Staff & Faculty

Leadership

Ivy Chow (She/Her)

Executive Director, CityDance Studios

Staff

Colleen Queen (She/Her)

Director of Programs, Studios & Faculty

Kaitlin Madzelan (She/Her)

Director of Education, Studios & Faculty

Victoria Winter (She/Her)

Program Administrator & Dance Team Manager, Studios & Faculty

Marie McNair (She/Her)

Program Specialist, Studios & Faculty, Conservatory

Sabrina Clarke (She/Her)

Program Manager, Studios

Zoe Zitner (She/Her)

Dance Team Assistant, Studios & Faculty

Jocelyn Hartman (She/Her)

Program Assistant, Studios & Faculty

Katie Creed (She/Her)

Program Administrator & Social Media Coordinator, Studios & Faculty

Adult Faculty

Faculty

Aaron Jackson (He/Him)

Faculty

Ali DePaolo (She/Her)

Faculty

Amanda Holland (She/Her)

Faculty

Angela Ingram (She/Her)

Faculty

Brittany Bailey (She/Her)

Faculty, Conservatory

Chelsey Cox (She/Her)

Faculty

Daniel Paredez (He/Him)

Faculty

Erh-Jen Lee (She/Her)

Accompanist

Estela Vélez de Paredez (She/Her)

Faculty

Felipe Oyarzun Moltedo (He/Him)

Faculty

Fernando Naranjo (He/His)

Faculty

Haley Williams (She/Her)

Faculty

Jean Smyth (She/Her)

Faculty

Namaala Liebenthal (She/Her)

Faculty

Natalie Chevalier (She/Her)

Faculty

Shona Colglazier (She/Her)

Faculty

Talissa Bavaresco (She/Her)

Faculty

Tanya Nuchols (She/Her)

Faculty

Zoe Zitner (She/Her)

Dance Team Assistant, Studios & Faculty

Katie Creed (She/Her)

Program Administrator & Social Media Coordinator, Studios & Faculty

Robert J. Priore (He/Him)

Choreographer-in-Residence, Conservatory

Robert J. Priore is a queer artist who is committed to exploring the ever-evolving issues that exist within the LGBTQIA+ community. Currently he is most interested in exploring movement generated as an exploration of the duality between queer joy and sadness and how they truly are two sides of the same coin. He founded his contemporary dance company PrioreDance in the fall of 2016. Additionally he is very proud to be a founding member of Washington based Company | E. Robert also serves as the Choreographer-In-Residence for the CityDance Conservatory as well as an Ignite Artist. Robert studied dance at Point Park University. Since 2016 Robert has been named an outstanding fellow in the arts in the District of Columbia. Additionally he has been awarded a Projects, Events and Festivals Grant from the DC Commission on the Arts & Humanities since 2018 to create original evening length works. Robert was commissioned to create a work for the Mark Twain Prize Award Ceremony, which was nationally televised on PBS mid-November 2018. Robert was awarded the Pola Nirenska Memorial Award in 2019 for outstanding contribution to art in the District of Columbia. In Fall of 2021, Robert became the Director of Dance at The Madeira School, as well as adjunct faculty at George Mason University. Robert's choreographic work has been seen in almost thirty countries, and continues to hope to see his work throughout the US and the world! Most recently Robert was awarded the Washington Award by S&R Evermay for his outstanding contributions to dance in Washington DC. In 2024 alongside long time friend and collaborator Robert launched a dual city contemporary dance company Compania Medusa with Magali Dominique Zato. Follow Robert on his journey through instagram @Robbiedanzar & @companiamedusa.