TEACHING ARTISTS

Lia Lewis is a native of Queens, New York. She began her early dance training in the Ailey School's Junior Division as a scholarship student and is a graduate of Fiorello H. LaGuardia High School of Music and Art & Performing Arts. She has also spent summers training with institutions, including the French Academie of Ballet and Alonzo King LINES Ballet. Through her training, she has performed works by Martha Graham, Frederick Earl Mosley, Christian Von Howard, Cindy Salgado and others. She is also an early childhood educator, serving as an assistant teacher in dance education and child development and also holds experience in ABA therapy and methods of social emotional learning.

Hello! My name is Antoinette Robinson Williams. I have had the pleasure of being a preschool teaching assistant for the past three years. I have also found joy in teaching dance at the Jamel Gaines Creative Outlet Dance Theater Brooklyn to children within the age range of 4 to 13 for the past 8 years. My love for children began with the birth of my wonderful son, Raymond who I’ve doted on for 13 years (so far). I feel that every child needs unconditional love and I am beyond glad that I am able to give it to them. Between you and me, they give it right back in spades and that warms my heart.

Percussionist and Composer Rasaan 'Talu' Green's performances include ones with Fela! on Broadway, the Brooklyn Nets, Soutsatzka the Musical, and MAZE, along with band collaborations with Ms. Patti Labelle, Ms. Lauryn Hill, The Roots, Aloe Blacc, and Estelle. Green has performed globally in Africa, North America, Australia & New Zealand, and Europe. He is a resident musician with Resura Arkestra and provides musical arrangements for dance companies and master workshops throughout New York City. He holds a BFA in music from Long Island University.

Valériane Louisy Louis Joseph is a French Caribbean native of Nanterre, France where she began her artistic training. She studied at The Ailey School and graduated from the Certificate Program in 2018. She joined Ronald K.Brown/EVIDENCE, A Dance Company in 2018 and performed on some of the most renown stages in the US. Valériane built her career as a part of the dance ensemble of The Lion King in Paris for the season 2021-2022. In addition, she has been coaching and teaching the many styles she has studied and apprehended so far in her career.

Rayan LECURIEUX-DURIVAL is a professional dancer from French Guiana, France, who started with the Ballet Technique (Vaganova and Cecchetti Method) then Modern (Horton and Graham) and Jazz techniques. In French Guiana, he trains in 3 schools: The conservatory of Guyana EPCC, The conservatory of Larivot, and ADACLAM. He went to Paris and joined the Rick ODUMS School training institute by video audition. He studied there for 2 years and successfully passed his Technical Aptitude Test. After a long process of audition videos, Rayan was accepted at The Ailey School (part of the multi-award-winning and historic Alvin Ailey American Dance Theatre) and becomes a scholarship holder for 3 years. Rayan is an accomplished Dance Instructor instructing master classes all over French Guiana, Paris, and the United States where he is sharing his knowledge of the Horton technique in depth at The Ailey School.
