Our Staff Olivia Olivia Alboher Olivia Alboher is a proud graduate of For Dancers Only. Olivia is now honored and inspired to share her talents, knowledge and passion for dance as an FDO faculty member... More about Olivia Pamela Pamela Gaccione Pamela Gaccione, at the age of 5, began dance training and competitive dance at For Dancers Only in ballet, jazz, tap, lyrical, acro, contemporary, modern, & hip hop More about Pamela Kristen Kristen Gorski Growing up 20 minutes from NYC, Kristen was immersed in a world of dance and theater. As a child she did numerous national television commercials that lead to voice and... More about Kristen Christina Christina Kotsopoulos Christina Kotsopoulos is originally from Toronto, Ontario, where for 14 years she trained extensively at a competitive level at Vlad’s Dance Company. More about Christina Dani Dani Loewen Dani Loewen began dancing at the age of 3 and has studied under Mark Burrell, Tom Richardson, Jaclyn Walsh, Amber Perkins, to name a few. Dani’s passion led her to... More about Dani Michael Michael Crawford Michael Crawford is from Takoma Park, Maryland. He began dancing with prestigious schools, including the Maryland Youth Ballet and Kirov Academy, with summer intensives at... More about Michael Mike Mike Minery Mike Minery, a New Jersey native, has established himself as one of the finest tap dancers and choreographers working today. Mike has been named the 1997 World Tap Champion... More about Mike Miguel Miguel Solano MIGUEL SOLANO (Dancer) is from Medellin, Colombia with training from BalletStudio Bogotá under the direction of Patricia Niño. In 2013, he moved to NYC to complete... More about Miguel. Marissa Marissa Perkins Marissa Perkins, at the age of 3, found a love for dance and began training in all genres. A competitive dancer since the age of 6, Marissa held titles and high score awards... More about Marissa Elisabetta Elisabetta Spuria Elisabetta Spuria is originally from Italy, where she grew up and started her professional career as a dancer/choreographer. Since she moved to New York City... More about Elisabetta Samantha Samantha Sonzogni Samantha Sonzogni is an award winning choreographer who began dancing at age three at FDO. She has been trained extensively in all genres of dance under names such as... More about Samantha Kathy Kathy VanDereedt Kathy VanDereedt is based out of NYC. She has toured and performed professionally around the world in a number of mediums, including concert dance, musical theater... More about Kathy Daniel Daniel Vaniska Most recently, Daniel was a cast member of Rosta Thomas' "Bad Boys of Dance" and the broadway musical "Hairspray" on the world's largest cruise ship, Royal Caribbean's... More about Daniel.