Center Stage Dance and Theatre School




		Our Faculty .................................................................................................................................................................. Select a letter range to view our faculty (grouped by last name): A-G H-R S-Z ________________________________________________________________________ S-Z Alexandra Salo (Ballet) - Alexandra has danced with the Minnesota Dance Theatre, the Pacific Northwest Ballet and has been a guest artist with various companies. She has been involved in numerous theatrical productions throughout the country and has appeared on Television and Film, including portraying the Ballet Teacher in the movie Center Stage. A graduate of the University of Minnesota, Alexandra has had extensive training in ballet, tap and theatre jazz. With her diverse background, we are pleased to have Alexandra part of our faculty. Eric Samson (Hip-Hop) - Eric is a Hip-Hop/Street funk teacher and dancer. He performed at Dance Jam 1999 in the New Jersey Performing Arts Center with Tom McKie. He performed and choreographed for NYC dance company, P-Funk in 2000 and 2001. He also performed in the Best of Broadway Dance Center Showcase in Rapsodys number in 2001. He returned to dance for Sharlene Adrias’s piece for the Best of Broadway Dance Center Showcase in 2002. He has taught various Hip-Hop/Street Funk classes in New Jersey and New York City. Jennifer Zizza Taddei (Jazz, Lyrical) - An alumnus dancer of Center Stage, Jennifer received a BFA in dance from Mason Gross School of the Arts at Rutgers University and has continued her training in New York City at Alvin Ailey American Dance Center, Broadway Dance Center and Steps. Her credits include performing in a music video on VH1, choreographing a Dairy Queen commercial, and performing all over the Tri-State area. Jennifer is the recipient of the prestigious Turner Choreography award and was the winner of an invitation to perform at ACDFA's national dance concert at the Kennedy Center in Washington, D.C. for her choreography. Julie Thick (Tap) - Julie is co-owner/producer, with her husband, Bob of the Off Broadstreet Theatre. She has choreographed over 60 musicals for the dessert theatre in Hopewell. Julie is a member of the DEA and PDTA dance associations. She has taught in NYC at the Ed Sullivan Theatre and the Broadway Dance Center. She has worked at Center Stage since 1980 teaching Tap, Jazz, and Tumbling. She has studied with many teachers including Luigi and Frank Hatchett. As a performer, she worked with Gregory Hines and Mercedes Ellington in an open Tap company and with Luigi's Jazz. She was the NJAIAN State Collegiate All Around Champion in Gymnastics. Stephen Waldrup (Acting) - Stephen also teaches acting at the T. Schreiber Studio in New York City. As a performer, he appeared at the New Jersey Shakespeare Festival in "A Man for All Seasons, " "The Sunshine Boys", and Shakespeare's "Henry VIII", "Othello", "The Merry Wives of Windsor", and "The Merchant of Venice". In New York, he appeared recently in "An Ideal Husband", "Once in a Lifetime", "Ambrosio" and "I Am A Camera" at the T. Schreiber Studio, "On the Road to Holeness" at Theatre for the New City, "Dogg's Hamlet/Cahoot's Macbeth" with the 1010 Players, "The Bald Soprano" and "The Wailing Wall" with the Farrington Company and at the American Theatre of Actors. Recently, Stephen directed productions of "Four Dogs and a Bone" and "Birdbath" in Manhattan. George Warren - (Artistic Director) - Mr. Warren's union affiliations are Actors Equity, Screen Actors Guild, Dance Educators of America, and the International Tap Association. He is a noted New York teacher and performer whose students have appeared on Broadway and in National and International tours of "Cats", "Phantom of the Opera", "Footloose", "Tommy", "Showboat", "Guys and Dolls", "Les Miserables", "Carousel", "A Chorus Line", at Radio City Music Hall, and in many movies and television shows. His last professional performing appearance was the national tour of the Broadway musical "Whoopee" with Imogene Coca and Mamie Van Doren. George has been teaching in Central Jersey for 25 years and is very proud of his Center Stage family. Jason Warley (Jazz) - Jason trained at Lehman College in NYC, Alvin Ailey American Dance Center, and Broadway Dance Center. He was the recipient of the Harkness Choreographer's Space Grant at SUNY Purchase. He choreographed and performed in world tours with performing artists Shannon and LeClick, where he opened for such artists as Back Street Boys and EnVogue. He was featured with the students of the Joffrey Ballet School in "The Unbreakable Bond." Last summer he taught workshops in conjunction with "Masahi Action Machine of Japan." He is a member of Peter Pucci Plus Dancers, with whom he just completed a promotional world tour for IBM. He is also on the faculty of Broadway Dance Center. Xander Weinman (Tap) - Xander is a graduate of the C.A.T.S., Hoofer's Club and Tap C.A.T.S. companies of Center Stage, where he studied the performing arts from the age of 3. He has performed in Battery Park in New York City, at MGM Studios in Orlando, Florida, in Las Vegas, Nevada, Pennsylvania, and in countless theatres throughout New Jersey including: the State Theater in New Brunswick, the Count Basie Theatre in Red Bank and Middlesex County College. He has also been seen dancing on ESPN2 national television. Xander continues to study in New York City. As a tap dancer, his major inspirations are (among others): George Warren, Savion Glover, Barbara Duffy (and Company), Brenda Buffalino, Lyn Schwab, Mike Schulster and Derek Grant.
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