LAMBARRI DANCE ARTS

FACULTY

Alexa has been a dance educator for over a decade, advocating for "smart" dance training. Alexa graduated magna cum laude from Rutgers University Mason Gross School of the Arts 2014 with a B.F.A. in Dance and received the University Dance Works Scholarship & Dance Express Choreography Award. Alexa is a Relative Motion Master Teacher, a NASM Certified Personal Trainer with Corrective Exercise, Youth Exercise, & Performance Enhancement Specialties & is certified in Progressing Ballet Technique (Level 3), Progressing Contemporary Technique & is T Spheres Certified Teacher. Her students have gone on to perform in the National Tour of Matilda, the North American Tour of Mean Girls and attend Boston Conservatory, UArts, Mason Gross School of the Arts, Montclair State, Alvin Ailey and more! Alexa has worked with Larry Keigwin, Brian Brooks, Julia Ritter, Ginger Thatcher, Pamela Levy, Stefanie Batten Bland, & Sidra Bella & performed at The Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts (Washington D.C.). As a member of Zella Dance Company, Alexa performed across the United States & she toured internationally with the production Uma Saudação à Whitney Houston. In 2017 Alexa founded Lambarri Dance Arts, in memory of her grandmother Nilda Lambarri who passed from Dementia, to provide a space for young dancers to grow as artists while developing their technique incorporating functional methods to train in "smart" and more efficient ways. 

ALEXA

Marlon Santana is a professional teaching artist, dancer and creative from Elizabeth, NJ. After being self-taught for many years, he began his formal training at the age of 19 studying Hip Hop, Commercial Jazz and Contemporary Fusion. His credentials include: BTS, “The Soul Spot” Directed and Choreographed by Candace Brown, Carnival NYC, Club Jeté in LA, Sybarite and many more. Past dance companies: Motus, Royal Thieves, Kreativ Mndz, and Enigma Dance Collective. For the last few years, his main focus has been towards teaching and bettering the NY/NJ community in studios such as Broadway Dance Center, Peridance Capezio Center and Brickhouse NYC. Marlon is looking forward to more opportunities facilitating safe environments where people can grow in ways they never thought possible.

MARLON

New York based artist, Canyon Carroll was born in Roanoke, Virginia. Canyon was awarded their BFA in performance arts in the spring of 2022 at The University of the Arts under the direction of Donna Faye Burchfield. During their time as a student, they had the opportunity to work with and perform in works by Robert Battle, Annie Rigney, Sidra Bell, Doug Verone and other world renowned artists and faculty. Following graduation, Canyon was invited to the Centre of National Danse in Paris, France to perform and collaborate a work under the direction of Niall Jones and most recently joined Gallim Dance Company In Brooklyn, New York under the direction of Andrea Miller and Sheer Spectacle under the direction of Lily Mello and Kali Petrizzo. 

CANYON

Ashley Agrusa has been dancing for 20+ years. She is originally from Michigan, where she trained at Deborah’s Stage Door on their competitive team. She is trained in jazz, tap, ballet, acro, musical theatre, hip hop, lyrical, and contemporary! She is a proud graduate of Cap 21 Conservatory at Molloy University with a BFA in Musical Theatre. Her professionally career has lead her to perform shows including The National Tour of My Fair Lady as assistant dance captain, Anything Goes (PCLO) Beauty and the Beast and School of Rock (Tuacahn), Catch Me If You Can (The REV) and many more! One of Ashley’s passions in life is to spread knowledge and help foster the next generation of artists! 

ASHLEY

Originally from Biloxi, MS, Jarred Bosch is a New York based dancer and choreographer. He received his BFA from Marymount Manhattan College, where he performed the works of Dwight Rhoden, Aszure Barton, Paul Taylor, and Emory LeCrone to name a few. 

Since graduation, he has performed throughout Europe, China, Canada and the United States. Most notably he was a company member with Carolyn Dorfman Dance, a featured dancer in Square Productions film “Exit12: Moved by War” and a performer at the Yang Li Ping International Dance Festival in Beijing. He's also worked with many New York artists such as Mike Esperanza, Destini Rogers and LaneCoArts, and spent summers studying with Parsons Dance, Springboard Danse Montreal, and Nederlands Dans Theater. Bosch is a guest teaching artist for many studios, universities and intensives around the US including Peridance Capezio Center, the Destro Experience, and Physique 57. Bosch’s choreography has been presented at the Young Choreographers Festival and the Bryant Park Contemporary Dance Series. 

JARRED

Melanie, through over a decade of teaching, continues to put technique first and continue her own education to provide science-based, proven training to all of her students. Melanie is a graduate of Mason Gross School of the Arts at Rutgers University in 2016 with a B.F.A. in Dance, cum laude, and was a recipient of the prestigious James Dickson Carr Scholarship. She has worked with choreographers Jessica Lang, Nick Bruder, Kate Weare, Jennifer Freeman, Kim Gibilisco, Keith Thompson, Pamela Levy, Doug Elkins, and Julia Ritter. As a member of the Movement Playground she has performed at the John F. Kennedy Center (Washington D.C.), Jacob’s Pillow, and other note-worthy NYC venues. Melanie is a Relative Motion Master Teacher, T Spheres Certified Teacher and is certified in Alixa Flexibility (Level 3), Progressing Ballet Technique Level 3 (PBT), & Flexistretcher (Advanced). Melanie is the co-Owner of Lambarri Dance Arts which was founded in memory of her grandmother Nilda Lambarri who passed from Dementia to provide a space for young dancers to grow as artists while developing their technique incorporating functional methods to train in "smart" and more efficient ways. 

MELANIE

Alysson is our studio receptionist and has been with Lambarri Dance Arts for 4 years. She's the face that welcomes you into the studio everyday and has the answers to all of your questions. Alysson is currently studying and training to become an event planner.

ALYSSON