Sun-Mi Cho
Ballet SunMi, Founder & Director
In Korean, “Sun” means virtue and “Mi” means beauty. Ballet SunMi exists to cultivate virtue and beauty of the individual through connecting to a community through dance.
With over 25 years dedicated to dance arts, I see the overall value dance offers is the ability to connect with others. Kinesthetic intelligence hones the art of perseverance with other individuals who learn to support, encourage and uplift one another.
After nearly 11 years on Ballet Faculty at The Rock School for Dance Education, full Dance Scholarship from Southern Methodist University, Adjunct Faculty at Temple University and over 15 years as a professional dancer, I see the long-game benefits of the arts for healing, advocation and finding an empowering narrative unique to the individual students.
I build ideas of community though leading all my classes with kindness, respect and pursuit of excellence. My hope is that all of my students feel valued and embraced in an environment where there is no such thing as failing, only "multiple opportunities to attempt".
My former pre-professional students received scholarships to programs like American Ballet Theatre, Houston Ballet, Ellison, Joffrey, PA Ballet, Princeton Ballet, The Rock School and scholarships to Universities like UARTS, Southern Methodist, Julliard, NYU, Chapman, and Point Park, Fordham and Butler University.
All my classes, whether adults or children are focused on giving each person feedback, encouragement and individualized corrections for consistent improvement.
Sun-Mi teaches Creative Core, Foundations, Teen, and Adult Ballet classes.
William Burden
William attended the Rock School of Dance Education and was a scholarship student at the Alvin Ailey American Dance Center. William also has many years of training with Tap Team Two & Company co-directed by his father, Robert Burden. William has been a company member with Eleone Dance Connection, Eleone Dance Theater/Artistic Director Shawn Lamere Williams and Spectrum Dance Theatre under the artistic direction of Mr. Donald Byrd. Will enjoys teaching both children and adults at all levels.
William teaches Teen and Adult Tap classes.
Alyssa Buenaga
Alyssa studied dance at The Dancer’s Workshop in Wall, NJ from the age of 5 and is trained in ballet, tap, jazz, hip hop, contemporary and acrobatics. Alyssa attended Temple University where she continued her dance career on the dance team Dare to Dance while earning her bachelor’s degree in finance. Alyssa’s passion for dance has never faded and she continues to make it a priority in her life. She cares deeply for her students and provides a fun and safe space in her classroom for both children and adult dancers to express themselves with physical movement.
Alyssa teaches Creative Core Ballet 1, Creative Core/Tap, Foundations Ballet 1, and Teen Kpop classes.
Kathryn Schweingruber
Kathryn Schweingruber is a versatile dancer, teacher and choreographer from Philadelphia, PA. She grew up training at Gwendolyn Bye Dance Center and went on to earn a B.S. in Dance from Drexel University. Kathryn has choreographed works from Drexel’s Dance Ensemble and FreshDance Ensemble, Dancefusion’s fusion2, Penn Dance Company and Philadelphia Dance Academy. Currently, Kathryn is a member of Philadelphia Jazz Tap Ensemble, the assistant choreographer for Gweynedd Mercy Academy High School’s musicals and teaches at several studios and schools in the Philadelphia area.
Kathryn teaches Kids Tap classes.