#koresh dance

congrats Koresh Dance Co on 25 amazing years. here's to 25 and many more

Originally from West Virginia, Melissa started dancing at a young age with Monica Folio. She graduated from the University of the Arts in 1993. Melissa has been dancing with Koresh Dance Company since its inception in 1991 and is the company’s Assistant Artistic Director. She is also an instructor at the Koresh School of Dance, where she teaches her unique style that blends modern jazz and Luigi technique. Her work has been performed locally at the Philadelphia Fringe Festival, the Annenberg Center, Drexel University, the Grier School and Brandywine Ballet. She frequently travels around the country to perform, teach master classes and set choreography on students. In 2008, Melissa helped to establish the Koresh Youth Ensemble and serves as their artistic director, setting both original choreography and company repertory on the group.

An amazing opportunity!

Koresh Dance Company performing at the 3rd annual Come Together Dance Festival at the Suzanne Roberts Theatre in Philadelphia, July 2015. Photo by Bicking Photography.

Camille has trained with Classical Ballet Theatre for years and hopes to study dance at Juilliard next fall.  Mr. Amrayev is a Classical Ballet Theatre faculty member.  He formerly was a Principal Dancer with the National Opera and Ballet in Almaty and a Soloist with the Russian Festival Ballet/Moscow Festival Ballet.

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Join us for this Friday's Art After 5 with Koresh Dance, a contemporary dance company acclaimed for stunning technique, passion, and athletic dynamics. Catch a performance at 5:45 and 7:15 in the Great Stair Hall, and enjoy our extended evening hours. Free with Museum admission. More info here. 

Koresh Dance Company dancers Shannon Bramham and Micah Geyer in rehearsal for Ohad Naharin’s “Passomezzo.” Photo by Cheryl Mann.