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Ages 16-80’s

Stepping into a dance class as a teen or adult is a beautiful act of self-care. It’s a chance to reconnect with your body, rediscover joy in movement, and feel confidence building with every class. Whether you danced years ago or are trying something completely new, Cleveland City Dance offers a supportive space where teens and adults of all ages feel welcomed, encouraged, and can grow at a comfortable pace.

Ballet, jazz, tap, modern, hip-hop, and contemporary give you the freedom to explore exactly what feels inspiring right now. Gentle, nurturing and caring instruction helps you build strength and technique, improve flexibility, and build skills you may not have imagined possible. Every class is designed to leave you feeling energized, grounded, and proud of what your body can do.

Connections naturally form as you share classes with others who value artistry, community, and the simple joy of moving. These friendships often become one of the most cherished parts of the experience—uplifting, supportive, and surprisingly meaningful.

Performance opportunities are available for those who want to step into the spotlight, yet entirely optional for those who prefer to simply enjoy the journey. No pressure—just possibility.

Life is busy enough. Your dance experience should feel Simple, Easy, and Convenient. Enrollment at Cleveland City Dance makes the process seamless, letting you focus on what really matters: creating friendships, growing skills, and nurturing your own well-being.

If you’re ready to step into something joyful, enriching, and confidence building, you can enroll now at https://clevelandcitydance.com/classes-programs/#schedule.

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Whether you’re seeking a career in dance or are looking to build confidence & lifelong friendships, we welcome you to Cleveland City Dance!

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A place where students of all ages feel supported, encouraged, and inspired to grow.

Levels, Program Descriptions & Placement

Dance Styles at Cleveland City Dance

A place where students of all ages feel supported, encouraged, and inspired to grow.

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Levels, Program Descriptions & Placement

Ballet

Ballet offers a timeless foundation built on grace, strength, and emotional expression. Students experience the lightness and flow of Classical Ballet while developing posture, alignment, and technique that support every other style of dance. Whether someone is stepping into their first plié or returning with experience, instruction is delivered with nurturing and caring attention that makes progress feel natural and builds confidence.

Ballet classes for boys create space for strength, focus, and discipline to grow in a way that supports both dance and athletics. The structure and clarity of ballet often enhance performance in sports by improving balance, core stability, agility, and concentration.

Families appreciate how Simple, Easy, and Convenient it feels to see their dancer settling into a routine that strengthens both body and mind while building friendships that last.

Classes:

Teen/Adult Beginning Ballet Tuesdays 7:00 pm

Teen/Adult I Ballet Tuesdays 8:00 pm

Intermediate Teen/Adult Ballet Mondays 7:00 pm

Student Ballet II & III by placement

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Contemporary Dance

Contemporary Dance gives your dancer the freedom to move, explore, and express emotions in a way that feels authentic and empowering. It’s a style using ballet, jazz and modern, that builds confidence by encouraging bold choices, creative risk-taking, and a deeper understanding of how the body tells a story.

Classes focus on growing skills in technique, musicality, floor work, improvisation, and expressive movement—all supported with nurturing and caring guidance that helps each dancer feel safe, supported, and inspired. Along the way, students naturally create friendships through shared creativity, collaboration, and meaningful artistic moments.

Performance opportunities allow them to step into the spotlight and showcase their individuality, artistry, and hard work.

Getting started is Simple, Easy, and Convenient, giving your dancer a place to grow, discover their voice, and feel truly connected.

Classes:

Mondays 7:00 pm

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Jazz

Jazz is full of personality, rhythm, and expressive movement. Students discover a blend of ballet’s elegant lines and tap’s percussive energy, shaped by Broadway and street-dance influences. Jazz encourages freedom and theatricality while helping dancers master clean technique, strong musicality, and dynamic performance skills.

This style is ideal for students who love to move with passion, learn choreography that feels exciting, and experience confidence building each time they master a new combination. The warm, welcoming class environment makes it easy to form friendships and enjoy steady, supported growth.

Classes:

Wednesdays 7:00 pm

Begin Your Dance Journey

Modern

Modern Dance invites students to move with authenticity. Through floor work, breath, spirals, suspension, and release, dancers explore their natural impulses and the expressive capability of the body. Modern strengthens flexibility, control, and artistic sensitivity while encouraging dancers to connect deeply with momentum, space, and emotion.

This style supports growing skills while nurturing individuality, making it especially meaningful for students who want to explore creativity in a caring, supportive environment. Classes provide room for personal expression while maintaining structure that encourages technique and confidence to develop with each class.

Classes:

Tuesdays at 7:00 pm

Feel Your Confidence Grow

Musical Theater Class

Give your performer a place to shine through singing, acting, and dancing. Musical Theater builds confidence, helping students express themselves boldly and joyfully, all within a nurturing and caring environment where every student feels supported.

Classes focus on growing skills—character work, movement, storytelling, and voice projection —and the excitement of bringing scenes and songs to life. Along the way, students naturally create friendships through teamwork, laughter, and shared creativity.

Performance opportunities offer a wonderful chance to step into the spotlight and celebrate progress with family and friends.

Classes:

Wednesdays 7:00 pm

Enrollment is Simple, Easy, and Convenient, giving yourself a space to explore artistry and feel proud.

Feel Yourself Soar to New Heights

Tap

Tap turns the body into a rhythmic instrument. Students learn to create clear, dynamic sounds through intricate and expressive footwork. Tap enhances timing, coordination, precision, and musical understanding—and it brings a joyful sense of accomplishment when students hear their rhythm take shape.

This All-American dance style is enjoyed by children, teens, and adults alike. The friendly, upbeat atmosphere helps students build confidence while connecting with others who enjoy learning at a lively pace.

Classes:

Beginning Teen/Adult Tap Thursdays at 7:00 pm

Tap I Thursdays at 8:00 pm

Advance Tap Wednesdays at 7:30 pm

Feel the Beat!

Hip-Hop

Hip-Hop offers an energizing and empowering experience rooted in street-dance culture. Students learn foundational grooves, footwork, isolations, and combinations that let them express themselves freely while building strength, stamina, and musicality.

Hip-Hop creates a natural sense of community—students support one another, cheer each other on, and grow friendships through shared movement. Every class becomes an exciting space where confidence building feels effortless and progress comes with a sense of pride.

Classes:

Tuesdays at 8:00 pm

Feel Your Energy Rise

Conditioning

Conditioning supports dancers and non-dancers alike in building strength, flexibility, alignment, and body awareness. Inspired by Pilates, this class focuses on controlled movements that lengthen muscles, stabilize the core, and improve overall technique.

Students quickly notice more confidence in their movement, better posture, and greater ease in dance classes and everyday life. Conditioning is a nurturing and caring environment where progress feels gradual and sustainable. It’s also a helpful way to reduce injury risk and support longevity in every style of dance.

Classes:

Tuesdays and Thursdays 9:00 am

Summers Mondays through Fridays

Reveal Your Body Getting Stronger & Flexible

African Dance

African Dance is a vibrant celebration of rhythm, culture, and community. Students explore traditional movement styles from Guinea and the Sene-Gambia region while discovering the storytelling, spirituality, and joy woven into each step.

Classes offer a powerful way to experience connection to music, to shared energy, and to the uplifting presence of others. Students build confidence, musicality, stamina, and expressive freedom while enjoying a warm, welcoming environment that honors cultural richness.

The lively spirit of African Dance creates an atmosphere where dancers of all ages feel inspired, energized, and supported.

Classes:

Summers: Tuesdays 2:00-3:30 pm (five weeks)

Let the Lively Spirit Move You

Performances

Performances are lovely optional opportunities for families and communities to celebrate and share all the achievements of each dancer no matter how small or great.

Opportunity to perform with City Ballet of Cleveland “Uniquely Cleveland Nutcracker” and Spring story ballet

 

Opportunity to work toward the elite YAGP competition.  
Past years participants include:
2024- Anna Gracon, Aria Risling, and Ensemble
2023- Olivia Mian, Madeline Friedman
2022-  Olivia Mian, Shane Williams (now dancing with NYCB)
2021- Maia Atzemis, Olivia Mian, Grace Pindel, Sia Erter
2020- Maia Atzemis, and Ensemble
2019- Maia Atzemis

May

  • Lower Division Show: Preschool Ballet, Pre-Ballet, and Jazz & Tap combo
  • Upper Division Show: Beginning levels through adults in all genres
Classes in Cleveland, OH ❘ Cleveland City Dance
Class schedules in Cleveland, OH ❘ Cleveland City Dance

Class Schedules

Cleveland City Dance is now hybrid! Please take a look at our in-person and virtual program schedules for the 2021 dance year and reach out to us if you have any questions.

 

We can help you find a class that is the perfect fit!

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School Policies

We encourage new students and their families to have a look at our policies and to contact us with any questions or concerns.

Inclement Weather

In case of inclement weather, please call the studio line 216-295-2222. If you gave your email address at registration, we will send out timely notices when possible.

If the Shaker Heights schools are closed, the classes prior to 3:00 PM will be canceled. Evening classes will be determined by road conditions and weather reports. Please call the studio line for updates.

As always we ask for parents and students to use their best judgment, as your safety is our chief concern during these times. For class make-up information, please refer to the CCD make-up policy.

We’d love to hear from you. Contact us at 216-295-2222 today!

Cleveland City Dance

Monday-Thursday:
9:00 AM ‒ 1:00 PM
4:15 PM ‒ 9:00 PM

Friday:
10:00 AM ‒ 1:00 PM
4:30 PM ‒ 7:30 PM

Saturday:
9:00 AM ‒ 2:30 PM
Sunday:
Closed
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Cleveland, OH 44120
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Originally from Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic, Gabriela began her training at 3 years old at Ballet Studio Doris Infante under the direction of Doris Infante, a former ballerina with Ballet de Camaguey, Cuba. In 2012, she got third place at the first edition of 'Premios Eladia de Cuello’ Contest in Dominican Republic. In 2015, she joined the National School of Ballet. That same year, she received a full 4 years scholarship to study a ‘Degree in Pedagogy of Classical Dance' and, also won Academic Excellence Award in 2019 at Instituto Universitario de Danza Alicia Alonso, King Juan Carlos University, Spain. During her time there, she joined the Youth Ballet de Cámara de Madrid, in which she has performed classical roles in Alicia Alonso’s production of Giselle as ‘Myrtha, Queen of Willis’, Coppelia as ‘Prayer’, Raymonda as ‘Raymonda’, Sugar Plum, Snow Queen and Mirlitons in ‘The Nutcracker’, ‘Diana and Acteon Pas de Deux’ and ‘La Sylphide' Pas de Deux’, among others.
In 2019, she joined the Sibiu Ballet Theater in Romania where she has performed in productions such as 'Swan Lake', 'The Nutcracker', ‘Romeo and Juliet, The Rock Story’, 'La Fille Mal Gardee', 'Anna Karenina', 'Lady of the Camellias', 'Walpugris Night', 'Grand Pas of Raymonda', 'Snow White', among others. Gabriela also toured to Germany, Italy, Luxembourg, The Netherland, Belgium, Turkey, and Romania.
In 2023, she joined Cleveland Ballet performing Aurora in 'Sleeping Beauty', ‘Raymonda Pas de Dix’, Arabian and Mirlitons in ‘The Nutcracker’. Gabriela has been a guest artist at International Ballet Galas where she participate at the ‘XXIII International Dance Day Ballet Gala’ in San Sebastián, Spain performing ‘La Sylphide Pas de Deux’, XII Gala of Stars in Dominican Republic performing ‘Coppelia Pas de Deux' and also at VI Edition Dance Campus and Contest San Francesco di Paola Gala in Romania performing ‘Diana and Acteon Pas de Deux’
Johanna started dancing at the age of 3 and has been trained in ballet, modern, jazz, tap, character, and musical theater. The majority of her formal dance training occurred under the direction of Sandra Carlino at Pennsylvania Regional Ballet (formally Cumberland Dance Company) in Harrisburg PA. She continued to dance and expand her knowledge during her time at Tulane University in New Orleans, Louisiana. While in New Orleans, Johanna served as the dance director of The Prism Project of Greater New Orleans, an inclusive performing arts program that worked with individuals of all abilities between the ages of 6 and 14.  Outside of dance, Johanna has spent 10+ years working in the field of disability education. She currently is an education specialist and the lead of the adult services program at the Two Foundation in Chagrin Falls, OH.

Carrie Langguth graduated with a Master of Fine Arts in Contemporary Dance from Case Western Reserve University in 2018. She additionally received a Bachelor of Arts in Dance and a Bachelor of Science in Exercise Science from Slippery Rock University in Pennsylvania in 2015. She has had the opportunity to study Irish dance in Ireland, hula dance, the Limon technique, and with Pascal Rioult in New York. She has performed in various pieces by choreographers including Gary Galbraith, James Hansen, Larry Keigwin, Karen Potter, and the late Nai-Ni Chen. This year, Langguth is teaching Dance as an Art Form at Kent State University and Ballet at CWRU.

Mary Caitrin Lynch, TCRG, began her Irish dance journey at the age of 9 after several years of ballet training at the Beck Center for the Arts under Melany Zucch. That early foundation in ballet instilled the posture, turnout, toe height, and balance that would serve her well throughout her competitive career. Mary Caitrin joined The Academy in 2011 at age 13, just as Edward Searle and Byron Tuttle brought their world-class training and vision to the U.S. She danced competitively for over a decade—her final seven years proudly with The Academy—earning numerous accolades at the regional, national, and world level.

In 2013, following her first World Championship team title with The Academy in Boston, Mary Caitrin and her teammates appeared on Season 8 of NBC’s America’s Got Talent, performing for judges Howard Stern, Heidi Klum, Mel B, and Howie Mandel. The experience was a whirlwind introduction to performing Irish dance on a national stage, and it remains a highlight of her dance career.

Though she retired from her solo career in late 2015 due to a recurring foot injury, she remained deeply involved with the team program and competed at the 2015 World Irish Dance Championships in Montreal. After stepping away to attend Ohio University, Mary Caitrin was invited back from retirement in 2017 to compete at the Mid-America Oireachtas and later the 2018 World Championships in Glasgow, where she earned her final two world titles.

In 2020, after graduating college during the height of the pandemic, Mary Caitrin decided it was time to pursue a lifelong dream: becoming a certified Irish dance teacher. She had always known she wanted to teach under Ed and Byron and eventually work toward becoming an adjudicator (ADCRG). That unusual moment in time gave her the courage to go all-in, and she hasn’t looked back since.

Today, she is both a TCRG and a full-time IT recruiter for a small technical firm in Mayfield Heights. Her professional role allows the flexibility to remain present in the Irish dance world and support the continued growth of The Academy throughout Northeast Ohio. While The Academy’s main studio is based in Columbus, the school was originally founded in downtown Cleveland at the Masonic Temple with just six students. It has since grown into a premier program with 50+ dancers across the region.

Mary Caitrin has had the privilege of teaching numerous dancers over the years, including Elise Miklos, who she has worked with for the past five years. Elise’s recent competitive success includes placing 5th in the world at the 2025 World Irish Dance Championships in Dublin, earning a North American National Championship, and remaining undefeated as a six-time Mid-America Oireachtas Champion. Witnessing the dedication and growth of students like Elise has been one of the most rewarding parts of her teaching journey.

Saundra (Sandi) Bohl has been teaching Flamenco in the greater Cleveland area for over 20 years and is the artistic director of Fairmount Spanish Dancers. Sandi teaches regional, escula, bolero, flamenco, and castaneting and performs regularly with her company.

Saundra has studied throughout the United States and Spain with greats including Jose Greco, Teo Morca, Nana Lorca, Ilisa Rosal, Libby Fleming, and many more. She also holds a Ba from Oberlin College and an M.A. from John Carroll University.

Roxanne Bain spent her childhood in a Cincinnati suburb, as a competitive dancer, gymnast and cheerleader. She earned BA from Depauw University, and a Master’s degree in Public Policy from the University of Maryland before moving with her husband to Cleveland in 2004. She is mom to two dynamic teenagers, Tyler and Ella; she enjoys traveling, DIY projects, outdoor adventures, and cuddling with her bernedoodle. 

Fifteen years ago, Roxanne discovered a passion for yoga, captivated by her practice’s ability to blend strength and flexibility with mindfulness and meditation. Her yoga journey allowed her to channel her childhood love for dance and gymnastics into a fulfilling new form of expression. In 2024, Roxanne completed her 200-hour Yoga Teacher Training at Yoga Roots in Cleveland Heights and has been teaching weekly studio classes ever since.

Teagan Reed (she/her) is a native of St. Petersburg, Florida. She started training and competing in Scottish Highland dance at age 12 and then trained at the Patricia Ann Dance Studio. Teagan received a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree from the Boston Conservatory at Berklee and completed the Hubbard Street Professional training program. As a performer, Teagan has appeared in professional works with Chicago’s Dance in the Parks, Little Fire Artist Collective, Aerial Dance Chicago, Adam Weinert & Company at Jacob’s Pillow, and American Repertory Theatre’s “The Donkey Show @Oberon." In 2016, Teagan started a project called Ballet Naked, and in 2021, she founded the inaugural pro.noun dance festival to help queer dance artists gather and create. Teagan has been a guest artist at Ballet22 and Walnut Hill School for the Arts, and a guest teacher at Mass Motion Dance, New England Youth Dance Exchange, HAVEN Sanctuary for Dance, and Chicago Movement Collective. Teagan presented her own choreographic works and commissions with HAVEN Sanctuary for Dance, Dance in the Parks, and GroundWorks DanceTheater. Teagan has been moving and grooving as a company artist with Groundworks 2022-2024.

Maeve trained with the Rockbridge Ballet in Lexington, Virginia as well as at the Bates Dance Festival and went on to complete her Bachelor of Arts Dance Degree at Oberlin College, graduating with a concentration in Physical Technique and Education as well as the Distinction in Dance Award. Additionally, Maeve holds a Hispanic Studies degree and a minor in Physics. Maeve danced as a company member of the Stavna Ballet from 2022 to 2023 and as a guest dance with Starr Foster Dance in 2023. Maeve most recently worked as the Company Manager and Director of Diversity and Inclusion at TheStudio for Dance & the Arts and is looking forward to dancing as an apprentice with Inlet Dance Theater this year.

Lori Christman Bourtasenkov is known in the ballet world for her diversity that has won her critical acclaim both Nationally and Internationally. She has danced with Carolina Ballet as a Soloist, New Jersey Ballet as a Principal, Stars of American Ballet and The New York based Daring Project, directed by Valentina Kozlova and Margo Sappington.

Ms. Christman's repertory includes many Classics of yesteryear and neo-classics of today. She has worked with many of today’s top choreographers; Lynne Taylor-Corbett, Robert North, Margo Sappington, Tyler Walters, Norbert Vesak, Timour Bourtasenkov, Vincente Nebrada, Christopher Wheeldon, Johan Renval and Robert Weiss among others.

Ms. Christman has formal training in the Complete Teaching Method of Classical Dance developed by Vera Kostrovitskaya which she combines with her knowledge to teach young dancers in the 21 st century. She has been successful in producing dance performances for the community and is instrumental in educating the younger audience in the art of dance with children performances, workshops and lecture demonstrations. She has taught all levels at Carolina Ballets Summer Intensives from 2007 to 2013 as well as staged 160 children in Carolina Ballet Nutcracker.

“My lifelong love has been ballet and I would like to share my love and knowledge with the next generation”.  Married to Timour Bourtasenkov and we have a college student, Adelia.

Lisa Kuhnen is a Cleveland native who has spent the past twenty years travelling the globe as a professional dancer and singer while making NYC her home.  She has danced at Carnegie Hall with Sarah McLachlan, sang for the Prince and Princess of Monaco with Andrea Boccelli, and appears in Jordan Matter's Dancers After Dark with Alan Cumming. She toured the Americas with the world renowned musical Cats and has taught musical theatre to children in Shanghai.  She has performed aboard the "Most Luxurious Cruise Ship Ever Built," the Regent Seven Seas Explorer as lead singer. Lisa is a certified personal trainer, a certified barre instructor and a full-time barre and cycle instructor for Lifetime Fitness in Beachwood.  She has taught students at New York's well-known professional dance studio, Steps on Broadway.  Here she was mentored by the world's best lyrical jazz teacher, Suzi Taylor.  Growing up in Cleveland, she was a student at Dennis Nahat's Cleveland Ballet and was trained in Cecchetti Method through grade 5. Lisa holds a BFA in Musical Theatre from Syracuse University where she concentrated in dance.

Anthony began dancing at the age of 21 after suffering an injury while playing collegiate sports. In his 10+ years of dancing, Anthony has had the privilege of performing in numerous music videos and events all throughout the country. Anthony has been able to learn and study dance from training with inlet dance company, the Sarah Morrison dance company and by working with dancers such as Les Twins and now training with a California based crew called Kinjaz. After taking some time away to raise his now 2 year old son, Anthony is very excited to come back to teaching and being a part of the Cleveland city dance family!

Review From A Client of Anthony:

Hi! It’s Vicky here. As I wrote before I’m leaving Cleveland this week and won’t come anymore. Just wanna thank you for everything, your support and help with the portal. We still do paper back home and it was hard for me to do everything virtually. Thanks to the teachers and staff and I may say that Anthony has been the best hip hop teacher I had in Cleveland.

Thanks for everything and hope I can visit again and take some classes one day.
Vicky

Michael, a New Jersey native, trained under the direction of John White and Margarita de Saa at the Pennsylvania Academy of Ballet. While studying under John White and Margarita de Saa, he also had the privilege of working with choreographers Bryan Koulman and Lina Early performing a variety of classical, modern, and contemporary works. During Michael's time at the Pennsylvania Academy of Ballet, he was involved in a small ensemble called Pages to Pirouettes. The ensemble’s purpose is to take storybook ballets, such as Sleeping Beauty, Swan Lake, and Cinderella, to grade schools in the entire Philadelphia area and teach school children about ballet and dance in general. Michael also spent several months studying at the Boston Ballet School prior to joining a professional company. Michael joined The Sarasota Ballet of Florida as an apprentice in 1999 and retired as a principle in 2008.

Including Sarasota Ballet's full repertoire, he performed many leading male roles including Lysander and Theseus in A Midsummer Night's Dream, Siegfried, as well as Rothbart, in Swan Lake, Othello in Othello, and the Cavalier in the holiday favorite The Nutcracker. Michael also had the distinguished honor of portraying Don Jose in Alberto Alonso's Carmen, not only on stage but also in the documentary project Dancing in Freedom's Shoes portraying Alberto Alonso's illustrious life and career in ballet. Michael's contemporary repertoire includes many pieces by James Buckley including Business Casual, Centaur, The Rite of Spring, and Anne Frank. He also reset Mr. Buckley's Anne Frank on The Sarasota Ballet in January of 2006. In 2002, Michael had the honor of working with choreographer Christopher Fleming to celebrate the artist Jean Claude Gaugy’s's inspirational masterpiece 'The Awakening'. The work was revealed in Santa Fe, New Mexico to a ballet that reflected the artist's struggle to overcome impossible odds. Michael has received pedagogy training based upon the Vaganova Syllabus, which is the same syllabus he trained under at The Pennsylvania Academy of Ballet.

Amelia Foreman was born and raised in Jacksonville, FL, and has been dancing since she
was ten. She had started out as a competitive gymnast. Amelia has trained in ballet,
contemporary, jazz, tap, hip-hop, pointe, lyrical, character jazz, musical theatre, acrobatics and
modern technique. Special skills include tumbling and training in Lyra. Amelia started dancing
at Academy of Dance, in Jacksonville, Fl. Her first two years of college, Amelia attended Florida
State College at Jacksonville, where she was in “danceWORKS” Repertory Company. She
graduated from Troy University, as a dance major of the Department of Theatre and Dance.
Training includes the Florida Ballet, Orlando Ballet, Joffrey Ballet and Alonzo King Lines Ballet
summer intensives. She has danced with the Montgomery Ballet and is currently dancing with
Inlet Dance Theatre. She also participated in the DAP Festival and performed multiple times in
Italy. Amelia has taught at Academy of Dance, Dance 4 Life, The Company Performance Center,
Patti Rutland Jazz, the Montgomery Ballet, and other local dance and gymnastics studios.

Orlando Mercado (aka X-Factor) was born in Mayaguez, Puerto Rico, and moved to Cleveland
in 2008. Orlando has been dancing since he was 15 focusing on hip-hop training with multiple
instructors including former member of the Cleveland Cavaliers Scream Team Daisun Santana
(aka Bz Brooks). He continues to train and learn other forms of dance styles because he believes
dancers are limitless to what they can learn and do.

In 2010, Orlando and his dad Angel founded the dance group Evolution when Orlando was 15
and were awarded Best Dance Group of The Year by Cleveland Magazine. When 17 ,Evolution
competed in Ohio's Best Dance Crew taking second place overall. Evolution was together
through 2016, then Orlando founded Limitless in 2017. Orlando was part of the 2014 and 2015
downtown Cleveland New Year’s event. He has performed for Spanish artists Cosculluela, Plan
B, and Yomo, as well as Montel Jordan, Flo Rida, Biz Markie, MGK and Lil Jon, and local
artists local artists such as K. Davis, Bori Q, J Jigs, Jonathan El Romantico and many more.
Orlando x-factor continues performing throughout Ohio.

Orlando had the privilege to travel to Atlanta, Florida, and Chicago to teach master classes and
perform at multiple events and studios. He has taken classes with Alex Fetbroth, Laura Edwards,
Tony Tzar, Lee Daniel, Tony Bellissimo and Parris Goelbel who all have danced and
choreographed for celebrity artists such as Bruno Mars, Justin Bieber and many more.
Since 2011 Orlando has worked as a professional dancer/entertainer including with the
Cleveland Cavaliers Scream Team and teaches at multiple studios winning awards and national
competitions. and local recreation centers in greater Cleveland.

Taylor Smith is a graduate of Point Park University, where she earned her Bachelor in Fine Arts in dance with a concentration in jazz. She is originally from Chicago, IL and trained in multiple styles with Jessica and Gina Huber at her home studio, Laura Cote School of Dance. She also worked with Ellen Werksman while performing with the pre-professional company, Midwest Dance Collective. When Taylor was with Midwest Dance Collective, she performed works by Ellen Werksman, Deb Nanni, and Sarah Ford Hardy. During Taylor’s time at Point Park, she has performed multiple student works, as well as performed a piece by Jess Hendricks, Robert McKee, and Crystal Frazier.

Tami grew up in Mogadore, Ohio. Her performing career runs the gamut from musicals to classical theater to ballets to TV and film. Favorite performances include “The Bakkhai” with The Great Lakes Theater Festival and La Fille Mal Gardee as Widow Simone with The Hudson Valley Dance Theater in NY. Her choreography has been seen at The Tupperware Auditorium in Orlando, Fl and Town Hall Theater in NYC.
Tami started her dance training in Ellet with Pat Lewis, later studying at The Akron Fine & Performing Arts Center under Brad French, Suzanne Winland, and Kim Raines-Colton. She’s also studied with Carole Alexis, Tom Evert, Jeff Shade,and Mdme Peff Modelski among many others. Tami still takes class whenever she can.
Tami is certified in Zena Rommett Floor-Barre Technique®️.
Vivian is a current trainee with Inlet Dance Theatre who holds her BFA in dance and BSEd in exercise science from The Ohio State University. Her training is primarily in contemporary, jazz, tap, African, and ballet, as well as mat and reformer Pilates. She teaches dance and group fitness classes to children and adults and engages in dance science research in addition to her artistic practice. Using her dance and personal training background, Vivian weaves dance and science as the foundation of her work to guide others to find their love of movement through community-based practice.

Annette Gaetana Ellis graduated from Point Park University with a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Dance Performance with a concentration in Modern, and a Minor in Business Management. Her dance background started in Classical Ballet and Circus Arts. Before her college career, Annette was One of Three Americans to represent the United States in the Geneè International Ballet Competition 2018 in Hong Kong. She also had the opportunity to perform on Broadway in the Actor’s Fund C.T.F.D 31st Jubilee directed by Anne Marie DeAngelo, Disney’s NYC Summer Stage, Brooklyn Art Museum’s Basquiat Exhibit, and was a member of Boston based company Mystique Illusions Dance Theatre. At Point Park she has had the opportunity to perform works by Kiesha Lalama, Rozanna Sweeny, Rocker Verastique, and Judith Leifer-Bentz. Annette also had the honor of being a choreographers assistant to professor Jason McDole and former Associate Artistic Director of Complexions, Jae Man Joo

Lydia is originally from Fullerton, CA, and began dancing at her mother’s studio when she was 3 years old. She attended summer intensives held by Marin Dance Theatre, Backhaus, Entity Contemporary Dance, and Cecchetti USA. From 2017-2022, Lydia taught contemporary and ballet classes and coached soloists at CF Dance Academy. She danced in and choreographed a variety of concept videos during Covid. Lydia danced with Emergent Dance Company, directed by Megan Pulfer, for their 2021 season before moving to Ohio. She trained with Inlet Dance Theater as an Apprentice from 2022-2023.