Our Affiliate Artist Team

FOUNDER Contramestre Andre Lima

Andre Lima  is a native Brazilian, who has been in America for over 25 years. He started to play Capoeira in 2002 with Mestre Kinha, Capoeira Besouro Hawaii.   In 2014 after moving to Cape Cod, Andre Lima  founded  Capoeira Besouro Cape Cod.  Andre has been teaching Capoeira classes for all levels and ages in Truro, Wellfleet, Orleans and Hyannis.  Andre’s classes are accessible to all and  he also teaches adaptive capoeira classes for people with disabilities at Latham Centers in Brewster and through Cotuit Center for the Arts, CapeCod Collaborative Arts Network program. 

Dance Fitness, Tap, Jazz, Latin, Heels

Jacky has been dancing her whole life and trained and performed in multiple styles. Jacky is a certified instructor by LaBlast Dance Fitness and Splash, ACE Group Fitness, and Balletone, and she created "Hot Stuff" a sassy confidence-building class for beginners. She teaches pop up classes for MSFTS, Danceport, and Cape Cod Healthy Connections.

Jacky has also been the Cape Cod Shimmy Mob Team Leader, raising funds for Indepedence House and a pro for Dancing with the Docs raising money for Cape Wellness Collaborative.

Yoga, Meditation, Sound, Breath

Founder & Executive Director of Breath and Sound

Jenya is a dedicated yoga teacher, musician, Bhakti practitioner, and nature lover. She was born and raised in Kazakhstan and has been living on Cape Cod for ten years. Far away from home, Jenya has faced many challenges and living on her own in a foreign country made her look at life differently. Here in the US, Jenya discovered that no matter where your journey begins, everyone has an equal opportunity to heal, grow and follow their path in life. Fascinated by the number of public resources and human services here in the states, Jenya always wished these services were provided in her home country. Jenya considers herself lucky to have stepped on the path of yoga and ancient practices. She is convinced that yoga has helped her give up harmful habits.

When she started to teach Yoga she was always looking for new students, because she found so much joy in teaching someone who has never practiced before. Jenya created Breath and Sound in 2024 with the idea of helping those in recovery. However, her true passion if life is showing the beauty of a yogic lifestyle to everyone she meets on her life path.

Contemporary Dance

Owner of Studio 721 in Buzzards Bay

Julia is a highly sought-after teacher and choreographer across Massachusetts, frequently guest teaching and setting choreography at studios throughout the South Shore, North Shore, and surrounding areas. In 2025 she taught at Live to Dance Convention and Alive Dance Tours Convention. She also was commissioned in 2025 by BoSoma Dance Company to set an original work on the company. In 2022 she began teaching at Turning Pointe Dance Studio in Falmouth, MA, a YAGP Outstanding School.

In addition to her dance expertise, Julia is certified in Personal Training through ACE Fitness, expanding her understanding of movement and physical wellness. In May 2022, she opened Studio 721 in Buzzards Bay, MA. She finds immense joy through bringing her love for the art of dance and movement to Buzzards Bay and all of the surrounding areas.

Latin Dances- Salsa, Bachata

Kumara Sidhartha MD MPH grew up in India, immersed in a rich culture of ancient classical dance and energetic Bollywood beats. This diverse background sparked his passion for dance, which eventually led him to the world of Latin dancing.

As the winner of the People’s Choice Award at the Dancing with the Docs competition in 2018, Dr. Sidhartha brings a unique blend of expertise and enthusiasm to his Latin dance classes. His instructions in Salsa and Bachata are grounded in a deep understanding of human anatomy, body mechanics, and musicality. Known for his easy-to-follow teaching style, Dr. Sidhartha ensures that his students not only learn dance movements but also have fun in the process.

Ballet, Tap, Jazz and Mermaiding

Linda Holmes has been dancing since she was 5 years old.  She owned her own dance studios and dance company in California.  Linda was a member of The American Jazz Dance Company, danced with the California Ballet School and Company, the Heart and Sole Tap Dance Company, and has studied dance all over the US.  She has performed in musicals, and ballet and theater performances. Linda was also the Director of the University of Maine at Fort Kent Dance Program, taught at various studios in Maine, and is now the instructor for the entire dance program with the Cotuit Center for The Arts offering Ballet, Tap and Jazz classes.  She has taught since the age of 16 and has launched a number of professional dancers, singers, skaters and gymnasts. Linda is also a certified AFAA Group Exercise Instructor, a certified Swim Instructor, and has her own mermaid swim business (Mainly Mermaids).

Personal Training, Individual and Group sessions

Nate was born and raised in Eastham, Massachusetts. Although he now lives off Cape Cod, he maintains strong personal and professional ties to the region and continues to consider it home. Throughout his career, Nate has been dedicated to public service, working across both the public and nonprofit sectors. He currently serves as the Community Development Coordinator for the City of Framingham, Massachusetts.

Nate strongly aligns with the core values of MACC and is committed to its mission. He believes in the powerful role physical activity plays in promoting not only individual health and well-being, but also in strengthening communities. Recently certified as a personal trainer, Nate is focused on bringing a trauma-informed approach to fitness into the community, expanding access to inclusive and supportive wellness opportunities.

Founder & Executive Director of The Awareness Project

Pete manages all operational aspects of this nonprofit The Awareness Project. In the last three years, he’s guided more than 250 mindfulness meditation sessions, either virtually or in-person and hosted 9 community mindfulness arts events.

Pete received training in Mindfulness in 2016 at UMass Memorial Health Care Center for Mindfulness founded by Jon Kabat-Zinn. In 2022, he completed the 6-month mindfulness instructor training from Calmer Choice, Cape Cod.

Movement-Based Educator and Dancer

Founder of Horsechestnut Winds®

Rebecca R Burrill, EdD, is founder/director of ecologically grounded arts organization Horsechestnut Winds®: Arts and Learning thru Movement. She is a dancer, artistic director, teaching artist, and movement-based child developmentalist and educator. Her work focuses on the aesthetics of first perceptions—movement-sound—as primary language, the language of human kinship with Nature. She engages people of all ages and walks of life in the experience of these deep body-heart-mind processes, culminating in community, site-specific, ceremonial performance.

Greek Dancing

Rheanna Hastings has been a Dance Troupe Leader since 2001 and has been Greek Dancing since the age of 12. She is a first generation Greek American who grew up surrounded by her culture. She speaks, reads, and writes Greek, and loves to share her culture with others which includes history, language and especially Dance! She likes to spread awareness about her culture and teach others about cultural diversity through ethnic dance, language, and dialogue. Rheanna is a Member of the Nauset School District's Multilingual Parent and Caregiver Advisory Council (MLPAC).

NIA

Sue Landers is a licensed NIA instructor from Brewster. Blending the joy of dance, discipline of martial arts, mindfulness of somatics and universal spiritual principles, Nia is a body- centered movement technique that supports physical, mental, emotional and spiritual health and well-being.