Rose Caiola is the Founder and Executive Artistic Director of Manhattan Movement and Arts Center (MMAC), a state-of-the-art dance and movement classroom, studio and performance facility near Lincoln Center, and Manhattan Youth Ballet. Rose has produced a variety of concerts and benefits over the last 15 years including “Hope for Haiti” and “The Knickerbocker Suite”.

Rose began her career as a dancer and actress, and is a graduate of NYU’s Tisch School of the Arts. In 2010, Rose conceived, co-wrote, and produced the Off-Broadway premiere of Freckleface Strawberry The Musical based on Julianne Moore’s children’s book, which premiered at New World Stages and is currently being licensed worldwide by Music Theatre International. A four-time Tony Award® winner, Rose made her debut as a Broadway producer in 2011 with the historic revival of Godspell by Stephen Schwartz. During the 2016-17 theater season, Rose co-produced Dear Evan Hansen (winner of 6 Tony Awards® including Best Musical), Les Liaisons Dangereuses, Natasha Pierre & The Great Comet of 1812, Sunday in the Park with George, Significant Other, and An Act of God with Sean Hayes.  During the 2015-16 theater season, Rose was a co-producer of Fiddler on the Roof, Sylvia, Daddy Long Legs , On Your Feet , The Color Purple  (winner of 2 Tony Awards® including Best Musical Revival), China Doll, and Spring Awakening.  During the 2014-15 theater season, Rose was a co-producer of You Can’t Take It With You, The Elephant Man, It’s Only A Play, An American in Paris, and Nevermore — the Imaginary Life and Mysterious Death of Edgar Allan Poe. During the 2013-14 season, Rose was a co-producer of All The Way starring Bryan Cranston  (winner of 2 Tony Awards® including Best Play), The Bridges of Madison County, and The Realistic Joneses on Broadway, the 2013-14 national tour of Porgy & Bess and the London premiere of The Color Purple The Musical at the Menier Chocolate Factory.  During the 2012-13 Broadway season, Rose was a co-producer of the Steppenwolf Theater’s acclaimed revival of Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf  (winner of 3 Tony Awards® including Best Revival of a Play), Rodgers & Hammerstein’s Cinderella (winner of 1 Tony Award® and 3 Drama Desk Awards), Glengarry Glen Ross starring Al Pacino, The Heiress starring Jessica Chastain, David Strathairn, and Dan Stevens, Macbeth starring Alan Cumming, and David Mamet's controversial drama The Anarchist starring Patti LuPone and Debra Winger. Rose was the executive producer of the award-winning 2012 documentary First Position, a property she is currently developing for the musical stage.

Ms. Wingert began her training at the Central Pennsylvania Youth Ballet under Marcia Dale Weary and became a scholarship student at the School of American Ballet in New York. At the age of sixteen, she was selected by George Balanchine to join New York City Ballet. During her fifteen years with the company, Ms. Wingert danced over twenty-five principal, soloist, and featured roles in productions that include Balanchine’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Coppelia, Orpheus, Symphony in C, Jewels, Who Cares?, LA Valse, Stars and Stripes, Prodigal Son, Bourree Fantastique, Brahms-Schoenberg Quartet, The Nutcracker, The Four Temperaments, Mozartiana, Jerome Robbins’ The Concert and Antique Epigraphs, and Peter Martins’ The Sleeping Beauty. A principal and soloist with numerous nationally acclaimed companies, her film and television credits include The Nutcracker (Time-Warner), PBS “Great Performance” Dinner With Balanchine, “Dance in America” Balanchine - Serenade and Western Symphony, Peter Martins’ Concerto for Two Solo Pianos and “Live from Lincoln Center” A Midsummer Night’s Dream.

Deborah Wingert is a prize-winning choreographer, receiving third place in the Northeast Regional Festival for Emerging Female Choreographers for her work Six by Six: Opus 56 for the Cumberland Dance Company. She is one of a small group of artists selected by the Balanchine Trust to set his choreography. In this capacity she has traveled throughout the United States and Europe setting and staging the Balanchine repertoire for companies including the Vancouver Ballet Society, West Virginia Ballet Company, Boston Dance Company, Northeast Ballet, Ballet Center of St. Louis, and Central Pennsylvania Youth Ballet. She staged The Four Temperaments for Harvard University, and Tchaikovsky Pas de Deux for the New York International Ballet competition

Ms. Wingert has taught at the School of American Ballet, Central Pennsylvania Youth Ballet, Ballet Academy East, the Livingston Ballet, Boston Dance Company, and the Vancouver Ballet Society to among others. She has been a guest lecturer and instructor for the New York City Public Library, the University of Wisconsin, and the Pennsylvania Governor’s School of the Arts, the Northeast Ballet, Princeton University and Harvard.

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Ms. Stavitskaya graduated from the Kirov School in St. Petersburg, Russia in 1960 and was accepted as Soloist in the Kirov and Maly Theatre Companies. During her fifteen-year performing career, she danced many principal and soloist roles from classical ballet repertoire. In 1970, upon completing the pedagogical training course under Vera Kostrovitskaya, she joined the faculty of the Vaganova Choreographic School in St. Petersburg where she taught classical technique, repertoire and character dance.

Ms. Stavitskaya immigrated to the United States in 1976 and continues an illustrious teaching career. Among her positions, she has been a faculty member of the School of American Ballet, the American Ballet Theatre School, Studio Maestro and an instructor with Ballet Arts, Carnegie Hall and the Harkness Ballet School. She has been a teacher with the Metropolitan Opera Ballet Company, the American Ballet Theatre Company, American Ballet Theatre II, and guest teacher for the Vienna Ballet Company, the Royal Swedish Ballet, the Cullberg Ballet, Stockholm, Sweden, the Finnish National Opera, Helsinki, HET National Ballet, Amsterdam, the Stuttgart Ballet, Germany, and Le Groupe de Huit in Paris. She has taught master classes for the Southwest Regional Ballet Festival, the Pacific Regional Ballet Festival, the Academie de Danse Classique, Princess Grace, Monte Carlo, the Kuopio Dance Festival, Finland, the Mid-States Regional Ballet Festival, and the Southwestern Regional Ballet Festival.

In addition to her teaching career, Ms. Stavitskaya has staged works from the classical repertoire worldwide, including the Coteburg Ballet Company, Star Dancers Company, Japan, the Tampa Ballet Company, and for the Studio Maestro Gala Concerts as well as Les Sylphides for the Nureyev Festival at the London Coliseum. Ms Stavitskaya has received recognition as a gifted choreographer of ballet and character dance. Marina can also be seen in the feature film, Black Swan.

Brian Reeder was born in Sunbury, Pennsylvania, and began his dance training with Marcia Dale Weary at the Central Pennsylvania Youth Ballet. After attending American Ballet Theatre’s Summer Program, he studied at the School of American Ballet. Before joining American Ballet Theatre (1994-2003), Brian performed as a soloist with William Forsythe’s Ballet Frankfurt (1990-1993), and also danced with New York City Ballet (1986-1990).
Over a four-year period, Brian created five original works for American Ballet Theatre’s Studio Company. In 2005, he choreographed a full-length Nutcracker for Ballet Pacifica. In collaboration with the Washington Ballet, Mr. Reeder was the recipient of the New York Choreographic Institute Fellowship Grant (2005). He has created works for the Washington Ballet and it’s Studio Company, including a production of Peter & the Wolf. In 2006, he was commission by the Guggenheim Museum in NYC to create two new works for their "Works & Process" series. Mr. Reeder was artist in residence at Brown University, Emory University, and St. Paul’s School where he taught and created works for student dance companies. He was involved with the ABT Education Department’s "Make a Ballet" program (2004-2006), and is currently on staff at ABT’s Summer Intensives in NYC. He served as the Coordinating Director of the ABT International Summer Dance Intensive in Bermuda (2006) and has been a guest teacher at the Alvin Ailey School and Icelandic National Ballet Company and school. Brian has been recognized by Time Out New York as one of it’s “Ten Best” in dance for 2002, and was selected as a “25 to watch" in 2005 by Dance Magazine. His ballets have been viewed by dance-going audiences worldwide, in places such as London, Costa Rica, Bermuda, and throughout the United States.

Ms. Boesch began her training at the School of American Ballet. During her ten years there she danced with the New York City Ballet in nearly every role for children in their repertoire. In SAB workshops she danced works by Balanchine, most notably Harlequinade and Le Tombeau de Couperin, as well as ballets by Jerome Robbins and Christopher Wheeldon.  Ms. Boesch completed her training on full scholarship at the Pacific Northwest Ballet School, and joined them as a corps member after less than a year.

Under the direction of Francia Russell, Ms. Boesch performed in many of Balanchine’s most famous ballets, including Agon, Serenade, Concerto Barocco, Western Symphony, Ballet Imperial, and La Valse. Her repertory there also included classics such as Paquita and Ronald Hynd’s Sleeping Beauty, and newer works by Peter Martins, Kent Stowell, and Lynn Taylor-Corbett. In 2003, Ms. Boesch joined the corps of American Ballet Theatre, where she danced for three years in all the great classics, including Swan Lake, Romeo and Juliet, Le Corsaire, Don Quixote, Giselle, and La Bayadere. She also performed in Agnes DeMille’s Rodeoand in the premiere of Kaleidoscope by choreographer Peter Quanz. With ABT, she toured extensively in the US as well as to Japan. In 2008 Ms. Boesch joined the Staatsballett Berlin, under the direction of Vladimir Malakhov. As a corps member there she performed in John Cranko’s Onegin and the premiere of Malakhov’s La Peri, among others.  In 2010, Ms. Boesch staged and danced as a soloist in the Jen DeNike art piece Scrying, choreographed by Melissa Barak. Throughout her professional life Ms. Boesch has also appeared as a soloist with Dances Patrelle in Manhattan. She currently teaches in New York at Manhattan Youth Ballet.

Fredrick Earl Mosley was born in Raleigh, NC and began his dance training at the North Carolina School of the Arts. He trained at The Ailey School and Martha Graham School of Contemporary Dance in New York. He has performed with Ailey II, Gus Soloman Dance, and Ronald K. Brown Evidence, and has choreographed works for Dallas Black Theater, Edge Works Dance Theater, Ailey II, and the Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater, for which he received critical praise from dance critics and audiences alike. Mr. Mosley has taught at some of the most noted conservatories and institutions of higher learning, among them The Ailey School, University of Oklahoma, University of Kansas City, Wesleyan University; S.U.N.Y. Purchase, Interlochen Center for the Arts, Virginia Commonwealth University, Long Island University, Ohio University, Santa Fe Community College, Yale University, New York University, Tokyo School of Music in Japan, and the Sadler Wells Theater Senior Citizen Ensemble in London. He was named Teacher of the Year by Dance Teacher magazine in 2005. He is the artistic director of the Northwest Regional Workforce Investment program, Life Dance Company - A Vision Reborn, a student-led dance company in Waterbury, CT. He is the founder and Artistic Director of Diversity of Dance, Inc., and the Earl Mosley's Institute of the Arts (EMIA).

Born in Miami, Florida, Craig Salstein trained with Mia Michaels, Ballet Academy of Miami, completing his studies at the Miami City Ballet. In 1995, he was the Grand Champion of Ed McMahon’s Star Search. 

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Salstein joined American Ballet Theatre’s Studio Company in 2000 and joined the main company in April 2002, and in 2007 was  promoted to soloist. He is also one of a set of triplets. Salstein’s repertory with the Company includes Mercutio in Romeo and Juliet, the first sailor in Fancy Free, the Bronze Idol and the Head Fakir in La Bayadère, Birbanto in Le Corsaire, Gamache in Don Quixote, Puck in The Dream, the peasant pas de deux and Hillarion in Giselle,  the Champion Roper in Rodeo,  the Neapolitan Dance inSwan Lake, Eros in Sylvia, the Devil in Three Virgins and a Devil and leading roles in Drink To Me Only With Thine Eyes,  In The Upper Room, Sinfonietta and Symphonic Variations,  He was an ensemble member and dance captain of the revival of Rodgers and Hammerstein’s Carousel on Broadway.

Salstein was the associate choreographer to Justin Peck for West Side Story directed by Steve Spielberg, and Netflix’s Maestro directed by Bradley Cooper. Recently, he was ensemble member and Dance Captain for the Broadway show ILLINOISE choreographed and directed by Justin Peck.

Born in Durham, North Carolina and growing up in New York City, Mr. Sanders received his training from Ballet Academy East, The Rock School of Education, E’Cole Ballet (Australia) and UNCSA. From there Mr. Sanders went on to dance Principal, Soloist roles and also guest in companies such as Ballet Memphis, Carolina Ballet, National Ballet of China, West Australian Ballet among others.

He has performed many of the classics including repertoire from: George Balanchine, Anthony Tudor, Mark Godden, Dwight Rhoden, Trey Mcintyre, Ana Lopez Ochoa, Matthew Neenan. He won a Gold Medal at Sydney Contemporary Competition, Silver Medal at ABC, Top 8 at YAGP and performed on the BET tour. He’s delighted to be with MYB!

Allegra Herman is a native New Yorker and Bessie Award-winning dancer based in Brooklyn, NY. She trained classically at both Manhattan Youth Ballet and the School of American Ballet, where she performed in numerous productions with the New York City Ballet at Lincoln Center. She furthered her contemporary training at prestigious programs such as the Nederlands Dans Theater summer intensive, Springboard Danse Montreal, and b12 Berlin. 

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Allegra currently performs at The Metropolitan Opera, appearing both as a dancer and an actress. She is also a member of Pigeonwing Dance, under the direction of choreographer Gabrielle Lamb, with whom she’s performed at The New York Botanical Gardens, Wave Hill, The Moody Center at Rice University, Harvard University, and The Asilomar Conference on Recombinant DNA. Allegra has danced with Aspen Santa Fe Ballet, the Little Orchestra Society, and Trainor Dance. She has performed works by Crystal Pite, Doug Varrone, Fernando Melo, Roy Assaf, Peter Chu, George Balanchine, and Jerome Robbins, among others. From 2018-2019, she toured the US with the first national tour of Fiddler on the Roof, directed by Bartlett Sher and choreographed by Hofesh Shechter. Allegra serves as the Head of Contemporary Curriculum and is on the ballet faculty at Rye Ballet Conservatory, and is also a guest teacher at Central Pennsylvania Youth Ballet. She holds a degree in French Language and Literature from Columbia University.

Brittany Pollack is a Soloist ballerina with New York City Ballet at Lincoln Center. Performs principal roles in ballets choreographed by George Balanchine, Jerome Robbins, Justin Peck, Christopher Wheeldon, Alexei Ratmansky, Mauro Bigonzetti, Lynne Taylor-Corbett, August Bournonville, Angelin Preljocav, and more. Standout roles include West Side Story (Anita), The Nutcracker (Sugarplum Fairy, Dewdrop, Marzipan), Symphony in C, Opus 19: The Dreamer, Western Symphony, Who Cares?, The Sleeping Beauty, Swan Lake, Rodeo: Four Dance Episodes, Concerto DSCH, Dances at a Gathering, Interplay. Broadway: Rodger and Hammerstein’s Carousel (Louise) - 2018 Revival at The Imperial Theatre Film/TV: Steven Spielberg’s West Side Story (Mack)- December 2020, Camp, NY Export: Opus Jazz, The David Letterman Show, Live from Lincoln Center’s George Balanchine’s The Nutcracker, Great Performances New York City Ballet in Paris.

Choreography: New York City Ballet First Steps Choreographer (2025, 2021), School of American Ballet Toulmin Institute Choreographer (2025, 2023) Other Credits: NYC Radio City Christmas Spectacular (Clara), Cover of Dance Magazine’s “25 to Watch” Issue, Cover of Ballet (Henry Leutwelyer), Opening Ceremony model, PUMA model/ambassador. Ms.

Pollack holds a BS from Fordham University and MBA from Colorado State University. 

Anna Greenberg, a native New Yorker, began her training at the School of American Ballet. She continued at the Joffrey Ballet School under the mentorship of Era Jouravlev and graduated from the JKO School at American Ballet Theater. Her first professional experience began at 17 years old with the Bayerisches Junior Ballet in Munich, Germany, under the leadership of Ivan Lîska, where she worked as an apprentice with the Bayerisches Staatsballett. She then danced with the Tiroler Landestheater’s Tanzcompany in Innsbruck, Austria before moving back to the states to dance with Miami City Ballet. Anna’s extensive experience in repertoire includes works by George Balanchine, Jiří Kylián, Hans van Manen, Richard Siegal, Nacho Duato, Alexander Eckman, and Jamar Roberts, Alexei Ratmansky, and Twyla Tharp. Anna has since moved back to her hometown of NYC to further pursue her dreams in theater, film, and TV and most recently, performed in Sara Mearns’ program at New York City Center where she took part in world premiere collaborations with choreographers Guillaume Côté and Jamar Roberts. 

Since 2022, Anna has found a deep passion for teaching and utilizing her diverse background to challenge students to greatness! She holds faculty positions at both Manhattan Youth Ballet and the Joffrey Ballet School. 

Clara studied at the School of American Ballet from 2010-2014, joining New York City Ballet as an apprentice in 2014. She was promoted to the corps de ballet in 2015. While there, she enjoyed dancing a number of roles in Balanchine, Robbins, Wheeldon, and Martin pieces. She has taught at Ballet Hawaii, The Ohman School of Dance, Little Swans, and Steps on Broadway, among others. Also a choreographer, she has choreographed for Lincoln Center, New York City Ballet institutes, and Revolve Dance Festival in recent years, as well as composed music for dance.

ASHLEY MAYEUX (Houston, TX) began her dance training at the High School for Performing and Visual Arts and graduated cum laude with a BFA from SUNY Purchase. Ms. Mayeux continued her studies at the Dance Theatre of Harlem and went on to perform in the tour of the Broadway musical Aida. She has been featured in publications including The New York Times, The Los Angeles Times, Pointe Magazine and Dance Magazine. From 2012 to 2016 Ms. Mayeux was a member of Complexions Contemporary Ballet, Alvin Ailey American Dance Theatre from 2016 to 2018. She danced for Alonzo King Lines Ballet from 2018-2021. She rejoined Alvin Ailey from 2021 through 2024. Ashley is now on full time faculty at NYU as a contemporary teacher and is an adjunct professor at Adelphi teaching Ballet & pointe. Ashley joined MYB Teacher faculty in 2023.

Originally from Ashburn, VA, Kailei Sin (she/her) is a freelance dance artist,

choreographer, and dance educator based in New York City. She is a graduate of The

Juilliard School having received her BFA in dance under the direction of Alicia Graf

Mack. Kailei has performed the work of choreographers such as Ohad Naharin, Gabrielle Lamb,

Trisha Brown, Jamar Roberts, Tiler Peck, Shen Wei, and Spencer Dickhaus, among others.

Kailei danced for choreographer Sharon Eyal in her immersive performance experience

“R.O.S.E” at the Park Avenue Armory alongside Eyal’s company. Recent notable performances

include: Supperclub Dance, Obremski/Works annual concert, 12x12 Dance Volume 3, and

Pigeonwing Dance’s Carpet Series. Kailei’s choreographic work has been presented at the

Princeton University Ballet, Steps Beyond Foundation Choreography Lab, Battery Dance

Festival, Obremski/Works INVENTS, Aurora Dance Festival, Columbia Ballet Collaborative,

12x12 Dance, and Echoes of Her: Women in Choreography. Kailei is a recipient of the

Obremski/Works 2024 VISION Fellowship and the Juilliard Career Advancement Fellowship.

Angelyn's love of dance began very early. At the age of 3 she began her training with the Dance Conservatory of Southern Minnesota. She then moved on to study tap, jazz, ballet, hip hop, and contemporary dance at Dance Express, where she competed on several award-winning teams at both the regional and national level. Also while at Dance Express, she completed their teacher training program and received her dance teacher certification.

After earning a BFA in Acting and Dance from Minnesota State University, Ms. Angie made the leap and moved to New York City. She has had the privilege of acting and dancing in many theatrical productions, films and commercials, has choreographed several musicals and concert dance pieces and is the owner and director of Manhattan Dance Artistry, a competitive dance company for children ages 7 and up. Ms. Angie’s true love has always been teaching dance, and she is honored to share her passion for dance with all of her students!