Billy Cohen, hailing from outside Boston, started his
hip hop training at the young age of six at Joanne
Langione Dance Center with his identical twin brother,
and continued his training at Hofstra University while
receiving a B.S. Degree in Dance Education. This
training at Hofstra gave him the opportunity to work
with artists such as Fredrick Earl Mosley, Doug Varone,
David Parker, Heather Waldon, Ellie Kusner, Bill Young,
and Barbara Angeline, as well as train with Hofstra’s
most notable Dance Department alumni, Larry
Keigwin, on scholarship. Billy also created two works
that represented Hofstra at American Collegiate Dance
Association Conferences, and co-choreographed his
own fully-produced evening dance show,
“jux•ta•po•si•tion”. Outside of school, he continued
his training with Broadway Dance Center’s Professional
Semester and at Generation IV, learning and
performing choreography from Teddy Forance, Devin
Jamieson, Derek Mitchell, Emily Greenwell, Candace
Brown, Jeff Lapes, Noel Bajades, Jonny Forance, and
Emma Portner. Recently, Billy’s choreography was
included in a segment of MTV’s Episode 2 of “Lit!”
sponsored by Beats by Dre. Signed to Bloc Talent
agency, Bill has worked with Reebok and was casted as
a Principal Dancer in the upcoming season of
Marvelous Mrs. Maisel, choreographed by Marguerite
Derricks. Earlier this year, Billy starred in a viral video
called “Student Vs. Teacher Battle”, totaling over 22
million views on all social media platforms and
appearing on multiple news networks, including a
short segment on “Inside Edition”. With his education
background, Billy Cohen hopes to have continuous
success in the dance industry, and to someday travel
the world doing what he loves best: creating,
performing, and sharing his knowledge of dance to
next upcoming generation of artists.