Allie Greene has over fifteen years of performance and teaching experience in movement-related disciplines.  Her teaching philosophy is based on her belief that the dance class environment teaches much needed life skills such as self discipline, focus, respect, problem solving and team work. She strives to provide that in a creative, exciting and self empowering environment. She truly believes that dancing can be a powerful tool for learning and self discovery for "every - body".

She has taught creative movement, ballet, pointe, contemporary dance, and is certified in the STOTT PILATES method.   She has worked for Western Psychiatric institute and Clinic as a therapist working with children with autism and at risk youth. During those years she also created and instructed CLIMB (Creative Learning In Moving Bodies), a program of creative movement therapy for children with special needs. 

She received her ballet training at Pittsburgh Ballet Theatre School, North Carolina School of the Arts, Chautauqua Summer Dance, and Cleveland School of Ballet.  She graduated summa cum laude from La Roche College with her Bachelor of Arts in sociology and performing arts. She has performed with Pittsburgh Ballet Theater, Cleveland San Jose Ballet, Tom Downing, Gia Cacalano, and Pennsylvania Dance Theater She received her Pilates certification through  the Pilates Studio of Central Ohio in Columbus, OH and is the owner/instructor of the Pittsburgh Pilates studio at the Wexford Dance Academy. She has performed with Pittsburgh Ballet Theatre, Cleveland San Jose Ballet, Tom Downing, Gia Cacalano, and  Pennsylvania Dance Theatre. She has been a guest artist with the Buffalo City Ballet and the  University of Tennessee Martin Dance Dept. She is an instructor and outreach artist for the Dance Alloy Theater and is an adjunct faculty member at Chatham University in the Theater/Dance dept. As a  member of Pittsburgh's LABCO Dance she has had the opportunity to work with Sarah Skaggs, Miguel Gutierrez, Pavel Zustiak, Mark Taylor, Jennifer Keller, Teena Custer, and Kyle Abraham and Andre Koslowski. She has also been involved in a number of collaborative performances with other Pittsburgh artists.

David Alan Cook began dancing in Montgomery, Alabama under the direction of Duane Dishion.  Mr. Cook went on to study in Birmingham at The Alabama School of Fine Arts with Thor Sutowski and Dame Sonia Arova.  He continued his training in New York with The American Ballet Theatre School, The American Center for The Joffrey Ballet, and The School of American Ballet for The New York City Ballet.

Mr. Cook has danced professionally with The Cleveland-San Jose Ballet, The Nashville Ballet, The Pennsylvania Ballet, and The Atlanta Ballet companies.  His repertoire includes leading roles in Balanchine's "Meloncholic" from "The Four Temperaments", and the Grand Pas de Deux from "Stars and Stripes."  Mr. Cook's professional experience was highlighted performing Balanchine's "Allegro Brillante" with New York City Ballet's Sean Lavery and Heather Watts, dancing the principal roles, as well as performing with Rudolph Nureyev in The Cleveland-San Jose Ballet's production of Flemming Flindt's "The Overcoat" and Dennis Nahat's Copelia; touring Ireland, The Edinburgh Festival in Scotland and throughout the United States.

Mr. Cook continued his career in The Netherlands, as a classical ballet teacher for the Department of The Hogeschool voor de Kunsten in Amsterdam and as guest company teacher for Introdans, a Dutch repertoire ballet company in Arnhem.  He later became company classical teacher and eventually ballet master for Djazzex, a modern jazz dance company in Den Haag.  He was honored for staging performances for The World Expo in Seville, Spain, The Palermo Festival in Italy, and also while on tour throughout The Netherlands, Germany, and Belgium.

Born in Pittsburgh, Pa, Lindy Mandradjieff received the majority of her training at School of American Ballet (SAB), the official school of New York City Ballet. Lindy began her professional career with the San Francisco Ballet, and in June of 2001, she joined the New York City Ballet.  While at the New York City Ballet, Ms. Mandradjieff danced featured roles in David Allan's Reunions; George Balanchine's Coppélia (Waltz), George Balanchine's The Nutcracker (Marzipan and Dolls), Raymonda Variations, La Sonnambula, and Walpurgisnacht Ballet; Peter Martins' Eight Easy Pieces, The Sleeping Beauty (Eloquence and Ruby), and Swan Lake (Pas de Trois and Pas de Quatre); Jerome Robbins' Interplay; Richard Tanner's Soirée; Helgi Tomasson's Prism; and Christopher Wheeldon's Mercurial Manoeuvres and Polyphonia. She also originated a featured role in Peter Martins' Viva Verdi and corps roles in Melissa Barak's Telemann Overture Suite in E Minor, Susan Stroman's Double Feature, and Christopher Wheeldon's Carnival of the Animals. In 2002, Ms. Mandradjieff appeared in the nationally televised Live From Lincoln Center broadcast New York City Ballet's Diamond Project: Ten Years of New Choreography on PBS, dancing in Mercurial Manoeuvres.

Megan Trambley trained with the Lake Erie Ballet School, under the direction of Sharon Filone, and at the Pittsburgh Ballet Theatre School.  She danced in the Corps de Ballet with the Pittsburgh Ballet Theatre for six seasons where she performed such roles as the Spring Fairy in Ben Stevenson's Cinderella and the Sugar Plum Fairy in The Nutcracker.  She also enjoyed doing more contemporary works, such as The Rite of Spring and Kevin O'Day's STING/ing Situations.  Megan is returning for her third year teaching at Erie Dance Conservatory, and has been a guest faculty member at Central Pennsylvania Youth Ballet's summer intensive program for the past two years.

Christopher Bandy began his professional career with American Repertory Ballet in 1997, where for eight years he performed in a legion of works encompassing a broad spectrum of dance styles.  He came to Pittsburgh in 2004 to be closer to the woman who is now his wife, Mollie.  Soon after arriving he began an action-packed 4-year stint with Pittsburgh Ballet Theatre, where he became acquainted with such classical standards as Swan Lake and Sleeping Beauty and developed a penchant for character roles.  Mr. Bandy also choreographed two original works for PBT, Charmed Life and The Clothes Make the Man.  He continues to make waves locally as a member of Dance Alloy Theater, which he joined in 2008.  During the summer months, Christopher dances with Terpsicorps Theatre of Dance in Asheville, NC, where he will return in 2009 for his sixth season.  He is also an avid organic gardener and proud father of his daughter Amelia, who will be two in October.

Michael Greer is a 2005 graduate of Point Park University with a BFA in Musical Theatre.  In addition to teaching acting, dance, and musical theatre at a number of studios, Michael has performed with most of the major theaters in Pittsburgh as well as regional theaters throughout the country.  Favorite roles include West Side Story (Riff), Footloose (Willard), Beauty & the Beast (Gaston) with Pittsburgh Musical Theater, The Full Monty (Keno) & A Musical Christmas Carol (Topper) with Pittsburgh CLO, and Jesus Christ Superstar (ensemble) with Kansas City Starlight Theatre. 

Mansur Kamaletdinov was born in Ufa, Russia.  As a child he was selected to attend the Leningrad Choreographic Institute, which is now known as the Vaganova Ballet Academy.  Mansur studied directly with Aggripina Vaganova as well as other illustrious and legendary teachers and choreographers.  One of Mansur's teachers was Alexander Shirayev, assistant to Marius Petipa, and the codifier of Character Dance.

While at the Vaganova, Mansur had a feature role in the film "The Ballet Dancer."  Shortly afterwards, upon personal invitation of Vakhtang Chabukiani, often considered the greatest male dancer of the 20th century, Mansur joined the Tbilisi Ballet and Opera Theatre as Principal Dancer and Teacher. In 1951, the Bolshoi Ballet Company and School invited Mansur to join as Principal Dancer, Ballet Master and Teacher. He later became Acting Artistic Director.
After his retirement from dancing and return to the USSR, Mansur choreographed numerous ballets for the Bolshoi's international tours. In 1969, Mansur won the USSR National Choreography Competition for his original ballet, "Russian Souvenir". Many of Mansur's students at the Bolshoi Ballet School became stars of the major Russian ballet companies.
Mansur came to the United States in 1977 and began work as a teacher at the Joffrey Ballet Company and School. He has taught, coached and choreographed at the American Ballet Theater, Boston Ballet, New York City Ballet, Metropolitan Opera Company, Richmond Ballet, The Julliard School, Hartford Ballet, Briansky Saratoga Ballet, Indianapolis Ballet, Houston Ballet and many others. Many of Mansur's American students have embarked on distinguished careers as dancers and teachers, including Wexford Dance Academy owner Elizabeth Calkin Karas.

Mansur's mission is to preserve and pass on the legacy of Classical and Character Dance: unique and vanishing art forms that can only be kept alive through the passing on of this knowledge to dedicated dancers. With over sixty years of experience, Mansur is a lifeline from the origins of this art form to today's passionate student.