Staff
| Name | Dance Background |
|---|---|
| Greer Reed-Jones (Education Director/ Artistic Director) | Greer began training with the Pittsburgh Black Dance Ensemble then continued on to the University of the Arts in Philadelphia and the Dance Theater of Harlem in New York. She then became a member of the Alvin Ailey Repertory Ensemble after completing the programs of the Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater. She then moved on to become a dancer with Dayton Contemporary Dance Company in Dayton, Ohio. |
| Michael Walsh (Teacher/ Contracted Dancer) | Michael has danced with Shawn Womack Dance Projects in Cincinnati, Ohio. He was a member of the Ohio State University cheer leading squad. Began teaching at Dance Alloy in 1999. |
| Christopher Bandy (Teacher/ Contracted Dancer) | Christopher began his career with American Repertory Ballett in 1997. Has experience with Pittsburgh Ballet Theatre and Terpsicorps Theater of Dance in Asheville, North Carolina. |
| Kadiatou Conte-Forte (Teacher) | As a teenager, Kadiatou was acceped into Les Ballets Africains, the national dance company of Guinea. She later moved to the United States and began her own group, Balafon West African Dance Company. She then moved to Pittsburgh and became the Artistic Director of UMOJA African Arts Company. |
| Teena Custer (Teacher) | Teena earned a BA in Dance from Slippery Rock University and an MFA degree from Ohio State University and has taught hip hop at both schools. She has danced with Dance Alloy, Attack Theater, and Ursula Payne. |
| Veronica Sansing (Teacher) | Veronica is currently a member of Sahara Dance Troupe, a belly dance company in Pittsburgh. Her Middle Eastern skills include Tunisian folkloric, American tribal, Greek and Turkish rom, Lebanese cabaret, Egyptian Cabaret, classical and Raqs Sharqi. She also has background in modern dance, hip hop, swing, ballet, African dance, and Latin dance. |
| Mary Ann Blair (Teacher) | Mary performs with the Sahara Dance Company. She has also performed with Ragia Hassan, Mona El Said, Mahmoud Reda, Dr. Mo Geddawi and Yousry Sharif. |
| Aboubacar Camara (Teacher) | Oscar has been a dancer and choreographer for Les Ballets Africains in the Republic of Guinea, the Ballet d'Afrique Noir in the Republic of Senegal, and Koteba D'Abidjan in the Ivory Coast. He has performed in many important venues including at the Apollo Theater in New York and the Bolshoi Theatre in Moscow. |
| Allie Greene (Teacher) | Allie created CLIMB (Creative Learning in Moving Bodies), a program used for children with special needs. She is the owner of Pittsburgh Pilates Studio at Wexford Dance Academy. |
| Shira Krasnow (Teacher) | Shira teaches Hip Hop at universities around Pittsburgh. She choreographs musicals at Taylor Allderdice. She has danced for Flo Rida, Nas, Clipse, Lupe Fiasco, Young Jeezy and Vanilla Ice. |
| Gretchen Moore (Teacher) | Gretchen is a member of Laboratory Company Dance (LABCO). She teaches dance classes at Chatham College and West Virginia Wesleyan College. |
| Ayisha A. Morgan-Lee (Teacher) | Ayisha Founded Hill Dance Academy Theater and is the Artistic Director of the dance company Ju-B-Lation: Spirit Filled Feet. She received The African American Council of the Arts Onyx Award for Best Choreography in a Musical for Black Nativity in 2007. |
| Jennifer Quinio (Teacher) | Jennifer has taught Zumba many places around Pittsburgh including Modern Formations Gallery and Performance Space and Club 1 Pittsburgh. She is a board member of the Bloomfield-Garfield Corporation. |
| Trinidad "Trini" Regaspi (Teacher) | Trini and her husband founded PATangoS (Pittsburgh Argentine Tango Society) in 2002. |
| Mercedes Searer (Teacher) | Mercedes began her career with Windhover Dance Company. She has performed with Attack Theater and Tracie Yorke Dance. She choreographs and dances with Knot Dance in Pittsburgh. She has taught outreach programs for Attack Theater, Dance Alloy, and Civic Light Opera and runs her own modern dance module. |
| Marlon Silvia (Teacher) | Marlon choreographs, teaches and performs Salsa and Merengue. He is the host of the Let's Dance Salsa video series. |
| Laurie Tarter (Teacher) | Laurie has a background in T'ai chi, contemporary dance, aerobics, and yoga. |
| Maribeth Maxa (Contracted Dancer) | Maribeth graduated with a Bachelor of Fine Arts from the Juilliard School. She has performed with the Metropolitan Repertory Ballet, Gleich Dances Contemporary Ballet, and Fly-By-Night, a trapeze dance company. |
| Stephanie Dumaine (Contracted Dancer) | Stephanie attended North Carolina School of the Arts. She has been a member of the Casco Bay Movers Jazz Company in Portland, Maine and Corning and Dances Company. |
| Adrienne Misko (Contracted Dancer) | Adrienne graduated with a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Dance Performance and Choreography from Ohio University in Athens, Ohio. |
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