GREG SINACORI - Began his dance training at age 4 at the Stanford Dance Studio. He later went on to graduate from LaGuardia High School of the Performing Arts and in 2004 received his Bachelor of Fine Arts degree in Dance through the Ailey / Fordham BFA program. Upon Graduation, Mr. Sinacori joined Alvin Ailey's second company (Ailey II) under the direction of Sylvia Waters. Through Ailey II he was given the opportunity to perform, lecture and teach at many theaters and universities across the United States. He later joined The Parsons Dance Company where he performed nationally as well in other countries including Italy, Brazil, Switzerland and Israel. Sinacori has received numerous awards for his choreography at local competitions and has assistant choreographed The Backyardigans Live Tour, 2010 Nickelodeon Music Fest, an episode for Team Umi Zoomi, Dora The Explorer, Angelina Ballerina and a short film, The Necklace. He has currently completed Season IV of the hit Nickelodeon series The Backyardigans as the animated dancing moose - Tyrone, and is also working on Season II of Nickelodeon's new animated hit, The Bubbleguppies. For the past four years Sinacori has been teaching Modern Dance at LaGuardia High School for the Performing Arts, along with teaching Master Classes in and around NYC. This is Greg's 14th year choreographing and teaching Lyrical, Modern and Jazz at the Stanford Dance Studio.

TIFFANY DEFALCO - This is Tiffany's 11th year as studio manager and teacher at the studio. She is one of the instructors of the award winning competition team who has won the "Xcalibur award," Platinum and High Gold and Highest score of the day in major competitions. She coordinates the Regional and National competitions. She currently teaches and choreographs jazz, tap, nursery, hip-hop and competition classes. She has judged for numerous prestigious competitions throughout the New York area. She also studies at the prestigious Broadway Dance Center.

HARUNO FEDERICO - This is Haruno's 2nd year teaching ballet at the Stanford Dance Studio. Haruno has been a member of many prestigious ballet companies in New York and Tokyo, Japan including Asami Maki Ballet Company, New National Ballet Theater, Ballet Long Island, Saeko Ichinoche Dance Company, and the Robert Wilson Dance Company. Haruno was also a company dancer and choreographer for the Roxy Ballet Company of New Jersey. Before joining the Stanford Dance Studio, Haruno taught both children's and adult ballet classes at the Tachibana Ballet School in Tokyo, Japan and New York Dance Center in Manhattan.

KRISTINA MICELI - Kristina has been a Stanford student for the past 18 years. She studied in jazz, tap, ballet, lyrical, and hip-hop, as well as advanced classes in all areas of dance at the Broadway Dance Center in NYC. Kristina is a recent graduate of Queens Borough Community College where she was a dance major and performed a piece choreographed by Robert Battle, from Battle Works Dance Company. Kristina also performed in the SUNY Purchase production of The Nutcracker with the SUNY Purchase Dance Core and the New York City Ballet, as well as in the movie Little Children starring Kate Winslet. Kristina has been assistant teaching jazz, tap, ballet, and hip hop for all nursery classes at the Stanford Studio for the past 7 years and this is her third year as a full time teacher at Stanford Studio.

ALEXANDRA LANDIVAR - Alexandra loves to spread her knowledge of dance and performance to the new generation of dancers. She has competed in local NY dance competitions since she was 15 years old, winning platinum, high gold, and gold. She was a member of the Archbishop Molloy H.S. Dance Team and choreographed many hip-hop and jazz routines for the Archbishop Molloy H.S. Dance Club. Alexandra has participated in the Rockette Experience and Tremaine Dance Conventions. She is currently a member of a Salsa On2 Dance Team, Fusion's Finest and she was one of the couples chosen to represent NY Salsa on the Spanish telenovela, Un Sueno Llamado Salsa (A Dream Called Salsa).

JUSTINE BELLO - Justine has been dancing at the studio for the past eleven years. She was part of the Archbishop Molloy Dance Team throughout high school and this year graduated from Hunter College where she also took dance classes. Justine performed in multiple shows and competitions as a member of Stanford Dance Studio's award winning competition team, Hunter College's Cheer/Dance Squad, and dance crew Dynamiq Faction. This is Justine's third year teaching at the studio.