Rose Caiola

Founder and Executive Artistic Director of Manhattan Youth Ballet and Manhattan Movement & Arts Center. She conceived the work FRECKLEFACE STRAWBERRY for the stage. She received her education at NYU’s Tish School of the Arts as well as was mentored by Maestro Zsednyi, principle dancer of the Royal Hungarian Opera Ballet. Ms. Caiola is a member of the Off Broadway League of Theaters and Producers as well as the Screen Actors Guild. She has produced a variety of concerts and benefits over the last 15 years including “Hope for Haiti” and “The Knickerbocker Suite”. MYB’s alumni dance in top world companies including ABT, NYCB and San Francisco Ballet among others. It is Ms. Caiola’s goal with both MMAC and MYB to provide both cultural and educational opportunities for the city at large.