ESOTA
Edge School of the Arts
161-04 Jamaica Avenue
Jamaica, NY 11432
718.527.2011
Celebrating our New Location
Season 26

ESOTA

Edge School of the Arts
217-12 Merrick Boulevard
Laurelton, Queens 11413
718.527.2011

OUR MANAGEMENT

Kerri Edge

Artistic Director

Kerri began her dance training at the age of three at Bernice Johnson Cultural Arts Center.  She continued her studies at LaGuardia High School of Music & the Performing Arts, Alvin Ailey, Martha Graham, Eglevsky and SUNY Purchase, and holds a BPS in Dance from Empire State College and a masters degree in Arts Administration at New York University.  She began teaching at the age of 15. 

Donna Edge-Rachell

Business Manager

Donna is an Emmy-winning television producer with over twenty years of performance, production, and business experience in film, theater and television. She began her dance training at the age of three at the Bernice Johnson Cultural Arts Center, and made her film debut in the movie FAME. She is a graduate of LaGuardia High School of Music and the Performing Arts and Wesleyan University in Middletown, Connecticut. She is also a proud member of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc. 

Wendy Edge

Customer Service Manager

Wendy has an accounting degree from American University, and a Masters in Higher Education Administration from George Washington University. Wendy graduatted from LaGuardia High School of Music and the Performing Arts, and is a member of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc. 

Beverly Edge


Matriarch Beverly, affectionately knows as "Mama Edge", has a BA from Queens College in Elementary Education, and a Masters from Fordham University in Special Education. She is an accomplished seamstress with years of tour management, box office, and wardrobe experience. Beverly is also a member of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc., and was one of our mentor Bernice Johnson's very first students.