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Certificate Program Faculty
The Certificate Program aspires to provide its students with dance education of the highest caliber. Our faculty is made up of a unique blend of leading professionals in the field. Many classes are accompanied by our first-class musicians. This multi-faceted group has been carefully selected to offer Peridance's classical, contemporary and commercial dance classes. Our faculty members come from leading dance institutions and entities such as The Juilliard School, New York University, Yale University, New York City Ballet, Hubbard Street Dance Chicago, Nederlands Dans Theater, Batsheva Dance Company, and New York City's Broadway.
Administrative Faculty
Igal Perry - Artistic Director
Nikki Holck - Program Director
Full Time Faculty
Igal Perry - Ballet
Nikki Holck - Ballet and Solo Performance Studies
Kendrick Samuel - Intro to Commercial Dance
Terry Berliner - Composition
Cebo - Street and Club Dance
Richard Chen See - Taylor Style Modern
Kate Croasdale - Stagecraft
Andy Gale - Voice
Beth Graczyk - Improvisation
John Gutierrez - Improvisation
Guanglei Hui - Contemporary
Caterina Rago - Graham Style Modern
Bo Lee - Contemporary
Anabella Lenzu - Dance History, Anatomy, Dance Criticism
Preston Mui - Broadway Jazz
Assaf Salhov - Alignmentand Conditioning
Alix Tucou - Music
Matthew Ward - Voice
Ray Davis - Intro to Jazz
Ryan Yamauchi - Contemporary
Part Time Faculty
Martha Chapman
Mike Esperanza
Diego Funes
Korie Genius
Rachel Hettinger
Emily Greenwell
Jana Hicks
Miles Keeney
Graciela Kozak
Sun Kim
Max Stone
Tsai Hsi Hung
Guanglei Hui
Omari Mizrahi
Princess Lockerooo
Yuka Kawazu
Recent Choreographers and Repertoire
Igal Perry
Larry Keigwin
Doug Varone
Bo Park
Kenichi Kasamatsu
Caleb Teicher
Assaf Salhov
Roya Carreras
Tushrik Fredericks
Cebo
Lauren Cox
Eric Delgado
Gregory Dolbashian
Julie Magneville
Mike Esperanza
Keenan Cooks
Preston Mui
Mizuho Kappa
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