Where are they now

Students

My students are my students forever

Erik Kim

Erik has been my student since he was nine. He recently graduated from the North Carolina School of the Arts and competed in the Prix de Lausanne. He is now holds his first professional job at the Ballet Nacional Sodre, the national ballet of Uruguay.

Katherine Biscontini

After her time “swimming” (actually flying) as Ariel in Tokyo’s DisneySea, Katherine is now teaching at Prima Elite Academy of Dance in Scranton. Teaching all levels of ballet and creative movement. She will soon be teaching master classes throughout the area.

Zsilas Hughes

Zsilas is currently in the Professional Division at Pacific Northwest Ballet.

Molly Glynn Puryear

Executive Director of Malashock Dance

Courtney Walrath Lyon

Artistic Director of Ballet Quad Cities

Stan Zimmerman

Award winning writer, director, producer

Jennifer (Chambers) Litaker

Ballet teacher, coach at Dance Industry in Dallas, Texas

Hannah Fairman

Dancer and Actress living in New York City

Emily Shellabarger

Just returned from studying at the Accademia Dell’Arte in Arezzo Italy

Annie Browne

Dancer and teacher in New York city

Natalia Wodnicka McCarthy

Dancer in New York City

Taylor Quick

Currently in the musical Anastasia

Melanie Grey, DO

Primary care physician in Texas specializing in treating dancers

Martell J. Martin, JD

Owns / operates management company for creatives and small business owners.

Akiko Kyong-Mcclain

Performs with Klassic Contemporary Ballet Company and teaches at Pennsylvania Academy of Dance Arts.

Adelita Hinojosa-Martin

Performs with Benjamin Briones Ballet, Nathan Trice Rituals, Sekou McMiller Dance Company, and Alpha Omega Theatrical Dance Company

Jennifer Bass San Miguel

Co-owner of MoveNation Dance Academy in Houston, TX

Victoria Pardo

Currently dancing with Ballet Popular and Insight Dance. On teaching faculty with the Mark Morris Dance Group, and several private/charter schools in the tri-state area.

Emily Scoville

Owner of Pure Movement Fitness Dallas, Texas

Blair James

Currently studying at Studio School Los Angeles, California

Rachael Schwartz

Recent graduate from Wellesley College, member of MIT Ballroom Dance Team, currently employed as a linguist and translator

Abby Ward

Currently studying at Studio School Los Angeles, California

Lauren Pschirrer

Currently dancing in her fourth season with Smuin Ballet in San Francisco

Katchiri Moody

Former company member of Ballet Arkansas. Currently teaching at Dance Dynamics NLR Arkansas, and guest performing in regional ballet productions

George David Elrod

Actor and comedian in Chicago, understudy for Second City National Touring Company, performs regularly on the iO Harold Team, Comet

Laura Russell

Currently working as a nurse at Arkansas Children’s hospital on the Hematology/Oncology unit

Jylian Cortez

Studio manager and performer at City Dance Studios in San Francisco CA

Ethan Huffman

Spent the summer in NYC on scholarship at the School of American Ballet. His hard work was rewarded by being one of six young men to be invited to study at the school year round.