2025 Teacher Bios
Ehizoje (Zoje) Azeke (Contemporary): Zoje is a movement-based director, choreographer, and artist based in NYC. He is represented by McDonald Selznick Associates and Wilhelmina Models. Direction/ Choreography credits include: Day After Your Departure (HBO) - Choreographer, Lady In The Lake with Natalie Portman (Coming soon to Apple +) - Contributing choreographer & Assistant Choreographer, Raising Kanan: Season III (STARZ) - Associate Choreographer, Vogue World NYFW -Assistant Choreographer, It's Bruno (Netflix) - Assistant Choreographer, Kiss My Aztec (John Leguizamo) - Associate Choreographer, Pyer Moss (Paris Fashion Week) - Assistant Choreographer, Nike Holiday Campaign 2022 - Assistant Movement Director, Under Pressure Magazine - Movement Director, Monica Dogra "Naraye Mastana" - Choreographer, Sonophonix Crazy In Love - Co-Choreographer, and Loreal Paris - Assistant Movement Director.
Anna Aliau Guerra (Street Jazz/Hip-Hop): Anna’s Theatre credits: Cabaret (Helga) at Virginia Theater Festival, Broadway Bares, Red Dress Collection, “Off Broadway in the Boros Fest”, Transcendence’s Theater Company “The Gala” and “Let’s Dance”. TV: Telemundo Upfront 2023, Telemundo, “Un Nuevo Día” and Univision “Despierta America”. Music Videos: J. Balvin’s “Ahora” and “Tu Veneno”, Fabolous (Digital Concert), La Perversa (Pompa), Shadow Blow. Tour: El Alfa (El Alfa World Tour) and Dabangg Reloaded. Dance: Bryant Myers (“Mega Summer Concert”), Farina (“La X Love Live Concert”), Snoop Dogg, Alexis Y Fido, Steve Aoki, among others.
Pedro Ruiz (Ballet) is a celebrated international choreographer and dancer who was born and trained in Cuba, and later in Venezuela. During his 21-year career with Ballet Hispanico as a principal dancer, Ruiz choreographed three critically acclaimed ballets for the company, among them Club Havana, which has become a signature piece for the company. Last November, he premiered La Estancia for the New Jersey Ballet, alongside cellist YoYo Ma and Wynton Marsalis at NJPAC. On July 25, 2023, Ruiz will have a world premiere at the Baand Together Dance Festival of his new work Pas de O'Farill, a collaboration between Ballet Hispánico and New York City Ballet, commissioned by Lincoln Center. In February 2010, Mr. Ruiz created The Windows Project, a groundbreaking endeavor celebrating the art of dance as a cultural bridge between the U.S. and Cuba, which was captured in a PBS Emmy-nominated documentary in 2011 called: Coming Home. As a dancer, Ruiz was distinguished with a Bessie Award, the New York Dance World’s highest honor, the Choo-San Goh Award, The Cuban Artists Fund Award and The Joyce Foundation Award. For 10 years, Ruiz was Resident Artist of the Arnhold Graduate Dance Education Program at Hunter. He has also taught master classes and performed throughout the United States, Europe, and Central and South America. Today he is on the dance faculty of Hunter College, Marymount College, The Ailey School, Pace University and 92NY Harkness Dance Center and teaches company class for Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater and Ballet Hispanico.
Luis Salgado (Musical Theatre/Latin): is an international performer, director and choreographer, with an acclaimed career on B’dwy, film, television, and stages around the world. Luis was the Associate Director/Choreographer for “Paramour” in Hamburg, Germany working with Sergio Trujillo, the 2019 Tony Award winner for Best Choreography. He recently choreographed productions of “Fame”, “Aida”, “In The Heights” and “Ragtime”. He is credited as co-choreographer for the remake of “Dirty Dancing” and was the Latin Assistant Choreographer of the B’dwy Musical “In The Heights” which won Best Musical 2008 at the Tony Awards. Other Broadway credits include, “On Your Feet”, “Rocky the Musical”, “Women on the Verge”... and “In The Heights”. Film and television credits include choreographing 2 animated films for Dora's Explorer Girls, and music videos for Wonka Inc. Some of the most achieved credits as a creative include Zucotti Park, Song of Solomon, Amigo Duende, Candela Fuerza y Pasion, Bountiful, Daphne’s Dive at the Signature Theatre and the 50th Anniversary Concert of Peruvian singer Cecilia Bracamonte. He is a faculty member at the Ailey School, Broadway Dance Center and Steps. He is the Founder/Director of R.Evolucion Latina – Dare To Go Beyond!
Alexandra Williamson (Modern): Alexandra attended Montclair State University receiving a BFA in Dance and a minor in Musical Theatre. Alexandra was awarded the Meg Hunt Artist In Residence, Wrangell Mountains Center, in the Wrangell- St. Elias National Park, Alaska. She has taught and performed at the Fairbanks Summer Arts Festival and the Alaska Folk Festival. Alexandra creates and performs her own work and currently dances for several companies and choreographers including Darrah Carr Dance, General Mischief Dance Theatre, DiMauro Dance Co., and Moe-tion Dance Theatre. She recently toured as a featured dancer with Tomáseen Foley’s A Celtic Christmas, performing traditional Irish dancing and contemporary dance. Alexandra is on faculty at Hofstra University and Montclair State University, has taught at Steps on Broadway, the School at Steps, Peridance Capezio Center, the Joffrey Ballet School, Kean University, and Bergen Performing Arts Center. Alexandra has performed on the TODAY Show and Good Morning America, Jacob’s Pillow, and has toured internationally, most recently at Project Arts Center in Dublin, Ireland.
ACCOMPANISTS
Cary Brown (Pianist) has played on many stages worldwide as a member of groups such as The Skatalites, The New York Ska-Jazz Ensemble, The Sloan Wainwright Band, and The Cary Brown Trio. As a dance accompanist/administrator/composer, he has played classes for major companies such as ABT, Dance Theatre of Harlem, Miami City Ballet, the Suzanne Farrell Company, and Chet Walker's jazz intensive at Jacob's Pillow. He is the musical director/composer for the Steffi Nossen School of Dance and has been on staff as an accompanist at Purchase College Conservatory of Dance since 1995 as well as their Musicians' Coordinator since 2000.
Jerome Morris (Percussionist/Pianist) has been providing live improvised percussion and piano music for dance for several years. He has had the opportunity to work with and perform original music for several talents including Kevin Wynn, Sara Rudner, Milton Myers and Chet Walker. Some of his original music for dance was at the Jacob's Pillow Dance Festival, Dublin Ireland Dance Festival and Boston's Institute for Contemporary Art. He has one CD released in collaboration with Argentinian multi-instrumentalist William Catanzaro entitled “About Time”. Jerome is currently on staff as an accompanist at Sarah Lawrence College.
Important Note: Faculty is subject to change
