IABF FOUNDER

Julie Gill founded Broche Ballet in 2016 to give adult dancers with big dreams a place to receive high-level ballet training, work towards challenging goals, perform, and more.

She began her ballet training at the age of 17 in 2007 and immediately fell in love with the artform. After years of navigating the adult ballet class offerings all over the country, she received a year-long teaching apprenticeship from Beth Kurtz to become an adult ballet teacher.

Julie's teaching methods are tailored to the adult brain/body. Her classes are equal parts fun, passion, and hard work, all dedicated for adult dancers!

Julie believes that all dancers can achieve their goals and it is her mission to provide as many opportunities as possible, including now the International Adult Ballet Festival.

MASTER INSTRUCTOR & JUDGE

Michael Cusumano grew up on Long Island, New York. He began dancing at the age of 6. At the age of 14 he won the bronze medal at the International Ballet Competition in Varna, Bulgaria (the youngest male dancer to medal in the competition’s history at the time). That same year, he went on to win the special Jury Prize at the Prix de Paris 1994.

Michael then joined American Ballet Theater at age 15 as the youngest male dancer in the company’s history.

After ABT, Michael danced as a principal with Alabama Ballet and then as a soloist with the Boston Ballet. He went on to perform in the original cast of All Shook Up on Broadway, then most recently starred as “the jury” in the smash hit Chicago the musical on Broadway.

MASTER INSTRUCTOR & JUDGE

Kirsten Kemp is a high-Performance Mindset Coaching who empowers dancers to master the mental side of optimum performance.

As a former professional ballet dancer with the Oklahoma City Ballet, Kirsten knows firsthand that this career path can be so joyful, but also so mentally and emotionally difficult at times.

Through ballet classes & mindset sessions, Kirsten offers practical strategies for mind management and emotional wellness so that you can independently move through the mentally and emotionally difficult moments instead of getting stuck in a pit of discouragement, burnout, and defeat.

She is passionate about helping dancers to experience joy, fun, freedom, empowerment, and hopefulness as a high-level dancer.

DANCE MOVEMENT SPECIALIST

Allie Christensen founded Align Fitness to bring movement and knowledge so that dancers can avoid injuries and keep dancing.

After an injury ended her career as a professional dancer As a former professional dancer with LINES Ballet Ensemble in San Francisco and The Kibbutz Contemporary Dance Masa in Israel, she decided to learn body mechanics and how a dancer should move to be their best dancer self, and have a long healthy relationship with their body.

Align Fitness is a destination spot for dancers to travel to receive training and injury prevention from Allie.

DANCE PHYSICAL THERAPIST

Dr. Nina Geromel holds a Doctor of Physical Therapy degree (2016) and a Bachelor of Science degree in Athletic Training (2014) from Marquette University. Nina is a Certified Athletic Trainer and member of the American Physical Therapy Association.

Her post-graduate work includes courses involving manual therapy for musculoskeletal disorders and the nervous system. Nina also provides Functional Dry Needling services to treat musculoskeletal conditions and disorders. She enjoys working with clients of all ages from young athletes to older adults with a specific emphasis on manual therapy, rehabilitation of musculoskeletal and orthopedic injuries, and fall prevention.

Nina focuses on delivering evidence-based and client-centered care to facilitate better outcomes and achieve optimal health and wellness.

MASTER INSTRUCTOR

Madame Olga was born in the desolate snow-capped mountains of Russia to her parents Daria and Igor. When Olga was five years old Daria noticed a rare gift in her daughter when she gracefully leaped into a full split across a frozen river to save a baby coyote from drowning.

That's when she knew Olga would become a ballerina. The legends who witnessed Olga's dance were so taken aback by this five-year-old's interpretation of "The Swan" they thought Anna Pavlova had been reincarnated.

Olga stays true to the purity of Russian ballet while at the same time pushing artistic boundaries to evolve dance into the future. She brings joy and laughter to ballet with hopes of students reaching their true potential. All are welcome into Olga’s magical world!