Instructors

Instructors & Staff

All of our instructors have a love and passion for dance and artistic expression, with extensive background in their respective disciplines. To schedule modern dance or ballet classes, contact us today.

Nicole Williams

Discipline

Tiny Tots - Ballet, Tap

Junior Beginner - Ballet, Tap, Jazz

Rehearsal Director

Assistant Director

Bio: UNDER CONSTRUCTION

Nao Yamada

Discipline

Intermediate/Advanced Ballet

From Chiba, Japan, Nao began ballet training at the age of 10 with Ms. Takane Koizumi. She moved to NYC in 2000 and attended the Alvin Ailey school. As an international performer, Nao has performed in U.S.A, Japan, Scotland, Brazil, and worked with numerous television, film, and magazine productions. She is currently working with a variety of dance companies, including Michael Mao Dance (Modern), Kotchegna Dance (West African), Grupo Ribeiro (Brazilian), JC Caribbean entertainment (Caribbean), and Fusha dance (Congolese) and Silva Dance Company (Afro-Brazilian and Capoeira fusion contemporary). She is also a certified Zumba Basic 2 and Zumba Gold instructor.

Shoshanna Babitt

Discipline

Competition Choreographer

Beginner and Intermediate Ballet

Beginner and Intermediate Contemporary

Beginner Tap

Shoshanna has been dancing since the age of 2, and is classically trained in Ballet, Jazz, Hip Hop, Contemporary, and Modern. Growing up in Orlando, FL, Shoshanna has had many years of experience with studio competitions as well as dancing as a Dazzler at Seminole High school, where she was an officer and started choreographing at a young age. She graduated from UCF and has been recognized for her leadership and artistic roles with Knights and Damsels Contemporary Company and UCF’s Hip Hop team ‘Rukus Entertainment.’ She has taught workshops with local non-profit Dancing for Diabetes, won choreography awards for her competition hip hop routine with the Seminole Dazzlers, and worked with up and coming artists Dotti J and Sami Omari. She has also had the opportunity to train under many renowned choreographers at Broadway Dance Center in New York City, and continues to dance professionally at various events and shows.

Rose Fair

Discipline

Graham II

Rose Fair began training at the Joel Hall Dancers & Center then later joined the Chicago Urban Jazz-based company, the Joel Hall Dancers. Other dance studies include Luigi Jazz Dance Centre, Academy of Music & Movement, Katherine Dunham Technique Seminar, and Deeply Rooted Community Ensemble program in addition to graduating from the Two-Year Certificate and Teacher Training Programs at the Martha Graham School of Contemporary Dance. Rose has also performed with Duwane Pendarvis & Company Dance Theatre (Horton-based), Tamboula Ethnic Dance Company (Haitian Folklore), Khalidah Kali’s North African Bellydance Experience, and various freelance projects.

Yuka Kameda

Discipline

Advanced Tap

Yuka began tapping at the age of 10 in her native city of Osaka, Japan. In 2003, she saw the movie “TAP” and the musical “Bring in 'da Noise, Bring in 'da Funk” and she met her passion, Rhythm Tap. In 2004, she joined funk tap dance company “Beis Crew,” and has performed at many theaters and schools.

In 2005, Yuka moved to New York City to further pursue her career. Since then, she has performed in various venues including the Lincoln Center, Joe's Pub, Symphony Space, Aaron Davis Hall, Knitting Factory, and many more.

Yuka has also performed for two of the biggest tap events, New York Tap Extravaganza and The New York City Tap Festival.

In February 2011, she produced and performed an entertainment concert called “The Power of Dreams Presented by CASIO” at the Merkin Concert Hall at Kaufman Center, which was broadcast on TV and many newspapers. This year, she also performed for Comedy Central’s “The Colbert Report,” “Taste of Broadway” at Town Hall, and many more.