DIRECTION
Ali Koinoglou
Founder & Director, Koin & Co Dancers
Ali Koinoglou is an award-winning choreographer based out of NYC. Her professional choreography debut was at the Symphony Space theater as a student in the Broadway Dance Center's Professional Semester, & since, has taken off!
Ali’s most notable choreography credits include Disney+ movie premiere for the release of Sneakerella, MTV’s 50th Birthday Celebration for Madonna, TLC’s The Long Island Medium & ABC’s Good Morning America. Outside of TV credits, Ali has an extensive choreography roster of performances such as LegUp on Life, Sybarite, Broadway Dance Center's Professional Semester, Peridance Youth Arts Showcase, DUMBO Dance Festival, Brooklyn Dance Festival & many more.
Ali has been fortunate to be an associate choreographer on many projects including the Brooklynettes, Nike, Clarins, Colgate, & Tag Hueler. Ali's work has been publicly recognized by the Pulse on Tour, Radix Dance Convention, Dance Mogul Magazine, & Dance Magazine, and as a performer, some of Ali's most notable credits are the Capezio A.C.E. Awards, CARNIVAL, Good Morning America, SNL, & Dancers of New York.
In addition to choreography, Ali has a vast background in arts administration. She worked in the Broadway Dance Center’s Education Department for several years under director Bonnie Erickson & following this, Ali was media manager & personal assistant to five-time Emmy award winning Mia Michaels. Ali’s administration skills, combined with her love for creating & educating dancers led her to found her own company, Koin & Co Dancers. The company was first created as a platform to develop Ali’s professional works but has since blossomed into the leading educational programming for dancers 12-18 years of age in NYC! With Ali’s vast network of teachers, choreographers & agents, the dancers receive an exclusive edge on their training & key knowledge needed to prepare for a successful career in the performing arts industry.
Currently, Ali directs Koin & Co, is on faculty at Broadway Dance Center & Sacred Heart University. Ali’s most fervent lifelong goal is to educate dancers around the world to reach their full potential as talented dancers & all-around kind humans!
Bella Savastano
Programs Coordinator
Luis Villar
Ballet Master
Giada Leigh
Intern
Previous Board of Directors
Each season Koin & Co’s goal is to rotate different voices into our Board of Directors to further collaborate on the diversity & inclusion of our ever-growing educational programming.
The next generation of working, successful artists can not be just one educator or one program’s product, but instead, a melting pot of various educators, influences & training environments that create a well-rounded, diverse artist.
Koin & Co is proud to name each of the previous directors, influencers, residents, etc who have contributed to the vast Koin & Co empire.
SEASON ONE
*the Inaugural season of educational programming
Ali Koinoglou, Steph Noble
Bekah Howard, Emily Chastain
Ballet Master, Nick Betty-Neagle
SEASON TWO
Ali Koinoglou, Steph Noble, Bekah Howard
Alex Vari, Nick Betty-Neagle
Ballet Master, Nick Betty-Neagle
SEASON THREE
Ali Koinoglou, Steph Noble
Bekah Howard, Jazzmine Szyndler
Ballet Mistress, Gemma Beasley
Intern, Amber McCrink
SEASON FOUR
Ali Koinoglou, Steph Noble, Bekah Howard
Ballet Mistress, Gemma Beasley
SEASON FIVE
Ali Koinoglou, Bekah Howard
Virtual Director, Steph Noble
Ballet Mistress, Gemma Beasley
SEASON SIX
Ali Koinoglou, Bekah Howard
Ballet Master, Juan Rodriguez
Interns, Julia Iaquinta & Luka Appelbaum
SEASON SEVEN
Ali Koinoglou, Amanda Blechman
Ballet Masters, Juan Rodrigeuz & Jamie Salmon
SEASON EIGHT
Ali Koinoglou, Bella Savastano
Ballet Master, Luis Villar
SEASON NINE
Ali Koinoglou, Bella Savastano
Ballet Master, Luis Villar
Intern, Giada Leigh