Chamoni Mossa-Simone

This is Chamoni’s 9th year teaching at The Putnam Dance Center. Chamoni studied dance at Worcester county studios and with the Worcester Youth Ballet, studing with Kevin Milam. She spent a summer in Bermuda and performed in the corps de ballet of the Bermuda Civic Ballet. After this achievement, Chamoni attended Dean College in Franklin, Massachusetts and The University of Hartford in West Hartford, Conecticut where she obrtained a BFA in Dance Performance. During college she studied with Jill Silverman, Alla Osipienko, Maria Youskevich, Wang Sho Pen, Penny Lyman, Raymond Luken, Franco DeVita and many others. Chamoni continues her education by working toward a teacher certification in the Cecchetti Method of ballet. Chamoni completed Grade 1, 2 and 3 certifications and is currently working toward her 4th. In order to achieve these certifications she studies with a coach on a regular basis. Chamoni has recently become a member of the Cecchetti Council of America and has attended the Cecchetti Council of America Summer School. Chamoni has been teaching for 7 years at studios in Massachusetts, Rhode Island and Connecticut. Her students have received overall high score awards as well as technical excellence and choreography awards. They have also performed at Disney’s Magic Music Days and some have also moved on to college, achieving parts with companies in Boston, Philadelphia and New York.