Vitaly VertericH, ARTISTIC DIRECTOR

     OLGA VERTERICH, BALLET MISTRESS

Vitaly Verterich trained at the Kiev Ballet School and the Moscow Academy of Arts. After graduating, he danced solo roles in classical, folk and contemporary works with the Moscow Chamber Ballet Theatre, the Academic Ensemble "Beryozka" and often appeared as a guest with the Bolshoi and Kirov. In 1998, Vitaly was a principal dancer with the Moscow Chamber Ballet when Michael Flatley invited him to join “Riverdance." Vitaly toured Europe, Canada and the U.S. with “Riverdance," and performed in it on Broadway. For 10 seasons, starting in 2002, Vitaly has worked as a principal dancer at the New Jersey Ballet Company.

Along with being a classical ballet teacher, Vitaly has taught and choreographed character dance in different ballet schools and summer programs. Vitaly was a faculty teacher at VKDCNY and VKIBC, and is a credited teacher in multiple other ballet schools such as: Ellison Ballet, North Jersey School of Dance Arts, Joffrey Ballet, The Greenwich Ballet Academy, Broadway Dance Centre, East Street Dance Center Inc Massachusetts, and Ballet ART.

In 2018, Vitaly, in partnership, with his wife Olga Verterich opened their own school, the "Verterich Ballet Studio." Olga Verterich trained at the Moscow Academy of Arts, and currently is a ballet teacher and a choreographer. She was a principal dancer with the Moscow Chamber Ballet, the Academic Ensemble "Beryozka," and the St. Petersburg Dance Conservatory. Olga has toured worldwide as a guest artist. For 15 years since moving to the United States, Olga continued her career as a ballet teacher at the "Valentina Kozlova Dance Conservatory of New York." She has also taught in multiple summer intensive programs around the United States, and has been a coordinator and ballet mistress at the "Valentina Kozlova International Ballet Competition" from 2011-2018. 

Miranda Quinn, contemporary dance teacher

Miranda Quinn (Baltimore, Maryland) trained in various genres of dance from the ages of 2 to 18 at Mid-Atlantic Center for the Performing Arts under the artistic direction of Shannon Torres. Ms. Quinn graduated from The Juilliard School while under the newly appointed direction of Alicia Graf Mack. Her attendance to the school was made possible by the Jerome L. Greene Fellowship. She has had the privilege to work in creation processes with Austin McCormick, Azure Barton, Katarzyna Skarpetowska, Roy Assaf, and Stephanie Batten Bland. She has also had the opportunity to perform repertory of Nacho Duato, Merce Cunningham, and Alejandro Cerrudo. Miranda is currently in her 3rd season with the Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater performing a diverse repertoire of newer works by various choreographers as well as classic works of Alvin Ailey.

VERONIKA VERTERICH, GUEST teacher and Studio manager 

Veronika Verterich was born in Moscow, Russia and grew up in New York. From 2003 she studied at the "Valentina Kozlova Dance Conservatory of New York," where she graduated in 2013. After working with the Dutch National Ballet for two years, Veronika joined the Stuttgart Ballet in 2015 as a corps de ballet dancer and was promoted to demi-soloist in 2017. 

  Nina BuissoN, CONTEMPORARY Dance Teacher

Seasons 2018-2021

An internationally acclaimed Contemporary Dance Master Teacher, award-winning choreographer and dance iconoclast, distinguished for coining cutting edge European contemporary dance idiom. For more than fifteen years Nina has enriched the avant-garde dance industry with her unconventional contemporary vocabulary – educating, choreographing and inspiring numerous students and performance artists across the globe. Her expressionistic Tanz-Theater tapestries weave a universe of boundless freedom, interdependence and inner peace. Nina is an “excellence” scholar from the PRINCESS GRACE Academy of Classical dance and has obtained her musical training from the PRINCE RAINIER III Music Academy in Monaco. She holds a professional teaching diploma in ballet and modern dance from the Cultural Ministry of France, Aix en Provence.

Nina Buisson has garnered critical plaudits and top prizes for her solo performances at several International dance competitions in France, Italy and Germany, she is the Elan Award recipient of the “Spirit Award for Choreographic Excellence”.

Nina Buisson's singular choreography has been presented at the renowned New York City venues: “The Best of” at Danny Kay Play House at Hunter College 2004, The Elan Awards at the Fashion Institute of Technology, The Juilliard Senior Graduation Showcase 2005, Steps Choreography Performance Showcase 2006, Material Raw 13 “The Evolving Art Theater” 2006, Jennifer Muller's the Hatch 2008, The International Dance Festival at the Duke Theater 2009, The Avant-Garde Festival at Judson Memorial Church in 2010, The 10th Annual Asian Pacific American Heritage Festival 2011, La Mamma Move Dance Festival Motion Makers 2012, The Motion Capture Lab at the Steinhardt school of education New York University 2013, The Lab tanz-Theater for Actors 2014. Most recently, Nina Buisson Contemporary Move performed the work “Entre Deux Mondes” at the Joyce Soho Theater.

“I like to paint…curves of light and shadow. Like a whirling spiral I carve raw energy in enchanting patterns. The dancing body is like a subtle brush that paints soul-scapes of boundless freedom. Like poetry in motion, a painting without a frame, a gush of feelings floating in the air... I breathe the magic of moving bodies, seeding energy in space. Wether the magic remains after the piece is finished – doesn't matter. I soar up to my vastness – Unleashed and free...”