Dance Barns Instructors Archives - Page 2 of 2

Lori Brody

After her professional career with the San Francisco Ballet, Lori taught for many years in Los Angeles, California. She was a faculty member at The School of the Westside Ballet, The Stanley Holden Dance Center, The Crossroads School for the Arts and Sciences, and in...

Melissa Briggs-Bransford

Melissa is a graduate of New York University/Tisch School of the Arts (MFA in dance) and Smith College (BA in sociology; Phi Beta Kappa, magna cum laude). For over 20 years she has taught young people ages three to university age in schools and arts programs in New...

Rachel Zervakos

Rachel Zervakos earned her B.F.A. in Dance Summa Cum Laude at The Boston Conservatory at Berklee, where she was a Jan Veen Scholarship Award Recipient. She received her initial dance training at Tolbert-Yilmaz School of Dance in Roswell, GA, and attended summer...

Savanna Leyba

Savanna teaches dance fitness classes all around Santa Fe, participated in NDI programs in her childhood, and joined the NDI New Mexico teaching team in 2021 learning the outreach methodology as well as training with Allegra Lillard as a teacher of creative movement. ...

Zoe Lesser

Zoe Lesser is a director and choreographer from Los Angeles, California. She was mentored by Denise Scheerer, Hiroshi Hamanishi, and Melinda Sullivan and is an alumna of the Jacob’s Pillow Tap Program. She has performed with a variety of companies and musicians...