Faculty
All of our faculty are accomplished dancers, but first and foremost are passionate about teaching, building confidence, and creating a community.
Annmarie Milohnic-Bolkovic
Owner/Director
Annmarie Milohnic-Bolkovic brings over 15 years of teaching experience to the studio, having trained some of Queens and Long Island’s most accomplished and enthusiastic young dancers through her career.
Annmarie herself began dancing at the age of three, and went on to choreograph for many showcases and competitions where her students have won countless awards and titles for New York City. She has also had wonderful opportunities teaching and judging for Dance Masters of America on both a regional and national level.
Annmarie holds a Bachelor of Arts in Dance from Queens College and attended Frank Sinatra School of the Arts for high school, where she had the opportunity to work with many major dance companies. She was born and raised in Bayside, NY.
Andrew Carter, also known as "Dr.Ew," is a BBoy/ Artist/ Entertainer/ Choreographer/ Teacher extraordinaire. Training in B-Boying, Popping, waving, and gliding, along with his knowledge of Hip Hop, Carter was drawn to his unique and abstract style. His skills led him to perform with music artists (Teyana Taylor, Kendrick Lamar, Travis Scott, Ariana Grande), appear in print ads(Emirates airline national campaign), dance in music videos(Janet Jackson Feat Daddy Yankee, Jennifer Lopez, Jason Derulo ), Win Freestyle dance competitions (EXPG/Hot97 Battle "101") and Star in theatre (Encore: City Center "Cotton Club Parade"/ Radio City Spring Spectacular (as the Easter Bunny).
"Dr.Ew" is currently teaching in New York City at Broadway Dance Center and EXPG where he shares his talent and expresses his motto "I create to inspire".
A New York native, Marissa has taught all throughout the U.S including Mark Morris and currently for Broadway Dance Center’s CTP Program. She has presented work throughout NYC through her pre-professional training company, Kinections Dancegroup. They have presented work at Peridance’s Choreographer’s Showcase, Dixon Place, NYC Dance & Music Festival & the Artists in Flight Series at the TADA! Youth Theater and have been featured in Dance Informa & The Best of Everything New York.
Marissa received her B.A in Dance from The New School and has worked with Joao Carvalho, Karla Wolfangle, Ori Flomin, Take Ueyama, Jim May/Ana Sokolow, and the Trisha Brown Dance Company. As a performer, Marissa has danced for Michelle Duvall Dance Collective, Stefanie Nelson Dancegroup, Cecilia Daninthe & Long Island Dance Project. Professional performances include NY Couture Fashion Week, The Macys Thanksgiving Day Parade, Vera Bradley, Kids Cafe Festival, Flying Tiger & The Today Show.
She has performed nationally and internationally at The Hatch, Center for Performance Research, Ailey Citigroup Theater, Triskelion Arts, Dixon Place, Actors Fund Theater, Hudson Guild Theater, the ETC Performance Series in Philadelphia and at the Castello Aragonese in Agropoli, Italy. In addition to dancing, Marissa is currently the Program Coordinator/Youth Director for an international dance program called Dance Italia.
Jeanine Rana is excited to be a part of Annmarie’s Studio of Performing Arts. She is trained in tap, ballet, jazz, and lyrical spending most of her years as a competitive dancer in the Queens community. Jeanine began her teaching career at age 17, and is now teaching a second generation of dancers. She has always had a passion for working with younger children.
Jeanine has been teaching in local dance studios all over the tri-state area for over thirty years with her students competing both locally and nationally winning many awards and titles.
Over the years her love for young children inspired her to create a toddler separation class which she has been teaching in parochial schools for the last twelve years. Her enthusiasm and care for toddlers came naturally, and she began the introduction of dance and music with Mommy & Me classes, along with Creative Movement for tiny dancers.
Jeanine feels very deeply about sharing her years of knowledge and experience with her students. Admittedly, her greatest accomplishment other than her three sons is watching her tiny dancers take pride in their achievements as they develop into confident individuals who love the art of dance as much as she does.
Originally from Virginia, Dava moved to New York City and began her serious dance training at Fiorello LaGuardia Arts High School. In 2015 she graduated Salutatorian of the Dance Department and won the “Desire Keras Dancer from the Heart” award. While in high school, Dava was also apart of the Peridance Youth Ensemble, and had the opportunity to work with distinguished choreographers such as: Manuel Vignoulle, The Limon company, Sidra Bell, Stefanie Batten Bland, Igal Perry, etc. Dava graduated Magna Cum Laude from SUNY Purchase Conservatory of Dance in 2019. At SUNY Purchase she performed works by Rena Butler, Hannah Gardner, and Sidra Bell. Additionally, Dava has performed works abroad. In 2017, she worked with Maxine Doyle in Berlin, Germany, performing “Bric Brac a Baby” at Dock 11. Summer of 2018 and 2019, she was accepted into Springboard Danse Montreal and performed works by VIM VIGOR, MAZE dance company, Johannes Weiland, and Vanessa Goodman. Post graduation, Dava was invited to perform works by Stacyee Pearl Dance Company in Pittsburgh. Dava is now an apprentice with VIM VIGOR.