Carol Baird
Carol is the owner of Kinderdance® Manhattan and the Bronx, and has been teaching Kinderdance® programs for over 20 years in many schools throughout Manhattan. Besides running the Kinderdance® business, she gives movement workshops for pre-school teachers. Carol has received numerous awards from Kinderdance® International. She was named Rookie of the Year in 1997, Franchisee of the Year twice, in 1999 and 2012, and has been Franchisee of the Month 5 times. She has been on the faculty at Westside Montessori School since 2000. Her two sons have aged from 2 to 25 years old during Carol’s Kinderdance® career, and she is grateful that young children are always a part of her life through Kinderdance®.
Bridget Bose
Bridget has extensive teaching experience in many settings including schools, art centers, community centers, dance schools and college courses. She has taught all levels ballet, jazz, creative movement, beginning tap, and high school musical theatre, as well as open level adult dance & fitness classes. She loves teaching and sharing her passion for dance, as movement is essential to personal development & growth. Bridget has taught Kinderdance in Manhattan since 2010.
Melissa Cammarata
Manuela Diaz
Manuela recently received her BA in dance at Lehman College and is currently pursuing her Masters in dance education at Hunter College. Manuela is the only Kinderdance teacher that owns a car, which helps as she teaches at schools throughout the Bronx. Manuela has been teaching dance and gymnastics for over 6 years to a wide range of ages. She joined Kinderdance in 2017; her love of children, engaging manner and attention to curriculum makes earn Manuela high praise from all her schools.
Elizabeth Fischer
Elizabeth has been dancing since she was 3 years old, and earned a BA from Mercyhurst University in both Dance and Communications. She moved to New York City to pursue her dance performance dreams. She also works as a freelance web designer and social media guru. Liz taught dance and gymnastics to children ages 2-18 for six years before joining Kinderdance. Her enthusiasm, knowledge, creativity and patience have already made Miss Liz popular with her young students.
Viola Limaj
Viola is the first born child of two gymnasts. She earned her BA in Physical Education and Sports in Tirana, Albania, where she coached a gymnastics team of 3-10 year old girls who went on to place in national competitions. After moving to New York, she taught movement/gymnastics classes to 8 month to 6 year olds. Viola has been teaching all the Kinderdance programs for the past 7 years, her patience and expertise has been particularly helpful in working with special needs children.
Katie Kilbourn
Katie join Kinderdance in 2016 and loves helping young kids discover the joys of dance. Kilbourn received her training and degree in dance performance at the University of the Arts in Philadelphia in 2013. Since moving to New York she has had the pleasure of working with several different dance companies as well as working as a full time dance teacher at multiple schools and studios through out the city and the Bronx. She is currently the owner and artistic director of Borne Dance Company, a company dedicated to promoting positive mental health.
Laura Manzella
Laura has been teaching Kinderdance® programs for over 15 years! She has a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Dance from The Boston Conservatory and spent 5 years dancing with the Ballet Theater of Boston. After moving to New York, she received her Masters in Choreography from Sarah Lawrence. Laura has taught dance, gymnastics and yoga to all ages, 12 months old to adults. Feedback from all her schools is consistently excellent.
