing that develops strength, flexibility, stamina, concentration and body alignment.

PILATES MAT

Katie Aggen

Katie Aggen received her Pilates Certification in San Francisco in 2004 under the direction of Carol Appel, completing over 650 hours of training on the mat, reformer, cadillac and wunda chair. She has had the pleasure of teaching private sessions and group classes in both SF (at Body Kinetics, Pilates on Page, Bay Club Marin, and SF Tennis Club) and New York (at Body Evolution, NYC Pilates, Sanctuary Pilates, Clay, Crunch, Power Pilates and DNA.) In addition to Pilates, Katie is a modern dancer and practices yoga. She pulls from her dance, yoga and Romana-based Pilates training to create a well rounded, challenging and enjoyable class.

Class Description
Based on the classic principles of Pilates, class begins by focusing on breath and alignment and encourages more concentration and precision as it progresses. Details are given for newer students and reminders for more advanced students, so each can work at their deepest level. All ranges of movement are addressed (flexion, extension, side-bending and rotation) in prone, supine, side-lying and quadruped positions; active stretches are incorporated throughout the class. Overall, the class emphasizes alignment and intention, to strengthen rather than strain muscles, and guides students to feel taller and stronger.

Jamie Dowd

Jamie received her BA in Integrated Health & Wellness through Indiana Unviersity in 2005.  She became an ACE certified personal trainer and Stott Pilates Instructor in 2006 just prior to moving to NYC.  Jamie has been teaching in a wide range of disciplines for over 10 years with experience in ballet, modern, body conditioning, functional movement, strength training, and Pilates.

Class Description
Anatomy and functionality are very important philosophies in this Pilates class.  She challenges correct movement patterns by using the body’s natural lever system and proper range of motion.  The core principles of Pilates are maintained during this class while integrating other exercises to achieve a higher level of strength and length of the musculature system.  Time is taken during the class to dicuss and reinforce proper placement and knowledge of the body’s alignment as designed y Joseph Pilates.  Modifications are always given when needed while the pace and organization of exercises differs depending on the level of class being taught.

Oceane McCord

Oceane McCord graduated from Cornish College of the Arts in 2004 with a B.F.A. in Dance. She is certified in Pilates Mat Training from the Kane School in 2005 and continued her training in Advanced Pilates Mat and Stability Ball with Teri Steele. Oceane danced with Shen Wei Dance Arts, and AMDat, and continues to dance with Pucci Plus Dancers and Infinity Dance.

Class Description
This class emphasises breath initiation through the accumulation of core principles. Each student will develop an awareness of their own idiosyncracies and learn how to neutralise their body with ease and balance. The class environment is a safe place to experiment and push through what we think are our limitations, some have even been known to levitate! (results may vary)

Devika Wickremesinghe

Devika is a movement artist interested in cultivating active and joyous balance. After sustaining an injury, Devika discovered her love of Pilates and the possibilities it offers dancers at the Kane School of Core Integration. A dancer and yogi, Devika teaches Kids Yoga through Asana Alphabet, an organization that develops after-school programs in NYC elementary schools.  She currently makes work with Mariangela Lopez’ ACCIDENTAL MOVEMENT, Ana Isabel Keilson, and alexanDance.

Class Description
Starting from the breath and an understanding of our anatomy, this class will focus on using core stability to increase range of motion and strength. We will address with specificity the muscles of stabilization while experiencing a full body workout.  Sustaining the body through this method, we will help prevent injury, and harness our dynamic power as movers.

THAI MASSAGE & ANATOMY AWARENESS

Cheryl Bond

Cheryl has recently returned from a 3 month teaching residency in Northern Thailand at the Chiang Mai Ballet Academy where she taught Yoga for Kids, Kundalini Yoga, Horton/Graham based Modern, and a CEU course for the teaching faculty. She works in NYC as a Teacher, LD/Stage Manager, and a Thai Massage Practitioner. She is a KRI certified Kundalini Yoga Teacher, certified Thai Massage therapist in hot stones and nerve touch. She graduated from the Ailey School in 2002.

Class Description
Rooted in Eastern healing traditions, Thai Massage combines passive stretching, gentle acupressure and abdominal breathing to energetically balance the body. This interactive hands-on class teaches a natural, non-invasive approach that provides relief from injury, stress and pain. Increase self awareness as you give and receive this ancient healing, promoting proper alignment, enhanced flexibility and greater physical and emotional well-being. Classes are self-contained and benefit dancers and non-dancers. Be prepared to work barefoot and in comfortable clothing.

Sara Roer

Sara Roer started dancing in Wilmington, NC as the youngest member of the Wilmington Independent Choreographers and was a competitive gymnast before ‘defecting’ north to earn her B.F.A., suma cum laude, at George Mason University. Since arriving in New York, she has enjoyed working with danceTactics by Keith Thompson, b3w (Emily Berry), and Heather McArdle among others. Certified in Thai Massage through Two Souls Thai Massage, Sara is a registered member of the Thai Healing Alliance International. She has assisted Al Turner II in classes at Two Souls and the Pacific College of Oriental Medicine since 2007.

Class Description
Rooted in Eastern healing traditions, Thai Massage combines passive stretching, gentle acupressure and abdominal breathing to energetically balance the body. This interactive hands-on class teaches a natural, non-invasive approach that provides relief from injury, stress and pain. Increase self awareness as you give and receive this ancient healing, promoting proper alignment, enhanced flexibility and greater physical and emotional well-being. Classes are self-contained and benefit dancers and non-dancers. Be prepared to work barefoot and in comfortable clothing.

Ophra Wolf

Ophra Wolf is a dancer, actress, Pilates instructor and Nuad Phen Boran (Thai Massage) practitioner currently based in Brooklyn. Her bodywork practice focuses on the integration of mind and body in order to experience the fullest and most enjoyable potential of the body. Ophra has taught and performed internationally, in the United States, Israel, England, Belgium, Holland, Finland and Brazil. She is currently working with NACL Theatre, as a full-time ensemble member, and is also the artistic director of Pursue the Pulse Media Arts Collective.

Class Description
Rooted in Eastern healing traditions, Thai Massage combines passive stretching, gentle acupressure and abdominal breathing to energetically balance the body. This interactive hands-on class teaches a natural, non-invasive approach that provides relief from injury, stress and pain. Increase self awareness as you give and receive this ancient healing, promoting proper alignment, enhanced flexibility and greater physical and emotional well-being. Classes are self-contained and benefit dancers and non-dancers. Be prepared to work barefoot and in comfortable clothing.

FELDENKRAIS ATM®

Carmen Nicole

Carmen Nicole is a Guild Certified Feldenkrais PractitionerCM and a member of the Feldenkrais Guild® of North America. She has taught Ballet and Feldenkrais based movement classes at Ballet Academy East, modern at Bridge for Dance and Ballet at Dancewave Brooklyn. She has also taught at modern and choreography workshops at many performing arts high schools and universities across Asia as a member of Batter Dance Company. As a dancer Carmen currently works with Battery Dance Company, Yelleb Dance Ensemble and Ballet for Young Audiences. in Chicago, she had the pleasure of working with such companies as Akasha Dance Company, Winifred Haun and Dancers and Fifty-Eight Group.

Class Description
Dancers are gently guided in Awareness Through Movement lessons, developed by Dr. Feldenkrais. Lessons enhance awareness, develop movement potential, prevent or help recover from injury, expand self-image and facilitate creativity. Students move at their own pace within the class structure. Improvisation and discussion end the class and are optional

Zoe Schieber

Zoe Schieber is an authorized Awareness Through Movemen®t teacher and part of the administrative team at the Feldenkrais Institute.  She is currently enrolled in David Zemach-Bersin’s New York Feldenkrais Method® Professional Training Program.  She has an Anthropology Degree from Tulane University and pursues her passion for dance and choreography while living in New York. Currently she is a member of Eva Dean Dance, she teaches children through Young Dancers in Repertory and she is an emerging choreographer. 

Class Description

This part of the Feldenkrais Method® teaches students to become more aware of themselves through attention and movement.  Zoe will guide students through gentle movements using verbal instructions while students actualize these movements paying close attention to themselves. This innovative movement modality creates a unique environment for learning, allowing each student to discover themselves more fully.  Awareness Through Movement® can be helpful in many ways, including ease and efficiency of movement, discovering new pathways to ease chronic pain from injury, and new opportunities for the self. This class will help improve your movement quality and dance performance by allowing your entire self to be involved!

Debra Wanner

Debra Wanner has performed dance, improvisation and experimental theater with numerous choreographers and directors. She toured internationally with Bessie award winner Stephanie Skura, from 1984-1990. Her choreographic and video projects have been presented nationally and internationally and she is a recipient of fellowships from The National Endowment of the Arts and the New York Foundation for the Arts. She is a graduate of New York University Tisch School of the Arts and has an MFA in Dance from The University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee. Debra teaches at Queens College and is a Guild Certified Feldenkrais Practitioner, teaching group and private lessons in Manhattan.

Class Description
Dancers are gently guided in Awareness Through Movement lessons, developed by Dr. Feldenkrais. Lessons enhance awareness, develop movement potential, prevent or help recover from injury, expand self-image and facilitate creativity. Students move at their own pace within the class structure. Improvisation and discussion end the class and are optional.

Hip Hop

Tanesha Sumerset

Tanesha Sumerset began her dance training in 1999 at Douglas Anderson school of the Arts in Jacksonville, Florida. After graduating, she enrolled at FCCJ where she was a member of the Repertory Company and the director of the Ensemble Company for 3 years.  In 2006, Tanesha transferred into the college division of New World School of the Arts in Miami, Florida where she studied ballet, Graham, Horton and choreography in a conservatory setting with  Gerald Ebitz, Peter London, Rebecca Cannan, Frederick Bratcher, respectively. After college, Tanesha moved to New York to pursue a professional dance career. Currently she is a member of Arch Dance Company under the direction of Jennifer Archibald and is on faculty at Dancewave in Brooklyn.

Class Description
This class is designed to help make the connection from the classroom to the stage. After a warm-up made up of core strengthening, flexibility, and isolations exercises, we work on a combo that challenges the dancer’s musicality and athleticism. I urge the students to give themselves to the combo completely and perform in the class as they would on stage.

Franklin Method

Damian McCann