Stefanie Belnavis
Stefanie Belnavis – Instructor – Afro Caribbean Dance
As a Jamaican-born Dance Artist and Choreographer, Stefanie Belnavis trained in the islands with the Elizabeth Vickers-Samuda Ballet School (R.A.D Ballet), the Tony Wilson Junior Department and Senior Company (Horton and Graham Modern Technique), and, the Edna Manley School of Dance Junior Department (Jamaican Folk and Cuban-Modern) in her formative years. After seeking to expand her movement vocabulary and training outside of the Caribbean Stefanie completed her Bachelor of Arts Degree in Dance at the Manchester Metropolitan University in the United Kingdom in July 2008. During her studies, Stefanie explored Alexander Technique, Release Technique, Contact Improvisation, Post-Modern Dance, and, Laban Notation. She has since trained and performed with Vincent Cacalano, Anna Macdonald, Rachel Duerden, Arsenio Andrade, Clive Thompson, Barry Moncrieffe, Ralph Glenmore, Professor Rex Nettleford, Forecast Dance Company, the Vincent Cacalano Dance Company, Reflections Dance Company and The National Dance Theatre Company of Jamaica.
As a Dance Artist Stefanie has taught a series of Contemporary Modern and Jamaican Folk Dance classes & workshops at the Edna Manley School of Dance 
Junior Department (Jamaica), the Dance Institute of Washington (DC), the Joy of Motion Dance Agency (DC) and Dance Place (DC). Stefanie’s Contemporary Jamaican Folk Dance Masterclasses are a fusion of Jamaica’s Folk dance forms, namely Kumina, Dinki Mini, Bruckins, and Gerreh, combined with a Contemporary Modern influence, namely Release Technique.
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