ERA JOURAVLEVMrs. Era Jouravlev studied at thefamed Perm State ChoreographyAcademy in Russia. While dancingwith the Perm State Opera andBallet Theatre, she touredinternationally with the Stars of theKirov and Bolshoi Ballet: L.Semeniaka, A. Fadeechev, O.Chenchikova, L. Kunakova, M.Daukaev.. She has toured withAmerican Ballet Theatre PrincipalNina Ananiashvili in Japan and SouthKorea. Also she has toured withBolshoi Theatre Principals 

 E. Maksimova and V.Vasiliev in Tokyo and with N. Pavlova and V. Gordeev inMoscow. During a summer tour in China, she danced with the “Stars of AmericanBallet”. In 1995 Mrs. Jouravlev joined the New Jersey Ballet as a Principal Dancer,where she performed the works of George Balanchine, Agnes de Mille, Paul Taylor,Antony Tudor, Johan Renvall, Margo Sappington, Robert Weise, and Robert North,among others. Mrs. Jouravlev has performed many Principal roles in both classicaland contemporary repertoires and was given the unique opportunity to learn theclassical pas de deux “Papillon” directly from International Kirov Star Irina Kolpakovaand worked with American Legend Mr. Edward Villella on George Balanchine’sfamous “Tchaikovsky Pas de Deux”. Mrs. Jouravlev taught for the New Jersey Balletfor fourteen years, and started teaching at the Joffrey Ballet School in 1997. Sheworked as the Head of Classical Ballet Studies at JBS under the direction of Mr.Robert Ray for many years, assisting him in implementing a codified ballet techniquesyllabus for the entire Ballet Trainee Program. With an incredible career, over thirtyyears of teaching experience, and a fierce passion for shaping dancers into artists, EraJouravlev is delighted to share her expertise as the Ballet Trainee Program Director.

ANDREI JOURAVLEVMr. Jouravlev studied at the famedPerm State Choreography Academyin Russia and went on to become aPrincipal Dancer in the Perm StateOpera and Ballet Theatre. He won aDiploma and the Silver Medal ininternational ballet competition inRussia. Mr. Jouravlev touredinternationally with the “Stars of theKirov and Bolshoi Ballet”. He hasbeen in performances in England,Italy, Japan, China, Czechoslovakia,Poland, South Korea and Germany. 

Mr. Jouravlev has toured with American Ballet Theatre Principal Nina Ananiashvili inJapan and South Korea, where he danced Espada of “Don Quixote”. ThisPerformance is available on video around the world. Also he toured with BolshoiTheatre Principals E. Maksimova and V. Vasiliev in Tokyo and Osaka. After theJackson Ballet Competition he joined the New Jersey Ballet as a Principal Dancer. Hedanced with the “Stars of American Ballet” during a 1997 summer tour in China. Mr.Jouravlev has performed the ballets of George Balanchin, Agnes de Mille , AntonyTudor, Paul Taylor and worked with contemporary choreographers Robert North,Margo Sappington, Donlin Foreman and many more.He has performed in over thirtyPrincipals roles in classical and contemporary repertoires including “Giselle”, “SwanLake”, Sleeping Beauty”, “Don Quixote”,The Nutcracer”, “La Bayadere”, “Spartacus”,“Raymonda”, “Romeo and Juliet”, “Coppelia”, “Cinderella”, “ La Sylphide”, “Serenade”“Theme and Variations”, “Carmen”, “Who Cares”, “ Death and the Maiden”, “Antre DosAguas”, “Belong”, “Allegro Brilliante”, and others. Currently he is the Artistic Director ofGreenwich Ballet Academy in Conneticut.

WESLEY ENSMINGERWesley Ensminger,originally from SantaCruz, CA, holds aBachelor of Fine ArtsDegree in DancePerformance andChoreography fromCalifornia Institute ofthe Arts. He hastrained extensively invarious modern dancetechniques including 

Release, Countertechnique, and Limon, alongside Improvisation andClassical Ballet. Wesley has had the privilege of being able to danceprofessionally with a vast range of dance companies and choreographersas well as teach all around the United States and internationally in Canadaand Europe. New to New York City after living in Los Angeles, he is thrilledto be in a new city with so much amazing artistic energy and drive.

LIZ D'ANNAMs. D’Anna a native ofBrooklyn NY, receiveda full scholarship atthe JoffreyBallet School, studyunder the directionMeredith Baylis,Jonathan Watts,Dorothy Lister,Francesca Corkle andTrinette Singleton.

Ms. D’Anna was a member of Jose Coronado & Dancers andYung Tsuai & Dancers. Ms. D’Anna joined the Delta FestivalBallet 1986 and was shortly promoted to soloist. Among someof the ballets performed Nutcracker, Sleeping Beauty, Peter and the Wolf and La Fille Mal Gardee. Ms. D’Anna completeda four-year teacher-training course recognized by theNASD. The course was given under the direction of MeredithBaylis and Dorothy Lister. Ms. D’Anna join the faculty of theJoffrey Ballet School in 1982 and has been teaching all levelsof ballet from pre-ballet to professional.

MARINA BOGDANOVAMarina  Bogdanova, Russianballerina.  Both  ballerina  and a  dance teacher, MarinaBogdanova is known for thelightness and delicacy of herdancing.   Marina was  born  in the  city  of  Perm  by  the  UralMountains.  She  aspired  to  bea ballerina  from  a  very  tender age  and  was  admitted  to the  famous  and  privileged 

Perm State  Academy  of  Dance.  After  graduation ,  Ms.  Bogdanova began her professional career in the Sverdlovsk State Theater of Operaand Ballet, rose swiftly to the soloist rank and joined the Russian NationalMoscow Ballet Company.Marina Bogdanova made her debut at theMariinsky Theater in St. Petersburg as Nikia in La Bayadere. She workedwith such legendary prima ballerina as Ekaterina Maksimova.Ms.Bogdanova’s classical ballet repertoire included title roles in Swan Lake,Giselle, Corsair, La Silphide, Coppelia, la Esmeralda, The Sleeping Beauty,The Nutcracker, Walpurgis Nights, Don Quixote, Paquita, La Bayadere,Romeo and Juliet and Carmen. In 1987 Ms. Bogdanova accepted anhonorary title of The National Artist of USSR for exceptional achievementsin performing arts and therefore was mentioned in the Big BalletEncyclopedia of Russia. Ms. Bogdanova graduated from The MoscowTheater of the Performing Arts as a Ballet Mistress, which is an equivalentof MA degree in Choreography. Ms. Bogdanova's reputation became firmlyestablished with the knowledgeable Russian balletomanes and she wasinvited to join his Russian Ballet Company and go on international tours.With the V. Gordeyev’s Russian Ballet Company Mrs. Bogranova performedin USA, England, Italy,Germany, Taiwan, Japan, Spain, Holland, Switzerland,Norway, Australia and Mexico. Her leading roles received critical acclaimand appreciation from famous ballet critics such as Anna Kisselgoff fromThe New York Times. While on tours, Marina became an Honored Citizen ofstate Georgia USA and the City de Veracruz, Mexico.The world touringended with the invitation to take up residence at the Columbia ClassicalBallet and the NJ Ballet Company as a prima ballerina. At the same time Ms.Bogdanova was asked to present master classes at the Philadelphia DanceConservatory, Ballet Royale of Maryland, Dance Explosion School ofMaryland, South Carolina Academy of Ballet, ballet schools of Arizona,Florida and Virginia as well as the Kwangju Ballet Company, Korea.In  2004 Ms.  Marina  Bogdanova  was  officially  appointed  to  the  rank  of  the Ballet Mistress  at  the  New  Jersey  Ballet  Company. Since 2013 Faculty ofJoffrey Ballet School, New York and Summer intensive program.

MAXIMILIEN BAUDMaximilien Baud; Trained at the Schoolof American Ballet for 10 years underthe guidance of Peter Martins, JockSoto, Peter Boal, Olga Kostritzky, andAndrei Kramarevsky. While a student, heperformed with the NYC Ballet, and waspart of the original cast of two worldpremieres: Organon by Elliot Feld andScenes De Ballet by Tony Awardwinning choreographer ChristopherWheeldon. Mr. Baud began  his

professional career with the Carolina Ballet under Robert Weiss. There he wouldwork with choreographers such as Lynne Taylor Corbett, Robert Weiss, DamianWoetzel, and Christopher Wheeldon. In 2005, Mr. Baud joined the PennsylvaniaBallet under the directorship of Roy Kaiser and would perform principal roles inballets by Jerome Robbins, Peter Martins, George Balanchine and many more. In2009, Mr. Baud had the opportunity to work on the Oscar nominated film forBest Picture, Black Swan, by Darren Aronofsky. In 2010, Mr. Baud would join thenational/international tour of Billy Elliot, the Musical performing the role of OlderBilly, and was nominated for a Helen Hayes Award for Best SupportingPerformer in a Musical. He was in the ensemble of the national tour ofFlashdance the Musical based on the iconic 80’s film under the directorship ofTony Award-winning choreographer, Sergio Trujillo. Maximilien has reprised hisrole of Older Billy in regional productions of Billy Elliot with the MUNY, NorthCarolina Theater, and the North Shore Music Theater Company. Mr. Baud hashad the opportunity to teach master classes at numerous dance studios aroundthe world, as well as coach the young Billy’s from Billy Elliot. Currently, he is onthe staff at The Joffrey Ballet School and Ballet Academy East. While directingand teaching, Mr. Baud enjoys enriching the lives of dancers through disciplineand a passion for the arts.

AKOP AKOPIAN

Joffrey Ballet Trainee,Michigan Ballet Academy,Full-length Nutcracker, and his original full-length ballet -The Jungle Book- Mowgli, as well as staged numerous balletperformances. Graduate from the Vaganova Ballet Academy in St. Petersburg, Russia andthe Yerevan State Choreographic College. Had the privilege to study under two ofA.Vaganova’s former students: the ballet legends F.Balabina, and N.Dudinskaya.  Mr.Akopian also hadthe privilege to study under K. Sergeyev, W. Zimin, N. Serebryanikov and N.Mehrabyan.Upon graduation from the Vaganova Academy, he became a leading dancer inthe Armenian National Theater Opera and Ballet in Yerevan.  In 1991 he danced with classicballet de Montreal.  In 1993 he was invited to Germany to join the Thuringian State Ballet. For the following seven years he became one of the most acclaimed principal dancers ofthe company.  Mr. Akopian received the best dancer of the year award in 1997 and 1999, waspraised in many European magazines and in a book entitled Musis-Sacrum published inGermany.   In 2000, Mr. Akopian danced with Ballet New York.  In 2001 he was invited to joinGRBC  and for his work there he was recognized in many ballet magazines and other mediasources.As a guest artist Mr. Akopian has danced in numerous international galas aroundthe world.  He has had the opportunity to work with numerous ballet masters andchoreographers including Dietmar Seyffert, Ludmilla Sakharova, Anahit Grigorian, VilenGalstyan, Martin Wennde, Peter Martins, Judith Fugate and Nina Strogonova.  The leadingroles in Giselle, Swan Lake, Don Quixote, Romeo and Juliet, Carmen, The Nutcracker, EugeneOnegin, Coppelia, Sleeping Beauty, La Fille Mal Gardee, Fierbird, Scherheresade, Paquita,Midsummer Night’s Dream, Enigma, Antuny, Wolfe, Ara Beautiful, Cinderella, variousBalanchine pieces were among the roles Mr.Akopian danced throughout his career. Mr.Akopian worked as a Founder Artistic Director and Board of Directors member of MichiganBallet Academy. He is very committed to excellence, likes to share his rich stage experienceand feels very proud of his students who perform professionally in various ballet companiesafter studying under his guidance.

Mr. Akopian is on Faculty:Joffrey Ballet SchoolTrainee program NY. JBS SI Faculty NY. EllisonBallet SI Faculty NY. Sky Rink at Chelsea PiersNY Choreographer for FigureSkaters.Choreographed for Viennese OperaBall/VB NY. Former faculty and choreographerGelsey Kirkland Academy of Classical BalletNY.March 2016,World premier full-length ballet“Stealing Time” Choreography by Akop Akopianand Michael Chernov,with GK Ballet companyNY. Mr.Akopian has choreographed a variety oforiginal pieces, for schools and companyprepare dancers for companions, Ellison Ballet,

GAIANE AKOPIAN

Gaiane performed around the world and has been recognized by critics worldwide. She danced in numerous classical and contemporary ballets.  Performed asprincipal dancer with the Armenian National Ballet Theater, Thuringian State Ballet,Germany and GR Ballet Company. Some of her leading roles include Romeo andJuliet, Swan Lake, Don Quixote, Giselle, Carmen, The Nutcracker, La Fille Mal Gardee,Cinderella, Firebird, A Midsummer’s Night Dream, Wolfe, Ara Beautiful,Scheherazade, Eugene Onegin, Enigma, CanCan , Les Liasons Dangereusesandvarious Balanchine pieces. She was acknowledged by the critics of the BalletInternational Tanz Aktuell European magazine as one of Germany’s best dancer, in1995, and won the Grand –Prix as the dancer of the year in 1997.  In 2002 Ms.Akopian was praised in the Musis Sacrum book titled “100 Years Theaterhaus Gera”,(Germany).  In 2006 she appeared in “Amazing Women of West Michigan” bookamong the most influential women of West Michigan community. Works with Figureskaters in Patterson Ice Center , Greater Grand Rapids Figure Skating Club, MI -registered with the United Skates Figure Association .Ms. Akopian worked as aFounder Artistic Director, and Board Of Directors member of Michigan BalletAcademy. Ms. Akopian is very committed to excellence, likes to share her rich stageexperience and feels very proud of her students who perform professionally invarious ballet companies after studying under her guidance.

Graduated from the Vaganova Ballet Academyin St,Petersburg, Russia and the Yerevan StateChoreographic College. Had the privilege tostudy under the two ballet legends,A.Vaganova’s former students F.Balabina, andN.Dudinskaya. Ms.Akopian is on faculty: JoffreyBallet Trainee program NY, JBS Master Teacherprogram. JBS SI NY, Ellison Ballet SI FacultyNY. Sky Rink at Chelsea Piers NY - FigureSkating Ballet instructor. Choreographed andprepared students for competitions as well asstaged numerous ballet performances.

HUGH NINI

into the National Association for Regional Ballet as a performing company.In 1988, Mr. Nini charted a new direction to pursue a more ambitious dream, theFestival Ballet of North Central Texas. As the Artistic Director for twenty-five years,Mr. Nini established the Festival Ballet as a company with a reputation forexcellence and consistency.In 1998, the Dallas Dance Council awarded his production of The Nutcracker, fromamong a field of fourteen ballet companies in North Texas, eleven out of sixteen“Bests,” including: Best Nutcracker, Best Choreography, Best Costumes, Best Sets,Best Battle Scene, Best Snow Scene, Best Waltz of the Flowers, Best Drosselmeyer,Best Clara, Best Program, Best Box Office, and Best Artistic Director. In 2010, Mr. Niniwas the sole recipient of the C.A.R.A (Community Arts Recognition Award) from theGreater Denton Arts Council in recognition for his decades of contribution to thearts through his work as a master ballet instructor and director of one of the mostsuccessful ballet companies in the north Texas area. Mr. Nini’s students have beenaccepted on scholarship to every major summer intensive program in NorthAmerica, including: School of American Ballet, Pacific Northwest Ballet, SanFrancisco Ballet, Harid Conservatory, Kirov Ballet Academy, Boston Ballet, HoustonBallet, Joffrey Ballet, Royal Winnipeg Ballet, National Ballet of Canada, and manymore. His students have gone on to dance professionally with Pacific NorthwestBallet, Houston Ballet, Atlanta Ballet, Colorado Ballet, Memphis Ballet, The RoyalWinnipeg Ballet, and companies in Europe. One of Mr. Nini’s first Denton BalletAcademy students, Mark Godden, is now an established internationalchoreographer, winning top honors at the International Ballet Competition in Varna,the International Ballet Competition in Helsinki, and receiving the Clifford E. LeeAward for Choreography. Mr. Nini sincerely thanks the many students, parents, andcolleagues who, over the last thirty-nine years, made his job something to lookforward to each day and helped to create a positive and productive learningenvironment.

Mr. Nini founded the Denton Ballet Academy in 1979.He credits his favorite teacher, Arnold Spohr, ArtisticDirector of the Royal Winnipeg Ballet, with hisfoundational training and understanding of the art ofclassical ballet. While a scholarship student at theBanff Centre for Fine Arts he was invited by Mr. Spohrto join the Professional Division of the RoyalWinnipeg Ballet. In 1979 Mr. Nini founded the DentonBallet Academy where he guided and taught hisstudents for thirty-three years. In 1980 he foundedthe Denton Civic Ballet.  By the end of his eight-yearterm as its Artistic Director he had choreographedover thirty ballets. These include his original, fulllength, three-act version of the Hans ChristianAnderson short story, The Snow Queen. Under hisdirectorship, the Denton Civic Ballet was accepted 

LARISA CALERO

Born and raised in Moscow Russia,Larisa Calero is a former principaldancer with the Moisseyev DanceCompany. While performing with theCompany , she got her MastersDegree in Choreography from RATI –Russian Academy of Theatrical Art(former GITIS). After almost ten yearsperforming with the MoisseyevDance Company around the world,Larisa found new home in New YorkCity. Teaching is her 

second passion . In Larisa’s Character class, students get introduced to newdance techniques from around the world and learn pieces from renownedclassical ballets in addition to pieces choreographed by Larisa. Sheemphasizes the performing side of dance and delivering the story.

STACY CADDELL

Stacy Caddell is a native of Norfolk,Virginia where she began her dancetraining at the age of 5.  She laterwent to the School of AmericanBallet and was invited to join theNew York City Ballet by GeorgeBalanchine.  Stacy was promoted tosoloist and danced many principalroles.  She later left NYCB and joinedTwyla Tharp and Dancers.  Sheperformed all over the worldincluding a tour with Mikhail 

Baryshnikov in the show “Cutting Up”.  Later, Stacy stopped performing andbecame an assistant to Ms. Tharp at American Ballet Theater on the ballet“Known by Heart” and later at NYCB on “Beethoven’s Seventh”.  Ms. Caddellalso became the Dance Supervisor on the Broadway Show “Movin’ Out” andwas integral in staging it’s first National Tour.  She then became a repetiteurfor Ms. Tharp staging her ballets for many national and internationalcompanies. Ms. Caddell also stages ballets for the Balanchine Trust.  Stacyhas choreographed the opera “Aida”, two episodes on the HBO series “TheSopranos”, the short film “Central Park”, four ballets for Ballet Academy East,a ballet for Joffrey Concert Group and a ballet for the Joffrey Ballet School.Stacy is currently a teacher at the Joffrey Ballet School in New York City andis the Artistic Director of the Joffrey Summer Intensive in Genoa, Italy. She isalso the co-creator of an online professional dance apparel line  -protutustudio.com

WINSTON BROWN

Winston Brown, a native of KansasCity, Missouri, started dancing atSmith Sisters Dance Studio. Hecontinued his training at the MissouriState Ballet, the University ofMissouri Kansas City, where hereceived his BFA, and The CenterDance under the mentorship ofTyrone Aiken. Mr. Brown hasparticipated in numerous intensiveprograms – Kansas City Ballet, 

Alonzo King’s pre-professional program, Ailey summer intensive as threetime fellowship recipient and the Ballet and Modern programs at JacobsPillow as the inaugural recipient of the Lorna Strassler Award. Mr. Brown hasworked with the Wylliams/Henry Danse Theatre, Deeply Rooted Productions,Albany Berkshire Ballet, Metropolitan Opera House, TU Dance,CorbinDances, IMDT( irish modern dance theater), Ben Munisteri danceprojects , Taylor 2 & most recently Dance Heginbotham, Owen/Cox DanceGroup, Pilobolus, Sean Curran Co.,Opera Theater St. Louis and KyleAbraham/ A.I.M. Mr. Brown is excited to be back in New York as a freelanceartist. “nothing to prove, only to share”

BILL WALDINGER Bill has taught both Ballet and the LuigiJazz Technique at the Joffrey Ballet Schoolin the Ballet Trainee Program, the AdultProgram and the Jazz and ContemporaryProgram. He is currently on faculty at NewYork Film Academy, The CAP 21 MusicalTheater Program at Molloy College andHamilton Dance.  He has served as thedirector of Jazz at the Manhattan BalletSchool and the director of Ballet

at the Contemporary company Cora Dance. Certified by Luigi to teach the Luigi JazzTechnique, Bill has taught Luigi Jazz workshops for the New Rising Sun DanceProject at DANY Studios/Joyce SoHo and has created workshops combining theJazz Techniques of Luigi and Matt Mattox with the choreographic works of BobFosse and Jerome Robbins. He has also served as a Master Teacher at HunterCollege, again teaching the work of the jazz master Luigi. Bill frequently travels as aguest teacher at studios, schools and conservatories across the country, passing onthe Luigi Jazz Technique as well as technique classes in Classical Ballet. In addition,he has developed absolute beginner “Dance Classes For Singers" at The Singers’Forum.  As a performer, Bill has appeared in musical theater, concert dance,commercials, music videos, television and industrials. Highlights include regional andOff-Broadway productions of A Chorus Line (Paul in the first regional production),Carousel (Carnival Boy), Kismet, Drood, Oklahoma! (Dream Curly), A Funny Thing…,Guys and Dolls and Godspell. He was a company member of The David StoreyDance Works and the Labyrinth Dance Theater.  He has danced in commercials forTime-Life, music videos for the group Fela-Antoine, was a featured dancer on thetelevision show Soul Alive and appeared in videos for the Theater DanceWorkshop. Bill began his dance training with the legendary jazz master Luigi. He alsoreceived a comprehensive jazz education through his studies with Frank Hatchet,Christopher Chadman, Bill Hastings, Richard Pierlon, David Storey and NatashaBarron. Equally comfortable in ballet, Bill was a student of Gabriella Darvash, DavidHoward, Lisa Lockwood, Dorothy Lister and Douglas Wassell.

EMILY BUFFERD A Producer, Choreographer, Teacher, and Performer,Emily Bufferd is the Producer of The YoungChoreographer’s Festival, an annual event held in NYCpresenting the most up and coming 18-25 year oldchoreographers, and the Artistic Director of BEingsdance; a concert company presenting work in manygenres. “Emily Bufferd continues to impact the New Yorkdance scene.” – Examiner.com. Emily’s concertchoreography has been presented at Jazz at LincolnCenter, Joyce SoHo, Symphony Space, the 92nd St. Y,New York Moves,  The Showcase Series presented by

 pushing progress, The Choreographer’s Canvas, The Gershwin Hotel, The ElanSummer Dance Festival, and Boston Contemporary Dance Festival, among others,and has been commissioned for dance companies and private studios around thecountry and abroad. Emily has been featured by Dance Spirit, Dance Informa, andDance Mogul Magazine, as well as on the television show ‘Inside NYC Dance’ forher work with The Young Choreographer’s Festival. Emily Bufferd, the festivalproducer and an emerging choreographer herself, did an outstanding job ofcollecting the talent for this showcase of young voices.” – Dance Informa. She hasserved on the selection committees for the 2010-2014 Wave Rising Series and as aguest host for the Hatch Presenting Series at Jennifer Muller/The Works Studio.She is also the Co-Producer of APAP at Peridance Capezio Center.As a dancer, Emily has been on The View with recording artist Outkast, The 2013Beanstalk Foundation Event, World Dance Movement Gala/Jason Parsons,Carnival/Choreographer’s Ball, International Dance Festival, and has had thepleasure of working with Choreographers such as Michèle Assaf, Jaqueline Baligian,Sheila Barker, Bruno Collinet, Ginger Cox, Pam Chancey, and Shelly Hutchinson,among others. She has performed at venues such as Carnegie Hall, The KravisCenter, Lincoln Center, Hollywood PAC, and The Variety Arts Theater, and hasappeared in print and online media for World Dance Movement and The AileyExtension. Emily can currently be found working on several upcoming projects andteaching in NYC. www.emilybufferd.com

TIA FEATHER Tia Feather is an Iowa native whomgraduated from Winona State Universitywith a BS in health promotion, along withminors in both dance and wellnesscoaching. Tia’s passion for dancer healthstemmed from her life in the studio,dancing since the age of 4. At an early age,Tia began assisting with Very Special ArtsIowa, Janice Baker’s program to bring the 

joy of dance to the mentally and physically disabled. She later continuedwith community outreach by dancing in such roles as Sadako in BethHarano-Adams’ Sadako and the Thousand Cranes. After discovering herpassion for dancer health, she interned as a physical therapy technician. Tiaalso completed her certification for nursing assistants at Mercy Hospital.After that, she received instruction from the Mayo Clinic Wellness Coachingstaff. She created and implemented a mobile Sexually Transmitted Infectiontesting program for Semcac Family Planning Clinic. Tia was a researchpresenter on the topic of dancer health at the American College DanceFestival 2012. She also presented at the Minnesota Dance EducationSummit 2012. Tia has been thrilled to contribute her health ideas andlessons to Joffrey Ballet School since 2012. 

BRUCE LAZARUS Bruce Lazarus, Music Director, has 35years of experience in the world of danceas composer, pianist, teacher, and musicdirector. He has held long-term positionsas Composer-in-Residence for Dance atNorthwestern University and New WorldSchool of the Arts, Company Pianist forDance Theater of Harlem, and MusicCoordinator for Mark Morris Dance Group. 

He has also accompanied ballet and contemporary classes at most majordance studios in Chicago, New Jersey, and New York City. As composer,Lazarus’ published music at SwirlyMusic, E.C.Schirmer, and TheodorePresser includes works for piano, chorus, chamber music, organ, andarrangements of classical standards for flute solo and flute quartet. Hismajor solo piano work, Explorations of the Messier Catalogue of StarClusters and Nebulae, is widely available for CD/download via globaldistribution by Naxos of America, and his entertaining cabaret, Carrolling:The Lewis Carroll Project, is a regular offering at NYC’s Dixon Place Loungeand Cornelia Street Cafe. Honors for his work include Richard RodgersScholarship, Meet the Composer, AGO Composition Competition, AmericanGuild of Composers Composition Award, NJ Arts Fellowship Grant, andresidencies at Yaddo, Storm King Music Festival, and Arts Adhimsa. Lazarusstudied at Juilliard where he earned his B.M. and M.M. in music compositionand theory.

JODE ROMANOJoDe Romano "La Chispa" was a guestTeaching artist & graduate of the High Schoolfor the Performing Arts in Houston, Texas wereshe was featured in the Houston Grand OperaCarmen. She also performed in the FrancoZeffirelli original production of Carmen, starringPlacido Domingo and Maria Benitez at theMetropolitan Opera, attended bypresident Clinton, which was broadcast for PBS"Live From Lincoln Center" and toured Japanwith the Three Tenors.

For over 20 years, Ms. Romano lived, studied and performed Spanish dance inSpain and Japan, was soloist and choreographer for the José Greco DanceCompany at the Joyce Theater, the Town Hall New York City, and toured the USand Spain.  She was also a dancer in The Charo Show in Las Vegas with Jerry Lewisand others, and taught a castanet workout on the Dr. Oz Show.JoDe Romano choreographed the Broadway Workshop production of RitaHayworth-Hollywood Goddess, numerous Zarzuelas, and the mixed mediadramatic presentation, Picasso's Guernica, at The Thalia Theater in New York. Ms.Romano has taught at Alvin Ailey, Ballet Hispanico, NYC public schools, and thesummer intensives at Joffery Ballet NYC.Currently, Ms. Romano conducts Spanish dance and castanet classes at the 92YHarkness Dance Center and is a graduate of the 92Y Dance Education Laboratory(DEL) program. She has been a guest teacher at Hunter College and co-developedand taught a DEL workshop at the 92Y.Ms. Romano also taught a master class and workshop at NYU for NYSDEA and atFall for Dance at NY City Center.She teaches at Steps on Broadway, Ballet Hispanico,  and other locationsthroughout the NY metropolitan area. She has completed a series of instructionalDVDs on castanet and flamenco movement techniques, and has produced andplayed castanets on her Spanish Classical Piano and Castanets CD. 

YOUNGSIL KIMYoung-sil Kim was born in Okayama City,Japan. She began her ballet training atSugimoto Sonoko Ballet with SonokoSugimoto and Svetlana Assaouliak.At age 18 Young-sil moved to NYC to studydance at the Joffrey Ballet School and laterat Ellison Ballet professional trainingprogram, where she graduated in2008. She has danced with ConfigurationDance Theatre, Eglevsky Ballet,  Connecticut Ballet Company, Ballet Hispanico II and Peridance

Contemporary Dane Copmany. She has had the opportunity to performworks by choreographers including Susan Jaffe, Sidra Bell, Enzo Celli, IgalPeri, Jiri Kylian, William Forsythe and Dwight Rhoden. She has studiedsummers at Walnut Hill, Houston Ballet, Hubbard Street Dance Chicago,Springboard Montreal and Complexions.Ms. Kim joined Complexions in 2013.

VIOLETA ANGELOVAV, as she is affectionately called, was born in Sofia,Bulgaria. She attended her mother’s dance school, anotherdance school, some sports, and actively performed beforegraduating with high honors from the National School ofDance Art-Bulgaria, and the Vienna State Opera BalletSchool in Austria where she was a scholarship student. Vhas been invited to represent Bulgaria at the Royal Festivalof Arts in Jordan among a number of international balletevents.

She has extensively toured the United States, dancing as a guest artist or with a company,and was invited to dance at the International Festival in Edinburgh, Scotland, and the Operaand Ballet Festival in St.Petersburg, Russia. Her career has afforded her the opportunity towork with some of the finest professionals in the world. The companies she has performedwith include The Vienna State Opera Ballet, Volksoper-Vienna, Ballet Internationale, TheNew Jersey Ballet, The Suzanne Farrell Ballet, as guest with the National Ballet of Bulgaria,Eglevsky Ballet, Ballet Metropolitan, California Ballet, Ballet Minnesota and many others.  Her varied repertoire, over seventy ballets, includes the title roles and leading roles instorytelling classics - The Sleeping Beauty, Giselle, The Nutcracker, Don Quixote, SwanLake, La Bayadere, Coppelia, Esmeralda, Cinderella, et al.; as well as many Balanchineballets, among them -  Serenade, Agon, Concerto Barocco, Valse Fantasie, La Sonnambula, Sonatine, Apollo, Divertimento No.15, Walpurgisnacht ballet, La Source, Stars & Stripes,Allegro Brillante, Monumentum pro Gesualdo & Movements for Piano & Orchestra; one actand miniature works, such as The Dying Swan by Fokine; and classical and modern piecesby contemporary choreographers in Europe, and the United States. In 2003 V officially began teaching in the United States, and has been on the faculty of theNew Jersey School of Ballet, L’Etoile Ballet Academy and several other dance schools. She'sgiven master classes at two dozen institutions and conservatories. She gives privatelessons, and teaches as a guest at studios across the New York metro area. In dance, she's worked as a producer, choreographer, coach and star of balletperformances. Whenever she is not dancing, V works on other facets of her artistic realization. She is the only Bulgarian - American ballerina. 

HOWARD SILVERHoward Silver (Arts Into Production) has producedand directed over 250 documentaries on the artsand science, making content for the web, socialmedia and broadcast television. Howard Silverproduced The Metropolitan Museum of Art webseries, 82nd & Fifth (http://82nd-and-fifth.metmuseum.org) and directed a series of live-stream music performance videos for MET Live. He wrote and produced for Michael Moore’s TV NATION; WNET’s CITY

ARTS (EMMY); PBS’s ALIVE FROM OFF CENTER – ERIC BOGOSIAN'SFUNHOUSE and DANCES IN EXILE (choreography –Ruby Shang, script –David Henry Hwang); and Bloomberg MUSE (NY Press Club and a LA PressClub award). He has documented performances for many musicians andchoreographers including the past 5 seasons for American Ballet Theatre.He won an EMMY for his editing on PEE WEE'S PLAYHOUSE. His web seriesof artists’ video portraits are at www.artsintoproduction.net.

EVA BAUDEva T. Baud studied Fashion Design at Fashion Institute of Technology. Aftergraduating with an Associate of Art and Science degree in WomenswearDesign she begin her carrier working for Mira de Moss, then for Billy Jack forHer, as an assistant designer. After working in the fashion industry for a few years she established her ownfashion company under the label of “Tihanyi Design”. Her line of evening pieces were sold in New York City’s prestigiousboutiques on Madison Avenue and surrounding high end fashionestablishments. After several years of running her fashion design businessshe made a carrier change to retail management. Her experiences include,Henri Bendel, Barnes NY, Saks Fifth Avenue, Prada and Calvin Klein.For the past three years Ms. Baud volunteered for the Joffrey MusicalTheater summer intensive, where she assisted Mr. Matthew Prescott, Mr.Max Baud and the Joffrey administrative team. In addition, she volunteeredfor the Joffrey Elite docuseries where she created costumes for the JoffreyElite dance competitions. Her most recent work was for the Joffrey Ballet School's 2017-2018 BalletTrainee year-end performance, where she created costumes for Mr. Baud'schoreography in the 'Melody of Spring' show.