DANCERS

Hattie Mae Williams 

 

Hattie Mae Williams is the artistic director/ choreographer of The Tattooed Ballerinas created in 2003. She attended the New World School of the Arts in Miami, Florida where she received honors in Modern dance and choreography and attended the Fordham University/ Alvin Ailey B.F.A program where she graduated with choreography honors. Hattie Mae Williams was a recipient of the ARTS award in 1999 from the National Endowment of the Arts in Modern, and received the National Alliance for Excellence award in choreography in 2000. Since than she has choreographed several works for various showcases such as an "Under the Spell Productions," a play about the color complex that toured to UCLA and London. Among other venues that her work has been showcased are Merce Cunningham studios "pomegranate presents," Galapagos Art Space, SouthPaw, Performance project at the University Settlement, The Tank, 60x60 project "Vous Vous," the Florida Dance Festival, Dance for Peace in Fort Greene park where she choreographed pieces set on tennis courts, park benches and surrounding landscapes within the park, Harlem Stage E-Moves, Joyce SoHo season Doppelganger, and toured an evening lengths presentation of the Tattooed Ballerinas "Spectrum" at the New World School of the Arts in Miami, Florida. She has worked among wonderful choreographers such as Francesca Harper's Modo Fusion, which recently toured to the Hollands Dance Festival where a solo was created and performed by Hattie Mae Williams. Among other Choreographers she has worked with are The Kevin Wynn Collection, Johanna Mendel-Shaw "Dancing with Horses, Avila/Weeks company, and collaboration with Mark Drahozal One.618. Hattie Mae also has been blessed to have been the dancing character "Uniqua" in the Emmy Award winning cartoon series the Backyardigans.

You can eMail Hattie Mae Williams at : hello@thetattooedballerinas or thetattooedballer@gmail.com

 Nicole Mannarino

 

Nicole Mannarino is The Tattooed Ballerinas company rehearsal director and has been with the company since 2001. Nicole is from Dayton, Ohio and is currently living in Brooklyn. She graduated from Alvin Ailey American Dance Theather and Fordham University in 2003. She has worked with such choreographers such as Sabrina Berryman, at the Dance Theather Workshop and Dance Space in Nyc, David Huwith at DTA and the Throng Theather and the Kevin Wynn Collection.

Claudia MacPherson

 

Claudia MacPherson is addicted to N.Y.C, but calls Kentucky home. She recieved her BFA in dance form Alvin Ailey American Dance Center and Fordham University. Since then she has performed with Eva Dean Dance and The Kevin Wynn Collection.

Nicole Falloon

Nicole Falloon is orginally from Kingston, Jamaica. She received her first formal dance training from the New World School of the Arts in Miami,Florida. She is also a graduate of SUNY Purchase College. Nicole has been truly blessed to have worked with The Kevin Wynn Collections, Abraham In Motion, Steele Dance,Tattooed Ballerinas, Reggie Wilson's Fist and Heel performance group,Karen Love, Mark Drahozal, Lula Washington, and the Sudden Enlightment Theater.

Keisa Parrish

Keisa Parrish began her dance training in Los Angeles with Paul and Arlene Kennedy of Universal Dance Designs where she performed with the likes of Michael Jackson and Cece Winans. She then moved on to study with Cyd Glover-Hill, of Hawthorne Dance Academy/Art in Motion, who choreographed the solo that won her the title Miss Hal Jackson Talented Teen International California State Queen 1995. Keisa attended the LA County High School of the Arts, where she was mentored by Karon Brown Lehman, and performed, with a leading role in Debbie Allen's "Pepito Story." While earning a BFA degree from Fordham University’s joint program with The Ailey® School, and performing at The Ailey School’s Spring Gala work choreographed by Ronald K. Brown,she became a Radio City Rockette. During Keisa's four season's with the Radio City Rockettes, she performed in the Christmas Spectacular, did a print ad for Bloomingdale's and performed and made special appearances all over the tri-state area. Since residing in New York she has had the honor of performing with Genesis Dance Company, Laverne Reed Productions, Tattooed Ballerinas, Jette Dance and more. Keisa has been teaching and choreographing for the past 12 years at various schools and organizations and is now the proud parent of Aden Parrish, her 6 year old inspiration.

Sarah Holmes

Sarah Holmes has been dancing in NYC for ten years and recently founded the company SHBA Danceworks. She has shown her work at The 92nd Street Y, Dancespace, Merce Cunningham Studios, Dance New Amsterdam, Galapagos Art Space, and Triskelion Arts. She also has had the opportunity to work with choreographers such as Nina Buisson, Jana Hicks, and Kathleen Hermesdorf, and Hattie Mae Williams. Her influences also include, Nature, Yoga, Pilates (she teaches Pilates in Brooklyn), and her husband, Carlos.

Nina Hudson

Nina Hudson is a graduate of Purchase College's Dance Conservatory. She began her training at a local studio in Maryland, then attended The Ailey School in New York. She has danced in the ensemble of the Radio City Christmas Spectacular in New York for two seasons as well as performing in Gotham Arts Exchange "APAP" and at Symphony Space, NYC. Nina has performed works by Bill T. Jones, Kevin Wynn, Sydney Skybetter, and Bella Lewitsky, to name a few. She currently resides in Brooklyn but hopes to one day travel and dance throughout Europe.

Carissa Rysanek

Carissa graduated from Montclair State University with a BFA in Dance. She has performed in works by Peter Pucci, Robert Benford, Sara Hook, and has studied under Maxine Steinman, JoAnna Mendl Shaw, and Isabel Gotzkowsky. She was the rehearsal director for EDP Dance Project, and most recently her choreography has been shown at Greenspace's Fertile Ground, The Outlet Dance Project, and Silk City Arts Festival.




Shomeiko Ingham 

Shomeiko Ingham studied dance at the Jackson School of Performing Arts since age 5 and at the age of 13 became a member of the National Dance Theater of Bermuda (NDTB), Ballet Contemporaneo de Burgos, DCDC2, and SuriCo. She has also performed with Bermuda Civic Ballet and Bermuda Dance Company. A graduate of the Fordham University/Ailey School Bachelor of Fine Arts Program, Shomeiko is also a Certified Personal Trainer and Pilates Instructor.





Cara Surico

Cara Surico originally from Dayton, OH, is a choreographer, dancer and teacher based in Brooklyn. She received her B.F.A. in Dance from The Ailey School and Fordham University in 2003.  She is currently the artistic director of SuriCo. - a modern dance company that seeks to create an aesthetic experience through the power of simplicity that engages one from start to finish. Having her work been presented both in and outside of NYC, Surico’s choreography has specifically been recognized through Regional Dance America, where she has been twice granted the Monticello Award for Best Female Emerging Choreographer as well as the 2006 recipient of the National Choreography Connections Award. Cara is a certified yoga instructor through Mind Body Dancer™- teaching and currently spends her summers in residency and teaching modern dance at the Putney School in Putney, Vermont.