"Mary-Angela Granberry is a contemporary and commercial dance artist and instructor. Originally from Illinois, she received her formal training at Faubourg School of Ballet under the direction of Watmora Casey and Tatiana Mazur, and has trained in commercial hip hop and contemporary styles with top choreographers in Los Angeles and New York City. Ms. Granberry's professional credits include The Tonight Show, Avon Cosmetics, Creme of Nature, Beyoncé on Oprah’s 24th Season special, Lollapalooza Music Festival, Google/YouTube, Sexy Hair, music videos, and national tour with Fetty Wap dancing with RGF recording artist,

Born in Mobile, Alabama, Juan Michael Porter II has worked with H.T. Chen & Dancers, NYCOpera, Michael Mao Dance, The Martha Graham Dance Company, Webster Hall (Director of Dance of The Quarterly Art Soirée), Alpha Omega Dance Company, and BalaSole Dance Company. Additionally he has worked intensively with the musicians Autre Ne Veut, William Hooker, Yasuhiko Fukuoka, and Bird Mask, the playwright Isaiah Sheffer, the film-maker Yvonne Ng, and the choreographers Rose Marie Guirard, Yung Yung Tsuai, Karen Arceneaux, and Pascal Rekoert. His work has been commissioned and

Fairul Zahid Bloom is a prolific and versatile choreographer and dancer working in the disciplines of contemporary dance, Chinese classical Dance, Indian classical dance, and ballet. He has collaborated with international artists Riki Von Falken (German), Gideon Oberzanek (Australia) Un Yamada (Japan), Ena Herosie (Japan), Chunky Move (Australia), Patrick Suzeu (U.S), Jeff Tsei (Taiwan), Brigel Gjoka (German) Pamela S. Pietro (New York), among others. He has produced several full-length and a mixed bill performance tours in Singapore, Los Angeles, and Jakarta, Indonesia (2013). He was a former

Scott Willits hails from Minneapolis, MN and graduated from the Ailey/Fordham B.F.A. program in New York. Scott currently works for Elisa Monte Dance. He has also worked for Nimbus Dance Works, Earl Mosley's Diversity of Dance, among others. Scott has taught ballet, jazz and conditioning at the Summit Dance Shoppe (Minnesota), creative movement classes as part of the JUNTOS collective in orphanages and schools in Guatemala and Mexico, as well as retirement homes and other venues in New York and New Jersey. He has also taught modern

Jayson “Mighty Mouse” Vasquez was born and raised in Brooklyn, NY. He started his dance career in the subways of Time Square train station dancing for money. From the streets to the professional dance world, Mouse has worked with the likes of Tyler Perry and Rennie Harris. His Film/TV credits include Good Morning America 25th anniversary, USA Net Work commercial “Show Us Your Character”, and VH1 Hip Hop Honor Awards Dancing for Grand Master Caz. He has also danced for modern theater companies such as Eleo Pomare

Kendra Ross is a dancer and teaching artist from Detroit, MI. She started her dance career as a Afro-Cuban folklore dancer with Danys ‘La Mora’ Perez with whom she was an honorary member of the children’s company Adian Mode.  She received a BFA from Ailey/Fordham University in Dance where she performed the works of Sean Curran, Alvin Ailey, Nathan Trice, and Jacquline Buglisi. She has worked with Oyu Oro, Andrea E. Woods/ Souloworks, Genesis Dance Company, Vissi Dance Theater, Ase Dance Theater Collective, Ronald K. Brown/Evidence, and Sonic Leroy and Motionsickness with Monstah Black. Kendra is currently a company member of Urban Bush Women and MBDance. Kendra has been

Raymond “Spex” Abbiw began developing his style by going to various clubs in the Hip Hop underground dance movement. Through practice and persistence, Spex began to excel in free styling at clubs and parties. In the pursuit of taking his natural dance ability to the professional level, Spex studied with Robin Dunn at Broadway Dance Center and later become her assistant. Since then he has appeared on MTV and has danced for Mariah Carey, Joe, Lauryn Hill, Wyclef Jean and many others. In more recent years, Spex

Joshua recently returned to New York City after dancing on the 2015 National tour of Seven Brides for Seven Brothers. Other professional credits include Grand Rapids Ballet, the Orlando Ballet, Ballet West, Central Florida Ballet, and Florida Dance Theatre. He also danced with the Walt Disney Company for several years, where he was fortunate enough to dance in various special events for the Disney Parks, and Disney cruise Lines where he danced along side Grammy and Academy Award winner, Jennifer Hudson. Some of Mr. Kolberg's teaching credits include:

A 2010 graduate of NYU’s Tisch School of the Arts (MFA), Gierre J Godley is a dancer, choreographer, and teacher currently living in NYC. He began is training Arkansas under the direction of C. Michael Tidwell and Arleen Sugano. Gierre has also had the privilege of training at the Ailey School and Millikin University (BS Biology, Dance Minor). He has been on faculty at the Debbie Allen Dance Academy (LA), Fancy Feet Dance Studio (Bronx), the Centre for the DansArts (Arkansas), and is currently a Adjunct Professor

Sarah is a NYC-based performer and dancer/choreographer who specializes in character and improv-based partnering and group work.   She is currently the co-director of MoveWorks, a company member of Amalgamate Dance Company, and has recently worked with Becky Radway Dance Projects, Aubrey A. Daval, and with theatre company, the PurpleThreads Ensemble.   Before moving to New York City in 2010, she choreographed solo, group, and site-specific work and taught ballet and modern at Boston University, where she earned her undergraduate and graduate degrees. She has taught modern, ballet, improvisation,

JOVONNA PARKS is a native of Philadelphia where she began her dance training. The Gwendolyn Bye Dance Center is where she began her intense formal training in ballet, Horton, and Graham techniques. She attended the Ailey/Fordham BFA under the direction of Ana Marie Forsythe and graduated in 2012 with her BFA in dance. While in college JoVonna was a member of Ballet Hispanico's second company BHdos. Upon graduation she was invited to work with John-Mark Owen Presents -  in his premiere of Requiem.  She has attended summer intensives

Stephanie is a long time fan of Soul Arts Academy and its philosophy and is thrilled to be teaching for this unique and empowering school!  Stephanie has trained at Boston Ballet, Alvin Ailey, Toronto Dance Theatre and National Ballet of Gdansk, Poland. She has performed on Broadway and in National Tours in such shows as Legally Blonde and Hairspray, on stages such as Met Opera and City Center, in international tours of West Side Story, and with Cirque du Soleil. She brings a wealth of experience and

Dancer, Choreographer and Teacher Timothy Edwards, a Hawai¹i native, began his journey into dance at the age of fourteen when he stepped in his first dance class, African dance. From that day on his teacher, Desiree Kramer, would give him the tools and inspiration to pursue his new found dance dream. After receiving his B.A. in Dance at Hunter College, Timothy now works with David Dorfman Dance Company, Camille A. Brown & Dancers, Eva Dean Dance as well as other NYC companies and choreographers. He has had the honor of teaching

Tyler Clark is a company member with Alpha Omega Theatrical Dance Company. She has also performed as a guest performer for Sans Limites Dance, as well as working as a freelance dancer. In addition to dance performance, Tyler has her 200-hr Yoga Certification from the Yoga Alliance and teaches a variety of yoga classes at NuYu Revolution. She graduated from the University of Iowa, with a BFA in dance and BA in journalism. During her time there she performed in over 15 pieces working extensively with choreographers George de la Pena,

Based in NYC, Lauren Blue is a teacher, choreographer, company owner, performer, and an artist. Inspired by a varied background and training ranging from Contemporary, Hip-Hop, Jazz, and Ballet, her early achievements have motivated her to fulfill her life’s obligation as a creator and educator. Lauren Blue currently teaches as sub faculty and is involved with The Children and Teen Program at New York City’s Broadway Dance Center and has taught nationally for Dance Theater USA. As a choreographer, she hosts workshops to give dancers of all

Anna Noble is a freelance dancer, choreographer, teacher, certified Gyrokinesis(R) instructor and performing artist. She has a strong passion for classical ballet, contemporary and commercial styles, as well as a love for acting and theater. In 2016, Anna performed in Warren Carlyle's Tony-award winning musical "After Midnight" by NCL productions as the lead principal female dancer and music videos for artists Alicia Keys and Yahira. Most recently, she danced in Todrick Hall's new video "Low" featuring Ru Paul. In addition, she has done print and immersive work

Born and raised in Media Pennsylvania, Xavier Townsend started his dance training at the age of eight with a focus in Ballet & Contemporary dance. He trained at the Philadelphia Ballet School, Broadway Bound Dance Academy and Point Park University. He is a graduate of the Peridance Capezio Certificate Program. He is company member of Project 44 , De Funes Dance and Gotham Dance . He has performed works by Cindy Salgado , Tanya Birl, Kristen Sudekis , Raphael Xavier, and Janice Rosario ; Xavier has performed

J Ryan Carroll had the privilege of training closely under the tutelage of: David Howard, Hilary Cartwright, Peter Schabel, Dame Sonia Arova, Haynes Owens, Laura Alonso, Graciela Kozak, Alexandre Proia, Antoinette Peloso and Diana Laurenson. At 19 years old he apprenticed with Laura Alonso’s Clasico de la Havana in Havana, Cuba. He went on to dance with Wes Chapman’s Alabama Ballet as a company member, American Repertory Ballet dancing soloist and principal roles, Ballet Concierto de Puerto Rico as a Principal Soloist in San Juan and with Les

Kristina Zaidner is a graduate of New World School of the Arts High School in Miami, FL and The BFA Dance Program of Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater and Fordham University in New York City. Kristina was most recently performing as a member of the ballet company of the Metropolitan Opera as well as project based companies RudduR Dance under the direction of Christopher Rudd and Arch Dance under the direction of Jennifer Archibald among others. Ms. Zaidner has performed works by Alvin Ailey, Martha Graham, Paul