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Emma Rosa, Cuban New Jersey native, is a professional dancer, choreographer, teacher, and activist. She is currently a backup dancer for Reggaeton artist Guaynaa and has performed with other music artists like El Alfa, Sech, Trey Songz, 50 Cent, Snoop Dogg, and more. She was recently a dance athlete for Nike's Own The Floor campaign.
 
In 2022, Emma completed an International Teaching Tour, traveling to 20 different cities including Paris, Milan, Monterrey, and Manchester. Her main focus is to inspire movement expression for people of all levels and abilities through a focus on intuition, community-building, and unapologetic self-acceptance.

Hailing from Miami, Florida, Sophia has worked with Flo Rida, Red Rat, Guop Boys, and Pitbull and was featured in Kat Deluna's video for Drop It Low.
Sophia is a backup dancer for Kiesza and for Soave, 80s freestyle singer who has performed many times at Radio City Music Hall. 

Sophia teaches in New York City as well as internationally in Italy. She absolutely loves to dance - anytime she gets the chance to do it, she lights up!  She considers herself a perpetual student and continues to train in all style of dance. Her love for dance and performance is as strong as her love for people, and she brings that love to every class she teaches at SassClass!

Tony blends the sexy, exciting styles of today’s commercial and nightlife world with the sense of purpose, setting, and motivation of theatre. Tony has co-choreographed for Taylor Swift, the NY Knicks City Dancers, Brooklynettes, and Team USA in Shanghai, China. 

Tony toured nationally as the Latin feature in the Broadway production of Saturday Night Fever and completed three world tours of West Side Story. Recording artist performances include Pitbull, Lonely Island & Lenny Kravitz. Tony has worked under such theatre staples as Arlene Phillips, Rob Ashford and Joey McKneely, and has been directed by Baz Luhrmann, Ryan Murphy, Jodi Foster and Martin Scorcese.

Born in New Jersey and raised in Italy, Mary started to dance at the age of 12, training in Ballet and Modern. She soon fell in love with Hip Hop culture and started focusing her training on hip hop, street jazz, and heels.
 
At the age of 19, she moved to Bologna where she began her professional career performing and teaching, and soon after, she moved back to the USA to continue her professional dance and teaching pursuits. In NYC, she choreographs and dances with artists including Lil Uzi Vert and Sabrina Monique, and brings her passion for dance and performance to her SassClass family.

Skye Montante began studying ballet at the age of 8, and as she was introduced to other forms of dance, she found her true calling with Hip-Hop and Contemporary styles. She continued dancing through college, teaching classes in San Francisco and Buenos Aires, studying Ballet & Modern while abroad in Argentina, and graduating with a BA in Dance from San Francisco State University.
 
Currently she teaches youth and adult classes in NYC, works as a freelance choreographer, and creates personal dance projects. Skye’s focus as a teacher and creator is to help dancers find their individual voice and establish a safe space.

David is a choreographer, instructor, artistic director and performer with over 15 years of experience. Originally from Lima, Peru, he built a successful career as a performer and director in various dance companies/crews there.
 
Having extensively trained in Jazz, Contemporary, Latin, Hip Hop, Street Jazz, Jazz Funk, and Heels in top dance studios throughout Latin America, David finally moved to the USA in 2017 where he brought all of his artistry and started performing and teaching again. He’s most passionate about street styles of dance, and he’s thrilled to share that with the SassClass community.

Originally from Arizona, Brynlie moved to New York City in 2017 to join Elisa Monte Dance. Brynlie has performed at venues such as the National Gallery of Art, SummerStage, The Flea Theater, and New York Fashion Week. As a member of the Steps on Broadway Conservatory, she performed the works of Janice Rosario, Billy Griffin, and Robert LaFosse, and studied with choreographers Al Blackstone, Nicholas Palmquist, Max Stone, and Patti Wilcox.
Brynlie was Assistant Choreographer for two Victoria's Secret projects, Movement Director for the 100% recyclable shoe brand Thousand Fell, and Assistant Choreographer and Swing in The Classical Theatre of Harlem’s NYT’s Critic’s Pick “Twelfth Night”.

Kiersten is a dancer, choreographer, and teacher with a passion for empowering her students and creating a safe space for them to experience growth and gain confidence through expression.

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Kiersten graduated with a BFA in dance performance and choreography from the University of Massachusetts Amherst. She's trained intensively across ballet, contemporary, jazz, modern, heels, and hip-hop dance styles, and has toured internationally in Germany and Switzerland. With her touring, she raised funds for a nonprofit helping children with disabilities in Southern Germany.

Growing up in Japan, India, the Philippines, and the US, Revati’s dance style reflects her multicultural background. Starting her training with Classical Indian dance (Kathak) and Bollywood, she later went on to learn Heels, Street Jazz, Hip-Hop, and Contemporary.

Revati’s goal is to create a space where dancers of all cultures feel welcome and get to enjoy the exciting Bollywood music and grooves she grew up on. She has performed at a variety of NYC venues and made an appearance on Indian reality show Hunarbaaz Desh Ki Shaan. She is the winner of the 2020 Miss India DC pageant.

Shirlene Quigley's dance career began at 18 years old, when she danced as one of the original "uhh ohh girls" in Beyonce's Crazy In Love music video. The next day she kicked off a world tour with Beyonce for her first album! Shirlene has starred in music videos with Beyonce, Rihanna, Chris Brown, Destiny's Child, Missy Elliot and more, and she has performed at The Grammy's, The VMA's, The BET Awards, America's Got Talent, Saturday Night Live, and more. Most recently, Shirlene toured with Lizzo as one of her back-up dancers throughout 2018 through the present day.

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Shirlene is based in Los Angeles and we're honored to host her as a guest teacher at SassClass whenever she is in town!