Lia sellati

Dance Teacher

Hip Hop

Lia Sellati started her dance journey at the early age of 3 at Cherilyn’s School of Dance. Dancing on the CSOD competition team for 9 years receiving many regional and national awards. Lia decided to focus on the style of hip-hop, and joined a commercial hip-hop team in NYC, BOSS Kids.


Her team was featured on the tv show Wonderama starring David Osmond in 2019. During that year, she also performed backup for Nickelodeon star That Girl Lay Lay on the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade. Dancing in the parade again in 2021 as a backup dancer for international pop star Kim Petras.


Also, participating in numerous dance performances such as New York City Dance Parade, BrickHouse Times Square, and Verma Farms Billboard.


She attended many conventions and intensives such as Monsters Alist, ADE, The Boss Experience, SWAG Intensive, and KAOS. Lia has received training from various choreographers such as Jona Biddle, SKOOJ, Phil Wright, KC Castellano, Shannon Atkins, Julian DeGuzman, Dexter Carr, and many more! 

For the past two years she has co-choreographed for the CSOD senior hip hop competition team.


Lia will be attending Marist College majoring in Fashion Merchandising starting in the fall 2022. After being a student for many years, she is taking a new role of being a teacher at CSOD!