Staff
David Wes Sadowsky
Director of Educational Programming
David Wes Sadowsky joined American Repertory Ballet & Princeton Ballet School as Director of Educational Programming in September of 2010. David is involved throughout the field by seating on the Advisory Board of Brian Brooks Moving Company and the Emerging Leader Task Force of Dance/USA as well as consulting through his own company, Consulting Cat.
David, who has over 10 years of experience in Arts Administration, started his career as Artistic Director of David Wes Dance where his show was named “Must See Dance” by the Boston Metro and “Dance Pick of the Week” by the Boston Globe. Since then he has been the Director of Administration for Elisa Monte Dance, served on the Youth Advisory Council of Dance/NYC and the Technology and Communications Committee of Emerging Leaders of New York Arts.
David looks forward to fulfilling ARB’s commitment to create a dance literate community. He believes that arts education is key to rebuilding art audiences in the US. He can be reached at dsadowsky@arballet.org or by phone at 732.249.1254 x19.
Kathleen
Smith
DANCE POWER Coordinator | Teaching Artist DANCE POWER I and II
KATHLEEN SMITH has been teaching in ARB's DANCE POWER program since 2005. A graduate of Princeton Ballet School Professional Training Program, Kathleen has also studied dance at the Joffrey Ballet School in New York City. Performance work highlights include the evil fairy Carabosse in Princeton Ballet School's production of Sleeping Beauty in 2003, numerous appearances in Nutcracker and with Susan Tenney and Dancers, and as the Spirit of Mary in A Jazz Nativity choreographed by Bat Abbit.
Ms. Smith has been teaching and choreographing clogging for the past eleven years with her group, The Century Cloggers. She has been teaching for Princeton Ballet School since 2003. This summer, Ms. Smith also taught dance for the George Street Playhouse’s 2010 Summer Theater Academy.
Alexis Branagan
Marketing and Development Associate | Teaching Artist , DANCE POWER
Alexis Branagan joined American Repertory Ballet in 2011. She earned her degree in English and a Certificate in Dance at Princeton University while taking classes at Princeton Ballet School and attending ARB performances. She has an extensive ballet background, having trained intensively from a young age and attending summer programs at the Kirov Academy, ABT, Kaatsbaan and the Juilliard School.
As Founding Artistic Director of Princeton University Ballet (2008), Alexis created an outlet for classical and contemporary ballet performance for highly trained undergraduate dancers at Princeton. With this venture, Alexis became increasingly interested and adept in the administration of a ballet company, overseeing and coordinating artistic, marketing, and fundraising acitivities. In 2009, Alexis worked as Company Management Intern at Rebecca Davis Dance Company and interned the following summer at Pointe magazine.
Through the Program in Dance at Princeton University's Lewis Center for the Arts, Alexis studied and wrote about ballet, contemporary, and modern dance technique, repertory, and theory. In 2011, she created and performed in an original contemporary ballet, With Awaken'd Eyes. This was the Program in Dance's first ballet Senior Thesis Production and earned Alexis the Outstanding Senior Creative Thesis Award.
Now, alongside her work for ARB, Alexis is a contributing writer for MacFadden Performing Arts Media (publisher of Pointe and Dance Magazine) and teaches ballet.
Lindsay Cahill
Teaching Artist, DANCE POWER
Lindsay Cahill has been teaching for over 10 years at First Position School of Dance. She has a strong and patient teaching style that encourages every student to excel. As a graduate of Rutgers University, her training includes all areas of dance and gymnastics. Ms. Cahill is known for her creative lyrical and jazz choreography and has coached many dancers to earn top scores, titles, scholarships, and special awards including Top Junior Soloist. She also heads up the Scarlettes Workshop Program at First Position School of Dance. Her other credits include MVP of the 2003 and 2004 seasons for the Rutgers University Dance Team, modeling for Capezio dance apparel, while also appearing in a music video and choreographing musical productions for Bishop George Ahr High School.
Angela Cusumano
Teaching Artist DANCE POWER I and II
ANGELA CUSUMANO started dancing at the age of five in Brooklyn, NY and has studied under some of the biggest choreographers in the industry such as: Wade Robson, Tyce Diorio, Gil Duldulao, Savion Glover, Laurie Ann Gibson, Brian Friedman, Mia Michaels, Cris Judd, Geo Hubela, Frank Hatchett & Dave Scott. Theater credits include: The King and I, Cabaret, Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat, Sweet Charity, Crazy for You and West Side Story. She's toured nationally and internationally as a backup dancer for the group "Who Da Funk" for their #1 radio hit, "Shiny Disco Balls." Performances at Six Flags Great Adventure include "The World of Magic", "Spirit of the Tiger", "Industrial Movement" and "Dead Man's Party.” She was also a member of the "alternative jazz" based company, "Push Factor Dance Company" in Astoria, NY, as well as the hip hop based company, "Iconic" in Englishtown, NJ. She served as the hip hop instructor of Push Factor's National Convention, "DanzJam". Other performances include Britney Spears impersonation work for corporate events throughout NY, NJ & CT, "Tubway's In Living Color Fly Girl Tribute" at Mr. Black's Den, KTU's Beatstock, "Fashionably Yours Fashion Show", and numerous studio performances throughout NY and NJ. Angela has also worked on set as a performer and off set as a choreographer on numerous music videos. She has worked with "VENOM Dance Crew" based out of Brooklyn, NY and was featured on Paula Abdul's hit TV show, "Live To Dance." The show aired on CBS in January 2011.
Erika Mero
Teaching Artist, DANCE POWER
ERIKA MERO began her dance training at Princeton Ballet School. As a dancer in the Professional Training Program, she studied with Elisabeth Carroll, Septime Webre, Maria Youskevitch, and Mary Pat Robertson. Ms. Mero was a member of Princeton Ballet II, a pre-professional company of the school where she performed works by Sherry Alban. Later as a dancer in ARB Workshop, Ms. Mero appeared in the premiere of Graham Lustig’s Standstill as well as the ballerina role of Swanhilda in Coppelia. During these years, she attended The Juilliard School’s summer program. In 2006, Ms. Mero graduated Cum Laude with a BFA in Dance Performance from SUNY Purchase. After graduation, Ms. Mero continued teaching at Princeton Ballet School, where she had started in 2003. Recent performance work includes two season’s with Stuart Loungway’s Terra Firma Dance Theatre, several opera productions with Opera New Jersey and as a featured dancer/choreographer in Capriccio at the Academy of Vocal Arts in Philadelphia. Ms. Mero is an ABT® certified teacher, who has successfully completed the ABT® National Training Curriculum. She has also been on the faculty of ABT’s Young Dancer Summer Workshop for two summers. In May 2010, Erika graduated with an MA in Dance Education with a concentration in ABT Ballet Pedagogy from New York University.
Danielle Mondi
Teaching Artist, DANCE POWER
Danielle Mondi is a graduate of Mason Gross School of the Arts, Rutgers University receiving a BFA in Dance. She is currently a member of JKing Dance Company in NYC since 2011 and works with Marie Alonzo in Princeton, NJ. She has had the opportunity to perform at Theaters in NYC such as, the Ailey Citigroup Theater, 92nd Street Y, and Greenspace. Besides performing, her ultimate dream is teaching children of all ages the art of Dance. She is a teacher at several studios in New Jersey as well as the choreographer for New Jersey’s Repertory Theater (NJRT) , a Community Theater group for ages seven to seventeen. “Never Give Up, Keep Pursuing Your Dreams.”
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