Amos Machanic, Jr. is currently a Teaching Artist for Ailey Arts In Education & Community Programs. Mr. Machanic studied dance at the New World School of the Arts and continued his training at The Ailey School where he was a fellowship recipient. Machanic was a member of Ailey II and joined the Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater in 1996. During his years with the company, Amos had the pleasure of traveling across the globe. In 2010, he performed at the White House tribute to Judith Jamison and now enjoys being a freelance artist and teacher.
Nasha Thomas oversees AileyCamps and designs the national outreach for Ailey’s Arts In Education & Community Programs department. As a primary liaison between Alvin Ailey Dance Foundation and the national arts-in-education community, she plays a central role in working with local communities to develop and run AileyCamps across the U.S., as well as managing and teaching national residencies, workshops, and master classes, which reach over 1,000 young people each year. Ms. Thomas has led Ailey Arts In Education programs everywhere from public school classrooms, to Lincoln Center Plaza, to Gracie Mansion, to the White House. Chosen by Alvin Ailey, Ms. Thomas danced with the Company from 1986 to 1998. In 1980 she received the prestigious Presidential Scholar of the Arts award. Ms. Thomas is a graduate of New York’s High School of the Performing Arts and Southern Methodist University.
Cedric J. Greene (Boston, MA) is currently a Teaching Artist for Ailey Arts In Education & Community Programs. Mr. Greene began his dance training at the Boston Arts Academy and OrigiNation Cultural Arts Center before studying intensively on full-scholarship at The Ailey School. Cedric continued his training and graduated from the University of the Arts in 2010 whilst having the opportunity to perform works by Louis Johnson, Zane Booker, Anthony Burrell, and Roni Koresh amongst others. Post-graduation, Cedric has performed internationally in musicals such as A Chorus Line, Dreamgirls, Memphis, and The Scottsboro Boys. Cedric has been a teaching artist with AileyCamp for over six seasons and is Currently a teaching artist with the Alvin Ailey Dance Foundation. His passion for performing still thrives today and hopes to perform on Broadway in the near future.
A native of Jersey City, NJ, Freddie Moore’s professional career as a dancer, master teacher and choreographer began with his formal dance training at The Ailey School. After graduating from the school’s Certificate and Merit Scholarship programs, he went on to being a featured artist with Ailey II, Donald Byrd/The Group, Forces of Nature, Gallman’s Newark Dance Theater, and Blue Mercury Dancing Company. During his distinguished 36-year career, Mr. Moore has amassed credits in musicals, national television shows, music videos, and documentaries. Mr. Moore’s innovative choreography has received national and international recognition. His career as a master teacher has traveled him across the United States as well as to Europe, Asia, Africa, South America, and the Caribbean. A noted Master of the Modern Horton technique, Mr. Moore conducts artist-in-residence workshops in public and private schools. He has developed performing arts curriculum for schools and community-based programs and he works with churches around the world to develop liturgical dance ministries. A recognized community leader, he has received many honors for community service including commendations from the NAACP, the New Jersey Senate, the National Black Police Association, the Jersey City Community Outreach Team, and the Public Advocate for the City of New York. Mr. Moore is currently the Rehearsal Director for Ailey Student Performance Group (ASPG), Ailey Certificate Program Advisor and a faculty member at The Ailey School, Restoration Youth Arts Academy, Hudson Repertory Dance Theater as well as the Founder and Artistic Director of Footprints Dance Company.
Anthony Solo Harris also known as “The Dance Coach” is a bright, ambitious, hardworking, committed, and goal-oriented young man. One of his most praised accomplishments is his commitment to spreading the importance of Arts and Education and its benefits to adults young children and the developmentally disabled population. Anthony is apart of the legendary ENVY dance group (est.2003) out of Newark NJ, The group that revitalized street dance when the new millennium hit and helped cultivate the Jersey Club dance style and energy. During that time with ENVY, Anthony performed on national television, stages around the country, and helped to shine the light on the positive energy Newark had to offer. Since then, Anthony has been teaching professionally for over 10 years. In 2010 Anthony and his father co-founded @dance_mogul_magazine , to give dancers of the past, present, and future a voice to help inspire self-empowerment to each other and those who are new on their artistic journey. Anthony is also the co-founder of Dance Warz TV Show est. 2006, which is a competitive platform based in New Jersey, that houses raw dance performances and battles. Highlighting the top dancers, dance groups, and talent in the state. Recently Anthony has manifested Dancer First Management LLC, a company that puts dancer’s needs first when it comes to business collaborations and @soloexpressionpa, a dance studio that specializes in evolving disabilities within the IDD community.
Brother Jerome Hunter is a master dancer, national & internationally known choreographer and drummer who has merged several dance disciplines such as traditional Africa dance, Brazil, Caribbean, as well as North America, to create a unique fusion that is synonymous with LaRocque Bey, and has been performing these dance styles for over 40 years.
Mr. Hunter has studied at the LaRocque Bey school of Dance Theatre for over two decades. He is currently the Executive and Artistic Director as well as the chairman of the board at the Institution. LaRocque Bey School of Dance was established in 1960 and is one of the oldest African American Cultural Institutions in New York State and across the United States.
Mr. Hunter has studied a multiple dance disciplines, such as:
African, Tap, Jazz, Hip-Hop, Lindy Hop, Swing, Ball room, to name a few.
He has studied with Master teachers worldwide and performs domestically and internationally on stage productions and film. Mr. Hunter has worked with such artists as Harold Melvin & the Blue Notes, Delfonics, Savion Glover, Phyllis Yvonne Stickney, George Clinton, Phylicia Rashad and many more. Mr. Hunter recently toured Great Britain as a choreographer and performer of the play “Tap Fusion” with choreographers from the Broadway play River Dance; as well as worked with several artists in the Broadway play “Fela” currently on Broadway. Mr. Hunter has also received several Proclamations from the Mayor’s, Senator’s and city Councilman’s office of New York city, New York State as well as the Bronx Counsel for The Arts..
He is currently an instructor at the Juvenile Justice Commision, the state of New Jersey, four private, and charter schools in the New York, New Jersey school system; teaching discipline through dance, spreading his cultural message as well as teaching skills for life to all students he comes in contact with.