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NSU Dance Ensemble Members Dance Works Camille I. Arroyo was born in Puerto Rico. Although she was very active as a young child in the arts in school and at church, she did not begin her dance training until late in high school. She graduated from Valencia Community College with an Associate of Arts degree in Dance Performance. Arroyo attended ACDFA in San Francisco, where she took master classes from teachers around the nation. In 2006, she had the privilege of being part of a Martha Graham masterpiece: “Steps in the Street” and “Celebration,” for which she worked with Carrie Ellmore-Tallitsch from the Graham Company. In 2006, Arroyo became a principle dancer for Drip, a professional dance company in Orlando. In 2007, she auditioned for a Pilobolus masterpiece and worked with former Pilobolus dancer Jude Woodcock. Arroyo has performed in college and the community, and she presented her first choreographic piece at the end of 2007. She also began working with Orlando professional dance company Nao Dance Ensemble. After graduating from the college, she plans to open her own dance academy where she will continue to actively work within the community in a place she calls home. Kylie Bradlee is a dance major at the college, from Boston, Massachusetts. She began her training at the Boston Ballet School and has continued dancing through college. Shannon Colonna instantly fell in love with dance when she began taking ballet at the European Dance Academy at age six. Throughout her elementary and middle school years, she took various styles of dance such as jazz, tap, and hip-hop. She also took classes at Dance Perfect, taking tap lessons from Riverdance’s Toby Harris. Colonna has taught hip-hop, ballet, and jazz classes at Dance Perfect and the European Dance Academy. Beginning in 2006, she attended the Academy for Visual and Performing Arts High School as a dance major, and graduated in 2010. In her senior year, she interned under Eli Kababa, which began her journey with the School of Performing Arts where she has served as an assistant teacher. Colonna graduated from the County College of Morris in 2011 with an associate’s degree in dance. She is continuing her education at NSU, double-majoring in dance and business administration. Fernando Campos is 27 and has been dancing for as long as he can remember. Born in Brooklyn, New York, he began training in martial arts and transferred this interest to acrobatics/break dancing. Campos is fascinated by the extravagant, and this has driven him into dance as a profession. He began teaching and performing at various schools and for various artists, and found that he loves dance for its art. He is pursuing a career in psychology at NSU. Sharifa Denis, is pursuing a bachelor’s degree in criminal justice at NSU. She has been a member of IDS, formerly known as the Nova Dance Society, since 2010 and has been dancing for 14 years. From Queens, New York, Denis began her dance career at Adele’s dance studio then moved to the Edge School of the Arts. She moved to Florida in 2002 and continued dancing at Flex Studios and SRQ Dance. In high school, she danced on Black Pearls, the BRHS dance team; was an assistant teacher at the Julie Rohr academy; and taught mini hip-hop at the SRQ dance studio. 8
Performing and Visual Arts | Studio Series Susana Fajardo was born in Havana, Cuba. She studied classical ballet at the Alejo Carpentier Ballet School of Havana. She participated in Encuentro de Academias de la Havana in 1999. She moved to the United States and continued to dance at Miami Dade College. Fajardo attended New World School of the Arts for one semester and danced Cecilia with the Rosario Suarez Ballet. At the college, she participated in the 2011 Dance Concert and the Florida Waterways Dance Project. She is eager to finish her degree in order to pursue higher education in movement dance therapy and Laban movement analysis. Fajardo is a mother, which inspires her to work and find ways to teach the great art of dance in a therapeutic yet fun learning environment. Her goals are to reach as many children with disabilities as she can. She believes that dance can change someone’s life for the better. Brandon Fromhoff started dancing at the age of 16 at American Heritage High School, participating in many shows there. Although dance is not his major, he is thrilled to be active with something he loves so much. Monica Lynne Herrera is a triple-major in theatre, dance, and communication studies at the college. She was most recently seen in the college’s productions of Twelfth Night, Ruthless! the Musical, Baby the Musical, Dance Works (2009), and is currently in Cabaret as Sally Bowles. She is thankful to her professors who continue to educate and motivate. Rayna Orsini is pursuing a Bachelor of Arts in Dance and a Bachelor of Science in Exceptional Student Education at NSU. This is her fourth dance performance with the college. She is a member of Pfuzion Entertainment and Body and Soul Dance Theatre. Orsini currently teaches dance to children of all ages and is pursuing a career in teaching dance to children with special needs. She has been dancing for 15 years and appreciates the level of education and exploration she is receiving through the college’s dance program. Lisa Pace is currently a freshman at the college, majoring in biology. She intends to pursue a minor in dance next year. Pace has been dancing since she was three years old and has been competing since she was nine. She loves all styles of dance including, ballet, tap, jazz, lyrical, contemporary, pointe, and modern. She was previously a member of the Envision Ballet Company and plans to join another dance company when the opportunity becomes available. Amy Peters is a junior who is studying dance at the college. She has also studied dance at Palm Beach Atlantic University. Peters started learning dance at the University Center for the Performing Arts in 2007. She has studied with Eileen Hebron, Jin Young Lee, Kathleen Klein, Gaynelle Gosselin, Elana Lanczi, Katie Sopoci Drake, Daniela Wancier, and choreographer Heather Maloney. Peters enjoyed being a part of the Florida Waterways Dance Project. She also has enjoyed learning more about dance at the college. She is an honoree recipient of the scholarship grant award for dance and has earned Dean’s List. She has also performed in the Fort Lauderdale Christmas Pageant for three years, working with Christy and Jeff Crevier. Stephanie Nicole Ponce is a Cuban-American dancer born in Miami, Florida. She began her dance instruction at the age of three at Ballet Etudes and later progressed to 9
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