Oksana Chernyuk -Owner/ Founder & Artistic Director & Choreographer

​Oksana Chernyuk is founder of Sunrise International Dance Company. She is a professional  folk dancer and artist with over 35 years of dancing experiences all over the world. Beginning her career at the age of 4 she became a feature dancer in the professional folk dance company "Black Sea" at the age of 14, touring all over Europe, Ukraine, Russia and Northern Africa.    
Her repertoire includes Folk, Ballet, Jazz, Flamenco, Tap, Contemporary, Gymnastics and Ballroom Dances.
She started her own dance Studio  in 2008 after over 30 years of professional dance performance. Since then Oksana has been Director of Sunrise International Dance Company.
Mrs.Oksana Chernyuk is main choreographer,producer, costume designer.
Awards: Two Times Champion at the Ukrainian Tap Dance Competition.
Winner of Gold medal at  the World Dance Championship in Hollywood.
Professional Dance & Gymnastics Coach for 15 years.

Yuriy Kutsmida - Folk dance Instructor/Coach & Assistant Choreographer.

Yuriy Kutsmida is a professional folk dancer with over 30 years of experience. For the past  15 years he has been working with Kids & Teenagers  of all ages and  levels of preparation at Sunrise International Dance Company.
Mr. Yuriy has been preparing numerous spectacular shows of  SIDC together with 
Mrs. Oksana Chernyuk. 
Mr. Yuriy is a specialist in stunts and unique dance
​ acro tricks, especially Russian & Ukrainian kicks and juggling with the swords.

Kristian Skydanovych - Performer - Faculty - Tap dance instructor & Coach.

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Kristian Skydanovych has been dancing since he was 5 years old. Since then, Mr. Kristian has danced different kinds of  styles such as Gymnastics, Russian and Ukrainian Folk, Irish, Contemporary,
Ballroom dances, but his real passion is TAP DANCE.
Mr. Kristian has performed on various stages in France, Spain, Italy, Germany, Czech Republic, Bulgaria, Ukraine, Russia, USA.
He has had the pleasure of dancing at Disneyland (Paris), as well as on board the MSC Cruise ship.
​Director of Tap Dance department in Sunrise International Dance Company.

Alexandra Dovzak - Performer - Faculty - Folk dance Instructor& Coach.

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Alexandra Dovzak has been dancing ever since she could walk. Ms. Alexandra has danced multiple different genres throughout her life such as Russian Folk, Russian Gypsy, Contemporary, Broadway and she specializes in Belly and Fire Dance. She is a triple threat bringing her singing and acting background into our studio. She has been in many musical theatre productions over the years, some of which have been nominated for and even won a few Tommy Tune Awards. She performed with Theatre Under the Stars at the Tommy Tune Awards and some of her favorite shows include The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee (as Marcy Park) and A Chorus Line (as Sheila Bryant).