Ilya Burov
Owner/ Artistic Director
Ballet Technique, Pointe, Variations, Pas de Deux, Contemporary Ballet, Men’s Class, Competition Choreographer
Born in Russia, Ilya Burov graduated from The Russian School of Ballet in Saratov in 2003. Following school he joined The Moscow Classical Ballet under the artistic direction of Natalia Kasatkina and Vladimir Vasilev where he danced many lead roles. Burov was quickly recognized and was asked to perform as a principal guest artist with many companies across Russia and Europe. In the same year, he also mastered his advanced degree with the Moscow Academy of Choreography.
In 2005 Burov moved to the United States where he performed for many professional companies across America. In 2006 he was a part of Festival Ballet Providence where he worked for several years as a principal dancer. He has also toured with many companies dancing in Italy, China, Spain, Israel, Greece, India, Mexico, Venezuela and Serbia.
Burov has performed principal and lead roles in many ballets including Cinderella, Swan Lake, Sleeping Beauty, The Nutcracker, Don Quixote, Giselle, Scheherazade, Romeo and Juliette, Balanchine’s ballets such as Rubies, Allegro Brilliante, Tarantella pas de deux, Donizetti Variations, Anthony Tudors Continuo and Leaves are Faiding, and many modern/contemporary works composed for the artist.
Burov has experience working with many internationally acclaimed choreographers and teachers such as Natalia Kasatkina, Boris Lawrowski, Sandra Jennings, Amanda Mckerrow and John Gardner of ABT.
In 2014 he received several awards from the Rhode Island Government. He was recognized for his outstanding achievement in Art from the Mayor of Providence RI, Angell Taveras, Speaker of the House and the Governor for his artistic contributions to the City and State.
Burov also has a great passion for teaching and coaching. Since 2007 he has been part of the faculty in many schools and companies across the world.
In 2015 he became the Artistic Director of Alaska Dance Theatre.
Ilya Burov is the proud Owner and Artistic Director of The Portsmouth School of Ballet and continues to bring the new generation of dancers to the next level.
Emily Loscocco
Owner/ Artistic Director
Ballet Technique, Pointe, Variations, Pas de Deux, Young Children’s Program, Contemporary Ballet, Strength & Conditioning, Competition Choreographer
Emily Loscocco began her dance training in her hometown of Holliston Massachusetts. At the age of fifteen she left home to attend school at the Kirov Academy in Washington D.C. There she received training from Galina Kozlova in the Vagonava style. The next year Ms. Loscocco attended a summer program with The Orlando Ballet under the direction of Bruce Marks. She was asked to stay and received her first job with a professional ballet company. While dancing in Orlando Emily participated in the Youth America Grand Prix, dancing her way to the final round she placed top twelve and was offered multiple scholarships.
Emily has also danced with Ballet Met in Columbus Ohio and as a guest artist across the country and Europe. In 2012 Emily traveled to Mongolia to perform with Boston Ballet’s Altan Dugaraa in Roland Petit’s “Pink Floyd Ballet” where she performed for the president and the Japanese Ambassador. She danced as a principal dancer in the United States and has been guesting internationally. In 2015 Emily danced as a principal guest artist with Alaska Dance Theatre and taught daily at their school. Emily has gained a national reputation as a highly sought after dance instructor and is a freelance dancer represented by a well- known agent in New York City.
Her repertoire includes Bruce Marks’ Swan Lake; Wayne Stewarte’s Coppelia (Swanhilda); Marius Petipa’s La Bayadere(Nikia); Bruce Simpson’s A Midsummer’s Night Dream (Tatiana); Sleeping Beauty (Lilac fairy); The Nutcracker (Snow Queen, Dew Drop fairy, Sugar Plum fairy); George Balanchine’s Apollo (Calliope); Leading roles in George Balanchine’s Who Cares?, and Agon; Principal in George Birkadze’s Taming of the Shrew, My Sorrow and Dynamite; David Nixon’s Dangerous Liaisons; Dwight Rhoden’s Carm ina Burana; Bergit Scherzer’s Requiem; Bruce Simpson’s Romeo and Juliet; Fernando Bujones’s Spartacus; Princiapal in Marius Petipa’s Carnival of Venice; Twyla Tharp’s Water Babies; Principal in Richard Cook’s Dance of the Hours; Principal in Peter Stark’s Rumplstilkstin;Principal Victor Plotnikov’s Given, and Orchis; Bruce Marks Don Quixote; Devon Carney’s Speaking in Tongues and Gerard Charle’s Maestro.
Ms. Loscocco is extremely excited to be one of the owners and artistic directors of The Portsmouth School of Ballet. She believes with her love of dance along with her knowledge and experience as a professional ballerina she is fully equipped to prepare young aspiring dancers to become successful in the dance industry.
Michelle Bruckner
Musical Theater, Tap, Jazz, Competition Choreographer
Michelle made her Broadway Debut in Chicago, The Musical. She played the role of Sheila in A Chorus Line on The Broadway Tour of America and the European Tour. She had leading roles in five consecutive seasons at Maine State Music Theatre, and has worked at The Walnut Street Theater in Philadelphia. Her choreography credits include: West Side Story, Damn Yankees, Mame, The Mystery of Edwin Drood, Into the Woods, The Secret Garden, and many others.
Susan Endrizzi
Ballet Technique, Pointe, Variations, Pas de deux, Contemporary Ballet
Susan Ingraham Endrizzi began her training at the Robertson School of Classical Ballet. In 1994 she received her B.F.A. in dance performance from Butler University. Her professional credits include performances with Ballet New England and Ballet Theatre of Pennsylvania. Susan joined Jose Mateo’s Ballet Theatre of Boston in 1995 where she danced original choreography for 9 years, taught all levels for 8 years, and was a rehearsal assistant for 2 years. She has been on the faculty of Portsmouth School of Ballet since 2005 teaching ballet, pas de deux and pointe technique. Susan is also a ballet professor at the University of New Hampshire.
Jess Alexander
Hip-Hop, Acro, Competition Choreographer
Jess started cheering at the age of 7 and went on to cheer competitively for an Allstar cheer gym for 17 years. She also cheered for her middle and highschool teams. Throughout her cheering career she won many personal and team awards and scholarships such and was even picked to dance at the Macys Thanksgiving Day parade and the Orange Bowl. At 14 she started coaching cheering and choreographing at the Rec and all-star levels and was asked by many other teams to create routines for them as well.
Jess has studied gymnastics and tumbling at gyms all over Maine including Maine academy of gymnastics & Dudziak’s. From 2009 Jess danced with the Pro D-league basketball team, the Maine Red Claws as a “Lady Red Claw.” There is where the idea of mixing dance and tumbling really sparked the creative flame for her and she started choreographing routines for the “Lady Red Claws”. She went on to dance and help choreograph dance routines for them for two years. In 2011 Jess started her Acro career at The Studio for the Living Arts in Grey, Maine. From 2011-2018 her choreography won various awards at competitions all around New England including Choreography awards, Pand highest overall score Awards.
Jess is so excited to be a part of the PSB family and already feels at home!
Savannah Lee
Ballet Technique, Pointe & Variations
Savannah Lee started her training with Atlanta Ballet under the direction of John McFall. At age fourteen, she reached the top of the pre professional division studying closely with many wonderful teachers including Rosemary Miles and Armando Luna and danced corps de ballet roles with the company. In Atlanta, she was in productions such as Atlanta Ballet’s Nutcracker, Micheal Pink’s Romeo and Juliet, John McFall’s Swan Lake, and Bruce Well’s Pinocchio and Snow White. Her favorite role she danced with them was the Lamb (Marzipan) in Atlanta Ballet’s Nutcracker. Savannah was one of twelve Americans to attend The Royal Ballet in Covent Garden, London the summer she studied. She furthered her training spending summers with English National Ballet, American Ballet Theater in NY, Kirov Ballet Academy D.C., Washington Ballet and Central Pennsylvania Youth Ballet.
Savannah danced professionally with Nashville Ballet 2, Brooklyn Ballet, Nomad Contemporary Ballet, Portland Ballet, Boulder Ballet, and as a guest artist in many states. In addition, she attended Brenau University on a full Presidential Scholarship for Dance under the guidance of Diane Callahan. Some memorable roles she has danced include the Sugarplum Fairy, the Lilac Fairy, Taglioni in Grand Pas de Quatre, Queen of the Dryads, the Bride of Dracula, Juliet in the Lila Dance Festival and the Moon in celestial ballet created by ABT’s Claire Davison. She had the honor of performing many roles choreographed by George Balanchine. These include the Russian Girl in Serenade, the Butterfly soloist from Midsummer Night’s Dream, the first principal pas de deux in Western Symphony, the Pizzicato Variation in Raymonda Variations and Nutcracker’s Snow Scene.
She choreographed on both Boulder Ballet and Portland Ballet’s companies, Harvard Ballet, Brenau University, her former company, Lightning Dance Collective and in the Lila Dance Festival. Lee has taught for Manhattan Movement Arts Center, Boulder Ballet, Portland Ballet, Jose Mateo Ballet Theatre, and Urbanity Dance. In 2021, Savannah became the dance program coordinator for Musical Arts of Dover, teaching all ages and directing dance performances. As a guest teacher she has taught for many dance schools including Erica Cornejo and Carlos Molina’s ballet school, Integrarte. Savannah is excited for all the moments she gets to share her love for ballet with Portsmouth School of Ballet.
Flora Dickens
Contemporary, Jazz, Lyrical, Company Choreographer
Starting off as a competitive dancer, Ms. Dickens competed up until the age of 17. During her years of competing she had won multiple scholarships, awards, regional/national titles, and self-choreography awards. Ms. Dickens has worked with talented dance photographers including Jordan Matter and Shark Cookie. In 2018 she was awarded an invitation and scholarship to attend the Bolshoi Ballet Summer Intensive from YAGP’s Larissa Saveliev after placing 1st in contemporary and 2nd in classical. Ms. Dickens is fully trained in ballet, jazz, tap, contemporary, modern, hip hop, lyrical, pointe, and acrobatics. Outside of training in the studios growing up, she mentored and trained one on one with Alex Wong in ballet and contemporary. Ms. Dickens has expanded her dance career by teaching and choreographing at studios all around from ages 5-18. The past three seasons, her choreography has won many top scoring awards and choreography awards, with many being the highest scoring routines of an entire competition. In December of 2022, Ms. Dickens was chosen to perform as a “Pearlie” in the North Shore Music Theater’s “A Christmas Carol” production. You can find Ms. Flora Dickens on Season 17 of So You Think You Can Dance as Top 12 Girls, and Top 24 overall.
Anastasia Black
Young Children’s Program, Ballet Technique, Lyrical, Competition Choreographer
Anastasia Black grew up on the seacoast and has trained at the Portsmouth School of Ballet since the age of eight. She is trained in a wide range of styles, including ballet, pointe, contemporary, lyrical, modern, hip-hop, tap, jazz, and musical theater. Being a versatile dancer has always been extremely important to her and has allowed her to become well-rounded in her training. Ms. Ana competed on the PSB competition team for 12 years, gaining invaluable experience and knowledge throughout that time.
Since graduating high school and attending Pace University in New York City, her passion for dance has continued to grow, along with a strong interest in teaching. She has had the opportunity to train at Broadway Dance Center with world-renowned choreographers and to teach dance classes to fellow students through her university. Ms. Ana is deeply passionate about creating unique choreography and inspiring younger generations to discover the same love for dance that she has. Having grown up as a dancer herself, she understands how to communicate with students in a way that makes them feel heard and supported. Encouraging students to reach their fullest potential while providing a nurturing and motivating environment is her top priority.