Krystal Hall-Glass- First appeared on Broadway in The Wiz while attending The Julliard School on a dance scholarship. After an illustrious performing career, she became the first African-American graduate from SUNY Purchase Conservatory of Dance with an MFA in performance/teaching. She has worked with choreographers Sarah Stackhouse, Michael Peters, Earl Mosley, Nathan Trice, Shirley Black-Brown, Otis Sallid, George Faison, Andrea Woods and Raymond Harris; legendary actor Ossie Davis; and famed jazz musicians Max Roach and Cassandra Reeves. She toured nationally and internationally as principal dancer with Kevin Iega Jeff’s highly acclaimed Jubilation! Dance Company, garnering a Bessie nomination. She received a choreographic grant from the National Endowment for the Arts, and her choreography has been performed by members of Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater, Dance Theatre of Harlem, Deeply Rooted Dance Theatre, Creative Outlet, Opus Dance Theatre Company, The Julliard School and The Frankfurt Ballet. She has instructed at Lincoln Center Institute, LaGuardia High School of the Performing Arts, Newark’s Arts High School, Professional Performing Arts High School, Howard University, City College, SUNY Purchase, The Alvin Ailey American Dance Center, The 45 Degrees Project and Koresh Dance Company. The resident choreographer of Riverdale Children’s Theatre, she has been cited six times in ‘Who’s Who Among America’s Teachers” for her contributions to the art of dance and recognized twice by the New York Foundation of the Arts for her work with promising dance students. She was dance director for Mind-Builders Creative Arts Center and the famed Harlem School of the Arts, where, under her directorship, more than 50 students were accepted into professional performing arts dance programs within a five-year period. Expounding on her ability to foster excellence in the dance arts, she is the president and founder of Krystal Glass (e)Motion By Design, a support company that maximizes the performance, professionalism and presentation of dancers and like organizations.