Talent, Presenter, Model and Commercial Actor

Kristin Bauer-Gross is an actor, commercial model, speaker and model coach. She is based in the beautiful Finger Lakes Region in upstate NY but travels extensively. Kristin has aired in over a 100 commercials and have been published in many magazines and catalogs, walked in 100+ fashion shows, featured in dozens of tv shows and…

Hana Ginsburg Tirosh holds a BA in Education Policy from Princeton University and an MFA in Dance Performance and Teaching from Purchase College, SUNY. Currently a member of Ariel Rivka Dance, Matthew Westerby Company, Valerie Green/Dance Entropy, and Kaleidoscope Dance Theatre, she has also performed with Mark Dendy Dancetheater, Kazuko Hirabayashi Dance Theater, Riedel Dance…

European Liaison

Lorienne Beals is an accomplished international performer and educator. Having trained at Purchase Conservatory of Dance, Studio Harmonique in Paris, and the New York Institute of Dance & Education, Lorienne has performed and taught internationally for more than fifteen years. She has been the VP of Operations for the New York Institute of Dance and Education, core faculty…

National Director

Kierstyn Zaykoski is National Director for the New York Institute of Dance & Education, Reaching for Higher Ground Consulting, and part of the Executive Implementation team for Global Initiatives. She is an Executive Coach and Organizational Health Manager Nationally, guiding clients to solutions that set trends and answer necessary questions. Kierstyn has a diverse experience…

Vice President

Devon McLeod is a business minded, Marketing & Consulting executive who holds a Bachelor of Science in Business from New York University Stern School of Business. She is a Martin Luther King Jr. Scholar from NYU, President’s Service Award Winner, and John Stevenson Leadership and Community Building Award recipient. Her expertise lies in master organizational…

Director of Services

Jerami Kipp, is Director of Services of the New York Institute of Dance and Education and the New York Dance Festival, holds a Bachelors of Fine Arts from the State University of New York at Purchase, and is a founding choreographer for the Sean McLeod Dance Experience debut in Basingstoke, England.   After years of…

President & CEO

Sean McLeod is an Executive Producer, Award Winning Businessman, and American Choreographer whose work spans more than 30 years and 3 continents including New York City, across the US; internationally to the West Indies, the Caribbean, Europe, and Africa.  Sean is founder of Reaching for Higher Ground Consulting, President of Kaleidoscope Dance Theatre, and is…