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Dance

Dancers study technique, classic repertory and original choreography with New York City's nationally renowned dancers and choreographers. Instruction is rigorous but caring, and studios are spacious, with soft floors and generous skylights that give them an open-air effect.

For detailed information about these and all other Usdan courses, please visit the "All Classes" page.

Classes Offered

  • Majors

  • Ballet
  • Dance Adventure
  • Usdan Dance Intensive
  • Jazz & Tap

  • Minors

  • Ballet
  • Modern Dance
  • Tap Dance
  • Jazz Dance

Faculty

Kerry Mara Cox | Ballet

Principal dancer, St. Louis Ballet, Pittsburgh Ballet Theatre. Guest artist, Central Oklahoma City Ballet. Principal roles in Swan Lake, Giselle, Serenade, The Nutcracker.

Maurice Brandon Curry | Chair, Dance Department

Former dancer, New York City Ballet. Former Director of Educational Programs, Joffrey Ballet School. Director and choreographer for international dance companies, and for Broadway, television, award shows, and film, including direction and/or choreography for Diana Ross, Prince, Coldplay.

Jessica Delia | Modern Dance

B.A., SUNY Purchase. Interlochen Arts Academy. Danced with Graham II and Pearl Lang Dance Theatre. Performer, Indisputably Martha Graham and Isadora's Dance Legacy. Faculty, Martha Graham School, Connecticut Ballet.

Jeff Edmond | Jazz and Tap

B.A., Lehman College. Faculty, STEPS on Broadway. Choreographer, Reel to Real at Lincoln Center. Author: The Freakout Zone.

Anne Kelly | Ballet

Trained at School of American Ballet. B.A., Barnard College. Dancer, Dances Patrelle. Faculty, Ballet Academy East. Co-Artistic Director, Kelly/McCarthy Dance/Music.

Sharon Livardo | Dance

B.F.A., Montclair State University, Ph.D., Seton Hall University. Performer, Metropolitan Opera's The Magic Flute, Alice Farley Dance Theater, Disney's Enchanted.

Courtney Tilford | Dance

B.F.A., University of Illinois. Faculty, Alvin Ailey School. Performer, NY City Center, Merce Cunningham Studios. Appearances in 42nd Street, Swing!, Thoroughly Modern Millie, Crazy For You, Grease, West Side Story.

Carolyn Zettel-Augustyn | Dance

Studies at Washington School of Ballet, and National Ballet School of Canada. Former Director of Dance, Academy of Dance, Waterloo, ON Canada. Faculty, Children's School of Ballet, The Pilates Experience. Assistant Director, Augustyn & Artists Dance workshops.