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Faculty & Musicians

Meet the Team

The Ailey School has a faculty of working dance professionals from around the globe, many of whom are members, former members, and artistic directors of renowned dance companies. Classes are accompanied by our staff of professional musicians at the top of their field. In addition to teaching at The Ailey School, faculty members teach at many esteemed American colleges, universities, and conservatories, as well as at many institutions abroad.

Leadership

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Tracy Inman

Co-Director of The Ailey School, Director of Ailey Teacher Certification Program: Ailey Horton Technique

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Melanie Person

Co-Director of The Ailey School, Director of Ailey/Fordham BFA Program, Ballet Department Chair

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Ana Marie Forsythe

Horton Department, Chair

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Jacqulyn Buglisi

The Ailey School - Graham-based Modern Department, Chair

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Lynn Glauber Mandel

Ballet Department, Co-Chair

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Hollie Wright

Jazz Department, Chair

Faculty

Anatomy & Kinesiology
BFA Program
Tracye Rawls-Martin 
BalletRonald K. Alexander
Janet Atallah
Michela Boschetto
Benjamin Briones
Kelby Brown
Ada Cacciatore
Elisa Clark
Lanette Costas
Jessica Danser
Bianca Delli Priscoli
Carmela Gallace
Lynn Glauber-Mandel
Dawn Hillen
Mikhail Ilyin
Francis Lawrence
Graciela Lebow Kozak
Anna Lederfeind
Caridad Martinez
Bianca Masterson
Francoise Pender
Melanie Person
Cassandra Phifer
Patrick Piras
Rhea Roderick
Pedro Ruiz
Flavio Salazar
Sarah Wingo
Body ConditioningSarita Allen
Francis Lawrence
Astrid Von Ussar
 
CharacterCarmela Gallace 
CompositionElizabeth Keen 
Amber Sloan
 
ContemporaryAdam Barruch
Kimberly Bartosik
Becky Brown
Adrienne Hurd
Chris Jackson
Olivier Medus 
Brice Mousset
Kevin Predmore
 
Dance HistoryRenee Robinson 
DunhamJessica St. Vil 
First Steps & Bounding BoysAda Cacciatore 
Morgan Thweatt 
Caroline Yamada 
Nicole Kadar  
 
Graham-based ModernMarianne Bachmann
Jacqulyn Buglisi
PeiJu Chien-Pott
Christine Dakin
Penny Frank
Kathryn MacLellan
Kevin Predmore
Ben Schultz
Blakeley White-McGuire
 
GyrokinesisMiriam Barbosa 
Hip HopKeith Alexander
Yancy Green
Jonathan Lee
 
HortonGuillermo A. Asca
Tiffany Barnes
Lannette Costas
Lakey Evans-Peña
Ana Marie Forsythe
Karen Gayle
Adrienne Hurd
Tracy Inman
JoLea Maffei
Olivier Medus
Freddie Moore
Fredrick Earl Mosley
Elizabeth Roxas-Dobrish
Charles Scheland
Maria Carla Spagna
Astrid Von Ussar
ImprovisationAdam Barruch
Brice Mousset
Annie Rigney
 
JazzJeffrey Bynum 
Chris Jackson
Sarah Wingo
Hollie Wright
 
LimónBecky Brown 
Music Mark Katsaounis 
Musical TheaterJudine Somerville 
Senior Seminar
BFA Program
Fran Kirmser 
TapVictor J. DiMonda  
Courtney Tilford Uyar 
Joseph Webb
 
West AfricanMaguette Camara
Vado Diomande
Imani Faye
Yah'Ya Kamate
Dina Wright-Joseph
 

Musicians

GuitaristJack Morer
PercussionDavid Alston
Paula Jeanine Bennett
William Catanzaro
Jean Chalot
Stahv Danker
Boubacar Diabate
Pablo Eluchans
Erán Fink
Kevin Garcia
Desmond Howard
Roderick Jackson
Mark Katsaounis
Adewole Love
Scott Morehouse
Stephan Purcell
Victor Y. See Yuen
Michael Mustafa Ulmer
PianoOlga Bazilevskaya
William Catanzaro
Stahv Danker
Ryan DeFranzo
Erán Fink
Barbara Gayny
Nell Gourevitch
Canaan Harris
Barry Harwood
Alexander Izbitser
Eugene Kaplan
Michael Kingon
Rich Klessig
Michael Kooman
George Lykogiannis
Mitch Marcus
Yumiko Mikanagi
Andy Monroe
Ronald Musicus
Alon Nechushtan
Patsy Ouche
Lauren Shapiro
Vladimir Shinov
Ireen Simon
James Steeber
Elena Tishina
Viann Yu

In Memoriam

The Ailey School honors long-time Dunham master teacher, Joan Peters, (May 16, 1939–November 9, 2022).
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Joan Peters

Former Dunham Department Chair, 1975-2019

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