Barry Kerollis is the founder and Artistic Director of Movement Headquarters in New York City. He is an award-winning choreographer and master teacher specializing in training dancers of all ages and abilities in both classical ballet and contemporary dance. Having previously danced with Pacific Northwest Ballet, Houston Ballet, and regional companies around the country, he shares his unique perspective to empower dancers to succeed on their own terms. 

Credits include touring as a judge and master teacher with Youth America Grand Prix, faculty at Broadway Dance Center and Steps on Broadway, guest faculty at The Rock School, DuCon, and Kathryn Morgan & Friends, and rehearsal director for Brooklyn Ballet. Barry has been featured extensively in Dance Magazine, Pointe, and Dance Teacher, where he is also a regular contributor. Choreographic accomplishments include the National Choreographers Initiative, McCallum Theatre Choreography Festival, and an Outstanding Choreographer award from Youth America Grand Prix. Many of his students have gone on to perform with ballet companies worldwide and on Broadway, have won top prizes at international ballet competitions, attend prestigious summer intensives, and attend university programs on scholarship.

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.

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.

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.

Alison Cook-Beatty is an esteemed educator and choreographer with a diverse background in dance instruction spanning over 22 years, where she has gained both national and international recognition. Her expertise lies in teaching Mr. Paul Taylor’s repertoire, reaching students of various ages and abilities. 

Throughout her career, Alison has collaborated closely with Artistic Director Kitty Lunn at Infinity Dance Theater, where she has specialized in teaching dancers with disabilities. Her contributions extend to teaching ballet fundamentals for children at Dance In Grandma’s Attic, and she has held various roles, including ballet teacher for The City Parks Foundation, jazz teacher for Longrea Dance Academy, and modern dance teacher for Carolina Ballet Theatre SummerWorks.

Alison's extensive teaching portfolio includes positions at renowned institutions such as Joffrey Ballet School, where she has taught various classes, including contemporary dance, classical, choreography, improvisation, and Pilates-based dance classes. She has also focused on teaching repertoire, ballet, pointe, and modern dance.

In 2012, she founded Alison Cook Beatty Dance, a non-profit modern dance company, further solidifying her commitment to mentoring dancers of all ages. In her current role, she continues to teach modern and contemporary dance classes, conduct workshops, residencies, and masterclasses, and has developed her own class series titled Core Synergy, which she taught at prestigious locations such as Battery Dance and Joffrey Ballet School. Alison is currently on faculty at The Joffrey Ballet School in NYC and is delighted to join The Ballet School of Stamford Family!

Christina Fagundes Turner, a native of California, received her training at the San Francisco Ballet School and was a top finalist in the 1982 International Ballet Competition. She joined San Francisco Ballet, dancing lead roles and was featured in KQED’s “Cinderella” and “Jinx” televised productions. In 1985, Mikhail Baryshnikov invited Ms. Fagundes to join American Ballet Theater and was appointed Soloist in 1989. Touring over 25 countries, working with Tudor, Macmillan, Makarova, Kolpakova, and Kylian, the geniuses of the dance world, Ms. Turner’s repertoire included principal roles in all the 19th century classics, contemporary works and roles created by Lubovitch and Dove. As a guest artist, in the U.S. and Internationally, she performed classical repertoire and taught master classes at Harvard, Barnard and regional schools across the country. In 1999, she was a founding member of Suzanne Farrell Ballet, dancing the gems by Balanchine and Bejart and was well received by acclaimed critics. She graduated summa cum laude from Fordham University, and began choreographing, teaching, and directing at Ballet Etudes for 16 years presenting numerous works at the Westport Country Playhouse. Her “Carnival of the Animals” ballet was successfully presented to the special needs community at the WCP in 2016. In 2021, she collaborated with conductor Barbara Yahr and o914, to present Together in Music and Dance for the special need’s population. Recently she choreographed “Guesto!”, a ballet to Stravinsky’s “Suite Italienne” for NEAD’s 2023 Spring Concert. She is a certified ABT teacher, sharing her knowledge as a Company teacher for Connecticut Ballet, a faculty member at NEAD as well as teaching in her personal studio, Ballet Studio 229, coaching professionals, ballet students, musical theater dancers and adults to achieve their potential and goals. 

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.

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.

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.

David Parsons

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