
Camille Olivier-Salmon (Artistic Director) founded Brisbane Dance Workshop in 1984 and continues to be its Artistic Director. Camille received her BA in Choreographic Design. As a young performer, Camille was awarded scholarships to study and perform at the American Dance Festival, a long-standing and honored institution. She trained in NYC with Martha Graham, Jose Limon, and Rudy Perez. She performed professionally with the Rudy Perez Dance Ensemble in New York and with Kadeka Dance for Kids and Shelia Xergoes in San Francisco. As a choreographer, Camille's work has been shown at ADF, and in Louisiana, NYC and S.F. Camille is a retired program director for the SF Arts Education Project, a SF not for profit organization that places artist in resident in public school, she is also a choreographer and associate director for the EVENT Players, a pre-professional children's musical theater company. She served on the Board of Trustees for the Brisbane School District for twelve years and is co-chair of SF Arts Providers Alliance and presently on the Leadership Committee for the Ca. Arts Alliance.
Artist Teachers

Jessica Co (Hip Hop & Urban) grew up dancing with Brisbane Dance Workshop from ages 8 to 13. She then trained in ballet at the Westlake School for the Performing Arts for 4 years and performed with the Ballet Company at Berkeley. In parallel with earning her Neurobiology and Cognitive Science degree, Jessica has performed and competed with numerous open-style dance teams at UC Berkeley, including AFX Dance Company and Summer Stacks. Jessica was also the Modern/Contemporary director for the Pilipinx American Alliance’s 47th Pilipinx Cultural Night, where she created workshops and choreographed modern integrations for the end-of-year play. Currently, Jessica is studying neuroplasticity as a research technician at UC Berkeley. Having pursued dance alongside her academic endeavors since the age of 8, she carries the privilege of learning and developing the art of discipline, communication, and strength in the studio and the classroom. Jessica is excited to teach at BDW, her home studio, to continue the tradition that shaped the dancer and scientist she is today.

Calla Cox (Ballet) hails from Chico, California. She has been studying ballet for over 16 years and has performed with a pre-professional ballet company for several years. In addition to continuing her ballet studies, training and performances, she attends San Francisco State University where she is majoring in kinesiology. She hopes one day to add to her career, occupational therapist for children. Dance and the art of teaching are her passions, as well as a deep love for music and the outdoors. Calla looks forward to sharing her love for ballet with her BDW students.

Amanda Farbstein (Tap) trained in tap under Berle Davis, Robyn Tribuzi, and Dottie Lester-White and has been teaching musical theatre style for 8 years. She also taught adult intermediate tap at Dance Arts Center and for various theatre programs like Broadway by the Bay, Musical Theatre Conservatory/NDNU, HIllbarn Theatre, and Pied PIper Players. She teaches private lessons for all ages, adult zoom tap classes, and workshops. She's done a fair share of the classic Broadway tap musicals: Crazy for You, Anything Goes, Mary Poppins, The Producers (dance captain), White Christmas (Judy), and Singing in the Rain twice (Kathy). She hasn't done 42nd Street yet, but she'll teach you the opening number! She's an equity member who trained in theatre at PCPA Conservatory and holds a BA in English from Westmont College.

Eva Langman (Theater) has been a theater instructor and director for youth & adult groups in the Bay Area since 2008. She studied at the Experimental Theater wing of the Tisch School of the Arts at NYU, and has trained at the California Institute of Integral Studies in Counseling Psychology with an emphasis in Drama Therapy. Eva facilitated the creation of original scripts and libretti with students from Kindergarten through the 8th grade, and has been the resident Creative Director of West Portal Elementary School’s spring musical since 2014. She has taught drama, voice, improv, mask work, devised theater and creative writing under the auspices of several arts organizations in California, including SF Arts Ed, Bay Area Children’s Theater, Leap, Little Opera and the Randall Museum. Through theater education, Eva aims to facilitate curiosity, empathy and self-knowledge among her students, and foster a deeper connection to the innate human capacity to play.

Charlie Stellar (Creative Movement/Modern) is a dancer, a prancer, a shape shifter romancer. She has been cross-training creativity with many kinds of art and stimuli since she was child, including Dance, Music, Photography, Choreography, Drawing, Collage, Fashion and more. She believes in the power of creativity and self expression to transform our life experiences into art. As a lifelong teacher, her past includes teaching hip hop dance to middle schoolers, dance film workshops to college students, and yoga to adults. Charlie and her husband have taught partner dance all over the world (swing and blues) and now continue to teach locally. Charlie is thrilled to be now be a mom to a 4 year old, which has inspired a deeper movement exploration with the smaller size humans and their innate creative expression. You can learn more about her on her dance film website: www.stellardancefilms.com

Sierra Tiatia (Contemporary/Modern) (any pronouns) is an 18 year old Brisbane resident. They grew up in Brisbane, taking their first dance classes at the Brisbane Dance Workshop from the age of 3 to 13. They trained and competed in gymnastics for many years, making them understand the importance of strength and conditioning in the pursuit of any sport. They were in the social justice youth dance group GRRRL Brigade for five years, graduating from the program in the spring of 2023. Their time in this company opened their eyes to the application of dance and art in the progress of society. Sierra began their professional career dancing for the Dance Brigade in San Francisco and is performing in Krissy Keefer’s original production Match Girrl. After graduating high school a year early, Sierra is attending their fourth semester at City College of San Francisco, working on their Associates Degree in Performance Art. Alongside dance, they are beginning their career in fashion by selling upcycled clothing at local DIY artist events. Their pursuit of fashion is an outcome of spending three years in an educational internship with fashion designer and Brisbane mother Jessica Hoff. They are building their business on the basis of care for the future of the environment and advocacy for feeling comfortable in one’s body. Sierra seeks to create spaces for young people to feel safe while expressing themselves. As a lifelong student, they understand the importance of being challenged in a healthy environment and will apply this to their approach to teaching. Sierra is looking forward to teaching at Brisbane Dance Workshop in order to give back to and uphold the program that nurtured their career so positively.
Past Artists

* IN LOVING MEMORY: BRUCE BIADA *
* Visit www.brucebiada.com to share your memories *
At the end of the 2022-23 season, the BDW community was devastated by the unexpected passing of our beloved tap teacher, Bruce Biada. Bruce shared his passion for dance with
BDW students of all ages for many years. We are profoundly saddened by his loss, and he will be dearly missed.
Bruce's approach to teaching gave his students a solid foundation and a chance to explore many styles of tap, from classical to current. His choreography was infused with innovative whimsy and humor, leaving his students joyfully tapping "outside of the box."
* Visit www.brucebiada.com to share your memories *
At the end of the 2022-23 season, the BDW community was devastated by the unexpected passing of our beloved tap teacher, Bruce Biada. Bruce shared his passion for dance with
BDW students of all ages for many years. We are profoundly saddened by his loss, and he will be dearly missed.
Bruce's approach to teaching gave his students a solid foundation and a chance to explore many styles of tap, from classical to current. His choreography was infused with innovative whimsy and humor, leaving his students joyfully tapping "outside of the box."