Our Teachers

Liz Rohm
Instructor
Liz Rohm originally began training at the Pittsburgh Ballet House, as well as the Abby Lee Dance Company where she was featured on Lifetime's TV show, Dance Moms. Liz attended Point Park University & Slippery Rock University where she graduated with a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Dance with a specialization in Performance & Choreography. She then graduated from Broadway Dance Center's Professional Semester in New York City, signed with MSA Talent Agency & became a company member of FJK Dance Company under the direction of Fadi J. Khoury & Sevin Ceviker. Liz has performed at the Alvin Ailey Citigroup Theatre, Symphony Space, TADA Theatre, Tenri Cultural Institute, Radio City Music Hall, Mark Morris Theatre, Hudson River Museum & John Jay College of Criminal Justice performing works by Nijawwon Matthews, Jim Cooney, Trevor Sones, Josh Assor, Emily Greenwell, Sheila Barker, Fadi J. Khoury, Sevin Ceviker, Angela Patmon and more. She has most recently worked with Grammy Award Winning, Mya, as well as the Beacon Band and Gianna Alessi.


Hannah Russel
Ballet Instructor
Hannah Russel is a versatile singer, actress and dancer from Sydney, Australia. She is a graduate of Ev and Bow's full-time classical/contemporary course, The international Student Program at Broadway Dance Center and holds a Bachelor of Music in Arts Management from the Australian Institute of Music.
Hannah has performed around Australia as a show host for leading brands, Nickelodeon Live, ABC Kids, Dreamworks and Warner Brothers. She is also a former "Pantherette" dancing for three seasons with the National Rugby League. In New York City, she has performed as a jazz and contemporary dancer for choreographers, Josh Assor, Zanza Steinberg, and as a featured soloist in Giacomo Severini's Contemporary Ballet, "Creating Memories." Her favorite credits include Buglisi Dance Theater's, "Table of Silence," a core company dancer for ALMA, New York City, Symphony Space, Manhattan Movement Arts Center, ANZ Stadium and Dixon Place.
As a teacher, Hannah enjoys mentoring students, creating a class that is energizing and fun and also challenging. Her goals as a teacher are to see students develop the necessary skills and mindset to thrive long-term, understanding their value so they can add value to others as performing artists.
Carla Butkovic
Jazz Instructor
Carla was born and raised in Cleveland, OH, where she began her journey of 20 years and counting with dancing in various styles, and competitively for five years winning multiple titles, both regional and national. She attended the University of Akron for her BFA in Dance with a Ballet and Modern (Graham) focus, while still training under Dee Hillier in strict traditional Jazz technique. After booking her first Professional Dance job as a dancer in Luminosity: Ignite the Night at Cedar Point Amusement Park in Sandusky, OH, she decided to take a risk and not go back to her final two years of school to move to NYC at a fresh 20 years old. She attended Broadway Dance Center’s Professional Semester with a Jazz/Contemporary and Street Styles focus, with additional focus in Tap/Musical Theater in Fall of 2017. She has credits from that time including MTV’s TRL, Macy’s Day Parade Opening Number ’17 with NappyTabs, SEIKO watch commercial, and other video and performance experience, including BDC Showcase. Directly following, she was casted with Norwegian Creative Studios (Norwegian Cruise Line Holdings) to be a Dance Swing for with the Regent Seven Seas Mariner. Following in 2018, she completed a Mediterranean tour with the Oceania Riviera as a dancer, and in 2019 she took off with her second full-length contract as the Dance Captain onboard Regent Seven Seas Mariner, touring through Asia, Canada, and Alaska. Carla has been blessed to have seen 44 countries so far and is excited to see where her active performing career takes her. She has been in Cameron Lee’s Adv/Pro Virtual Mentorship for four months throughout quarantine focused in Commercial styles with additional elite LA guest teachers as she is still consistently training. She is thrilled to be able to share all of the knowledge she has gained with her ongoing entertainment experience with her students. Her students could expect a professional, but fun environment with a continuous push each week as she dances along with them!