Theater Dance & Musical Theater Bios
Robert Bianca |
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Robert Bianca is a choreographer, performer and master teacher. His Broadway credits include Sweet Charity and Annie Get your Gun. Off Broadway he appeared in Wonderful Town, and was in the national tours of Cats, 42nd Street and the original workshop for Fosse. His choreography includes The It Girl, The Astaire Awards, 2002, Show Stoppers, A Night at the Palace starring Joan Rivers. He was the assistant choreographer for A Class Act. As a teacher, Robert is known for his creative work, his incredible sense of humor, his motivation and inspiration to his students. |
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Katrina Heidelberger |
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Katrina Heidelberger trained at The American Theater Dance Workshop in ballet, theater dance, musical theater and tap. She has been a faculty member since 2000 teaching every level from beginner to advanced. She is the ATDW Company Coordinator. She also teaches tap. Katrina has performed in many dance companies and regional touring companies. She is in constant demand as a choreographer for Long Island theater productions. |
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Bill Holland |
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Bill Holland’s musical career includes expertise in popular, classical and Broadway music. He has served as musical director for more than 100 productions showcased by Hofstra Gray Wig, Hofstra USA Productions, the Huntington Township Theatre Guild and various regional theater companies. He has been the orchestrator for the Long Island Symphony and Merrick Symphony Orchestra and has been accompanist for clarinetist, Stanley Drucker, of the New York Philharmonic. Bill has been the musical director for ATDW for almost 18 years. |
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John Prestianni |
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John Prestianni is a professional accompanist in many capacities. He has worked with singers from the Broadway scene from shows like The Lion King, The Producers, Chicago and Thoroughly Modern Millie. John has been a dance musician at Marymount Manhattan, NYU Tisch, Hofstra and Adelphi. He is a composer and arranger and has recently been accepted into the prestigious BMI Workshop. He has released a CD called “Prestissimo” and completed an original musical called The Vaudevillian. John has been with ATDW for 13 years and teaches musical theater. |
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Alex Sanchez |
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Alex Sanchez is a native Chicagoan. He danced with Ballet Chicago for four seasons. On Broadway Mr. Sanchez was in the original companies of The Red Shoes, Carousel, (Lincoln Center Revival), Big, the Musical, Fosse, Follies (Roundabout Revival), Chitty Chitty Bang Bang, Chia Rivera, the Dancer’s Life. Other Broadway credits include: Love! Valor! Compassion!, Once Upon a Mattress and Wonderful Town. As a choreographer, Mr. Sanchez was chosen for the prestigious SDC sponsored 2010 Dance Break. He presented two pieces for this event, Something Better, and A Fractured Fairytale. As a teacher Mr. Sanchez was on staff with the New Jersey Ballet School, Oakland School for the Arts and Dance Theater Arts. He has guest taught all over the country as well as the Care Wave Workshop in Tokyo and Mid Pac Institute, Hawaii. Mr. Sanchez is married to the renowned dancer, choreographer, teacher, Lainie Sakakura, and they have two beautiful daughters, Avelina and Isabela. |
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Michelle Vivona |
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Michelle Vivona has performed on Broadway in Thoroughly Modern Millie, How To Succeed…, Gypsy (Tyne Daly), Anything Goes (Patti LuPone), and Sweet Charity (Dir. Bob Fosse). National Tours include: How To Succeed…, Guys and Dolls, 42nd Street and On Your Toes. Michelle toured Europe with West Side Story and as Peggy Sawyer in Broadway Tonight! She has appeared in music videos, as a Westinghouse Babe on Late Night with David Letterman, One Life to Live, numerous national commercials, The Rosie O’Donnell Show, The Today Show, and was directed by Woody Allen in Zelig. Michelle was also a Radio City Music Hall Rockette. |
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