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Indira Dominguez  
  Currently a senior at Ithaca College majoring in Speech Language Pathology and Audiology and minoring in Deaf Studies. Has been dancing for over 10 years. Studied ballet and West African dance at Hunter College in Manhattan. Toured with Young Dancemakers Company (YDC) in 2005 and continued with them for the following three seasons. Served as a TA for a ballroom dance course at Cornell. Volunteered to teach hip hop choreography at a Public School in Manhattan. Started IC Muevete Dance Company at Ithaca College and was president and head choreographer for the first year. Has choreographed dances in various styles such as Modern, Salsa, merengue, Hip-Hop, Belly Dance, West African, and Jazz.
Nancy Gaspar  
  B.A., SUNY Brockport. M.S., Ithaca College.Has taught for the American College Dance Festival, Northeast Regional Ballet Festival, Cornell University, Ithaca College, and Wells College. Extensive experience as a choreographer for musical theatre and opera groups, cable TV, colleges, public schools and private studios, and dance companies throughout NY State.
Emma Harris  
  Emma is a junior at Ithaca College where she is majoring in Philosophy & Religion and minoring in Dance. She has been dancing since she was five years old, after inspiring her parents to sign her up for ballet lessons by donning a tutu and twirling and bouncing around in the back yard of her house. Emma has since enjoyed the forms of ballet, jazz, modern, hip-hop, and lyrical dance. She has choreographed and taught dance to children at Crystal Theater's 'Arts in the Park' summer camp for the past six years, as well as for CSMA's "Arts All Around You" program this past summer. Additionally, she has choreographed several modern, jazz, and ballet pieces for Dance Dimension's winter and spring dance recitals. Around the same age as when she began dancing, Emma also began learning to play piano. She is now an accomplished classical pianist and sees the connection between appreciating music and becoming a successful dancer. Emma incorporates the importance of music into her lessons to enhance her students' abilities and talents. But most of all, Emma believes that dance should be first and foremost, fun!
Katharyn Howd Machan  
  Ph.D., Performance Studies, Northwestern University. M.A., English Literature, University of Iowa. Former Poet Laureate of Tompkins County Has been belly dancing and teaching in Ithaca since 1979. Taught for the London-based Skyros Institute, and elsewhere in the USA..
Katie Jones  
   
Elizabeth Livesay  
  B.A. Theater, Cornell University. Studied dance for 27 years. Has performed and choreographed locally for the Hangar Theater, Kitchen Theatre, Firehouse Theatre and Cornell Savoyards. 20 years teaching experience. Currently on the dance faculty at Ithaca College.
Miranda Strichartz  
  B.A., Cornell University, MA in English, SUNY Albany. Danced with the Ithaca Concert Dance Company. Studied at Dance Circle. Has taught ballet to children and adults for more than 10 years.
Maren Waldman  
  B.A. Haverford College. Over 20 years dance experience in jazz, modern, tap, swing, and salsa. Completed intensive modern training program at the Limon Institute in NYC and danced professionally with AdrienneCelesteFadjoDANCE out of Brooklyn. Her choreography has been performed in NYC and in Rochester, NY. Has been swing dancing for 10 years, attending workshops and competitions, and teaching swing to people of all ages.
Iska Ziver  
  B.S., University at Albany; J.D., Cornell University. A practicing attorney in Ithaca in the areas of family law, mediation and collaborative law. Has been trained in various partner dances since 1999, and also studied ballet, jazz, belly dance, modern dance and theatre arts. Taught Swing, Latin and Ballroom Dance at Cornell University and also offers private lessons.