Guest Teachers, Master Classes & Company Residencies

7/17
INTERMEDIATE THEATER JAZZ
Wednesday 12:00-1:30pm

7/2-7/20
INTERMEDIATE THEATER JAZZ
Tuesday & Thursday 1:30-3:00pm
Saturday 4:00-5:30pm

Daniel has toured nationally with Disney’s Beauty and the Beast, as well as in productions at the Lyric Opera of Chicago, Tuacahn Amphitheatre, American Repertory Theatre, Theatre by the Sea, Little Theatre On the Square, The Fireside & Westchester Broadway Theatre. He has also performed with Karole Armitage’s company Armitage, Gone! Dance at Boston’s Contemporary Institute for Contemporary Art and can be found dancing in Fredrik Eklund’s music video for “It Gets Better”.
>> more about Daniel Gold

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7/17
OPEN STREET FEMME
Wednesday 7:45-9:15pm

8/2
BEGINNING HIP HOP
Friday 6:15-7:45pm

Courtney moved to NYC to study at The Ailey School. She had the amazing opportunity to perform Jacobs Pillow Inside/Out. She was the Assistant Company Manager for the Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater for two years and is now dancing again for new artists and working with Broadway & Commercially acclaimed choreographers here in New York City.
>> more about Courtney Sauls

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7/16 & 7/18
ADVANCED INTERMEDIATE THEATER JAZZ
Tuesday & Thursday 4:30-6:15pm

Adam is the choreographer and co-book writer of The World According to Snoopy which will soon launch a US national tour. On Broadway, he is the associate choreographer of the current Broadway hit Anastasia. He was the associate choreographer of the Tony-winning Best Musical A Gentleman’s Guide to Love & Murder and assisted on the national tour of the Tony-winning revival of Anything Goes starring Sutton Foster and Joel Grey.
>> more about Adam Cates

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7/18
ADVANCED INTERMEDIATE BALLET
Thursday 4:30-6:00pm

7/12-7/27
ADVANCED INTERMEDIATE BALLET
Friday & Saturday 4:30-6:00pm
INTERMEDIATE ADVANCED BALLET
Sunday 12:30-2:00pm

Paul Boos performed with New York City Ballet from 1977-1990. He has also taught and staged Balanchine ballets on behalf of the George Balanchine Trust in the US, Europe, Russia, Korea and Japan including the Maryinsky, Bolshoi, La Scala and Paris Opera Companies.
>> more about Paul Boos

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7/16 & 7/18
INTERMEDIATE COMMERCIAL JAZZ
Tuesday & Thursday 6:00-7:30pm

7/9-7/18
OPEN HIP HOP
Tuesday 7:45-9:15pm
Thursday 8:00-9:30pm

Maxx Reed is a multi-genre movement artist & educator, choreographer & director, as well as a multimedium filmmaker based out of NYC. He is trained in styles spanning from classical ballet to hip hop. Performance credits include: Broadway debut Spiderman: Turn off the Dark; music videos: Michael Jackson’s “Hold My Hand” & Beyonce’s “Who Run The World (Girls)”; television: ABC’s Dance War: Bruno vs Carrie Ann, “The Tony Awards”, & “American Music Awards” with Usher; and, film: Michael Jackson’s This Is It. He has choreographed for Mariah Carey as well as music videos for SEE. He is the founder of Esotericam Productions, for which director & producer credits include: TV series “Live at Gramercy Park”, “Broadway Dance Dreams” and short films “Pas de Carole” & “The Sonnet Project”.
>> more about Maxx Reed

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7/19 & 7/21
BEGINNING TAP
Friday 11:30am-1:00pm
Sunday 12:30-2:00pm
ADVANCED BEGINNING TAP
Friday 1:00-2:30pm
Sunday 11:00am-12:30pm
INTERMEDIATE TAP
Friday 2:30-4:00pm
Sunday 2:00-3:30pm

An original NYC cast member, Anthony is the first American to earn a standing role in Tap Dogs. He has opened shows for people such as Shirley Bassey, Natalie Cole, Earth, Wind & Fire and Stevie Wonder. Now teaching & choreographing has become truly Anthony’s life passion and the combination of these things led him to the unexpected birth of his own tap company, #Taplife and #TaplifeToo.
>> more about Anthony LoCascio

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7/8-7/22
INTERMEDIATE THEATER JAZZ
Monday 12:00-1:30pm

Karla Puno Garcia choreographed the ENCORES Off-Center production Gone Missing. She is the recipient of the Richmond Theatre Critics Best Choreography Award for her original work on In The Heights at Virginia Rep. Karla is currently in the Broadway show Hamilton: An American Musical. She was one of six Broadway Bound choreographers selected to present at the 2018 Dancebreak showcase. She has presented for BC Beat, Broadway Cares Equity Fights AIDS, New York Dance Lab, and Katie’s Project.
>> more about Karla Puno Garcia

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7/23
BEGINNING TAP
Tuesday 1:00-2:30pm
ADVANCED BEGINNING TAP
Tuesday 2:30-4:00pm

As a choreographer, Susan enjoys developing new works and collaborating with fellow dancers of The Tap Collective, a tap company she founded in 1996. Her choreography has been featured in events such as “VII Nit de Claque” in Barcelona, Spain, to the offbeat “Vaudeville 2000” at LaMama ETC Theater and “The Elegance of Comedy of Tap”, hosted by Bill Irwin at NYC Town Hall, Tap City, The New York City Tap Festival, and more recently the “Rhythm In Motion” series at the 14th St. Y in Manhattan. Susan is currently the director of the ATDF Youth Program, as well as the Tap City Youth Ensemble, and the Pre-Professional Program at Tap City.
>> more about Susan Hebach

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7/23
ADVANCED INTERMEDIATE THEATER JAZZ
Tuesday 4:30-6:15pm

On Broadway, Josh choreographed the revival of On The Town which opened to rave reviews. He received an Astaire Award and was nominated for TONY, Drama Desk, and Outer Critics Awards. Also on Broadway, Josh choreographed the revival of Gigi. Josh most recently choreographed the Broadway debut of Charlie and the Chocolate Factory and the revival of Smokey Joes Café.
>> more about Josh Bergasse

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7/23
PILATES MAT
Tuesday 6:00-7:00pm

8/6-8/15
STEELE PILATES
Tuesday & Thursday 1:30-2:30pm

Rachael Britton Hart is certified by Teri Steele in Steele Pilates. She has since enjoyed teaching this creative, dynamic, and challenging approach to Pilates mat work throughout the NYC and Philadelphia areas. She currently teaches at Crunch Fitness and Axiom Amenities, in addition to leading workshops catered to dancers.
>> more about Rachael Britton Hart

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7/26
ADVANCED INTERMEDIATE BROADWAY STYLE TAP
Friday 1:00-2:30pm
BEGINNING TAP
Friday 2:30-4:00pm

7/22-7/31
BEGINNING BROADWAY STYLE TAP
Monday & Wednesday 11:30am-1:00pm
ADVANCED BEGINNING BROADWAY STYLE TAP
Monday & Wednesday 1:00-2:30pm
BASIC TAP
Monday & Wednesday 2:30-4:00pm

Melissa was most recently seen performing Randy Skinner’s Broadway Revival Choreography in North Shore Music Theatre’s 42 Street (Peggy Sawyer u/s, Ensemble) with Director/Choreographer Kelli Barclay. She was also an invited guest artist at Carnegie Hall’s Medal of Excellence Gala, as well as at Miami’s Adrienne Arsht Center for the Spring Gala: A Celebration of Women in the Arts (alongside Chita Rivera, Gloria Estefan, Vanessa Williams and Rita Moreno).
>> more about Melissa Schott

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7/23-7/30
INTERMEDIATE ADVANCED URBAN CONTEMPORARY
Tuesday & Thursday 6:00-7:30pm

Jennifer is the founder and artistic director of the Arch Dance Company and Program Director of ArchCore40 dance intensives. She is a graduate of the Alvin Ailey School. She has choreographed for the Atlanta Ballet, Ailey II, Cincinnati Ballet, Ballet Memphis, Kansas City Ballet, Tulsa Ballet II, Ballet Nashville and worked commercially for Tommy Hilfiger, NIKE and MAC Cosmetics as well as chart-listed singers and actors. Jennifer was recently appointed as the first female resident choreographer for Cincinnati Ballet.
>> more about Jennifer Archibald

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7/18-8/1
INTERMEDIATE TAP
Tuesday & Thursday 11:30am-1:00pm

Elijah has performed in national and international tours with various Grammy, Emmy, and Tony Award winning productions and in shows around the world such as Riverdance, TapSymphony, Lunasa, Tablao Flamenco, and Murphy’s Celtic Legacy. TV/Film credits include shows for HBO, Hulu, and iHeart Media.
>> more about Elijah McKenna Eyerly

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7/21-8/1
INTERMEDIATE THEATER DANCE
Tuesday & Thursday 12:30-2:00pm
ADVANCED INTERMEDIATE THEATER JAZZ
Sunday 3:30-5:00pm

As a performer, Matt most recently played Elder McKinley in The Book of Mormon on Broadway. Additional Broadway productions are the original casts of The Producers, Chitty Chitty Bang Bang, Mary Poppins, Promises, Promises (2010 revival) and Elf the Musical.
>> more about Matt Loehr

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8/1
INTERMEDIATE COMMERCIAL JAZZ
Thursday 6:00-7:30pm
7/20-8/3
INTERMEDIATE COMMERCIAL JAZZ
Wednesday 7:30-9:00pm
Saturday 1:00-2:30pm

Madison has worked with choreographers Sonya Tayeh, Marguerite Derricks, Fatima Robinson, Dorina Sanchez, and Sean Cheesman. He has also appeared in commercials for Cartier, the Gap, Toyota, Bulgari and Paul Mitchell.
>> more about Madison Ingles

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8/1
OPEN HIP HOP
Thursday 8:00-9:30pm

Laya has done choreography for various recording artists in New York, Cyprus and Israel. Her choreography has been showcased at venues such as Alvin Ailey for the Ladies of Hip Hop Festival and Hammerstein Ballroom where she choreographed for Broadway Bares the last 5 years, working with some of Broadways elite performers. In 2018 she co-directed the show with Nick Kenkel and solo directed this year’s Broadway Bares in June 2019.
>> more about Laya Barak

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6/17-8/2
INTERMEDIATE BALLET
Monday, Wednesday & Friday 1:30-3:00pm
ADVANCED INTERMEDIATE BALLET
Tuesday & Thursday 3:00-4:30pm

Suzie began her performing career at American Ballet Theatre under the artistic directorship of Mikhail Baryshnikov. She’s also danced with Pennsylvania Ballet, Vienna State Opera Ballet, Alonzo King’s Lines Ballet, among other companies.
>> more about Suzie Goldman

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7/10-8/2
ADVANCED INTERMEDIATE THEATER JAZZ
Wednesday & Friday 3:00-4:30pm

7/27 & 8/3
ADVANCED INTERMEDIATE THEATER JAZZ
Saturday 1:00-2:30pm

Broadway credits include: Fosse, Dance of Death, Barry Manilow’s Harmony and the most recent revival of Sweet Charity, starring Christina Applegate, where he also served as the production’s Assistant Dance Captain. James began to focus in on the art of choreography, and found himself conceiving and creating an original new dance work for DANCE TRACKS NYC, set to Stephen Sondheim’s song “Another Hundred People”, and premiering at Lincoln Center. Today, James’s work can be seen on stages and television screens around the country. He has become known as a vital asset in creating new and innovative movement for musical theatre, the concert dance world, film/television and live events.
>> more about James Kinney

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8/2
ADVANCED BEGINNING TAP
Friday 6:15-7:45pm
ADVANCED INTERMEDIATE TAP
Friday 7:45-9:15pm

Nicole has performed with choreographers Felipe Galganni, Jared Grimes, Max Pollak, as well as Sean Fielder’s Boston Tap Company. She has performed in shows such as Broadway Underground at B.B. King’s, Tony Waag’s The Main Event, Tap and Song and Rhythm in Motion at Symphony Space. As a choreographer, Nicole has presented her work at the Undertoe Dance Project in New York, Astoria Dance Festival, Jared Grimes’ Run The Night, Justin Boccitto’s Choreographer’s Canvas, Dance Astoria, Choreographers’ Collective and the Queensboro Dance Festival.
>> more about Nicole Ohr

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8/2
INTERMEDIATE JAZZ
Friday 6:30-8:00pm

Clinton’s teaching experience spans creative movement with 3rd graders in New York City Public Schools, hip hop classes at California State University at Los Angeles, and teaching at professional studios all over New York City. As a choreographer Clinton is interested in the pull, existence of, and deterioration of relationships: those between two people, artists themselves, and the audience and artist in a performance setting.
>> more about Clinton Edward

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8/4
INTERMEDIATE CONTEMPORARY
Sunday 3:30-5:00pm

Akira’s film and television credits include programs such as “Canada’s Got Talent”, “Degrassi”, “The Next Star”, The Strain, Over the Rainbow and “Canada’s Smartest Person”. He can be seen dancing in the Much Music promotional video for Sam Smith’s hit track “Stay With Me,” as well as in the Lifetime film My Daughter Must Live. As a choreographer, he has also worked on music videos for artists such as Lights, The Lovelocks, Ria Mae and Tyler Shaw.
>> more about Akira Uchida

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8/8
ADVANCED INTERMEDIATE CONTEMPORARY
Thursday 12:00-1:30pm

Jon currently dances for the Nederlands Dans Theater 1. His work as a performer also includes Season 8 of SYTYCD and dancing alongside Emily Blunt in the major motion picture, The Adjustment Bureau. From 2007-2015 Jon danced and originated many works with Cedar Lake Contemporary Ballet under Artistic Director Benoit Swan Pouffer (Alexandra Damiani ’13-’15). There he worked with and toured the works of Ohad Naharin, Crystal Pite, Johan Inger, Jacapo Godani, Stijn Celis, Jo Strømgren, Sidi Larbi Cherkaoui, Benoit Swan-Pouffer, Richard Seigal, Jiří Kylián , Alexander Ekman, Luca Veggetti, Didy Veldman, Regina Van Berkel, Emanuel Gat, Andonis Foniadakis and Hofesh Shechter.
>> more about Jon Bond

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8/6-8/10
INTERMEDIATE CONTEMPORARY BALLET
Tuesday & Thursday 11:30am-1:00pm
Saturday 3:00-4:30pm

Jennie was a featured dancer on the hit television show “So You Think You Can Dance” and then made her move to New York City when she received a contract with the world renowned Complexions Contemporary Ballet. She has since danced on some of the most popular stages around the world including Russian, Latvia, and Israel and many more.
>> more about Jennie Begley

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8/10
INTERMEDIATE BROADWAY STYLE TAP
Saturday 4:00-5:30pm
8/10-8/24
BEGINNING TAP
Saturday 2:30-4:00pm

Danny was recently seen as Lucky in the Broadway premiere of Dames at Sea. Other Credits include Dick Trevor in Encores! Lady, Be Good! starring Tommy Tune, the National Tour of White Christmas, the National Symphonic Tour of Here to Stay: The Gershwin Experience, and the National Tour of 42nd Street.
>> more about Danny Gardner

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8/3-8/11
ADVANCED INTERMEDIATE BALLET
Saturday 4:30-6:00pm
INTERMEDIATE ADVANCED BALLET
Sunday 12:30-2:00pm

8/18-9/1
ADVANCED INTERMEDIATE BALLET
Sunday 2:00-3:30pm

Ginger has created works for: Oregon Ballet Theater, Louisville Ballet, Sarasota Ballet (Triple Circle Choreographer Award), Minnesota Ballet, American Repertory Ballet, and Fugate/Bahiri Ballet NY at the Joyce Theater in NYC. She has self produced her own evening of work at Lincoln Center and was the founding director of the New Steps Choreography Project in Cleveland, OH, for which she received an Achievement in the Arts Nomination.
>> more about Ginger Thatcher

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7/23-8/22
OPEN HIP HOP
Tuesday 7:45-9:15pm
Thursday 8:00-9:30pm

Amelia has worked with celebrities Selena Gomez, Rosario Dawson, Jane Fonda, Wilmer Valderrama, Perez Hilton, and Howie Mendel. She has danced for LA choreographers Tabitha and Napoleon Dumo, Mandy Moore, Matt Cady, and Beau Fournier. She was a featured dancer and one of the assistant production coordinators for the dance show, Choreographers’ Carnival. Her NYC regional theatre credits include: Beauty and The Beast and Peter Pan.
>> more about Amelia Burkhardt

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