Valeria is an experienced dancer and performer with many years of training in gymnastics and various ethnic dance styles. She specializes in Belly Dance. Valeria was featured on television on the Jay Leno Show, Fox, the WB network, Telemundo, music videos as well as the film “Restless” from director Amos Kollek and in Marie Claire magazine. Some of her other appearances include the United Nations, The Turkish consulate, The Dominican Cultural Festival, a summer tour with Masala Cruises, various fashions shows and much more. In addition to her dancing, Valeria... Read More
Fabiana Macedo is from Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. She studied martial arts and samba since she was a child and has been a samba performer for four years. She has performed in Rio’s famous Carnaval and with popular samba schools in Rio for the past three years. Additionally, for the past 7 years she has been practicing capoeira, a Brazilian art form that combines martial arts, dance, instruments and acrobatics. She is also a personal trainer, and she teaches capoeira and samba to beginners and children. Although she has practiced various sports such as swimming,... 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
Born and raised in New York, Callista began her dance career at three years old in ballet and tap classes. Four years later, she began studying violin, where she fell in love with folk music. Her experience performing music has given her a melodic approach to dance, experiencing the lulls and crescendos as an instrument of the music rather than a body interpreting. At ten years old, she made her stage debut as Baby Louise in a production of “Gypsy”. She continued onto several other roles as lead characters (The... Read More
Elana is a charismatic performer with a background in theater. She developed a love for belly dance in college and trained with Valeria until she became a professional. She now performs regularly in belly dance shows and brings her exciting theatrical and interactive skills to the show.
Born in New York City to Romanian and Greek Parents, Laura Jordan has always had a natural love of dance and art. Early childhood performances developed fluidly into a path for her future life in the arts. “As a child I was fascinated by dance, golden era hollywood divas and the glamour of dance productions from black and white movies. That is where my love of dance started and it is performers like Samia Gamal and Rita Hayworth that continue to inspire me today.” Inspired by her eternal love of... 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
