Her extensive performing career includes Broadway and Off-Broadway credits in Thoroughly Modern Millie, Thou Shalt Not, CATS, and The Fartiste. She has also toured nationally and internationally with productions of Thoroughly Modern Millie (as Dance Captain), Swing!, CATS, On the Town, and Cabaret. Some of her most cherished performing roles include Rosie in Mamma Mia!, Maggie in A Chorus Line, Gloria in Damn Yankees, and Sarah in Civil War.

Beyond performing, Jessica is a dedicated educator. She has served on the faculty for the International College of Musical Theatre and has been a guest teacher at Wagner College and the Broadway Dreams Foundation. Her creative work extends to choreography, having co-created several ballets for the New Jersey Ballet Company and installed full-scale productions for Regent and Princess Cruise Lines.

Jessica is deeply passionate about empowering dancers as athletes, helping them strengthen, condition, and care for their bodies to meet the industry’s ever-evolving physical demands. As a NASM Certified Personal Trainer with additional specializations in Corrective Exercise, Women’s Fitness, and Pre/Postnatal training, plus a credential as a Certified Nutrition Coach (CNC), she brings a well-rounded, science-backed approach to functional movement and injury prevention. Formerly a Lead Teacher Trainer at Pure Barre FSA, she now serves as a Teacher Trainer at Movement Room Brooklyn, where she bridges the gap between fitness and sustainable performance for both dancers and everyday individuals.

Jessica is currently a judge on tour with New York City Dance Alliance and its sister company, ONY, cherishing the opportunity to support and encourage the next generation of artists.

Class Description:
This class is designed to help dancers and movers build intelligent strength, prevent injury, and perform with greater ease and control. We focus on practical, functional exercises that directly enhance your technique by improving the body’s foundational systems.

You will develop balanced strength and flexibility, learning to harness concepts like reciprocal inhibition and optimal length-tension relationships to move more efficiently. The class integrates strength training, mobility work, and functional patterns—all with the goal of supporting your performance longevity and precision, both in the studio and in everyday life.

It’s not just about getting stronger; it’s about building a resilient, well-understood instrument for dance.

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In 2019, Hailey moved from Greenville, SC to New York City to pursue a BFA in Dance and pre-Physical Therapy studies at Marymount Manhattan College. Following her graduation in 2023, she completed her 200-hour Yoga Teacher Training through Yoga Renew, work-studied with Yogamaya NYC, and became Yoga Alliance certified. Her class has taken root at Steps and all over Manhattan, in both private and group settings.

Her background in choreography informs her ability to craft creative and intentional sequences, while her personal journey—including overcoming bilateral hip surgeries—has honed her attention to alignment and safe movement practices.

Passionate about cultivating spaces for exploration, balance, and growth, Hailey looks forward to sharing the transformative practice of yoga with a broader community.

Class Description
OPEN YOGA FLOW
This class is for movers who enjoy creativity in their yoga practice. Some experience is encouraged, but you don’t need to know all the terms or poses—just have the foundation to explore from. Each class is rooted in a theme, weaving elements of yogic philosophy to deepen your experience beyond your physical body. We’ll build toward a peak pose through thoughtful sequencing, using music, breath, and intention as landmarks to guide your flow.

I look forward to practicing with you!

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Jenna is a NASM-certified fitness trainer, NYCDA Assistant, and teaches at Steps on Broadway and other studios across the country. 

Class Description
As a professional dancer and NASM-certified personal trainer, Jenna has developed a conditioning class that blends all the elements dancers need for a strong, sustainable career—strength, stamina, mobility, and longevity. This class boosts cardiovascular endurance, builds functional strength, enhances mobility, and offers smart cross-training to help keep you injury-free.
You’ll work hard and have a blast as Jenna guides you through an invigorating warm-up, an endorphin-lifting cardio segment, a bodyweight strength and stability series, and targeted mat work using resistance bands and blocks. Jenna makes every dancer feel seen and supported, creating a healthy, empowering environment where you’re encouraged to listen to your body while still challenging yourself safely.

This class is recommended for intermediate to advanced dancers ages 14 and up who have a solid understanding of their bodies and alignment.

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She became an official influencer/ambassador for Carnegie Hall in NYC in 2022.

Since Hito came to NYC in 2006, she has performed at Carnegie Hall, Barclays Center, Lincoln Center, BAM, National Gallery of Art in Washington DC, Philadelphia Museum of Art, Gotham Hall and La MaMa Theatre, and more. She performed in Fringe NYC, Tribeca Film Festival, Toy of the Year Award, and the DUMBO Dance Festival. She worked with actors and artists from various genres such as Whoopi Goldberg, Danny Elfman, Catherine O’hara, N’dea Davenport (Brand New Heavies) and many more.

In 2017, Hito performed at Barclays Center for New York Premier Tim Burton’s “Nightmare Before Christmas” Live-to-Film concert with Danny Elfman and Catherine O’hara and all the original casts from the movie. She performed as soprano in the orchestra.

After her solo debut as a pop singer in 2020, she has been blessed to release her original singles with Grammy winning Multi-platinum engineers, Mikaelin ‘Blue’ BlueSpruce (Mariah Carey, Solange Knowles, H.E.R. , Lil Wayne, Jennifer Lopez, Camila Cabello, Nas, Lin Manuel, Tinashe, Kendrick Lamar) , Joe LaPorta (David Bowie, The Weeknd, Big Sean, The Killers, Tiesto, Imagine Dragons, Bon Jovi, 21 Savage, Young Thug, 50 Cent, GZA, Talib Kweli), Dan The Man (Kanye West, Snoop Dogg, Big Pun, Maria Carey, French Montana, Young MA, Smoke DZA, Robert Glasper), J Sounds (Justin Bieber, Shawn Mendes, Ty $, Ed Sheeran , Solange, 21 Savage, Lil UZI ) and many more.

Hito writes all of her songs both in English and Japanese from her own life experiences, and her interview is available on iHeart Radio.

Hito has taught dance classes and exercise classes (Afro Brazilian, Samba, Zumba, Ballet, Jazz, Hip-Hop, Contemporary) to both adults and kids for more than 10 years. She taught dance, art, music, nutrition, and mental health maintenance to typically developing children as well as those with disabilities in New York City for more than 6 years.

She has taught her energetic, sexy open adult Zumba classes at fitness clubs and at Columbia University.

Hito is grateful to be able to perform, teach, inspire and transform others with her talent. She stays active in NYC and believes we can create peace in the world by inspiring and loving ourselves.

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While earning her B.A. at Columbia University, Diarra completed her teacher training through The Fitness Guru Teaching Lab Pilates Apparatus Certification (Lawson Harris) and earned additional certifications in pre/post natal Pilates (Brigitte Arle/Rooted Boston), Complete Clubs (Pamela Warshay/Sage Fitness) and Progressing Ballet Technique (Marie Walton-Mahon).

Combining classical and contemporary Pilates exercises – as well as an understanding of the body gained from over 12 years of working with hundreds of clients – Diarra has developed her unique teaching style based on clear queuing, kinesiology, and visualization in a challenging-yet-judgement free zone. Responding to popular demand, she founded Snatched Fitness NYC in 2018 to help connect all people to the strong, supple, and SNATCHED bodies that they deserve.

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​A dancer for life, Christa turned to Gyrotonic exercise to help her address her own weaknesses and imbalances in her body, and to prolong her dancing. Her body awareness and curiosity serve as a basis for her teaching; being able to identify and empathize with peoples’ physical issues has a been a true gift.

​Christa works with a wide range of private clients, ranging from professional dancers and preprofessional dance students, to seniors, athletes, pre and post natal people, and more. Group classes offer her a chance to experiment with flow and sequencing, reminiscent of choreographing from her dancing days. Most significantly she enjoys seeing the transformation that people’s bodies and minds undergo when practicing Gyrotonic and Gyrokinesis exercise on a regular basis.

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