Lauren Farrugia is the Australian Liaison for the New York Institute of Dance & Education, First Company for Kaleidoscope Dance Theatre McLeod Technique and Reinforced Motor Function ® Certified Teacher. As an international performer, she has performed in many famous arenas in Australia and the United States including Sydney Opera House, The Sydney State Theatre,…

Kierstyn Zaykoski is a Ballet and Modern Soloist with the Kaleidoscope Dance Theatre having just returned from a recent European Tour that had her premier a new choreographic work for Pointe in the Dora Stratou Theatre in Athens Greece created by African American Choreographer and Director, Sean McLeod, and composed by Emmy Nominated Composer Ryan…

Hana Ginsburg Tirosh holds a BA in Education Policy from Princeton University’s Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs, and an MFA in Dance Performance and Teaching from Purchase College, SUNY. She is currently a member of 360° Dance Company (Rehearsal Director), Ariel Rivka Dance, Valerie Green/Dance Entropy, and Riedel Dance Theater, and has…

Devon McLeod is a business minded, Marketing & Consulting executive who holds a Bachelor of Science in Business from New York University Stern School of Business. She is a Martin Luther King Jr. Scholar from NYU, President’s Service Award Winner, and John Stevenson Leadership and Community Building Award recipient. Her expertise lies in master organizational…

Jerami Kipp, is Director of Services of the New York Institute of Dance & Education and the New York Dance Festival, holds a Bachelors of Fine Arts from the State University of New York at Purchase, and is a founding choreographer for the Sean McLeod Dance Experience debut in Basingstoke, England.\ After years of direct…

Lorienne Beals is an accomplished international performer and educator. Having trained at Purchase Conservatory of Dance, Studio Harmonique in Paris, and the New York Institute of Dance and Education, Lorienne has performed and taught internationally for more than fifteen years. She has been the VP of Operations for the New York Institute of Dance and Education, core faculty…

Gregory received his M.A. Contemporary Dance Education in 2014 from the Frankfurt University of Music and Performing Arts (HfMDK) Germany, his B.F.A. in Dance from the SUNY Purchase Conservatory of Dance and a 4-year classical vocal music education from Fiorello H. LaGuardia H.S. of Music & Art and Performing Arts. Gregory also holds a Shiatsu…

Sean McLeod is an Executive Producer, Award Winning Businessman, and American Choreographer whose work spans more than 30 years and 3 continents including New York City, across the US, and internationally to the West Indies, the Caribbean, Europe, and Africa.  Sean is founder of Reaching for Higher Ground Consulting – a Communication, Performance, and Development…