DanceVersity Faculty
The Danceversity Faculty members are a diverse blend of professional artists and instructors who are accomplished performers, well-known in their respective communities, and wherever possible, native to the communities they represent.
The summer dance camp offers eight different styles and teachers per week. After-school dance class sessions run six or seven weeks with a different dance teacher for each session.
2011-12 Dance Class Teachers
- Carmen Roman - Afro-Peruvian
- Portsha Jefferson – Afro-Haitian
- Hannah Romanowsky (DanceVersity Director) - Roma (Gypsy)
- Julie Marques - Bollywood
- Karen G Guzman - Hip-hop
2011 DanceVersity Summer Camp Teachers
Week 1:
- Eddie Madril - Native American
- Carmen Roman - Afro-Peruvian
- Karen G Guzman - Hip-Hop
- Chris Montiel - Professor Recruta - Capoeira
- Serena Lim - Hawaiian
- Portsha Jefferson - Afro-Haitian
- Sarah Romanowsky - Theatre Arts
- Schenell Crichlow - Latin American Social Dance
Week 2:
- Kompiang Davies - Balinese, Gamelan
- Serena Lim - Tahitian
- Kyoungil Ong - Korean
- Julie Marques - Bollywood
- Farima Berenji - Central Asian - Azeri
- Hannah Romanowsky - Turkish Roma (Gypsy)
- Monica Berini - zills (hand cymbals)
- Lara Brotslaw - Jewish
Week 3:
- Melissa Cruz - Flamenco
- Hassania Walker - Morroccan
- Portsha Jefferson - Afro-Haitian
- Sarah Romanowsky - Theatre Arts
- Mary Kay Stuvland - Polish
- Pam Askin - Turkish
- Farima Berenji - Banderi
- Naby Bangoura - Guinean
DanceVersity Summer Camp / Afro-Haitian dance
2010-2011 Dance Class Teachers
- Emelie K Coleman - Ethno-Contemporary
- Hannah Romanowsky (DanceVersity Director)- Central Asian, Middle Eastern, North African
- Clara Rodriguez - Flamenco
- Julie Marques - Bollywood
- Portsha Jefferson – Afro-Haitian
- Tom Mayock - Creative Movement, Jazz
- Holly Shaw - Contemporary Modern
Other Recent Faculty
- Jade Itiene – Global Groove/Camp Counselor
- Melanie Hogan – Arabic/Qi-gong
- Miriam Peretz - Central Asian and Middle Eastern
- Vicki Virk - Bhangra
- Jade Raybin - Ethno-Contemporary
- Mary Ellen Donald - Middle Eastern percussion
- Mariam Gaibova - Tajik
- Lateef Swain - World Hip Hop
- Julia Tsitsi Chigamba - Zimbabwean
- Bruce Bierman - Israeli, Ashkenazi, Yemeni
- Renata Marson Teixiera de Andrade - Brazilian
- Damian Alvarez
- Azriel “El Moreno” Goldschmidt
- Cera Byer
- Fabio Moura
- Kamala Deva
- Lily Storm
- Mira Betz
- Ramon Ramos Ayalo
- Tara Pandeya
- Sara Ayala
- Barbara Framm
- Xiomara Salinas
- Daniel 'Brav' Brevil
DanceVersity flamenco class / teen ensemble, Spring 2011
