DANCE VISIONS

DANCE VISIONS BIOGRAPHIES

Beth Jucovy has performed extensively and given workshops and classes in Duncan, ballet, modern, and jazz techniques both in the US and throughout Europe and Israel. She choreographs for, directs and performs with Dance Visions and she is director and educator for Children Dancing. Beth is an Isadora Duncan dance specialist and is a protegé of the late Julia Levien whom she studied with since childhood. Beth is a Tilles Center Dance Teaching Artist in Aesthetic Education and a dance eduator at the Dalton School in Manhattan.
Nichole Piacenza has danced with Dance Visions since 2005, and is a graduate from Long Island University, CW Post, BFA in dance, minor in Theatre. She has wide experience in various techniques of dance including ballet, jazz, pointe, modern, tap and African Dance. She participated in several intensives including The Alvin Ailey Summer Intensive, and worked with choreographers Arthur Aviles, Helen Myers and Darnetha M'Baye. Nichole performed in Jose Limon reconstructions of Winged, Psalm and A Choreographic Offering. .Nichole teaches ballet to young children
Chelsea Koenig began performing with Dance Visions in early 2009. After receiving her BS in Arts Administration with a minor in Dance from Butler University, Chelsea made her professional debut with Uptown Dance Company. There she danced solo roles in choreography by Max Stone, Ray Dones, and Beth Gullege-Brown. Chelseaalso trained with the Chautauqua Institute, Parsons Dance, American Ballet Theater, and Deb Calabrese. She also dances with Vessel Dance in addition to doing guest work in Ohio. Chelsea is the education assistant for New York's City Center
Adrienne Ramm trained since childhood in the Isadora Duncan technique. A protegé of Julia Levien and Hortense Kooluris, she had also coached with Anna Duncan. She was an original member of The Isadora Duncan Centenary Company, a soloist with The Commemorative Company for its duration, and co-director of “The Art of Isadora” and “Dancers for Isadora.” In the U.S. she has performed at universities, festivals, conferences, for the United Nations, and for several documentary and archive projects. In Europe she has taught and performed in France, Austria, Greece, and Italy. Adrienne is a sought-after coach of the Duncan repertory for the current generation of dancers. She has danced in the Duncan repertory with “Dance Visions” since its inception
Michelle Maleh is a native of Ft. Lauderdale, Florida. she has a BFA in dance from the University of Florida, where she danced in classical works, on digital screens, in fountain parks museums, in the air, upside down and everything in between. She has had the honor of performing various works by Neta Pulvermacher, Shapiro and Smith, Adele Meyers, Mohammed DaCosta, and has performed with the Florida MOD Project, Shadow Dance Theatre, and in NY she works with with Vessel Dance, Danzare International, and Dance Visions. She has recently toured the west coat and midwest, with "Nice Jewish Girls Gone Bad", a comedy variety show with music and dance
Michael Dauer is from Toledo, Ohio. He began tap dancing at the age of 3 and hasn't stopped since. After receiving his BFA in Dance from Wright State University he worked in both Regional and Stock Theater. He was  Dance Captain of the National Tour of Chicago: The Musical. Dance is his passion and he continues to study at Ailey, PeriDance, and Broadway Dance Center. He is joining Dance Visions this season beginning with performances of Dreamscapes at Heckscher Park and the Long Island Children's Museum.
Yuki Ishiguro dicovered Break dance while in college, and since then has studied Jazz, Modern, Ballet, Hip-hop and Gymnastics. He danced with the Reiko Matsuoka Ballet Compnay and Do- One Contemporary company, both in Japan. Since arriving in NY in 2009 he has performed  in many Ballet and Modern dance productions as well as his own solo works.   He is on scholarship  at Dance New Amsterdam(DNA) and studies with Max Stone  Isabel Gotzkowsky and Diane McCarthy. Yuki  joined Dance Visions in 2010 and also presently dances with   Feliciano Dance company.
Yusaku Komori, from Tokyo Japan was first prize winner in three prestigious Japanese competitiions: Jazz Dance At Association of Japan 20th competiton, Dance stage Project and Nextream. He has perfomed in many productions in Japan and since coming to NY, he has perfomed with the Francis Harper Project at City Center, with Cecilia Martha Company in the NYC Parks, and with GEMS. He will be perfoming this Spring at the Joyce Theater and he is  on scholarship at the Alvin Ailey school. Yusaku joins Dance Visions in the Spring of 2010, starting with MidSummer's Night Eve at Old Westbury Gardens and Dreamscape at the LI Children's Museum
Courtney Ramm joins Dance Visions in May of 2010, after graduating in May from Indiana University with highest distinction. She recieved a B.S. in Dance and Kinesiology. Courtney trained on full scholarship at the School of American Ballet and Ballet Academy East as well as at Boston Ballet, Miami City Ballet, American Ballet Theater, and the Limón Institute. She has performed the works of Paul Taylor, José Limón, and George Balanchine, among numerous other classical and modern choreographers. Courtney has had the unique opportunity to perform Isadora Duncan's repertoire since childhood, including as a child dancer with Dance Visions, and she also currently dances with "Isadora Now"
Christina Stampolis is a New York native. She holds a Bachelor of Science in Dance Education from Hofstra University. As a New York State certified dance educator, she will be teaching at The Lorge School in Manhattan beginning in Sept. 2010, and she had been teaching a public high school on Long Island this past year. Additionally, she performs in singer/songwriter Mike Soloway’s show “Moving With Mike,” a creative movement and music performance for young children. She has worked with choreographers Rachel List, Edward Winslow, Makeda Thomas and Karla Wolfangle. Christina is thrilled to be joining Dance Visions this season.

 

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