The Faculty and Staff of The Ailey School
Administrative Staff
Professional Division
Junior Division
Department Chairpersons
Faculty Advisors
Faculty
Musicians
Faculty & Musician Bulletin Board
Main line: 212-405-9000
Administrative Staff
Co-Director, The Ailey School
Tracy Inman
Email or call x9515
Co-Director, The Ailey School
Melanie Person
Email or call x9516
Business Manager
James Paulson
Email or call x9511
School Administrator
Susan Foley
Email or call x9514
Office Hours: Mon-Fri, 8:00am - 4:00pm
Assistant to Tracy Inman, Ailey School Co-Director
Lisa Whittaker
Email or call x9133
Assistant to Melanie Person, Ailey School Co-Director / BFA Program Administrator
Tracy Miller
Email or call x9124
Bursar
Jennifer Yoh-Quinones
Email or call x9519
Office Hours (Academic Year): Tue-Sat, 10:00am - 1:30pm and 2:30pm - 5:30pm
Office Hours (Summer): Mon-Fri, 10:00am - 1:30pm and 2:30pm - 5:30pm
Production Coordinator
Sarah Alexander
Email or call x9140
Costume Coordinator / Wardrobe Supervisor
Mondo Morales
Email or call x9039
Senior Studio Manager
Anna Emilia Fish
Email or call x9125
Director, Physical Therapy Services
Shaw Bronner, PT, PhD, OCS
Physical Therapists
Sheyi Ojofeitimi, MPT
Professional Division
Director, Ailey/Fordham B.F.A. Program
Melanie Person
Email or call x9516
Director of Admissions / International Student Advisor
JoAnne Ruggeri
Email or call x9513
Financial Aid Director
Sally Lelong
Email or call x9135
Office Hours: Tue-Thu, 2:00pm - 6:00pm
Financial Aid Assistant
Carlos Taylor
Email or call x9134
Registrar
Jessica Maiuzzo
Email or call x9518
Assistant to the Director of Admissions
Cristina Simon-Sabater
Email or call x9136
Junior Division
Director, Junior Division
Tiffany Barnes
Email or call x9141
Junior Division Director of Admissions
Dawn-Marie Tricarico
Email or call x9143
Ailey/PPAS Program Coordinator / Junior Division Administrator
L. Hassan Blandford
Email or call x9132
Junior Division Administrative Assistant
Sureme Laster Bey
Email or call x9142
Department Chairpersons
Melanie Person, Ballet Department, Chair
Lynn Glauber-Mandel, Ballet Department, Co-Chair
Ana Marie Forsythe, Horton Department, Chair
Jacqulyn Buglisi, Graham-based Modern Department, Chair
Joan Peters, Dunham Department, Chair
Faculty Advisors
Students wishing to schedule an appointment with their advisor must sign up at the 2nd floor reception desk.
Tracy Inman, Co-Director, The Ailey School
Email or call x9515
Advisement Group: Scholarship Program
Melanie Person, Co-Director, The Ailey School / Director, Ailey/Fordham B.F.A.
Email or call x9516
Advisement Group: B.F.A. Program, Freshman
Carolyn Adams
Email or call x9130
Advisement Group: B.F.A. Program Juniors
Ana Marie Forsythe
Email or call x9512
Advisement Group: B.F.A. Program Seniors
Ellen Graff
Email or call x9131
Advisement Group: B.F.A. Program Sophomores
Freddie Moore
Email or call x9145
Advisement Group: Certificate Program
Kevin Predmore
Email or call x9129
Advisement Group: International Independent Study Program
Dr. Charmaine Warren
Email or call x9127
Advisement Group: U.S. Independent Study Program
Faculty
The Ailey School has a faculty of working dance professionals from around the globe, members, former members, and artistic directors of renowned dance companies. In addition to teaching at The Ailey School, faculty members teach at American colleges, universities, and conservatories such as Marymount Manhattan College, SUNY Purchase, The School of the Boston Ballet, the Julliard School and Long Island University, as well as at esteemed institutions abroad.
Anatomy
Ballet
Janet Atallah
Lisa Attles
Robert W. Atwood
Karin Averty
Victoria Bader
L. Hassan Blandford
Michela Boschetto
Peter Brandenhoff
Jenny Chiang
Elena Comendador
Jessica Danser
Kristen Dexnis-Rosengrant
Carolyn Eaton
Lynn Glauber-Mandel
Elizabeth Goheen
Theresa Ruth Howard
Alejandra Iannone
Graciela Kozak
Celia I. Marino
Kristen McGrew
Brenda Neville
Peter O'Brien
Mercedes Pablos
Melanie Person
Cassandra Phifer
Pedro Ruiz
Flavio Salazar
Jamie Salmon
Nancy Turano
Barre a Terre
Marguerite Wesley
Character
Vladimir Dvorovenko
Composition
Kazuko Hirabayashi
JoAnna Mendl Shaw
David Parker
Dance History
Dr. Uttara Asha Coorlawala
Dr. Charmaine Warren
First Steps/Bounding Boys
Ninia Agustin
Kristin Dexnis
Kelly Hayes
Alejandra Iannone
Nicole Kadar
Mindy Lai
Chelsea McLaughlin
Dawn-Marie Tricarico
Graham-based Modern
Marianne Bachmann
Jacqulyn Buglisi
Christine Dakin
Penny Frank
Kazuko Hirabayashi
Martin Lofsnes
Ari Mayzick
Kevin L. Predmore
Dudley Williams
Gyrokinesis©
Elizabeth Brandt
Lee Ann Morris
Hip Hop
Keith Alexander
Robin Dunn
Horton
Karen L. Arceneaux
Tiffany Barnes
Tina Bush
Fernando Carrillo
Ana Marie Forsythe
Adrienne Hurd
Tracy F. Inman
Freddie Moore
Fredrick Earl Mosley
Milton Myers
Dana Rainey
Elizabeth Roxas
Astrid von Ussar
Improvisation
Francesca M. Harper
JoAnna Mendl Shaw
Jazz
Jeffrey Bynum
Beatrice Capote
Edward Stockton
Hollie Wright
Limón
Alan Danielson
Maxine Steinman
Modern Partnering
Kevin Wynn
Repertory
Freddie Moore
Fredrick Earl Mosley
Christian von Howard
Amy Hall
Jeremy McQueen
Spanish Dance
Tap
Maresa D’Amore-Morrison
Victor J. DiMonda
Kimberly LaRue
Courtney Tilford
West African
Aziza
Maguette Camara
Imani Faye
Yahaya Kamate
Andrea Markus
Dina Wright-Joseph
Yoga
Musicians
Guitar
Bernard Schaller
Pianists
Bill Apollo Brown
William F. Catanzaro
Mandy Chiu
Tom Farrell
David Finkelstein
Barbara Gayny
Nell Gourevitch
Barry Harwood
Andrew Ivan
Mijin Jung
Eugene Kaplan
Michael B. Kingon
Rich Klessig
Michael Kooman
Jim Kost
Robert A. Marbach
Mitch Marcus
Michael McFrederick
Andy H. Monroe (also Vocalist)
Scott Morehouse
Ronald J. Musicus
Patsy Oucher
Jonathan S. Rich
Lauren Shapiro
Leo Shih
Ireen Simon
Elena Tishina
Percussionists
Paula Jeanine Bennett (also vocalist)
Charles Vincent Burwell
William Catanzaro
Carlos Francis
Johnson Gohi
Adewole Love
Ron McBee
Scott Morehouse
Ronnie Roc
Victor See Yuen
Kevin Sport
Mangue Sylla
Michael Mustafa Ulmer