Location
3571 Maple Acres Road
Bluefield, WV 24701
Olivia Rose Cece was born and raised in Cranston, RI, where she trained at APAC for 15 years and then Miami, Florida, for a short period of time. She then moved to New York City to attend the prestigious Pace University Commercial Dance Program in both NYC and Los Angeles and graduated with her BFA.
Olivia has since worked in all facets of the industry, including TV/film, appearing on SNL with Miley Cyrus, “So You Think You Can Dance,” Apple TV’s “Lady in the Lake,” “Your Friends and Neighbors”, Macy’s Thanksgiving Parade, Disney’s Better Nate than Ever, Nickelodeon’s Emmy-nominated Blue’s Big City Adventure, Ru Paul’s Drag Race, and more. Olivia has performed in live industrials for Apple, Hyundai Genesis, and New York Fashion Week for Breitling and Longchamp.
Olivia’s favorite credits include her time on the live stage. She was cast in two Broadway first national tours: Charlie & the Chocolate Factory as Ensemble/Veruca Salt and as Kaylee in the original cast of The Prom. Olivia made her Broadway debut as a swing in Moulin Rouge! The Musical and was beyond thrilled to make her original Broadway Cast/onstage debut in The Heart of Rock and Roll Broadway last year. She performed live on Good Morning America with the cast of The Heart of Rock and Roll Broadway, and is currently "Penny Johnson" in the new Dirty Dancing: The Musical Broadway.
Cassandra Surianello is originally from Buffalo, NY and began her formal dance training at the age of 3 years old. After graduating high school Cassandra moved to Pittsburgh, PA in order to pursue a career in dance, studying at Point Park University. She received her B.F.A in Dance, under the direction of Ruben Graciani in 2016.
Cassandra has varied her studies by attending numerous training programs such as Alonzo Kings Lines Contemporary Ballet, Complexions Contemporary Ballet, San Francisco Conservatory of Dance, Hubbard Street Dance Chicago, River North Dance Chicago, Visceral Dance Chicago and Axis Connect.
She has had the honor to study and perform the works of Crystal Pite, Andy Blankenbuehler, William Forsythe, Alejandro Cerrudo, Hofesch Shechter and Alexandra Damiani. Along with working closely with world renown choreographers such as Ohad Naharin, Dwight Rhoden, Cindy Salgado and Sonya Tayeh.
Professional credits for Cassandra include touring internationally as the Principal Dancer of Rasta Thomas' "Rock the Ballet" (Bad Boys of Ballet), Principal Dancer performances with The Orsano Project, and MTV Live. She was in the first National Tour of Broadway’s Fiddler on the Roof. Her modeling and film credits include Makeup Forever, Sephora and HBO.
Cassandra is currently on Faculty for Deviate Dance/ The Process, where she has the opportunity to share her knowledge and love of dance with students from all over the U.S. Cassandra is represented by MTA Agency.
Jill Warren, MA, is a dance educator with a philosophy in teaching that emphasizes whole-body, developmentally appropriate, well-rounded training. She holds an MA in Dance Education & Ballet Pedagogy from New York University and American Ballet Theatre, and a BS in Exercise Physiology from West Liberty University. While at NYU, Jill studied under Dr. Susan Koff, Deborah Damast, Patricia Cohen, and Barry Blumenfeld,
and at American Ballet Theatre under Raymond Lukens, Franco De Vita, and Harriet Clark.
As a choreographer, Jill’s work has been performed at New York University, the University of Kentucky, West Liberty University, and various private sector dance studios throughout West Virginia and Ohio. She has performed with the University of Kentucky Dance Ensemble, West Liberty University Dance Ensemble, NYU Master’s Dance Concerts and annual
NYU Distinguished Faculty Concert.
As an educator, Jill is on faculty at Turn It Out Dance Academy in Bellaire, OH, and also directs the Dance Minor at West Liberty University. She has been a guest teacher at studios throughout WV and PA, and was a teaching assistant at ABT’s JKO School. Jill’s students have been accepted to the ABT Summer Intensive, Chloe & Maud Arnold’s Sole Talk Youth Tap Ensemble, and have successfully competed in title competitions at Dance Masters of America.
Along with her MA in Dance Education, Jill is an American Ballet Theatre ® Certified Teacher, who has successfully completed the ABT ® Teacher Training Intensive in Pre-Primary through Level 7 and Partnering of the ABT ® National Training Curriculum. She is a member of the
National Dance Education Organization and West Virginia Dance Education Organization, where she serves on the board. She is also a Degreed Member of Ohio Dance Masters and Dance Masters of America. Jill resides in Wheeling, WV with her husband, Mike, and two sons, Cooper and Bradley.
