Founder & Executive Director, Yasemin Satici has been a student and lover of the arts her entire life. Inspired by her work with children, Ms. Satici aspired to create a program that offerd the best possible training in the arts. The end result of her efforts is MUSE and along with an incredible wealth of teachers from around the world Ms. Satici continues to provide outstanding Arts education to her community.
Faculty
Anna Wasserman began her dance training at the age of 4 and started her theater education at just 6 years old. A proud MUSE alumni, she received extensive training in Ballet, Contemporary, Tap, Jazz, Lyrical, Hip-Hop, Modern, Musical Theater, Acro, Piano, and Voice. Anna has been a vital part of the MUSE community for many years—performing, choreographing, and mentoring dancers of all levels. She is the Director of the MUSE competitive dance team. She is an award-winning choreographer and has earned numerous national titles for her original works. Some of Anna’s stage credits as a performer include Spring Awakening, Chicago, Rent, Into the Woods, and The Wizard of Oz. She has also trained with many renowned artists, and was selected as part of the senior group that traveled to Rome, Italy in 2019 to study dance on an international level.
Ms. Anna is currently the Director of the MUSE Dance Company
Daynelis Muñoz was born in Cuba where she studied for 8 years in Classical Ballet. She graduated in 2005 as a Professional Classical Dancer and Ballet Instructor and has been part of Professional Companies like the Cuban National Ballet, Mexico Ballet and Tulsa Ballet. Daynelis has performed on stages in Spain, France, Colombia, Mexico and many others. She has danced internationally in Principal roles such as Swan Lake, Giselle, Don Quixote, Nutcracker, Sleeping Beauty, and Romeo and Juliet. She has danced pieces from internationally renowned choreographers from around the world such as John Cranko, Edwaard Liang, Marcello Angelini, George Balanchine, Wayne McGregor, Ma Cong and Alicia Alonso. Ms.Daynelis has participated in different International Ballet Competitions in Cuba and Mexico, including Youth America Grand Prix and has also judged professional dance competitions internationally. Ms. Daynelis is currently a Principal international guest artist and ballet instructor.
Ms. Daynelis currently teaches all levels of Ballet and pointe at MUSE
Laura Marcano was raised in Caracas, Venezuela, where she began her dance training. At 17, she moved to Florida to continue her education and artistic development, attending numerous competitions and conventions that exposed her to a wide range of dance styles and choreographers. She recently graduated from New World School of the Arts in Miami, where she performed works by renowned choreographers including Paul Taylor, David Parsons, Jamar Roberts, Martha Graham, and Robert Battle.
Laura appeared on the television dance competition Así Se Baila on Telemundo/NBC, gaining firsthand experience in the commercial entertainment industry and further strengthening her passion for performance.
Ms. Laura currently teaches Jazz and Tap at MUSE
Mia Williams is a Hip Hop and Jazz Funk instructor who works with both kids and adults, guiding dancers to discover their unique path through both expressive classes and focused training. With experience as a professional dancer for the Miami Marlins, she brings strong performance quality, discipline, and a motivating presence to every class, creating an environment where dancers feel challenged, inspired, and supported through recreational and competitive dancing. She is passionate about helping dancers build confidence, refine their skills, and develop a genuine love for dance, and she is currently pursuing a degree in Physical Therapy to further educate dancers on proper body care and injury prevention.
Ms. Mia currently teaches all levels of Hip Hop at Muse
Guest Instructors
Alexis Lemieux was born and raised in Miami, where she developed a deep appreciation for the arts from an early age. She spent over a decade training extensively in ballet, contemporary, street jazz, and Broadway jazz, while also pursuing acting classes to expand her performance foundation. Her dedication to the craft led her to join the prestigious Fluxus Haus dance residency, followed by a move to New York City where she studied Acting at the American Musical and Dramatic Academy (AMDA). After recently graduating, Alexis returned to South Florida with a renewed commitment to contributing to the artistic community that first inspired her journey. In addition to teaching and mentoring young artists, she recently completed two short films in collaboration with the YoungArts Foundation. In the upcoming season, Alexis is thrilled to announce her involvement in three new residencies with Chia-Ying Kao, Agatha Wright, and Alonzo Williams’ Creative Dance Company, where she will also be choreographing original work.
Ms. Alexis is a guest teacher at MUSE
Shaina Kaim is a native Floridian, who started dancing at the age of three. She trained in classical ballet at International Dance
Academy where she performed principle roles in their performances, such as the Sugar Plum Fairy. Shaina also trained with several ballet schools such as Orlando Ballet, Austin Ballet, Boston Ballet, and Joffrey Ballet. After attending New World School of the Arts, Shaina joined North Carolina Dance Theatre under the direction of Jeanne-Pierre Bonnefoux and Patricia McBride, now known as Charlotte Ballet. Shaina has now been teaching Ballet for over 10 years and has successfully completed all of the ABT® Teacher Training Intensives, which are Pre-Primary through Level 7 and partnering with the ABT® National Training Curriculum. Some of her other credentials would include certification in PBT- Progressing Ballet Technique, Yoga teacher training in several styles including kids yoga, and certified Alixa Flexibility, a safe way to learn flexibility.
Ms. Shaina is a guest teacher at MUSE
Iwalani Martin has been teaching dance and acro for over 10 years. Before she began dancing, she was a competitive gymnast. After realizing her true passion was in the dance studio, she went to high school at Denver School of the Arts. There she began learning to choreograph and define herself as a dancer under the direction of Micheal O’Banion and Alicia Karczewski. Continuing her dance education she graduated Cum Laude with a BFA in Dance and a BA in Philosophy from Randolph College. While there she worked with and performed works by Takehiro Ueyama, Hiawatha Johnson Jr., Clay Talifero from the Jose Limón Company, Diane Gray, Rebecca Jung from Pilobolus, Martha Graham, Doug Hamby, Kazuko Hirabayashi, Walter Kennedy, Doug Hamby. Since then she became a USA Gymnastics certified coach and has danced for Brazarte, Hattie Mae Williams and the Tattooed Ballerinas, Agatha Wright and choreographed her own works performed in Miami. Currently she dances for the Peter London Global Dance Company. She is also writing and teaching acro curriculum to dance teachers. Dance is Miss Iwalani’s passion and she hopes to be dancing till she’s 80 and beyond!
Ms. Lani is a guest teaching at MUSE.
Scott Alan is an internationally acclaimed songwriter who has worked with some of the brightest stars of theatre, TV, film and recording. Some of those artists including the Grammy Award winning Pentatonix, Grammy Award nominated artists Jane Monheit, Marc Broussard, Taylor Dayne, Tony Award winning artists Sutton Foster, Adriane Lenox, Randy Graff, Frances Ruffle, Lea Salonga, film and TV stars Tracie Thoms, Patina Miller, Katie Stevens, Danny-Boy Hatchard, Cheyenne Jackson, Megan Hilty, Samantha Barks, Jeremy Jordan and reality stars Sam Bailey, Collabro, Diane DeGarmo, Christina Marie, RJ Helton among others.
After the 2007 release of his debut album Dreaming Wide Awake, Alan has gone on to release six follow up albums that include Keys, What I Wanna Be When I Grow Up, Live, Anything Worth Holding On To, Cynthia Erivo and Oliver Tompsett sing Scott Alan and Lifeline.
Alan has toured the world and has sold out concerts in New York City, Japan, London, Holland, Germany, San Francisco, Boston, Los Angeles, Australia & Various cities in South and North America.
In 2012, Alan's composition "It's Good to See You Again" was featured on the premiere episode of the ninth season of So You Think You Can Dance and was the #1 downloaded song from the series that evening on iTunes and Amazon.
Mr. Alan is a guest teaching at MUSE.
Dance, Theater, Music.......inspiring the innovative thinkers and performers of tomorrow.