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Jaclyn Salerno is a New York City based performer, educator, and choreographer....Read more
Jaclyn Salerno is a New York City based performer, educator, and choreographer. She has been seen as a Radio City Rockette in the Christmas Spectacular, performed at Town Hall with Danny Gardner, and was a featured dancer in multiple dance films choreographed by Katie Walker, Avital Asuleen, and Tara Memi.
While earning her BA in Mathematics with a Dance Minor, she also performed with the Atlantic City Ballet as well as The Lady Hoofers Tap Ensemble. Jaclyn credits all of these dance experiences for inspiring her to pass along her knowledge, passion, and perseverance to the next generation of performers.
She has had the privilege of working closely with mentor and friend, Katie Walker, on choreography projects and workshops where Jaclyn has refined her pedagogy skills. Jaclyn has taught masterclasses at Stockton University as well as The Lady Hoofers Tap Intensive.
With 16 years of teaching experience, Jaclyn is excited to help dancers reach their personal goals, further their technical foundations, and strengthen their voice! She aims to create a welcoming environment for dancers at any level and focuses on individualized feedback. She wants every dancer in the room to feel seen and ensures every student has a positive experience while pushing growth and artistic expression.
Keep up to date with her here!
IG: @jaclyn_salerno
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Class Descriptions
Jaclyn’s tap classes range from a variety of tap styles and techniques such as precision tap, theatre tap, and rhythm tap. She focuses on making tap a full body experience while emphasizing proper body alignment, weight shifts, musicality, rhythms, and clear articulation of sounds. Each class will start with a fundamental warm up to awaken the body, followed by fun brain games focusing on foundational tap skills and steps. Jaclyn likes to incorporate across the floor progressions and makes this an opportunity for creating community within her class. The class ends with a fun combo incorporating the skills, and ideas worked on throughout the session.
Jaclyn’s jazz classes range from classic jazz, theatre jazz, and precision jazz. Each class will include an athletic warm up, conditioning exercises, progressions in the center and across the floor. At the end there will be a combination tying everything together. Throughout all classes Jaclyn emphasizes style and musicality while also encouraging dancers to become more aware and precise with their movements. Jaclyn aims to create a welcoming environment for dancers at any level. She focuses on individualized feedback and ensures every student has a positive experience while pushing growth and artistic expression.
Jaclyn’s ballet classes are a safe space for all dancers to work on their technique and artistry within their movement. Having been in a ballet company at a young age Jaclyn wants to encourage dancers to be themselves while advancing their technical prowess. Class will start with a ballet barre, followed by different combinations in the center and across the floor. Throughout class Jaclyn focuses on proper alignment, connection to the body, coordination, timing, and overall technique.
Jaclyn’s lyrical classes start with a dynamic full body warm up, with an emphasis on strength. She incorporates ballet technique within all combos, story telling, and performance quality and connection. Jaclyn aims to create a welcoming environment for dancers at any level. She focuses on individualized feedback and ensures every student has a positive experience while pushing growth and artistic expression.
Jaclyn’s contemporary classes start with a dynamic full body warm up, focusing on spinal articulation and strength. These classes blend the techniques of ballet and modern. Dancers will be encouraged to bring their own point of view to the combination. Jaclyn aims to create a welcoming environment for dancers at any level. She focuses on individualized feedback and ensures every student has a positive experience while pushing growth and artistic expression.
Jaclyn’s Pilates classes are for dancers and/or movers at any level. Each class will start with a calming breathing technique allowing individuals in the class to become present in their bodies. This class goes back to the foundations of Pilates, moving with the breath, moving with intention, and always moving from the core first. Jaclyn is used to working with an array of bodies in front of her and is very good at giving modifications as needed. At the end of class participants will feel engaged within their intrinsic muscles, lengthened from head to toe, and grounded so participants will leave feeling refreshed.