~ Company 'N' Tempo Faculty ~

RoseMarie Libera
RoseMarie Libera is the founder and Artistic Director of Company 'N Tempo Theatre and Dance Centre. The school was established in 1989 to help promote the participation in and the appreciation of the performing arts to children of all ages. RoseMarie holds a B.S. in English and an M.A. in Physical Education. She has been a performer, choreographer and teacher for 30 years. After performing in two dance companies and touring with an original production "Hollywood Canteen: A Reenactment" she continues to hone her skills by attending master classes in Boston, Connecticut and New York. She has served as VP of Dance for the Connecticut Association of Physical Education, Health, Recreation and Dance - CAHPERD.  She is currently a member of the Dance Teacher Certification Committee for Higher Education for the state of CT. RoseMarie is adjunct faculty in the Dance departments of Eastern Connecticut State University (ECSU) and Central Connecticut State University (CCSU).  She is also an advocate/member of Connecticut Dance Alliance and the Connecticut Alliance for Arts Education. RoseMarie is adjunct faculty in the Dance departments of Eastern Connecticut State University (ECSU) and Central Connecticut State University (CCSU).  This year she joined the faculty at Wesleyan University for the CCY summer program.  She has choreographed for several high school musicals as well as local theatre groups throughout Connecticut. She has written and produced several original productions for her students.  For more details on her many experiences and contributions please check out this link to Rosemarie's Resume.

Elizabeth Cook-Asal
Program Coordinator, Dance Instructor, Summer Dance & Arts Kaleidoscope Director and Instructor.  Elizabeth graduated from the School of the Hartford Ballet with a Dance Teaching Certificate.  A former New England Scottish Dance Champion, she is also certified to teach by the Scottish Dance Teachers' Alliance.  Elizabeth has taught, choreographed, and performed throughout the Eastern U.S. for various civic/ regional theatre companies; dance/performing arts schools and companies; summer camps; public and private schools kindergarten - grade 12' and day cares and nursery schools.  She has also been on Faculty at the University of Hartford - Hartt School of Music, Naugatuck Valley Community-Technical College (Adult Education), The School of the Hartford Ballet, and the Waterbury Ballet.  As an educator of dance, Elizabeth is an advocate/member of the CT Dance Alliance; the CT Association of Physical Education, Health, Recreation, and Dance; the CT Alliance for Arts in Education; the CT Commission of the Arts. 

Salvatore D'Alessandro ( guitar / vocalist) is featured soloist in the Long Island Sound's 50's, 60's and contemporary rock tunes www.lisband.com . Sal currently teaches general music and conducts the Jazz Band at the Cromwell Middle School, having previously been at the Edna C. Stevens Elementary school for eleven years. He also maintains a studio, offering private instruction on guitar and bass guitar. He received a bachelors degree from Wesleyan University in 1972, specializing in guitar and African-American music . That same year Sal was awarded a Jazz travel-study grant from the National Endowment for the Arts.   Sal received his CT Music teacher certification in 1989 through Wesleyan's Educational Studies Program followed in 1996, by a  MALS degree. From weddings to variety and Broadway shows; jazz, funk and disco to ethnic and ballroom dancing styles; Sal has performed it all in his many years of strumming throughout New England. His recording credits include demos for local songwriters and bands, as well as jingles for a local ad agency at the former WCNX in Middletown. An avid sportsman, Sal loves rowing, squash, swimming and tennis. He lives in Higganum with his wife Mardi and their two sons.  

Judith Milardo, soprano, enjoys an international recital career, having performed in France and Italy during the last season.  In July of 2002, French reviewer Philippe Cazeel described Ms. Milardo’s performance as “A true honor to the ear.”  Educated at the Hartford Conservatory and Wesleyan University, Ms. Milardo has served as teacher of voice, piano, recorder and theory at universities, art centers, and privately for over thirty years. Ms. Milardo is presently the soprano soloist for Christ Church Cathedral in Hartford, a performer with Connecticut Opera and the St. Gregory Schola Cantorum. She has appeared as a soloist with The Hartford Symphony, Orchestra New England, The Wallingford Symphony, The New Haven Symphony, The Tanglewood Festival Orchestra and The Castle Hill Festival Orchestra.  She was a member of CONCORA (Connecticut Choral Artists) for 25 years as well as singing with the a cappella group, The Woodland Scholars, for 6 years.  Her operatic roles include Frasquita in Carmen, Papagena in Die Zauberflote, Belinda in Dido and Aeneas, as well as numerous leading roles in Gilbert and Sullivan operettas and musical theater productions.  She is a published composer and arranger, voice-over artist, and has appeared in a Hartford Stage production with award winning actress Angela Bassett.

Derek Robinson has toured Nationally for Amaryllis Productions in Bubbling Brown Sugar. He has played Dinner Theatres in Fl., OH., PA., R.I., CT., AND N.Y. He has done Stock and Regional Theatre. He has appeared on T. V. and in Films and has received several Awards for his work in performance. He has trained at Albano Ballet and Performing Arts; SCSU; Hartford Stage Company; Hartt School of Music; as well as Various N.Y. Dance Studios and Second Stage Theatre NY. DEREK is an Actor, Dancer, Singer, Choreographer, and Producer. He specializes in Tap and Character Dancing. He is a Company 'N Tempo Performer, a Dancer with Dance Connections and is working on producing in The Golden Age which has appeared in N.Y. and CT.