Lena Revutska
Lena comes to the
Academy with more than 20 years of stage dance experience and 8 years of
instructional dance in pre- through advanced ballet. Her work includes
extensive choreography and character dance, performing with the Ensemble Army in
Dresden Germany and the State Academic Ensemble in Krasnodar, Russia. Most
recently, Lena served as the ballet and character instructor of the Chicago
multi-cultural dance center home of Bryant Ballet in Chicago. Lena also served
as an instructor at the Kids State Theater of Music and Ballet in Kiev, Ukraine.
Teaching music style interpretive body movement, theatrics and season-end show
choreography. Lena's education includes the State Choreography School in
Krasnoyarsk, Russia and Artist of the Ballet 1972 - 1980 Certification in
Dance.
Ivette Roque
Ivette is a native of Puerto Rico and has been teaching
for the past 8 years. Ivette has taught dance at the Kenosha and Waukegan Public
Schools and has had the pleasure of dancing with Latin dance greats, Oscar
D'Leon, Micky Tavera and Eddie Santiago. Ivette has also taught other forms of
Latin Dance in the Miami area, with classes geared to the exercise benefits of
dance, and also classes learning the technique and beauty of Latin Dance.
Ivette's love of life and dance shine through in her teaching
style.
Jerry Sullivan
Jerry has been drumming
for 30 plus years and teaching for the past 10. He has played in several bands
throughout the Chicago/Milwaukee area. Jerry has studied with drum circle
pioneer Arthur Hull and African drumming teacher John Yost. He has facilitated
many drumming events in the Chicagoland area including Dandelion Wine Fine Arts Festival,
Taste of Lake County, corporate drumming events at Abbott Labs, Boys & Girls
Club of Lake County, Rhythm Revolution Drum Circles in Chicago and Family
Drumming at Rhythm Academy. Jerry brings his sense of family and community to
his style of teaching.