Valeria is an experienced dancer and performer with many years of training in gymnastics and various ethnic dance styles such as belly dance, Brazilian samba, Bollywood, hip hop and others. Valeria has appeared on numerous television programs including The Tonight Show With Jay Leno, Fox, the WB network and Telemundo. She has also been featured in Marie Claire Magazine, several music videos as well as the film “Restless” from director Amos Kollek. She has performed with international stars such as Wyclef Jean, Fergie, Avraam Russo, Afshin and others. Some of... Read More
Kelly McCormack is a well rounded dancer with experience and training in 15 dance disciplines, some of which include ballet, tap, jazz, modern, contemporary, character, celtic, pointe, hiphop, belly dance, samba and more. She hails from Virginia where she started her career at Diggs School of Dance in Gloucester, VA and then continued her training at the Chamber Ballet in Williamsburg, VA. With Chamber Ballet, McCormack performed regularly in many classic productions from the Nutcracker to The Secret Garden. In 2004 and 2006, her participation with Chamber Ballet took her... Read More
Karla was born in Mexico and began ballet training at the age of 5 in Morelia, Michuacan, where she performed with Compania Juvenil Frank (RAD), contemporary and modern pieces including the ballet classics, jazz, modern dance, and musical theatre. Karla started teaching at the age of 15, which grew her passion for teaching and choreography.She continued her training at the Ema Pulido studios in Mexico City where she was immediately invited to join the dance company San Juan De Letran, performing in numerous theaters with a very authentic romantic representative... Read More
Megan Hurley has twenty years of training and numerous professional credits as a dancer. She studied ballet with the New Jersey Ballet Company and performed in professional ballets. She danced the role of Clara in their Nutcracker at the famous PaperMill Playhouse as well as on tour in NJ and other states. A NJ Governor’s School of the Arts Dance Scholar, she trained in programs with American Ballet Theatre, American Academy of Ballet, Studio Maestro, Ms. Huguette’s (where she first began her training), and was an Assistant Choreographer for the... Read More
“Hailing from Brooklyn, NY, my passion is grounding/fire movement in all forms and styles (Belly Dance, Russian Gypsy, Salsa, Samba, West African, Bollywood, Trance, etc). Dance is the outlet for unleashing my passionate wild & free spirit and my intention is to communicate empowerment, invoke the mystic in all of us and to assist women in recognizing & commanding their power within. A vortex of high energy, charismatic ‘saucy’ appeal and an unconventional mind, Tatianna has relocated from her heart’s second home in Saratoga Springs, to pursue an adventurous nomadic... Read More
Maya Alexis takes great joy in the positive power of dance to enrich lives. She studied a wide array of technique and performance styles at the Chamber Ballet in Williamsburg, Virginia, the Richmond Ballet, and Point Park University’s Conservatory for Performing Arts (Pittsburgh), among others. Her performing experience includes The Secret Garden as well as starring roles in The Nutcracker, such as Columbine and Tirolese. She also appeared in numerous festivals and cultural events in cities throughout Virginia. In the summer of 2006, Maya was invited to to Germany to... Read More
Monique Carnaval Born and raised in Queens, NY, with a West Indian background and surrounded by diverse cultures, Monique has always had an affinity for world music and dance. Her foundation in dance began under liturgical dance director Antoinette Martin at age 10 and then Visions of Movement Dance Company under Sonya Ware. In 2007, she began to immerse herself in Brazilian culture and has studied with master dancers Quenia Ribeiro and Danielle Lima, learning Brazilian dances such as samba, afoxe, samba de roda, samba reggae and others. She also... Read More
Jania Cascais was born in Natal, Brazil and raised in Bahia, Brazil, these are two states full of dance, culture and arts. Given her background and where she was raised it was only natural that by age ten she would immerse herself, and fall in love with the dance culture of her country. At the start of 1995 Jania joined a Folklorico Group which made presentations in Xaxado, Frevo, Carimbó & Maculele(Afro-Brazilian and indigenous dance), this group threw events throughout the city of Natal, Brazil. Samba has always been center... Read More
Philadelphia’s own SKATE, a dancer/choreographer and skateboarder also simply known as ‘SKATE’ is one of the dance industry’s most promising talents to shock the mainstream. His endless varieties of style include, Breaking, Freestyle, Street Jazz, and Hip Hop. He has work along side some of the industry’s leading choreographers such as Manwe Sauls Addison and Serena Soffer. He is also known for his ability to fuse various styles together creating an elixir of techniques and complex moves that demands the attention from his audience. SKATE began taking a strong interest... Read More
When not teaching, performing, or choreographing in New York City, Magdalena lives in Andalucía where she trains with legendary gypsies such as Familia Farruco, Angelita Vargas, Manuela Carrasco, and Esperanza Fernandez. Other influences are Isabel Bayón, La China, Pastora Galván, Alejandro Granados, and Andres Peña. In the mid 90′s Magdalena helped revive the NYC Flamenco scene, starting up gigs at new venues in like Xunta, Alegrías, Helena’s, and Kaña. Since then she has danced with companies Madera, Flamenco Triana, American Bolero, Pasion y Arte, and Juanito Pascual, to name a... Read More
Starr has been classically training in ballet as well as tap, jazz, hip-hop, modern, contemporary, and character for fourteen years. She has studied at Chamber Ballet, Institute for Dance, and Virginia Regional ballet. Starr has attended summer dance intensives at Pennsylvania Regional Ballet and Point Park University. She even studied and performed as a part of the Robitshek Dance Ensemble in Germany. She has performed in many shows including The Nutcracker, The Tales of Beatrix Potter, The Secret Garden, and Beauty and the Beast. She has also performed as a... Read More
Adriana Salgado and Orlando Reyes have been professional dancers and teachers of Argentine Tango for over a decade. With background in classical ballet, they went to study Tango in Buenos Aires under auspices of renowned tango masters. International stages include United Arab Emirates, Egypt, Aruba, Argentina and their native Colombia. In the USA they have successfully performed in New Hampshire, Boston, Portland Maine), New Jersey, Miami, Ohio, Michigan, and Upstate NY. In New York City their performances include: NY Tango Festival in 2007, “Tango Intimo”, directed by Valeria Solomonoff in... Read More
