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
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
Gina Costagliola
Email or call x9140
Senior Studio Manager
Steven E. Brown
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
Registrar
Jessica Maiuzzo
Email or call x9518
BFA Program Administrator
Justina Gaddy
Email or call x9124
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,
Joan Peters, Dunham Department, Chair
Sharon Wong, Jazz 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 1st year students
Kevin Predmore
Email or call x9129
Advisement Group: Independent Study Program
Dr. Charmaine Warren
Email or call x9127
Advisement Group: Certificate Program 2nd year and Seniors
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 sucah 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.
Ballet
Janet Atallah
Lisa Attles
Robert W. Atwood
Jenny Chiang
Elena Comendador
Jessica Danser
Carolyn Eaton
Elizabeth Goheen
Theresa Ruth Howard
Graciela Kozak
Celia I. Marino
Kristen McGrew
Peter O'Brien
Melanie Person
Cassandra Phifer
Pedro Ruiz
Flavio Salazar
Jamie Salmon
Nancy Turano
Graham-based Modern
Marianne Bachmann
Christine Dakin
Penny Frank
Kazuko Hirabayashi
Martin Lofsnes
Kevin L. Predmore
Dudley Williams
Gyrokinesis©
Elizabeth Brandt
Lee-Anne Morris
Hip Hop
Horton
Karen L. Arceneaux
Ana Marie Forsythe
Adrienne Hurd
Tracy F. Inman
Fredrick E. Moore
Fredrick Earl Mosley
Milton Myers
Improvisation
Francesca M. Harper
Joanna Mendl-Shaw
Jazz
Edward Stockton
Judine Somerville
Astrid Von Ussar
Hollie Wright
Tap
Victor J. DiMonda
Kimberly Ann LaRue
Courtney Tilford
Taylor
Carolyn Adams
West African
Maguette Camara
imani Faye
Yah'Ya Kamate
Karen Love
Carole Reid
Musicians
Pianists
Bill Apollo Brown
William F. Catanzaro
David Finkelstein
Barbara Gayny
Barry Harwood
Mijin Jung
Eugene Kaplan
Michael B. Kingon
Jim Kost
Robert A. Marbach
Michael McFrederick
Andy H. Monroe (also Vocalist)
Ronald J. Musicus
Patsy Oucher
Galina Panova
Jonathan S. Rich
Li Yu Shih
Elena Tishina
Percussionists
Fode Bangoura
Charles Burwell
William Catanzaro
Yah'Ya Kamate
Mathias Kunzli
Adawole Love
Paula Jeanine Bennett (also vocalist)
Mangue Sylla
Michael Mustafa Ulmer