Carrie Diamond’s ballet class is grounded in her early training with Cecchetti master teachers Don Hewitt and Margaret Craske and with luminaries Lawrence Rhodes and Benjamin Harkarvy. She danced professionally in New York City for over fifteen years and holds an M.F.A from NYU’s Tisch School of the Arts. She was an instructor for the Alvin Ailey School, the 92nd Street YM&WHA, and Marymount Manhattan College. Carrie’s vigorous class promotes stylistic and technical balance and is effective for both modern and ballet dancers alike. “I work with students at all levels to help them gain greater expressivity, efficient placement, and a solid and clean technique.” Ms. Diamond is the Founder and Executive Artistic Director for AD&M Performance Group.

Susan Alexander moved to Santa Barbara in 2008 after having lived in France for over 20 years, teaching Modern Dance for the Paris Opera Ballet for 23 years, and at the Paris Conservatory of Music and Dance for 18 years. Prior to living in Paris, she taught at the Merce Cunningham Dance Studio in New York, and choreographed and produced her own work during the 7 years she lived there. Having grown up in Southern California, Susan graduated from UCSB with degrees in Dance and English and from Mills College with an M.A. in Dance. She has been a guest instructor for many professional companies and schools both in Europe and the US, and returns to France twice a year as a guest teacher at various schools and institutions there.