Master Classes

Nikki Sell

Modern, Lyrical

Nicole Sell grew up in Scottsbluff, Nebraska, where she started dancing at the local studio at the age of three. As a teen, she spent her summers studying dance at the Ballet/Aspen program in Colorado and at the Dupree Studios in Los Angeles. She completed her high school years at the Idyllwild School of Music and Performing Arts in California and graduated Valedictorian of her class. She then studied at The Boston Conservatory, earning a BFA in Dance and graduating Summa Cum Laude and Salutatorian of her class. Miss Sell has performed regionally and internationally with Prometheus Dance, ACE Entertainment, Impulse, and Boston Dance Company, and has also danced a leading role in an industrial video for Spalding sports equipment and a TV commercial for W.B. Mason, for which she was also the choreographer. She is currently on faculty at the Jeannette Neill Dance Studio, Boston Youth Moves, Walnut Hill School, and The Boston Conservatory.

Roseann Ridings

Ballet

Under the artistic direction of E. Virginia Williams, Ms. Ridings became a member of the Boston Ballet Company. She later danced with the Copley Square Ballet and has performed as a guest artist throughout New England. Her teaching experience includes: Ballet Theatre of Boston,  Classical Ballet of Boston,  Dean Junior College and the prestigious Chautaugua Institution in New York.

She is a former director of the Cambridge Ballet Center and is currently teaching at the Dance Complex in Cambridge, Mass. and the Lexington School of Ballet, Ballet New England, Donna Coco’s Performance Plus, as well as judging several national dance competitions.

Elizabeth Goulet

Hip Hop

Elizabeth studied, performed and taught in Washington, DC for six years. As a graduate of the George Washington University (GWU) with a degree in marketing and dance, she began her hip-hop training with Culture Shock DC, one of the hottest professional hip-hop dance troupes in the US. She’s performed for Maya Angelou and danced in the East Coast College Competition featuring the Jabbawockeez. Luam, Nick Bass of Michael Jackson’s Tour, Jacquel choreographer of the single ladies video, Kevin Maher are a few of many amazing choreographers she has learned from.

Over the years she has studied ballet, jazz, modern, clogging and hip-hop. She has shared her passion while teaching hip-hop, creative movement and ballet at the Metropolitan Fine Arts Center, A Dream in Color Dance, the YMCA, DC metro outreach programs and many studios in Southern Maine. She is blessed to be teaching her 4th year at Casco Bay Movers in Portland, ME.

Ryan P. Casey

Tap

Inspired by Savion Glover’s appearances on Sesame Street, youngARTS award winner Ryan P. Casey began his dance training at the age of five at The Dance Inn in Lexington, MA, under the tutelage of Thelma Goldberg and Kelly Kaleta. As a member of the Legacy Dance Company, he was profoundly inspired by the Jump Rhythm Jazz/Tap technique of Billy Siegenfeld and Jeannie Hill. He served as Dance Captain of the New England Tap Ensemble, directed by Riverdance alumnus Aaron Tolson, and appeared on an episode of the sixth season of So You Think You Can Dance. Ryan is now a member of Michelle Dorrance’s tap company, Dorrance Dance, in New York City, and has been cast in Derick Grant’s upcoming show, Construction Ahead. His current projects fuse dance with spoken word poetry, which he has performed in the U.S. and Canada. He continues to teach throughout the east coast and is committed to inculcating in his students the three tenets of dance he learned from his mentor, Thelma Goldberg: keep dance alive in the community, share the joy of dance with others, and be the best dancer that you can be. He is also a proud alumnus of The School at Jacob’s Pillow.

Dee Keri-Mattox

Musical Theater