Executive Director-Catherine Cianciulli

Catherine Cianciulli has a Bachelors of Art Degree in performance, minor in management and composition(Magna Cum Laude).  She also received her State Certification in Music Education.  She has a Masters from University of Pennsylvania for Non Profit Leadership(Summa Cum Laude).   She has performed professionally internationally and within the United States, including back ups for Barry Mannilow and Bob Hope USO shows.  She has won numerous awards for her performances.  Mrs. Cianciulli was a winner in the Mario Lanza Competition.  In 1985, she was crowned Miss Montgomery County (Miss America Pageant) and was also nominated "Woman of the Year" in Philadelphia.   She was a judge for the Governor's school of excellence for over 15 years, attended numerous workshops in New York and Philadelphia to enhance her love for educating children in the arts.  She has presented opportunities for students to perform in Nashville, Tennessee, Disney World, Florida, on cruises, at the Governor’s Mansion, at Sixers, Flyers, and Wings games, in parades, on cable television, and also to study and perform in Rome, Italy.  Her most valued honors and motivators are her husband, a silent and supportive partner, and her four children.   Her love for performance has encouraged her to reach out to educating and motivating students.  She believes that, “There is always something new to be learned; we must seek, find, and shower our children with new and exciting curriculum in dance, music and theatre.”.

JOSEPH CIANCIULLI(ARTISTIC DIRECTOR)- Piano, Voice, Dance, Musical Theatre

Joseph Cianciulli holds a Bachelor of Music degree from Temple University in Performance. He has studied with Miguel Companeria and Hilda Morales at the Hartt Conservatory as well as William Stone, David Arnold for Voice and Dr. Barbara Mathis for Vocal Pedagogy. He also studied with Savion Glover, Mike Minery for Tap and attended NYU summer Intensive for Musical Theatre and the school for film and television in New York. He has played and accompanied throughout the United State. He is presently an artist in residence on the faculty of Temple University as well as an accompanist for Pennsylvania Ballet. He has performed roles for the Louisville Ballet Company, The Kentucky Opera Company, The Delaware Opera Company, The Philadelphia Opera Collective, the New York Lyric Opera. Joseph was also a student at the Conservatory from age 3 to age 17 in voice, dance and theatre. He has also performed a number of Musical Theatre lead roles. Joseph is continuing his performing and studying of voice and is happy to be back working with the students of the Conservatory.

OLIVIA HAGEN CIANCIULLI-(ARTISTIC DIRECTOR) BALLET

Olivia Hagen Cianciulli started ballet at the age of 3. She trained at numerous schools before her graduation from Interlochen Arts Academy including: Turning Point, Central Wisconsin School of Ballet and Academie de la Danse. Mrs. Cianciulli had the opportunity to train internationally in Krakow, Poland at the Krakow Zaradova Skola Baletova and in London, England at the Royal Academy of Dancing. Mrs. Cianciulli has attended numerous summer intensives including ABT Detroit, Mi, ABT Orange County,CA, ABT NYC,NY, Joffrey Chicago, Il and Joffrey NYC,NY. Olivia has worked with wonderful teachers along the way most notably Irina Kolplakova, Vladimir Seminov, Yumelia Garcia, Charthel Arther, Francis Corkle and so many others. Professionally, Olivia started her career with Ballet Theatre of Maryland and went on to dance with Charlottesville ballet. She currently just finished her two year contract with Louisville Ballet.

MARY BOYER-(ARTISTIC DIRECTOR) PIANO

Mary Boyer has been a teacher with the Conservatory of Music and Dance since 1996. She graduated from Immaculata University with a Bachelor of Music, cum laude, with certification in Music Therapy. She is a member of the Delta sigma Music Honor Society and a member of the American Music Therapy Association. Mary has worked at the Academy of Community Music as a music therapist and music teacher in the crescendo program. She was a staff music therapist at Temple Continuing Care and currently works as a therapist at St. Mary Manor in Lansdale, PA. Mary enjoys providing private and group instructions in piano here at the Conservatory and looks forward to many more years of service.

ERICA LEE CIANCIULLI- Guest Teacher- Dance-Voice- Musical Theatre

Erica Cianciulli is a singer, dancer, actress, yoga instructor, and meditation coach originally from Philadelphia, PA. She began her training in ballet, jazz, tap, hip hop, contemporary, modern, voice, and theatre at the Conservatory of Music and Dance before going off to study at Point Park University where she graduated with a Musical Theatre degree and studied as a dance minor. Throughout her career in the arts, she has studied voice under many vocal coaches such as Catherine Cianciulli, Ingrid Zeldin, Valerie Girard, Sandra Greciano, Judith Blazer, and Natalie Weiss. She attended many programs for dance, music, and theatre such as Luzerne Music Camp, Interlochen Center for the Arts, Joffrey Summer Dance (NY), and Manhattan School of Music Precollege. During her third year at Point Park, Erica was offered a contract with the National Tour of "Pippin" and decided to finish schooling on tour, playing the role of "Fastrada." After touring the USA, Erica signed with Hudson Artists Agency in New York City and headed back on the road, playing the role of "Marjorie" in "Dirty Dancing": the Classic Story on Stage. After closing the Dirty Dancing tour, Erica took a year to settle into New York and received her RYT 200 yoga certification through CorePower Yoga, where she taught heated power vinyasa for a year. Since then, Erica has performed on Royal Caribbean’s Oasis of the Seas in "Cats" the Broadway Musical as "Bombalurina." Erica is now on the National Broadway Tour of "CATS" as "Bombalurina. Erica also teaches online yoga and meditation classes with a fusion of voice and speech exercises through her personal online brand, Reverb: Movement Vibration.

CARLIE CONNOR-DANCE TEACHER

After graduating from Shippensburg University, Carlie went on to dance for Beyond Dance Company. She performed in IDA performances, project Moshen Dance Series, ETC performances, and the New York dance parade and festival. She also performed in the shows that Beyond Dance hosted in which she also performed a solo and a duet. She has also danced with FloMotion Dance Company where she has performed at the Beat Addikts United showcase, Phillippines benefit, Kat Wildish in New York, and much more. Currently, she is the co-founder, business manager, choreographer, and dancer of Labyrinth Dance Company. She has performed in Roger Lee Shows, 4th Annual Wings of Hope for Melanoma Gala, numerous ETC performances, Cooper River Ballet Show, and much more. She also helps host TLES Arts Festival each year. She is recently graduated with her MBA from Southern New Hampshire University. She is excited to continue to do what she loves and inspire younger dancers!

JASON CIANCIULLI(GUEST TEACHER)- DANCE

Jason Reese began his career as a founding member of VIM VIGOR in his last year of studies at SUNY Purchase Conservatory of Dance. In the past three years he has had the opportunity to teach at institutions such as Princeton University, NYU Tisch, Ailey/Fordham, New Dialect, the University of Quebec at Montreal, B12, SUNY Purchase Conservatory of Dance, Program Enlaces, North Carolina School of the Arts, the Movement Invention Project, New Jersey Dance Theater Ensemble, and the Conservatory of Music and Dance and Pennsylvania Performing Arts Academy. He is a choreographic collaborator with VIM VIGOR and has helped create work for LA Dance Project, the Juilliard School, the University of Michigan, Barnard College/Columbia University, Gibney Dance Company, Springboard Danse Montreal and Manhattanville College. He presently teaches as an adjunct teacher at SUNY PURCHASE and is currently a member of PunchDrunk NYC in the cast of, 'Sleep No More.' Jason continues to teach and create with VIM VIGOR Dance Theater Company.

STACY MALACHOWSKI- VOICE, PIANO, MUSICAL THEATRE, SAXOPHONE

Stacy Malachowski has been a vocal music educator in the public schools for 16 years. She received her B.S. degree in Music Education from Penn State University and her Masters of Music in Music Education from West Chester University (vocal emphasis). In 2009, Stacy was selected for the Lauretta Woodson Award for unselfish dedication and exemplary service to the Keystone Central School District, she was nominated twice for the Who's Who Among Teachers, the Disney Award for Outstanding Teachers, and has held various leadership positions in the District IV Pennsylvania Music Educator's Association. Stacy grew up in Quakertown and is happy to be returning to the area as of this year to further her career as a vocal music educator.

CHRISTOPHER HUMMEL- GUITAR and PIANO

Christopher Hummel comes to us from Chesterbrook, PA., holding a Bachelor of Music with a concentrations in Piano and Guitar from Combs College of Music. Christopher performs and composes for the instruments he teaches. His Principal teacher was the sole student of the Brazilian pianist Guiomar Novaes, and is a Doctor of Music, in addition he holds an Artist's degree from Juilliard School of Music in New York. He looks forward to working with the students of the Conservatory.

DZMITRY ZHUK- Piano

Dzmitry Zhuk began playing piano at the age of 9 and has been working at the Conservatory of Music and Dance for over 8 years. He graduated from Temple University with a BS in Electrical and Computer Engineering. With a passion for music, Dzmitry has continued teaching piano to provide many important skills for the younger generations, such as creativity and responsibility. He works hard to keep classes entertaining and productive with a large variety of genres, ranging from classical to contemporary and modern music. He strives most in keeping children excited to learn and develop their abilities for a successful future.

KILEY DOLOWAY-Dance

Kiley Dolaway was born and raised in the suburbs of Philadelphia, PA. She studied ballet and modern dance at Philadelphia Dance Theatre then attended high school and studied dance at The University of North Carolina School of the Arts under the direction of Susan Jaffe. She recently graduated in May of 2018 from the Conservatory of Dance at Purchase College with a BFA in dance performance. During her time at Purchase, she performed repertory by Shannon Gillen, Kevin Wynn, Manuel Vignoulle, Sidra Bell, and Merce Cunningham. Additionally, she was invited to dance at Springboard Danse Montreal in the summers of 2017 and 2018 where she performed in the restaging of 'Paper Cuts in an Empty Bag' by Peter Chu and ‘Neither Here|There’ a new creation by Johannes Wieland. In 2018, Kiley also performed in Shannon Gillen's 'SUPERBLOOM' at the 92nd Street Before joining VIM VIGOR as a full time company member. Since then she has worked alongside Gillen assistant teaching classes at The Juilliard School, SUNY Purchase, NYU Tisch, and Fordham. She has supported Shannon Gillen's creations at L.A. Dance Project, b12 festival in Berlin, Princeton University, Boston Dance Theater, and Booker T. Washington School for the Arts. In 2019, she will debut in VIM’s latest creation FOREVER in NYC, before traveling with Gillen to teach and create at LINK 2019 in Salt Lake City, Perry Mansfield's Summer Program, Springboard Danse Montreal, Springboard X, and VIM VIGOR's Summer Program in NYC.

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EDWINA TERTULIEN- DANCE

Dance Artist Edwina Thertulien was born to Haitian parents in Philadelphia, PA and was raised in Bear, Delaware. She began her dance training at 10 years old. Under the direction of Dara Stevens-Meredith, she studied Ballet, Modern, Jazz, and African dance at Christina Cultural Arts Center in Wilmington, Delaware. From there she continued on to study at Dance Creating New Stars (DCNS) Summer Dance Intensive under Dara Stevens-Meredith and LaCeda Nelson. Now a graduate of Temple University, Edwina has recieved her BFA in Dance. In her education at Temple University she has studied under Lauren Putty, Kyle and Dinita Clark, Scott McPheters, Kip Martin, Kun Yang-Lin, Laura Katz, Joe Gonzalez and others. She has performed works by Kyle “JustSole” Clark, Dinita “Queen Dinita” Clark, E. Leon Evans II, Shawn Lamere Williams, Tony Rhodes, Troy Powell, Dara Stevens-Meredith, Tommie Waheed Evans, and others. Edwina has participated in performances such as American College Dance Association, Dumbo Festival, International Association of Blacks in Dance, Temple University MFA Thesis Concerts, J Chen Project and others. Edwina is currently a performer with Valerius Produtions and is an apprentice for Eleone Dance Theatre. She has received the Frances Bowden Scholarship from Temple University and the DCNS Summer Intensive College Scholarship. By creating and dancing in work, Edwina hopes to fulfill her mission in dance, which is to use elements of her own lived experience to catalyze new discoveries.

JARRED CIANCIULLI-GUEST TEACHER- STRINGS

Mr. Cianciulli started taking piano lesson’s from Mary Boyer at the age of 3. He has performed at many summer festivals including the Aspen Music Festival, Meadowmount School of Music, Sienna Music Festival, Trentino Music Festival in Italy and the North American Viola Institute. Jarred was enrolled in the Manhattan School of Music Pre-college program where he studied orchestral performance, chamber music, music theory and ear training. He hold a Bachelor’s Degree from Peabody Institute of Johns Hopkins University for Viola Performance and completing a Graduate Degree from Manhattan School of Music. Jarred has been teaching violin, piano and viola for 10 years. He teaches his students the fundamentals of music theory. He believes in the importance of scales and arpeggios and suggests his students use them daily in their warm up routines. Mr. Cianciulli teaches from the Suzuki method and Galamian scale system.

YUKI ISHIGURO-DANCE

Yuki Ishiguro, Japanese native, discovered Break dance on the street during college. Since then he has learned many forms of dance. After graduating from Ritsumeikan University in Japan with a BA in business. He started to work with Japanese ballet company for 2 years, then Yuki moved to New York as a student of DNA(Dance New Amsterdam).

And studied with unique street performers such as Kenichi Ebina well known as a winner of America's Got Talent season 8. From these training and his own practice Yuki created his own dance style and signature movements, which has been praised by dance reviews.

"a dancer of remarkable athleticism. It was a thrill to watch him execute his moves with skill and eclat, maintaining a smooth unbroken dramatic flow as he shifted through one style after another." 

- The Dance Journal

”What makes Yuki so intriguing - beyond his style of movement - is his enigmatic quality. There's no other dancer quite like him on the Gotham dance scene.” Oberon's Grove Yuki has worked and toured with several dance companies in the U.S. - Roxey ballet, Catapult entertainment, Emery LeCrone dance, etc. He has been invited by fusion flute musician Kenzie Slottow in Austin, Texas to choreograph and dance for her music videos, and toured in the U.S. Also Yuki uses LED prop called "Visual poi" as his dance prop and performed for entertainment shows such as Tommy Hilfiger party.Yuki started his own company Yu.S.Artistry in 2018. His work has been presented at Booking dance festival at Jazz at Lincoln Center, DUMBO dance festival, KoDaFe at Ailey citigroup theater, NYC10 at Dixon place, MAD festival at Nazareth college, Come together dance festival by Koresh dance at Suzanne Roberts theater, International dance festival by Nickerson Rossi dance at performance garage in Philadelphia, etc