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Team Members

At Dance for Kids, we cultivate a team of professional dance instructors with degrees from some of the top universities and arts academies in the country. Many of our instructors have also studied child development, music theory and education and have also performed with some of the best dance companies around the world. The high caliber of professional instruction is one of the many things that sets Dance for Kids apart.  

Taryn Greenman

Taryn Greenman

Owner

Taryn Chase Greenman is the proud new owner of Dance for Kids and Brentwood Academy of Dance.

Sarah Braverman

Sarah Braverman

Instructor

Sarah Braverman trained extensively at the Royal Academy of Dance under the direction of Bernadette Hill and JoAnna Jarvis.

Olivia Gerns

Olivia Gerns

Instructor

Olivia Gerns is a Professional Dancer with a love for tap dance and loves creating rhythms with all instruments, including her feet!

Haley Smith

Haley Smith

Instructor

Haley is a detail-oriented dancer specializing in jazz, ballet and heels. She has also trained in gymnastics, Gyrotonics and various genres of dance including the Horton technique.

Aleksandra Wojda-Nelson

Aleksandra Wojda-Nelson

Company Director

Aleksandra trained extensively with Giordano Jazz Dance Chicago. Upon graduating, she competed as a top 20 dancer on season 2 of So You Think You Can Dance.

Karen Chase

Karen Chase

Consultant

Karen Chase ran Dance for Kids for 23 years and is proud to stay on as a consultant with her daughter Taryn.

Sydney Diamond

Sydney Diamond

Performance Company Director and Event Coordinator

Sydney Diamond graduated summa cum laude with her BFA in dance from the University of the Arts in Philadelphia, PA.

Sydney Lee

Sydney Lee

Instructor

Sydney became principal dancer with the Las Vegas Ballet Company (LVBC) and trained with American Ballet Theatre (JKO) under Melissa Bowman, Susan Bones, and Robert La Fosse.

Marie Trent

Marie Trent

YPC and Micro Mini Company Director

Marie Trent is from Athens, AL but moved to NYC when she graduated high school to pursue a career in dance/musical theatre.

Rebecca Wright

Rebecca Wright

Company Director

Rebecca is a dancer/choreographer who graduated Summa Cum Laude and has trained extensively in jazz, contemporary, modern, ballet, tap, and hip hop since the age of 3.

Gabrielle Benson

Gabrielle Benson

Instructor

Professional dancer, choreographer and Iowa native, Gabee Benson, started dancing in her mom’s studio at age two.

Emma Feeheley

Emma Feeheley

Company Manager

Emma Feeheley entered the competition world at age 6 and went on to win titles such as Miss teen dance USA, Miss petite dance, and Miss junior dance.

Brette Markowitz

Brette Markowitz

Company Director

Brette is a classically trained dancer and while on the UCLA dance team she performed at Staples Center and Madison Square Garden as well as internationally in Beijing and Hong Kong.

Edson Trujillo

Edson Trujillo

Office Manager

Edson has experience in both office administration and dance and has trained in Salsa, Mambo, Bachata, Cumbia and Merengue.

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