Ms. Teresa Uscanga-Rwizi was born and raised in Veracruz, Mexico where she began taking music and dance classes at a early age. She moved to Los Angeles, CA in 1993 and graduated from California State University, Los Angeles in June 2000 with a degree in Theater Arts and Dance. She is a founding member of Grandeza Mexicana Folk Ballet Company and currently works as the Assistant to the Executive Director of the Charles and Harriet Luckman Fine Arts Complex.

Sarah’s enthusiasm, humoristic approach, and artistic versatility have earned her a reputable career as a performer, educator, advocate and choreographer (AGMA) in concert dance, opera, theatre, and film productions. She has created over 40 dances for the concert stage, many through her tenure as artistic director for Milwaukee-based non-profit Danceworks, Inc. A recent L.A. transplant, Sarah brings a decade of experience as a dance educator offering technique and creative dance experiences that serve a variety of populations. She recently won a 2008 Bessie Schonberg Choreography Residency at The Yard in Massachusetts, for her community-based choreographic initiative: The Wide Sky Dance Project.

Sloan is from Detroit where she was a member of the Harbinger Dance Company. She lived in New York City for ten years and was an apprentice dancer with the Alvin Ailey American Dance Theatre. While in New York she taught at New York University, Rod Rodgers Dance Studio, Stepps, and the Latin American Dance Theatre. Sloan has been in Los Angeles twenty two years and has been a dance instructor choreographer for numerous schools and projects including Music LA Summer Programs, Harambee Camp, Westwood Performing Arts Camp, and the City Ballet of Los Angeles dance outreach in the Inglewood Unified School District. She is also a professional actress with numerous stage and television credits.

Blaire has been a performer on stage and in over 50 films and television shows for the past 20 years. Even longer has she been a practitioner of yoga. Four years ago, she transformed her personal passion for this ancient science into a teaching certificate so that she may pass it on to young people. A Certified Youth Arts Professional with the Los Angeles Shakespeare Festival's YAPTI program, Miss Baron Larsen specializes all her programs toward inner city youth ages 6-14. In her classes, the children participate in an opening talk, then receive a vigorous yoga set with deep relaxation at the end.