Artist Profiles

Barry Kerollis in a peach tshirt with his arms folded in type of eagle pose looking upward.

Being Diagnosed With ADHD as an Adult Artist

Barry Kerollis

Young dancers performing on stage. Four are dressed in black tops and white pants while the center dancer is dressed in all white. They perform against a blue-lit background.

How Jessica Gaynor, Artistic Director of Young Dancemakers Company, Helps NYC Teens Find Their Choreographic Voices

Kathryn Holmes

Meagan Cubides wearing a navy tshirt and arms held in a 5th position upright leaning toward the right.

What My Teacher Taught Me: Meagan Cubides on the New World School of the Arts Modern Teachers

as told to Jen Peters

DTH School Director Tai Jimenez and student Clare Buchanan who's holding an arabesque on pointe.

Catching Up With Dance Theatre of Harlem School Director Tai Jimenez

djassi daCosta johnson

A white, blonde-haired dance teacher wearing all black is in the splits, surrounded by young dancers in black leotards and pink tights who are also all doing the splits.

Quinn Callahan: Rock-Solid Resourcefulness

Barry Kerollis

A white woman with brown hair is balanced on her pelvis, legs extended forward and arms floating upward. One arm is behind her head.

Madi Hicks on Movement, Mentorship, and Making Space for Others

Ashton Benn

A Black woman leads a seminar with students sitting on the floor of a brightly lit dance studio.

2025 Dance Teacher Award Honoree Sylvia Waters Has Inspired Early-Career Dancers to Tap Into their Humanity

Courtney Celeste Fox

A Latino man stands center stage with arms outstretched. Behind him, dancers wearing traditional southwestern costumes twirls in bright, full red and yellow skirts. The background is black with bright spotlights.

2025 Dance Teacher Award Honoree Roger Montoya Uplifts Students Through Mentorship

Sophie Bress

A Black woman with short white hair, wearing all black, tap dances at the center of a circle of diverse younger dancers, all of whom are cheering and clapping for her.

2025 Dance Teacher Award Honoree Dianne Walker Has Devoted Her Life to Nurturing Tap’s Next Generations

Ryan P. Casey

A white dance teacher wearing a bright blue tunic coaches a younger white dancer in a lighter blue tunic in an expansive arm movement.

2025 Dance Teacher Award Honoree Lori Belilove Uses Isadora Duncan’s Legacy to Engage Students’ Artistic Imaginations

Tom Phillips