Allie Buchweitz
Co-Owner
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Allie Buchweitz received a BFA in Dance and a Minor in History from the University of Arizona. While at school, she performed works by faculty members including Susan Quinn, Michael Williams, and James Clouser. She also had the opportunity to learn and perform Balanchine’s Concerto Barrocco. During her senior year she performed as a dancer with the Arizona Opera in their production of Beauty and the Beast, and also taught dance for an after school enrichment program in the Tucson Unified School District. Since graduation, she performed in Chicago as a company member with Joel Hall Dancers II, RASA Dance Chicago, and Corpo Dance Company in addition to working with numerous choreographers to perform in Dance Chicago, Chicago Freelance Dance, and the Milwaukee Avenue Arts Festival. She spent 6 seasons performing as a company member with Esoteric Dance Project. Allie has been sharing her love of dance with her students for over 16 years.
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Corey Lozier
Co-Owner, Preschool & Tap Curriculum Director & Instructor
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Corey Lozier graduated from Western Michigan University with a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree in dance with a minor in business, magna cum laude in April of 2000, where she studied all elements of pedagogy, kinesiology, and choreography. After moving to Chicago, Corey was a founding member of the innovative tap company Chicago Tap Theatre, under the direction of Mark Yonally. She performed professionally with Chicago Tap Theatre for 2 years. She then became a member of the internationally touring dance company, Jump Rhythm Jazz Project, under the direction of jazz icon Billy Siegenfeld. She performed with Jump Rhythm for over 5 years. Corey won an Emmy Award for her Performance in the PBS Documentary "Getting There: Jump Rhythm Jazz Project"in 2007. Although she has taught dance for over 20 years, for the past 10 years, Corey has turned her focus completely back to teaching and sharing the rhythm. Corey's choreography has won several awards and has been sought after by local youth dance companies. Corey has taught master classes at Stevenson High School as a part of the Odyssey program; choreography workshops for Fremd High School's Orchesis dancers; and has taught master classes and set choreography on the Orchesis dancers at both Buffalo Grove and Wheeling High School. Corey is on a mission to share the joy of movement and rhythm!
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Rebecca Robertstad
Ballet Curriculum Director & Instructor
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Rebecca Robertstad is a dancer, dance educator and choreographer in the Chicagoland area. She received a degree in dance from Columbia College Chicago with a concentration in teaching. Most recently Rebecca completed the ABT® teacher training intensive and is certified in Pre-Primary - Level 3 of the ABT® National Training Curriculum. She is also certified in Progressive Ballet Technique and has completed. her 200 hour Yoga certification.
Rebecca has preformed with Momenta, IDC Speaks, Esoteric Dance Project and is a guest artist with J. Lindsay Brown Dance. She has had the pleasure of working with various independent choreographers and has attended intensives with Luna Negra Dance Theater, The Seldoms and the DanceCOLEctive. Her choreography has been showcased at Going Dutch and at Kaliedescope Dance Festival. |
Kristina Saldarelli
Dance Company Director, DTA Coordinator & Instructor
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Kristina Saldarelli is a dance educator living in the northwest suburbs of Chicago with her three children and husband. She believes dance is for everyone and strives to create an environment filled with joy, connection, and growth.
Kristina holds her M.F.A. in Dance from University of Wisconsin – Milwaukee where she received The Chancellor’s Graduate Student Award and Peck School of the Arts Dance Department Scholarship. Her thesis examines historical and contextual gaps upheld within tap and jazz educational and creative practices through an autoethnographic lens. She also holds her M.A. in Communication, Media, and Theatre from Northeastern Illinois University and her B.A. in Theatre Arts: Dance from University of Wisconsin - Stevens Point. For more than 20 years, Kristina has taught students in a myriad of settings including universities and colleges, studios, private & public schools, and community organizations throughout the Midwest and beyond. She served as an Adjunct Professor of Dance at Carthage College for 8 years. During that time, she taught dance courses, directed Away from the Mirror (2016, 2018, 2020, 2021), created original works, and choreographed musicals. From 2005-2018, she danced with JUMP RHYTHM® Jazz Project, a national and international touring, Emmy-Award winning professional dance company. She was also a Guest Adjunct Lecturer of Jump Rhythm® Technique at Northwestern University. At Movement and Sound, Kristina directs the Youth Dance Company, choreographs, teaches weekly classes, and co-directs the Dance Teacher Assistant Program. She is also an Adjunct Professor of Theatre at Elgin Community College and is the faculty advisor for the Social Dance Student Organization. Kristina is a member of the National Dance Education Organization (NDEO), dance and Child international (daCi USA), and a participant and teacher at American College Dance Association (ACDA). |
Katelyn Dundovich
DTA Coordinator & Instructor
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Katelyn Dundovich is a dance educator, choreographer, and coach from the Northwest Suburbs of Chicago. She holds her Master of Science degree with a specialization in Teaching & Learning from the University of St. Francis. Katelyn holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Dance Teacher Education and Physical Education from Illinois State University. In addition, she holds a 200-hour Yoga certification.
While at Illinois State University, Katelyn was a company member of Illinois State Dance Theatre where she had the pleasure of performing pieces set by nationally ranked faculty and guest artists. She was also a four-year member of Illinois State’s Official Dance Team Redline Express. Katelyn’s choreography has been showcased at numerous festivals, concerts, and competitions, including the Going Dutch Festival, Dance Inventions, Freestage, University High School Orchesis, Huntley Orchesis, Glenbrook South Titan Poms, Wheeling High Schol Poms, and Buffalo Grove Bills Cheerleading. Her choreography has been praised by judges for being age-appropriate, creative, and entertaining to watch. Outside of sharing her passion for dance with students at Movement & Sound, Katelyn teaches Dance, Wellness, and FACS at Gemini Middle School and choreographs for their spring musicals. She is also the JV dance team coach of the award-winning Titan Poms Dance Team at Glenbrook South High School and serves as the Social Media Coordinator for the Illinois High School Dance Festival. |
Meghan Griffin
Social Media Manager & Instructor
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Meghan Griffin graduated from Illinois Wesleyan University in May 2023 with a Bachelor of Music degree in Music Composition. There she was a member of Sigma Alpha Iota International Music Fraternity and Pi Kappa Lambda National Music Honors Society, and upon graduation received The Hope Ellen Page President’s Club Award in the Fine Arts. At Illinois Wesleyan she used her passion for music and tap dance to premiere a composition recital centered around pieces that combined live musicians and a tap dancer. Before college, Meghan studied dance with Corey and Allie for 14 years. She continued her tap studies at Illinois Wesleyan with Jessica Riss-Waltrip. Meghan has been actively involved in theatre her entire life both on stage as an actor and playing bass in pit orchestras. She has also choreographed for the Buffalo Grove High School Theatre Department with shows including Spamalot, Elephant and Piggie’s “We Are In A Play!”, and A Chorus Line. Meghan is currently working at New Trier High School as the Department Assistant for Music & Theatre and Performing Arts. After growing up in the dance studio with Corey and Allie, Meghan is thrilled to be teaching at Movement & Sound!
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Chloe Knackstedt
Instructor
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Chloe Knackstedt is currently a student at Harper College pursuing an Associate degree of science. Chloe has trained in various styles of dance over the course of the past 16 years. For 11 of those years she has taken classes from Corey and Allie. In particular, she has a love for tap and modern and has been fortunate enough to compete in the two styles for 10 years. Throughout high school, she had been on Palatine High School’s Varsity Poms Team and worked at Movement & Sound. During her time at Movement & Sound she worked as; an assistant, substitute teacher, and a camp and birthday party leader. Chloe is excited to share her experience and continue to work with young dancers!
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Daniel Williams
Instructor
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Daniel Williams otherwise known in the Chicago street dance community as Daniel D.F.Y.H. is the co founder, and director of photography for Purus Motus dance film company. He started his unofficial training of the street arts in Iowa city at the age of 19 under his older brother. Now in his 15th season of teaching hip hop in various north shore studios, Daniel has become a leading specialist in the field of self identifying improvisation. Also well known in the underground dance circle as having started the battle series “Aux Cord Call Outs” presented by his late crew Mad For No Reason. Learning house, bboying, locking, Chicago footwork, popping, hip hop, and krump from some of the most decorated crews in the city such as Electric Funkateers, Crooks crew, So Swift, ChiBuck, and many more, Daniel has become a Swiss army knife of movement. Winner of Boogie Therapy seven to smoke in 2022, an event thrown by Chicago’s very own Stylin’ OUT crew, Daniel continues to climb the ladder amongst his peers. Making it multiple times in top 8 at WORLD of DANCE Chicago, and into the finals and final four at BATTLE of the EAGLE in Logan Square, Columbia College seven to smoke finalist, and a multitude of competitions, Daniel has made his way on to the judge panel for a handful of these events in the region. With influences from Nomi dance company and Cocodaco dance project, Daniel has learned to take street art and apply it to the concert realm becoming a cinematographer, and already a choreographer for Purus Motus alongside renown choreographer Katie Carey. Broadcasting a dynamic range of emotion and motion when it comes to bounce, groove, jack, hit, rock, and waving, the details in what Daniel is able to translate is reflected in the clarity in the movement amongst his students.
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Sam Welbel
Instructor
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Sam Welbel is an interdisciplinary performing and teaching artist who grew up in Buffalo Grove taking dance classes from Corey and Allie, and was fortunate enough to be on BGHS Orchesis for 4 years as a performer and choreographer. Sam studied dance in Israel through Hebrew University in Jerusalem, and has performed work by Choreographers Noa Zuk, Jin-Wen Yu, Corey Lozier, and Allie Buchweitz (:P). More recently, Sam has performed original work for both Hot Kitchen Collective, and Stop Motion Plant in Chicago. Sam is very excited to be teaching regularly at Movement and Sound again, and can't wait to help your dancers learn and grow!
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Kate Sabres
Instructor
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Kate Sabres graduated from University of Wisconsin-Whitewater with a Bachelor of Science in Early Childhood Education and Special Education in December of 2017. She graduated with a masters in autism spectrum disorders in October 2022. She grew up dancing and doing acrobatics at Karen’s School of Acrobatics and Dance in Park Ridge, IL. She taught acrobatics and tumbling for 17 years prior to the studio closing during COVID. Kate was a varsity cheerleader for four years at Lane Tech High School in Chicago because of her acrobatics and tumbling skills. She continued to cheer in college. While teaching special education in Chicago Public Schools, Kate choreographs for Special Gifts Theatre in Chicago, Winnetka, and Wilmette. Kate is excited to get back to teaching acrobatics!
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Sari Stark
Instructor
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Sari Stark has recently been a teacher and choreographer in Wisconsin for the last year. Growing up in the Arlington Heights area, she has been a lover of dance since four years old. She was lucky enough to be taught by Corey and Allie for 15 years. Sari continued her dancing experience outside the studio by choreographing and being a part of the BGHS poms team. She also continued into college, where she danced with the Carroll University Dance team. Within Movement and Sound, she was a leader for camps, as well as a substitute teacher. During that time she also began helping with birthday parties in the studio, which she still does and loves today! In between dancing, Sari also followed her passion for working with kids. She was a nanny and a preschool teacher for two years and loved every minute. After moving to Wisconsin and getting back into dance, Sari is beyond excited to be back and teaching with her Movement and Sound family!
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Emily Feldman
Instructor
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Emily Feldman graduated from Illinois State University in May 2024 with a Bachelor of Science in Human Development and Family Science with a minor in Children’s Studies. In the fall, she will attend The Erikson Institute to receive her masters in Child Development with a Child Life Concentration. Emily began dancing at the age of two with Miss Corey and continued until she graduated high school. Starting in middle school, Emily worked as a class assistant in tap, jazz and ballet. Every summer, Emily acted as a camp counselor and eventually director for Broadway Bound Theater camp where she wrote, directed, and choreographed summer musicals. Working with children has always been a passion of hers and she is ecstatic to bring the joy of dance and movement to her students.
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Alyssa Borin
Instructor
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Alyssa Borin graduated from The University of Wisconsin Milwaukee in May 2023 with a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Design and Visual Communication. She was on the board of AIGA (American Institute of Graphic Arts) UW Milwaukee Chapter. She was also a founding member and Vice President of the Arts for All Club, where she helped create an environment where all felt welcomed to share their love of art. Through Art for All Alyssa and her friends organized and painted the first mural on the UWM campus in the spring of 2023. Alyssa danced with Corey and Allie for 13 years before leaving for college. She was an assistant in younger kids’ classes starting in high school. She would often come home from college on weekends to help at studio events, she also taught and assisted with classes during Covid. She has always had a love for dancing (especially tap!) and loves to see a passion for dance develop in the younger dancers. Alyssa is so excited to be teaching at Movement and Sound!
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