GUEST ARTISTS AT ADC
Brandon Cournay is originally from Walled Lake, MI, and received his BFA from The Juilliard School. Currently, he is performing with the Mark Morris Dance Group.
STAGE: Radio City Christmas Spectacular, The Metropolitan Opera Ballet, New York Theatre Ballet, Morphoses, and KEIGWIN + COMPANY as a Dancer, Rehearsal Director, Managing Director.
FILM/TV: PBS’ Great Performances,Musical Chairs (HBO), Puma, Sesame Street, Target.
In addition, he has assisted numerous choreographers such as Larry Kiegwin, Josh Prince, Cherice Barton, and Chase Brock on creative projects in theatre, film, and dance.
He is an award-winning choreographer and a sought after guest teacher by studios, universities, and companies nationwide. Brandon has worked with The Pennsylvania Ballet, The Juilliard School, Whim W’Him, Montclair University, Marymount Manhattan College, Rutgers University,Barnard College, and Southeast Missouri State University.
Brandon is the Executive Artistic Director ofDance Device Lab.
Ryan Redmond grew up in Boynton Beach Florida where he started dancing at the age of 11 at Bak Middle School of the Arts in West Palm Beach. Not long after, he joined Southern Dance Theatre to expand his dance knowledge and then went on to attend and graduate from Dreyfoos School of the Arts. After High School he would attend The Juilliard School in NYC where he earned his BFA in dance. Upon graduation Ryan joined Trey McIntyre Project, a contemporary ballet company where they toured the world performing the choreography of Trey McIntyre. After spending two years there, he then joined Rasta Thomas‘ Rock the Ballet under director Adrienne Canterna Martinez. Ryan has also appeared in lead roles with Company XIV and continues to dance at the Metropolitan Opera. You can catch him in the new Hulu series 'Up Here' choreographed by Sonya Tayeh.
Geheny Rivera has over a decade of experience teaching various styles of dance at the recreational and competitive level. A New Jersey native, she graduated from Montclair State University, where she received her B.A. in Psychology with a specialization in Child Advocacy. She has taught at the Broadway Dance Center Children and Teen Program since 2013 and is now a faculty member for both children and adults. She has trained with choreographers such as
, Jessica Castro, and Rhapsody James, and completed a mentorship with Dana FogliaDance Company in Los Angeles. Most recently, she judged and taught for Main Stage Dance Convention and choreographed work for United By Dance in Sioux City, Iowa.
Lynda Senisi, is a freelance dance artist and Director of Triple Threat Performing Arts Company, a highly respected dance studio in Brooklyn, NY. She graduated Cum Laude from Marymount Manhattan College with a B.F.A in Dance with the Gold Key for Excellence.
Lynda performed on the 1st National Broadway Tour of Fiddler on the Roof, directed by Bartlett Sher and choreographed by Hofesh Shechter. She has danced for many artists in both the U.S. and Europe including Doug Varone and Dancers, TAKE Dance, Nathan Trice, the DASH Ensemble, the Kuperman Brothers, Bennyroyce Royon, Broadway Asia.. and more! Lynda has been instrumental in restaging the work of both Bennyroyce Royon and Nicholas Andre Dance at Princeton University Ballet, Bucknell University, Delaware Dance Company, and has taught for them throughout the tri-state area, in Denver, and in Oklahoma City.
She taught on behalf of Doug Varone at Purchase College and has taught overseas in Sweden at Viksjoforsballaten and organized a residency exchange program with Viksjoforsballaten where 9 Swedish pre-professional students visited her dance studio Triple Threat for a 1-week intensive residency and collaborative performance.
Kristen is a lifelong dancer, coach, and choreographer with a strong foundation in competitive dance. A graduate of Central Connecticut State University with a degree in Communications and a minor in Dance, she was a four-year member and captain of both her high school and college dance teams. Kristen performed professionally with the WNBA’s Connecticut Sun and NLL’s Black Wolves. She has coached and choreographed for teams and studios across Connecticut and Florida. Kristen is going into her third season as head coach of the UConn Dance Team and is the Founder/Director of Rise Dance & Training
