Koresh School of Dance - Adult Intermediate Modern Jazz

Studio A

Melissa Rector
After studying at the North Carolina School of the Arts and Point Park College in Pittsburgh, Melissa obtained her Certificate of Dance from The University of the Arts in 1993. Following graduation, she obtained a scholarship to study at the Pennsylvania Academy of Ballet. Melissa has been dancing with Koresh Dance Company since its inception in 1991 and is the company's Assistant Artistic Director. At the Koresh School of Dance she teaches her unique style that blends modern jazz and Luigi. Her work has been performed locally at the Philadelphia fringe Festival and Annenberg Center and she choreographed the musical AHAB for Drexel University. She frequently travels around the country to perform, teach master classes and set choreography on students.