Josue Jasmin was born and raised in Brooklyn NY, where he developed his love for dance and theater at a very early age. This love grew as he connected with the Alvin Ailey School, Young Professional Program and Broadway Dance Centerin New York City. Josue later trained at Ballet School of Stamford in CT, and New Hampshire City Ballet in Manchester, NH. His passion for dance extended to teaching and choreography. He has taught at Brass City Ballet and choreographed for recording artist Rain’s US promo tour, the Vibe Magazine fashion sho, New Faces Development Inc and IMTA NY & LA.  Josue worked with six-time Grammy winner Justin Timberlake for his US promo fragrance “Play” by Givenchy.  R&B Artist Amerie, popstar Kesha, and three-time Grammy winner gospel artist Mary Mary. Recently Choreographed Off Broadway Musical ONLY HUMAN.

A Stamford native, Kelsey trained throughout Fairfield County including Ballet School of Stamford. She attended SUNY Buffalo and graduated Cum Laude with a Bachelor of Arts in Dance. Shortly after moving to New York City, she spent a year traveling the world and performing on Regent Seven Seas Cruises, followed by years of performing in NYC, including work at Couture Fashion Week, Young Choreographers Festival, Project Dance, Gotta Dance at The Wild Project, Brooklyn Bowl, Little B's Big Holiday Wish and several Aerial workshops. Kelsey worked with ALMA NYC, an outreach dance and performance company with which she climbed Kilimanjaro to support The Bethel School in Burkina Faso. Kelsey has also more recently performed pieces by Nathan Trice and Teresa Perez Ceccon through Marcia Brooks Various Works.

Kelsey has taught Ballet, Jazz, Tap, Contemporary and Irish Dance throughout the tri-state area for over a decade to dancers from 18 months old to High School aged students. She created a youth dance company for promising dancers focused on developing foundational dance technique and performance quality, and has developed a successful Grown Up and Me program to introduce the youngest of movers to the world of dance. She loves to challenge students to explore their limits to achieve more than they imagined they could. 

Along the way, Kelsey has supported dance and arts-focused organizations in growing their studios and serving families and students to have the best possible experience with their dance journey.

It is so incredible to come full circle back to Ballet School of Stamford and rejoin this community of dancers and their families.

Carolyn Paine trained with the Boston Ballet, Pennsylvania Ballet, Ballet Theatre of Boston, Academie de Danse Classique de Princess Grace, and L'Ecole Superieur de Danse. Carolyn has performed professionally with Ballet Theatre of Boston, BalletRox, Hartford Ballet Theatre, Dimensional Dance, at Lincoln Center in Jacqulyn Buglisi’s Table of Silence, and with YaleRep in the International Dance Festival. Carolyn has been featured in a dance photo in Vogue Italia, performed as a dancer for ABC’s New Year’s Rockin’ Eve, was a featured dancer in the Summer Love tour throughout China, and toured as the stubborn ballerina in comedian Hannibal Buress’ “Gibberish Rap.” She has also appeared in and done choreography for several music videos, commercials, and theatre companies. Carolyn is currently the Choreographer and Producer for the Emmy-winning digital content at The Bushnell Center for the Performing Arts. She has been on the faculty at Eastern Connecticut State University, The Dance Center, the Tony Williams Dance Center, the Hartford Children’s Theatre, the University of Hartford Hartt School, and Neighborhood Arts Programs in NYC public schools. She is the founder, director, and choreographer for CT based contemporary company CONNetic Dance and creator of its acclaimed "Nutcracker Suite & Spicy." Outside of the studio she is also a professional actor and comedian with several TV, commercial, and theatre credits and a regular contributor on WNPR's Colin McEnroe Show.

Brittany was born and raised in Dallas, Texas where she trained in classical ballet. She continued on to get her BFA in dance from Southern Methodist University. 

Following graduation, Brittany moved to New York City where she became a Radio City Rockette. Throughout her 10 year career as a Rockette, she has performed in the Radio City Christmas Spectacular, The New York Spring Spectacular, The Tony Awards, The NBA All-Star game featuring Christina Aguilera, America’s Got Talent, and multiple Today show performances. 

Brittany has been pursuing her next passion working in dance education by teaching for the Rockette Intensives and master classes for Chelsea Piers CT.

Henry Steele was born and raised in Wollongong, NSW,
Australia. He was an elite gymnast for 8 years, a national gold medalist 3 years in a row, and during his final years in gymnastics he began to make the transition to dance. Henry graduated with honors from Point Park University with a BFA in Modern and Jazz
dance in 2016. While at Point Park he worked with choreographers: Lar Lubovitch, Mark Morris, Madboots Dance, Ronin Koresh, Jessica Hendricks, and many others. After graduating, Henry danced professionally with Owen/Cox Dance Group, Texture Contemporary
Ballet, and toured internationally with The Bad Boys of Ballet. Most recently, Henry spent five years a company member with Parsons Dance, where he notably performed the iconic solo “Caught” for several years and also acted as the company’s rehearsal director.

Misa Mochizuki is a ballet/contemporary dancer. She is originally from Japan, and started dancing at the age of 5 under Sakiko and Yutaka Yoshikawa at Yuki Ballet Studio. She came to NY in 2012 and trained at the Joffrey Ballet School and Ballet Arts. She has danced with multiple companies including Albano Ballet Company, Albany Berkshire Ballet, Benjamin Briones Ballet, International American Ballet, Jersey City Ballet, Neville Dance Theater, Staten Island Ballet, The Next Stage Project, Victoria Ballet Theater, Xaoc Contemporary Ballet, and among others, performing in classical and contemporary repertoire as principal and soloist.

Jordan Stanfield was born in Fallon, Nevada. He started dancing at the age of 14.

He continued his training and worked professionally at Ballet Arizona with the studio company led by Ib Anderson. During his time there, he performed in several ballets including Napoli, All Balanchine, and Sleeping Beauty.

In 2016 he moved to NYC, where he began as a freelance artist, and had the opportunity to perform and originate roles in works by Alexei Ratmasnsky, Lorin Latarro, James Kinney, Lainie Sakakura, Dou Dou Huang, and many others

In 2022 Jordan joined the Metropolitan Opera Ballet Company, where he is now entering his fourth season. Since joining the Met, he has performed in Operas such as Un Ballo in Maschera, Tannhaüser, Les Contes d’Hoffmann, Sonja Frisell’s Aida, and most recently, in Michael Mayer’s new production of Aida. 

In the Spring of 2025, Jordan made his television debut as a dancer in Amazon Primes “Étoile” choreographed by Marguerite Derricks. 

Self-taught and working professionally from his youth, Billy earned roles as a dancer in music videos with Paula Abdul, Madonna, Celine Dion, Crystal Method (directed by Gore Verbinski), Quincy Jones, and Babyface. His credits include TV appearances on Dr. Oz, Meredith Vieria, The Ellen Show, Home & Family, American Dreams with Alicia Keys, The Practice, Sister Sister, Kids Incorporated, Homeboys From Outer Space, My Cousin Skeeter, and The Tonight Show. Billy starred as Tyrone Jackson in the US and European touring companies of the Broadway musical Fame. He went on to direct and choreograph the WeSparkle Take II Celebrity Concert with Tom Hanks, Jason Alexander, Brian Cranston, Joey Lawrence, Britney Spears, Michael Chiklis, Hal Sparks, the cast of Will & Grace, and more. He also choreographed the end sequence for the movie I Hope You Dance. Billy made his directorial debut in NYC at Madison Square Garden directing One Night With The Stars starring Broadway Legends Betty Buckley, Lainie Kazan, Telly Leung, Mandy Gonzalez, Constantine, Tom Bergeron, Jordin Sparks, Noah Galvin, Fran Drescher, and many more. Billy was the Artistic Director of the newly renovated historical Wall Street Theater in Norwalk Connecticut. Billy has become the face for the new generation of fitness with his revolutionary dance program, Dance It Out! Billy is the host/creator of televisions first Moving Talks Show that premiered on the LIFETIME Network Billy is the Creative Director at Viral Youtube Channel Talent Recap in Brooklyn NY and the President/Creative Director KIBU

Tara grew up in New Hope, PA and received her formal dance education at the Mill Ballet School in Lambertville, NJ. She attended Wake Forest University in North Carolina where she received a BS in Chemistry and a minor in dance. While at Wake, Tara performed with the Wake Forest University dance company from 2008-2012. After graduation, she began teaching with the Mill Ballet School and dancing with the affiliated Roxey Ballet Company, where she was also the rehearsal director. While at Roxey, she was featured in several publications, including National Geographic online.

Tara has facilitated multiple educational programs in public and private schools across the tri-state area focusing on bringing cross-curricular dance and core curriculum education into schools. Tara is passionate about making the arts accessible to all people who want to dance and has taught “Wheels and Bodies” in motion classes with students who dance in their wheelchairs.

Maria international performing career has spanned three decades. Originally from Corpus Christi, TX, she moved to NYC to train at the School of American Ballet before joining the San Francisco Ballet. She traveled all over the world during her subsequent engagements with the Dance Theatre of Harlem, Bavarian State Ballet (Bayerisches Staatsballett, Munich, Germany), and Houston Ballet. Maria returned to NYC where she worked with New York City Opera, Phantom of the Opera (Broadway), and the Metropolitan Opera, where she has performed for the last fifteen years. 

Over the course of her professional career, she has taught ballet, yoga/ conditioning, pointe, variations and original choreography to young dancers ages 6-18 at tri-state area schools and summer programs. Additionally, she has  taught beginner and intermediate ballet and pointe to adults ages 50 and over. Most recently she led summer program auditions across the U.S. for the American Academy of Ballet (AAB). Maria has dedicated her life to the art form and loves sharing the joy of ballet with the next generation of young dancers. 

Ramona began her training at Berkeley Ballet Theater and went on to earn a BFA in dance from NYU’s Tisch School of the Arts.  She danced the principal role of ‘Betsy’ in Twyla Tharp’s Come Fly Away, and with the Tharp company she created new roles as well as performing repertory works. She is a principal guest artist with Oakland Ballet and has also performed in Christopher Wheeldon’s An American in Paris, Dance Lab New York, Minnesota Dance Theatre, Isaac Mizrahi’s “The Third Bird,” Sidra Bell Dance NY, and Phantom of the Opera (25th Anniversary Tour) among others. Ramona has taught for Pacific Northwest Ballet, Joffrey Ballet School, NYU’s Tisch Dance, Peridance NYC, among many others. She has taught company class for Twyla Tharp Dance, An American in Paris, and Paul Taylor Dance Company. Ramona teaches master classes in ballet and Tharp technique across the country in addition to setting her own choreography.

Mickey Lonsdale (Co-Founder) is an internationally award winning physical theatre actor and dancer. He originally hails from Ramer, Alabama. He began his dance training at Alabama Dance Theatre and has a B.A. in Communication/Theatre at Auburn Montgomery. While in college, he became the emcee, entertaining 7000 fans nightly, for the Montgomery Biscuits. After graduating, Mickey moved to Italy to pursue an M.F.A. in Physical Theatre at the Accademia del’Arte. He received training in Commedia Dell’Arte, Clown, Dance, Choreography, and Acting.  During this time, he attended Flic Scoula di Circo, Circus School, where he trained in acrobatics, acro dance, Chinese pole, walking globe, and various other circus skills. While in Europe, he performed with companies such as Familie Floz in Germany, Divaldo Continuo in the Czech Republic, and Red Dot Theatre in Italy and Turkey. After receiving his M.F.A., Mickey moved to the NYC area where has starred in several independent films, commercials, TV shows, and works as a free-lance dancer/choreographer. He is also a founding member of Aura Curiatlas Physical Theatre. This company tours all over the world telling compelling stories using acrobatics, dance, and physical acting. Mickey has developed techniques that help children develop motor skills, critical thinking, problem solving, and social skills. He has made it his goal to help children reignite their imagination to know and feel that whatever their dreams are, they can accomplish them. Mickey co-founded Circus Splendiferous LLC with his wife, Jesse, in March of 2020.

Rivkins Christopher was born and raised in Miami, FL where he began his training at the Thomas Armour Youth Ballet under the direction of Ruth Wiesen. He is a graduate from New World School of the Arts where he received his BFA in dance. He has attended intensives such as Ailey, Deeply Rooted, the American Dance Festival and the Bill T Jones/Arnie Zane Workshops. He has had the pleasure of working with choreographers such as Kyle Abrahams. He has been a company member with SYREN Modern Dance for nine years.

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