Ruth Sistaire, Dance Educator, holds BS and MA degrees in Dance and Dance Education from the University of Georgia and Teachers College Columbia University respectively.  With over forty years of experience, Ms. Sistaire has been committed to nurturing the development of dance in others.  She is skilled in ballet, contemporary dance, and African derived dance forms, and performed professionally with Atlanta Dance Theater, Variables of Seven Dance Company, and Joyce Harrigan Dance Company in New York City.  She holds NYC and NYS certification in dance K-12, and designed and developed curriculum for dance at Ronald Edmonds Learning Center – MS 113, where she taught for thirty-one years.  Additionally, Ms. Sistaire developed and instructed the course, African Derived Dance as adjunct lecturer at SUNY New Paltz.  Many of her students have careers as performing dancer artists, dance educators, as well as their own dance endeavors.  Although, retired from teaching in public school, Ms. Sistaire continues her commitment to dance as a consultant, mentoring first and second year NYC dance educators, proctor for the high school dance exam, instructor for adults, and judge for New York City ACT-SO Competition in dance.

Brian Alejandro studied the Katherine Dunham Technique under Miss Joan Peters and Eugene "Snakehips" James for 20+ years. As a principal dancer for the Eugene James Dance Company for 10 years, he performed Off Broadway (Theater Row) and various venues throughout NYC.  

After receiving a masters degree from NYU in Speech & Language Pathology (Bilingual). Whilst working as a Bilingual Speech and Language Pathologist he formed his own Dunham based Children's dance company "The Experimental Dance Group," performing throughout the NYC school system and participating in  dance festivals for 18 years.  

His one-man cabaret show, "Stories from Las Vegas," recently debuted to a sold-out audience at the East Village supper club Pangea.  For videos, please Subscribe to: YouTube “Brian Alejandro” and www.theexperimentaldancegroup.com

DeAngelo Blanchard, from Ohio, is a dance artist and educator based in New York City. He is currently pursuing his Masters in Educational Leadership and has received his Masters of Art in Dance Education from Hunter College as a Lincoln Center Scholar.  He trained pre-professionally at BalletMet Dance Academy, with the Thiossane West African Dance Institute and continued his training at The Ohio State University, receiving a BFA in Dance. He also trained at the American Dance Festival, Henny Jurriëns Studios, The Ailey School and ImPulsTanz. Blanchard has performed professionally with John Jasperse Projects, Jamal Jackson Dance Company, and is a Candle Bearer for Brooklyn Academy of Music’s Dance Africa.  Blanchard continues to fight for equity and access through arts for all children of color!

Veronica Cheeseboro

Veronica Cheeseboro is an active dancer, educator and choreographer. A native New Yorker, Veronica has valued and served the arts, youth empowerment and her community throughout her early life. In 2016, she attained a Bachelor Fine Arts in Dance at Mason Gross School of the Arts, Rutgers University,  where she received an academic scholarship. Alongside studying modern, ballet, improvisation, and choreography at Rutgers, she has had the opportunity to work with many professional choreographers including Doug Elkins, David Parker and the Bang Group, Summation dance, and more. Veronica is trained in hip hop, jazz, tap and West African in addition to ballet and modern, and studied at the Devore Dance Center for 13 years. In May 2018, she graduated from the Graduate School of Education at Rutgers University with an EdM degree in Dance Education with a K-12 certification. Post graduation she has worked as a freelance choreographer and has submitted work for Nimbus Dance Works OFFLINE Choreographer Series, Babel Dance Company and the Trevor Project at Dixon Place. Veronica is currently a full time high school dance educator in the Bronx. At her current high school, she also serves as founder and coach for the step team: "Solez in Sync". Continuing her dance career, Veronica is a dancer with the NYC based Modarts Dance Collective. In her career, she aspires to teach, perform and choreograph simultaneously within the professional realm.