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Carol Asher
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Colleen L. Bogan
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Pamela Humeston
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Leah Dorsey
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Levi Coy
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Kris Copeman
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Sarah Gilliam
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Erin Rooner
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Jodi Guzewich
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Alex J. Krebs
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Christina Monteleone
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Melissa Nibali
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Liz Quiñones
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Teresa Whittemore
Pre-Repertory Director, Project Administrator, Faculty
Carol Asher
Carol Asher holds a Masters Degree in Reading and Literacy as well as her BS Degree in Special and Elementary Education with a Minor in Dance from the University of Maryland. She holds a Teacher’s Certificate (Advanced Professional) for K-12 Special Education and 1-6 Elementary and Reading Education. Carol has been a special and elementary education teacher for the Howard County School System for over 20 years and has developed a training program for new dance teachers in elementary level classes. Carol was the Creative Movement Program Instructor for the Columbia Association and is affiliated with the National Education Association, Council for Exceptional Children, International Reading Association and is the Artist Enrichment Coordinator for the PTA Executive Board. She performed with Kinetics back in 2003 and 2004 and looks forward to continuing at Kinetics again as an instructor.
Colleen L. Bogan
Colleen is a 2nd generation dance teacher and member of Dance Masters of America. She is certified thru testing to teach Ballet, Tap and Jazz (just like her mom!). Dancing in the DC Metro area since age 3, she has had the opportunity to study with many local teachers; however, she received the majority of her training at The Olney Studio of Dance (OSD) under the direction of Donna Reese (Rose) Byrd. At OSD, Colleen became a member of their first competition team (OSD Elite Team) and a competitive soloist in tap and jazz. While in college, she was a member of the Longwood Company of Dancers while minoring in Dance. Over the past 10 years, she has taught at a number of studios in the area including Silver Spring, Mt. Airy, Olney & Baltimore.
Currently, Colleen is the Associate Director of the Mid Atlantic Pom & Dance Association. She is also a judge for the organization, using not only her teaching experience but her time as a member of the Good Counsel (Wheaton, MD) Pom Team to help train other judges and provide learning opportunities for local high school teams. She has also been a guest choreographer for area high school dance teams, studio teams and pageants. Colleen is serving her 2nd term on the Dance Masters Chapter 17 Board of Directors, as well as Chair of the Petite & Jr. Miss Dance Chapter 17 pageants.
With a BA in Interior Design from Marymount University in Arlington, Colleen works as an Assistant Project Manager for a local construction firm during the day. She lives in Baltimore City.
Pamela Humeston
Faculty
Pamela Smith Humeston has been teaching, choreographing, and performing dance for over 45 years. She has a background in Dance, Dance/Movement Therapy, Nursing, and Nursing Education. Pamela has studied Modern, Contemporary, Improvisation, and Ballet. She has studied and performed with the Conservatory Ballet, the Dance Dimension, Improvisations Unlimited, Kei Takei’s Moving Earth, Koshin, University of Maryland Improvisational Dance Company, Blizzard Dance, Robert Small, Phyllis Lamhut, Carmen Beuchat, and multiple independent choreographers. In 1984, Pamela performed internationally with the Dance Dimension Company as a United States Delegate at the International Cultural and Performing Arts Festival in Sofia, Bulgaria.
Pamela attended the University of Maryland, College Park on a full Creative and Performing Arts Scholarship in Dance (CAPA), and graduated from the University of Maryland in 1989 with a Bachelor of Arts degree in Dance. During her college career she was awarded an Undergraduate Apprenticeship for Research from the University of MD in 1989 for Art and Dance, and produced a full performance based on her artwork and choreography. She was recognized as the Martha Graham Summer Dance Intern Alternate to the Martha Graham Dance Studio for her performance at the National College Dance Competition in North Carolina in 1988.
After graduating Pamela continued to study dance and perform in New York City with Kei Takei’s Moving Earth and several independent choreographers. She continued dancing and studying with the Louis and Nikolais Company, as well as Graham, Limon, and Hawkins techniques. While living in New York she obtained a Master of Science degree in Dance/Movement Therapy in 1995. Pamela returned to Maryland in 1997 where she developed the Dance/Movement Therapy Program and worked as an integral part of the Creative Therapies team as a Dance Therapist at the Kennedy Krieger School. This work was integral to enhancing development of children with autism, developmental disorders, and behavioral disorders. She returned to school to receive her Associate of Arts degree in Nursing in 2007, and continued her education to receive a Master of Science degree in Nursing Education in 2017. Pamela has worked in Howard County as a Labor and Delivery Nurse, Psychiatric Nurse, Nurse Case Manager, Community Health Nurse, and School Cluster Nurse. During this time she also continued teaching dance and choreographing for Beneath His Wings Dance, Blizzard Dance Studio, Howard County Recreation and Parks, and Ballet Petite, as well as performing and choreographing throughout Maryland with the University of Maryland Improvisational Dance Company, and with Blizzard Dance Studio. Pamela enjoys spending time with her family and pets and is happy to provide support, knowledge, and caring to her community.
Leah Dorsey
Faculty, Company Dancer
Leah has been dancing locally since they were 4 years old, focusing on ballet, modern, and tap. After graduating high school, they wanted to continue dancing alongside pursuing a degree in astronautical engineering at Capitol Technology University. Leah has been dancing with the Kinetics Dance Company since 2019 and is excited to be surrounded by such a creative and open community of dancers. They are fortunate to have the opportunity to pursue dance as a creative outlet, while maintaining their aspirations for the advancement of space technology.
Levi Coy
Repertory 2 Director, Faculty
Levi Coy is originally from Indiana and graduated from Ball State University in 2019 with a BFA in Dance. He soon moved to Baltimore to pursue his dreams of dance and has been seen doing work with The Collective Dance Company and Kinetics Dance Theatre. Levi currently teaches and choreographs with the Kinetics Dance family in his second year there. He is thankful for an amazing season and is looking forward to future projects!
Kris Copeman
Kris has been practicing yoga since 1994 and teaching since 1999. She received her teaching certification at The Yoga Center of Columbia in the Iyengar and Anusara methods. She has studied Ashtanga extensively and in 2001 received her Ashtanga certification under David Swenson. Kris continues her yoga journey by attending as many workshops and seminars as she can. She considers herself fortunate to have been able to study not only with David Swenson but other such world renowned yoga instructors as Beryl Bender Birch, Roger Cole and Donna Farhi.
Sarah Gilliam
Faculty
Sarah Gilliam began her dance training in Roanoke, Virginia under Terri Post and Pedro Szalay. In 2007, she was accepted to attend Nutmeg Conservatory for the Arts where she continued her training in ballet and modern until she graduated in 2010. During her time at Nutmeg, Sarah spent her summers training with Virginia School of the Arts, Richmond Ballet, and Orlando Ballet. After graduation, Sarah accepted a position with the Ballet Theatre of Maryland where she remained until she retired as a Principal dancer in 2018. While dancing for the Ballet Theatre of Maryland, Sarah also taught ballet, pointe, variations, jazz, and contemporary dance to students of the Ballet Theatre of Maryland’s school and post-graduates in the professional trainee division. In addition to teaching for the school, Sarah taught company class and helped run rehearsals for the professional dancers of the Ballet Theatre of Maryland. Since she began teaching in 2011, Sarah’s students have gone on to dance for Texas Ballet Theatre, Oklahoma City Ballet, Fort Wayne Ballet, Ballet Hartford, Nashville Ballet, Tampa Ballet Theatre, Verb Ballet, The United States International Ballet and many other professional companies and college dance programs. Aside from dance, Sarah received her 200-hour yoga teacher training certificate from Yogaworks in the spring of 2019 and is currently in pursuit of a career in physical therapy. Sarah joined the Kinetic’s faculty in 2018 and can’t wait for many more years to come!
Erin Rooner
Erin Rooner graduated Magna Cum Laude from UMBC with BA degrees in both Dance and Ancient Studies. Erin has performed with Howard County Ballet, Common Ground Dance Company, Kinetics Dance Company, and LucidBeings Dance Company. She is currently Director of Dance Education at Beth Tfiloh Dahan Community School in Pikesville, MD, instructing students from grades 5-12 in technique and choreography. There, Erin instructs students in a variety of styles including ballet, modern, contemporary, jazz, lyrical, improvisation, partnering, tap, and composition. She also teaches at Kinetics Dance Theatre, primarily in ballet and pointe. Erin is certified in Progressing Ballet Technique and trained in Functional Awareness with a focus on anatomy for dancers.
Jodi Guzewich
Faculty
Jodi has been teaching dance since 1997 and has called Kinetics her home since 2010. Her early education is from Dance Dynamix later named Mid-Atlantic Center for the Performing Arts as well as the Gniazdowski Studio of Ballet. Jodi attended summer programs at North Carolina School of the Arts, Joffrey Ballet School, and Point Park University. In 2002, she earned a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree from Point Park University with a concentration in ballet. After college, Jodi danced and trained in New York City and became certified to teach the Pilates method under master teacher Deborah Lessen. While in New York, Jodi choreographed for and trained dance students in Connecticut, New Jersey and Maryland. In 2004 Jodi moved to St. Louis, MO with her husband and worked at The Pilates and Yoga Center of St. Louis as well as Ballet Midwest. Jodi moved to Wuerzburg, Germany in 2005 and created a dance program for the children on a military installation. Fort Hood, Texas, was her next location, where she created and maintained another successful dance program on the military base. While in Texas, Jodi had the privilege to dance and work with the late Renee Gillenwater at the Newcomb School of Ballet. Jodi continues her education through Pilates, Progressing Ballet Technique, and Lisa Howell Workshops. She truly enjoys helping young people discover their authenticity and strives to create a safe place to grow, learn, and practice.
Alex J. Krebs
Associate Artistic Director, Associate Kinetics Dance Company Director, Youth Ensemble Director, Repertory 1 and Apprentice Company Director
Alex J. Krebs graduated from UMBC in 2013 with a BA in dance and has been a dance educator in Maryland for over a decade. She began working with Kinetics Dance Theatre in 2008 as a faculty member, over the years broadening into the roles of Student Company Director, Company Member and Choreographer. She currently works as Kinetics’ Associate Artistic Director, Lead Youth Ensemble Director and Associate Company Director.
Alex has distinguished herself as an artist, innovator, collaborator, and educator across a number of notable appointments in the broader field, including positions of choreographer, Assistant Company Director/Company Manager, Senior Adjunct Professor of Dance at Howard Community College, and Assistant Director of the Annual HCC Dance Festival. Alex has performed with Baltimore Dance Project, LucidBeings Dance and Masala Soul Project, with whom she participated in festivals such as Artscape, Akimbo, HCC Dance Festival, and the Richmond Dance Festival.
Christina Monteleone
Faculty
Christina Monteleone grew up dancing in Philadelphia with Barbra Santanado, the Pennsylvania Ballet, and the Philadelphia Ballet. Christina went to Ursinus College where she received a B.S. in psychology focused on child development and double minors in dance and education. Also, in college, Christina was a part of the dance company, the dance club, and the dance team where she was an active participant, choreographed, and was on the board (vice president her senior year). Christina continued her love for dance by teaching at several studios including choreographing at the Bryn Mawr School for the middle school dance company and the middle school musical. For the 2021/2022 school year, Christina will be a second grade homeroom teacher at St. John’s Episcopal Parish Day School and teaching dance here, at Kinetics, and the Bryn Mawr School.
Melissa Nibali
Faculty
Melissa graduated magna cum laude from UMBC with a BA in Dance. At UMBC she had the privilege to study under amazing faculty and guest artists. Melissa was an active participant in the dance department, performing in many shows and at the American College Dance Festival. After college, she was asked by both faculty and guest artists to perform in independent projects such as the Reston Arts Festival and Open Marley Night.
Melissa currently dances for Kinetics Dance Theatre and has been featured in roles such as ‘Peter’ in ‘Peter and the Wolf’, ‘Mowgli’ in ‘Jungle Book Tales’, as well as dancing in their adult concerts as well. Melissa has taught dance for over ten years, in a wide variety of styles, for all ages and adult. In the past, she served as the School Director of Kinetics Dance Theatre’s School of Contemporary Dance as well as the Junior Company Director. She is thrilled to continue to teach at Kinetics and dance with their company. Melissa is also currently Studio Manager and Student Company Director of Design In Motion Dance Studio. She looks forward to many years of dancing and teaching with Kinetics to come!
Liz Quiñones
Artistic Director, Kinetics Dance Company Director
Liz Quiñones graduated from University of Maryland Baltimore County in 2014 with a B.A. in Dance and a certificate in K-12 Education. Succeeding graduation, Liz taught dance in Anne Arundel County Public Schools for five years. Her teaching experience has reached other settings such as the Regional High School Dance Festival, conferences hosted by the National Dance Education Organization and the Maryland Dance Education Association (MDEA), in addition to professional development sessions for dance educators within Maryland’s public school systems. Liz performed and choreographed with Full Circle Dance Company, where her works were showcased in local events such as the Baltimore Dance Invitational and the Maryland Council for Dance Professional Artist’s Concert. Liz joined the Kinetics Dance Theatre community at the beginning of the 2019 school year as School Manager. Liz is now the Artistic Director of Kinetics Dance Theatre where she teaches dance classes, directs Kinetics’ resident professional dance company, and manages the overall success of the organization. Most recently, she was awarded Dance Teacher of the Year-Private Sector by MDEA in addition to completing her M.F.A in Dance from Hollins University.
Teresa Whittemore
Pre-Repertory Director, Project Administrator, Faculty
Teresa graduated Magna Cum Laude with her BA in Dance and Pre-Physical Therapy from University of Maryland, Baltimore County in 2020. She attended her undergraduate program under full scholarship as a member of the Linehan Artist Scholars Program. Knowing early that she wanted to pursue a career in education, Teresa completed the Teaching Academy of Maryland in 2016, through which she studied child development, curriculum, pedagogy and theories of education. Teresa instructs students in Ballet, Pointe, Modern, Contemporary, Jazz, and dance conditioning. She has completed the Lisa Howell Teacher Training and is certified in teaching Progressing Ballet Technique, both of which have contributed to her wholistic approach to teaching that centers anatomy, physiology, injury-prevention, psychosomatics, and above all else, healthy dance training.
In addition to her focus in education, Teresa has received the honor of presenting her choreographic works When Eve and Eve Bit the Apple and Giving Skin at the American College Dance Association’s Regional Conference. Both works were adjudicated and selected for the ACDA Gala Concert. Her work, Spoon Theory, was also selected for presentation through New York based Arts By the People.
Teresa has been a part of the Kinetics community in nearly every capacity over the years. She started out as a student right here at Kinetics and fell in love with our warm, familial community. She began volunteering administratively and assistant teaching under Jodi Guzewich in 2012. Teresa interned under Kinetics’ former School Director from 2014-2016, and she began teaching in 2014. Throughout college, Teresa continued instructing at Kinetics and served as both the Interim School Administrator, and the Assistant School Manager through Kinetics’ transitions of direction. In Spring 2021, Teresa completed her first year as a Kinetics Youth Ensemble director, working with Pre-Repertory.
In addition to teaching at Kinetics, Teresa has been on the teaching faculty at JMD Studios, C-Unit, EMC Performing Arts Studio, and Expressions Performing Arts, and regularly guest-teaches at Design in Motion Dance. In the Fall, Teresa will be the director of her own Ballet Company at Expressions Performing Arts, where she will be setting a classical ballet production and coaching students for the Youth American Grand Prix.