VICTOR CHARLES Victor Charles first studied ballet at the High School for the Performing Arts (The FAME School) at the age of 13.  He quickly progressed and was offered scholarships to the Joffrey Ballet School, SAB, and Saratoga Springs in the summer. After graduating from H.S. for the Performing Arts, Victor Charles received a part in the movie "FAME", as well as a position with the Alvin Ailey American Dance Theatre.  Alvin Ailey's company was offered the honor to represent the U.S. Government as Ambassadors of Culture, and Victor was privileged to perform around the world in such countries as China, Russia, Japan Israel, and Australia. In England, the dance company had the honor to meet Princess Dianna and the Queen Mother. When invited to perform with the Frankfurt Ballet Company and Vienna State Opera Company, Victor decided to stay in Europe and lived there for ten years, dancing the Metropolitan Opera House in New York.  For the last 10 years,  Victor has been working as a producer, choreographer, and teacher of dance. ERIC TAMM Eric Tamm began his dance training with tap jazz and ballet. At age 14, Eric started in the Irine Fokine School of Ballet. In January 2004, Tamm was selected for the ABT Studio Company Associate Program (not the Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis School at the American Ballet Theater) and attended ABT's 2004 Summer Intensive Program on a full scholarship. Tamm was named a Chisholm Foundation Scholar in 2004. He joined ABT's Studio Company in April 2005, the main Company, as an apprentice, in January 2004 and the corps de ballet in December 2007. His repertory with the Company includes the principal role in Ballo della Regina, the Nocturne in Fall River Legend and roles in Baker's Dozen, From Here On Out and Overgrown Path, as well as roles in all of the full-length ballets. AMANDA HANKES Amanda Hankes is an alumni of The Irine Fokine School of Ballet where she spent 7 years learning both the basics and the nuances of classical ballet. She danced featured roles in many of the schools productions, including Clara and the Sugarplum Fairy in The Nutcracker, and the central pas de deux in Ms.Fokine's, Maher.  After attending the School of American Ballet in New York City, Ms. Hankes went on to join the Miami City Ballet, where she danced principal roles in several Balanchine ballets, including Apollo, Rubies, and The Nutcracker, along with featured roles in works by Paul Taylor and resident choreographer Jimmy Gamonet De Los Heros.  Since joining the New York City Ballet in 2000, Ms. Hankes has danced the Lilac Fairy in Peter Martin's Sleeping Beauty and performed featured roles in many ballet by both George Balanchine and Jerome Robbins.  She has worked with a variety of choreographers including Boris Eiffman, Elloit Feld, and Christopher Wheeldon, and originated the role of Peggy in Susan Stroman's Double Feature. SUZI WINSON Suzi Winson started out her professional life as a ballet dancer.  She began her training with Irine Fokine then studied in New York with Finis Jung, Valentina Peryaslavic, Gabriela Darvash, Nanette Charisse and Douglas Wassell.  She then moved on to theatre dancing and worked with choreographers Agnes DeMille, Peter Gennaro, Tommy Tune, Lee Theodore, Dan Siretta and many others.  Her Broadway and National Tour credits include Brigadoon (the 1980 Broadway revival), Annie, My One and Only, and she created the role of the nun who longs to be a ballerina in the long-running New York hit musical Nunsense.  She now works as an aerial artist and teacher.  She currently working with former Ringling Brothers trapezist Peter Gold, facilitating personal development workshops on a full-scale flying trapeze rig in upstate New York.  She is also teaching movement/ballet classes at The New York Circus Academy for aspiring circus performers.  She has taught at Peridance in New York City.  She lives in Paris and New York with her husband and still manages to take (or teach) class everyday in both countries. RACHEL CAHAYLA-WYNNE Rachel Cahayla-Wynne began her training in classical ballet at The Irine Fokine School of Ballet when she was 7 years old and launched her professional career in 2006 at the acclaimed Louisville Ballet of Kentucky. Ms. Cahayla-Wynne studied at the University of Cincinnati's College-Conservatory of Music, where she danced lead roles in many ballets, including Serenade, Piquita, and La Bayadere.  She has also performed with Dayton Ballet, Staten Island Ballet, and Ballet China New York. JEANETTE TANNAN HOFFMAN Jeanette Tannan Hoffman has been teaching ballet at the Irine Fokine School of Ballet for 45 years and at the Alvin Ailey school in New York City specializing in  adult classes at all levels. Prior to her teaching career she was a soloist with the Ballet Russe de Monte Carlo, resident prima ballerina with the Pittsburgh Civic Light Opera Company, cast member of the revival of Victor Herbert's "Sweethearts" on Broadway.  She was also guest artist at Radio City Music Hall on three  occasions.  Later she became the assistant choreographer of the Corps de Ballet at Radio City Music Hall where her reponsibilities included choreographing new ballets, rehearsal mistress for the company and auditioning/hiring dancers for the company. BORIS LEVIN Boris Levin graduated from the Bolshoi Ballet Theatre Academy in Moscow. His Ballet Master was the world famous P. Pestov.  Mr. Pestov trained many ballet greats such as V. Gordiyev, A. Bogotyrev, I Plekanov and B. Malachov. Mr. Levin's students learn quickly that proper technique is of the utmost importance. The Bolshoi technique develops the strength necessary for a long and successful careet on stage.  His delightful sense of humor attracts students of all ages.  He can take a dancer from the beginning level through the professional coaching level. This is a class you would not want to miss. This man is the master of technique. CARYLN HUDSON Carlyn Hudson first studied at the Coupé Theater Studio Ballet, and then at SUNY Purchase, graduating in 2008, and has been working with the Connecticut Ballet with Brett Raphael, Helen Coope and Alexander Tressor. Carlyn is a skilled teacher for young children and young adults. Carlyn has been dancing for the Connecticut Ballet in various roles including The Nutcracker with choreography by Brett Raphael, Paganini Pa De Trois, choreography by Brett Raphael, Variations on Three Little Words choreographed by Joel Schnee. Carlyn has also performed in Romeo and Juliet, La Bayadere. Carlyn is an accomplished dancer and is an outstanding choreographer.