Faculty Category: Year-Round

Tyler Gilstrap is a rehearsal director for New York Dance Project. She earned her BFA in Dance from Southern Methodist University. She was a founding member of Battleworks Dance Company (2001-2010), under the direction of Robert Battle. In 2014, she was the associate choreographer for the Sochi Winter Olympic Games Opening Ceremony. She was also the […] Read more

LINDA GELINAS is a rehearsal director for New York Dance Project. She was formerly a principal dancer for the Metropolitan Opera Ballet and has been recognized in the Metropolitan Opera archives, as having danced the most principal roles in the history of the Metropolitan Opera House at Lincoln Center. She performed with Edward Villella and Dancers, […] Read more

NICOLE DUFFY ROBERTSON is a co-founder and Associate Artistic Director of New York Dance Project. She danced with the Joffrey Ballet for over a decade, based both in New York and in Chicago. Her repertory included works by Joffrey, Arpino, Ashton, Balanchine, Cranko, Limon, Massine, and Nijinska, among many others. She also worked with contemporary choreographers […] Read more

DAVIS ROBERTSON is a co-founder and Artistic Director of New York Dance Project, a nonprofit dance company with a unique model that challenges dancers and audiences in a diverse repertory that includes classic ballet, modern, contemporary, and cutting-edge new work. Robertson is also a repetiteur for The Gerald Arpino Foundation, and the former Artistic Director of […] Read more