Amanda Molina completed her early dance training at The Dance Academy of North Jersey where she received a diverse dance education with Jason Luks, Jaclyn Walsh, and Sharon Hockstein. Upon graduating high school, she attended SUNY Purchase. She recently graduated summa cum laude with a BFA from their Conservatory of Dance. While attending Purchase, Amanda performed works by Rosalind Newman, Rena Butler, Roderick George, Dorchel Haqq, Doug Varone and Jason Reese Cianciulli. She was also selected to study abroad for a semester at London Contemporary Dance School. Amanda has furthered her training at summer intensives including Joffrey Ballet School, Steps on Broadway and Hubbard Street Dance Chicago for three years. She is currently a trainee with Peridance Contemporary Dance Company, where she has performed works by Igal Perry, Jessica Lang, and Nicholas Palmquist.
Brianna Ascione is a dancer, actor, and singer based in New Jersey and New York. Beginning to dance at two-years-old, she graduated from the Academy of Visual and Performing Arts in Dance at the Morris County School of Technology and is a recent graduate of Marymount Manhattan College with a BFA in Dance with a Jazz Concentration. She grew up training in all styles of dance at The Dance Academy of North Jersey, and studies voice with Marianne Wells. Brianna has performed in theatre and dance, as well as in television and film. Some of her credits include Off-Broadway: The Little Match Girl, and The Concert (Goose Two/Ensemble); Regional Theatre: Dames at Sea (u/s Ruby & Joan), Grease (Sandy Dumbrowski), West Side Story (Anybodys), Catch Me If You Can (Ensemble), and Mary Poppins (Ensemble). Her other credits include: A Chorus Line (Cassie), Into The Woods (Little Red Ridinghood), Big Fish (Jenny Hill), The Government Inspector (Svetsunov), His Play (She), and The Next Screenplay (Perry). Her television/film credits include: The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel Season 3, Episode 8 (Gibbs School Student), The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel Season 4, Episode 5 (Studio Audience), and Marry Me (NU High School Student). In addition to her passion and aspirations for performing, Brianna also has a passion for educating young dancers and actors, helping them to achieve their full potential and more in the performing arts. She currently teaches and choreographs at both The Dance Academy of North Jersey and Mayo Performing Arts Center. Brianna has also been the Associate Choreographer at Delbarton School for Working (2021) and Something Rotten! (2022).
Cameron Adams has been living and working in NYC for the past 23 years. Her Broadway credits include: The 2000 revival of The Music Man, Oklahoma!, Hairspray, Cry-Baby, Shrek, Promises, Promises, How To Succeed In Business Without Really Trying, Nice Work If You Can Get It, Gigi, She Loves Me at Studio 54, Hello,Dolly starring Bette Midler, My Fair Lady at Lincoln Center and most recently, Mrs. Doubtfire. Off Broadway: Inventing Mary Martin at The York Theater and numerous NY City Center shows. a National Tour and many regional productions has allowed Cameron the opportunity to see the country. TV: Dear Edward, FBI, Law& Order: Organized Crime, The Americans, ABC/Disney’s The Music Man, NBC's The Sound of Music Live starring Carrie Underwood and Best Time Ever with Neil Patrick Harris. Cameron Teaches for Broadway Dance Center, New York City Dance Alliance, The Performing Arts Project, The Institute for American Musical Theatre, Marymount Manhattan College, The Joffrey Ballet School, and many other wonderful theatre and dance organizations around the country. Cameron is originally from Myrtle Beach, South Carolina.
Jenna Kulacz, a multi-disciplinary artist originally from Westchester, New York, graduated summa cum laude from Elon University with a BFA in Dance Performance & Choreography. As a professional dancer, Jenna has performed with notable companies such as Pilobolus, EMERGE125, Gaspard & Dancers, and Christal Brown’s INSPIRIT as a soloist in Arts Across America: A Live Virtual Performance at the John F. Kennedy Center. She has worked with a variety of New York project-based companies in performances including the Harlem Dance Festival and with AThomasProject at Bryant Park Summer Performing Arts Series. While pursuing her undergraduate degree, Jenna has danced works by notable choreographers and companies including Yoshito Sakuraba, Gallim Dance, and NW Dance Project. Most recently, she performed at the Delacorte Theater in the Public Theater's production of 'The Tempest' for "Shakespeare in the Park". She thoroughly enjoys teaching and choreographing and is particularly skilled at nurturing younger dancers. She is currently a company member with EMERGE125, a dance educator and choreographer at Westchester Dance Academy, an assistant for New York City Dance Alliance, and a NASM-Certified Personal Trainer.
Jennifer Savelli has danced professionally for over 25 years. At the age of 17 she joined The Pennsylvania Ballet and was a member for four years. She was a Radio City Rockette under the direction of Maurice Hines in Las Vegas. Jennifer’s Broadway credits include Spider-Man Turn Off The Dark, Anything Goes, Guys and Dolls, The Boy From Oz, Dance Of The Vampires, and Fosse. Along with being a Dance Captain on Broadway, she served as Kathleen Marshall's Associate Director and Choreographer for the National Tours of the Tony Award-winning Anything Goes! Jennifer has been in the casts of five City Center Encores Productions and was featured opening The Wynn Hotel in Las Vegas with Hugh Jackman performing an Apache duet. Her movie and television credits include CHICAGO, Not Your Time, PBS' Broadway: The American Musical, and CBS' NYC 22. Jennifer has danced in several TV award shows including The Kennedy Center Honors, The Tonys, The Academy Awards, The MTV Movie Awards, and The VMA's with J.Lo and Ja Rule; and she has directed and choreographed shows for Princess, Radisson, Carnival, and Oceania Cruises.
Jennifer is on the permanent guest faculty at The Rock School in Philadelphia, PA. and has taught at Akron University and Pennsylvania University's Dance Arts Company. She has taught all forms of dance at studios and universities across the country sharing her vast knowledge and love for the performing arts. She likes to encourage the importance of being proficient in and respectful to as many forms of dance as possible -- to have the freedom and flexibility to make the choices desired for a long career in dance. Jennifer also loves being able to teach dance as a means of expression and enjoys sharing its positive impact and tools in preparation for her students' future endeavors.
Lloyd Knight was born in England and reared in Miami. He has a BFA from the New World School of the Arts under Artistic Director Daniel Lewis. Lloyd joined the Martha Graham Company in 2005, was promoted to soloist in 2009, and promoted to Principal in 2014. He has had ballets choreographed on him by Nacho Duato twice, Andonis Foniadakis, Larry Keigwin, Doug Varone, Lar Lubovitch, Klye Abraham, Liz Gerring, Michelle Dorrance, Anne Bogart, Pontus Linberg and Mats Ek. Dance Magazine named Lloyd as one of the Top 25 Dancers to Watch in 2010. He partnered with New York City Ballet Principal Wendy Whelan in Ms. Graham's Moon Duet, and also is partnering American Ballet Theatre's Misty Copeland in a Graham duet from Letter to the World. Most recently he was selected as Best Performer of 2015 by Dance Magazine.
Manny Herrera trained at The School of American Ballet and received the Rudolf Nureyev Foundation Scholarship. His Broadway Credits include: Bob Fosse’s Dancin OBC, West Side Story OBC 2009 revival, Legally Blonde OBC (The Pool Boy in the showstopping number “Gay or European”), Sweet Charity OBC 2005 revival, Wicked OBC (Chistery), and The Music Man (Tommy Djilas). Manny's Off-Broadway/Regional credits: Bull Durham, West Side Story, Miss Abigail’s Guide, and The Seven… and Manny's TV/Film credits: “FBI Most Wanted,” I’m Not Gay, Either Side of Midnight, “One Dollar,” Ma, “Odd Mom Out,” “Blue Bloods,” “Power,” Winter’s Tale, “Knucklehead,” Sex and The City 2, “Smash” seasons 1 and 2, and “Modern Love.” Acting Coach: Ted Sluberski.
Reed Tankersley was born and raised in the San Francisco Bay Area. He began his training at the age of 5. After graduating from The Juilliard School in 2014, Reed joined Twyla Tharp’s 50th Anniversary Tour and continues to perform with the company. Most recently he starred in Tharp’s “In The Upper Room” and “Nine Sinatra Songs” at New York City Center. As a freelance performer he has performed works by many New York based choreographers including: Jonah Bokaer, Jessica Lang for Seattle Opera’s “Aida”, and Broadway’s Chase Brock. In 2019, Reed ran away to the circus and toured the country as the lead performer in Cirque Du Soleil’s, “Volta”. Reed is a NFAA Youngarts award winner and one of Dance Magazine’s “25 to Watch”. Reed has a passion for teaching and fostering the creativity in the next generation of dancers. He has been faculty on multiple conventions including Art of Movement, Humans on tour, Dance Device lab, and iHollywood Dance; and and in-studio workshops throughout the country.
Michael Waldrop was born in Los Angeles, California. He has toured the world, performing with Ballett des Theater Koblenz, State Street Ballet, and Pasadena Dance Theatre, as well as guest performances with Odyssey Dance Theatre, Seamless Dance Theater and the Covent Garden Dance Company’s international gala, Ballet in the Park. During this time, he performed in the classical and contemporary works of Peter Chu, Andreas Heise, Daniel Ezralow, Steffen Fuchs, Bella Lewitzky, Cathy Marston, Ihsan Rustem, Tom Ruud, William Soleau, Uwe Scholz, and Josie Walsh.
From the world of concert dance to the commercial industry, Michael has also appeared in film, television, print, and stage productions including the feature film Underground Comedy, ABC’s Bunheads, Nickelodeon’s Fresh Beat Band, and the Emmy Award winning opening routine of the Jerry Lewis Telethon. Other credits include the Radio City Christmas Spectacular, industrials for Disney and MAC Cosmetics, performances at Downtown Los Angeles’ Music Center and the Getty Museum for the Dance Camera West Film Festival, the American Choreography Awards, and a feature in an edition of Life Magazine.
Michael has created original works for Theater Koblenz and the Joffrey Ballet School, as well as commissioned presentations for Marymount Manhattan College, the Joffrey Ballet School, and the School of State Street Ballet. His work has been shown throughout the United States, Canada, Japan, and Germany, emphasizing dynamic, extension, and flow through a classical and contemporary vocabulary.
Michael currently resides in New York City and instructs at the Joffrey Ballet School and Peridance Capezio Center.
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