Nichole Wilcott, Director ~ Jazz Ms. Wilcott has been dancing competitively for more than 20 years. A former N.F.L. Cheerleader, she specializes in Jazz, Hip-hop and Contemporary and has trained with reknowned choreographer Brian Friedman. She has studied in New York at the Broadway Dance Center and has worked as a full time dance instructor in the Boston area for many years. In addition, Nichole has shared her expertise with Boston University students as a master dance teacher.

Danielle DiVito, Assistant Director - Jazz, Tumbling, Modern Miss Danielle graduated magna cum laude from Roger Williams University with a B.A. in Dance and Performance Studies and Secondary Education. While at RWU she received the Dance Theatre and Performance Scholarship and the Outstanding Achievement in Dance Award. Danielle has performed with artists throughout New York City, Boston and Rhode Island including Ellis Wood Dance (NYC), Snappy Dance Theater, DeAnna Pellecchia, Bennett Dance Company and Carey Foster (Boston). She currently dances for Ipswich Moving Company and ANAIKI Dance. Danielle is a member of the National Dance Education Organization and has taught dance at St. George School, Providence Academy of International Studies, and Davisville Elementary in RI, Cambridge Montessori School in MA, and Rita Tottenham Studios in CT. She has been teaching at BBDC since December 2006.

Anne Ramsay - Jazz, Modern, Tumble Anne Ramsay received her MA in Dance and Dance Education from New York University in 2005.  She has taught for the Frank Sinatra High School of the Arts, Levinthal-Sidman Jewish Community Center, Kaleidoscope Camp and was a teaching assistant under Professor Deborah Damast at New York University. Anne’s performance credits include In Motion (NYU Dance Education Master’s Concert), The Wild Party (Boston Premiere cast, Riverside Theatre Works), and Ho(t!) Ho(t!) Ho(t!) (Jeannette Neill Dance, Boston).   She was also the Executive Producer and Artistic Director for the Riverside Dance Festival, the Artistic Director of the Charles River Dance Festival and a Master Class Teacher for the Alvin Ailey Community Service Day.

Pamela Powers - Tap Pamela has an extensive background as a performer, choreographer and teacher.  She is a certified teacher with a Bachelor of  Science in Education.  Pamela started tap dancing at the age of three and has had the privilege of studying over the years with many of the legendary tap greats.  Pamela also studied privately in New York for eight years with the renowned Broadway choreographer, Charles Hughes.  She has taught in the US, England and Germany.  She is a versatile tap dancer, and draws from many dance forms to create interesting choreography.  She has a wonderful rapport with her students and a life-long passion for the Art of Tap Dancing.

Elena Greenspan ~ Lyrical, Modern, Jazz, Hip Hop, Ballet, Jazz/Modern, Ballet/Jazz, Leaps Turns & Flexibility   Elena Greenspan is a graduate of the University at Buffalo with a B.A. in Dance. She has choreographed and danced in several original pieces while at Buffalo, and has performed as a dancer in commercials that have appeared regionally on television. Elena has had additional training with Elisa Monte, Ronald K. Brown, H.T. Chen, Urban Bush Women, Jon Lehrer, and Jeannette Neill Dance Studio. She is currently a member of Prometheus Dance, a modern company in Cambridge, MA. Elena's love and passion for dance is also expressed through her desire to teach. She has worked with handicapped children using movement as a means of expression and as an outlet for their innate creativity. She hopes to continue to innovate and educate using dance as a language to allow students to express their individual personality and to explore the creative experience.

Allison Sproul ~ Musical Theater Miss Allison specializes in multiple areas of voice including the developing child voice, the changing voice, classical voice, musical theater voice, and the belt.  In 2003, Allison graduated with a Bachelors of Music in Education with a concentration in Vocal and General Music, and is completing her Masters Degree in Music at Boston University.  She has studied voice with Ellen Chickering and John Murrell, and has received coaching from Ed Reichert, Steve Morris, and Judith Hunt-Quimby.  Allison has performed in choruses such as the renowned Boston Cecilia Chorus and the Cape Cod Chorale. She has performed all over New England, and in Ireland, England, and Wales. Allison was honored to be the recipient of a SPA (Student Production Artists) Nomination for best actress in a comedy or musical, and was also a Barnstable Comedy Club Performance Award and Scholarship recipient.  Allison’s most recent theater performance was as “Kim” for Incharge Production’s *Miss Saigon* in Sharon, MA in which she was described as having a "powerhouse" voice by theatre reviewers.  Miss Allison is a certified music teacher and member of MENC, NATS, and AOSA.

Brian Roberts ~ Ballet, Pointe Brian Roberts trained on scholarship at the School of American Ballet. He was a member of Boston Repertory Ballet, Pennsylvania Ballet and The Metropolitan Opera at Lincoln Center. He earned his MA in Dance from American University in 1997. Mr. Roberts has taught and/or choreographed at many institutions including New World School of the Arts, Miami City Ballet School - where he was also the Director of Education Outreach, American University, Towson State University and Walnut Hill among others. An excerpt of his ballet Te Yashe was performed by Janet Shibata as a part of Washington Ballet's 20th Anniversary Gala at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in Washington, D.C.

Heather Meyers ~ Hip Hop, Pre Ballet, Ballet/Jazz, Pre Team Tumble/Hip Hop   Heather Myers is a graduate of Framingham State College where she was president of the FSC Dance Club for two years.  During her time as Dance Club President, she was a recipient of the Student Services Leadership Award, the Harmony Award, and nominated for Student Leader of the Year. Upon graduating in 2005, Heather began pursuing dance full-time and has taught students throughout the Boston area and Southern New Hampshire. Heather also teaches workshops for local schools and community programs, including the Charles River School and the Cambridge Dance in the Schools Program. Recently she was on faculty at Northern Essex Community College, where she taught a course on Hip-Hop dance. Heather has performed with Static Noyze Dance Company and is a current member of the all female hip-hop crew Project Nailz.

Meghan McCaffrey ~ Modern, Jazz, Hip Hop, Tap, Pre Ballet, Jazz/Modern, Lyrical Born in Boston MA, Meghan McCaffrey has been dancing since she could walk! She grew up in various dance studios in MA and graduated from Boston Arts Academy as a dance major in 2006. While studying at BAA, Meghan had the opportunity to work with numerous world- renowned choreographers and participated in a residency program with Marlis Yearby, the choreographer for the Broadway hit, RENT (1996). Meghan's choreography has won numerous awards at regional and national level competitions. Many of her students have won prestigious awards, scholarships to dance programs or colleges and have performed at venues like Walt Disney World Orlando. Her current new venture, IMPACT Dance Company is a contemporary based dance company that is striving to make a difference in our society by utilizing our art as a statement to educate and inspire.

Amie Fabiano – Modern, Nuts & Bolts, Competition Amie Fabiano graduated from Roger Williams University with a Bachelor of Arts in Dance Performance and a Minor in Anthropology.  It was there that she was awarded the RWU Dance Performance Scholarship as well as the award for Outstanding Achievement in Dance.  She has had the pleasure of performing works by Heidi Latsky, Sean Curran, Doug Elkins, Heidi Henderson and Christine Bennett.  Amie has been actively teaching and choreographing in the Boston Area for the past eleven years.   Michele Gillen ~ Pre Ballet, Ballet/Jazz, Hip Hop   Michele studied dance at Paulette’s Ballet Studio in Newton, MA for 15 years. There she concentrated her efforts in ballet, jazz, tap and pointe.  She continued her education at Stonehill College in Easton, MA taking any available dance classes. She earned a Bachelor of Science degree in Criminal Justice and Psychology and worked in the corporate world for 15 years, while continuing to take adult dance classes locally.  In 2002, she started a company in Needham called “Moms in Motion” which taught jazzercise classes to busy moms. She joined the Charles River YMCA in 2003 to teach ballet and hip hop to neighboring youths and continues to do so.  Her expertise is teaching the youngest dancers and she joins BBDC to instruct 2-4 year olds in Pre-Ballet with much enthusiasm.   Jennifer Stauss ~ Tumbling, Hip Hop, Ballet/Jazz Jennifer Stauss recently graduated from the University of New Hampshire with her B.A. in Dance in 2011. She was a member of the UNH Dance Company for three years and was a member of Northeastern Ballet Theatre in 2007 and 2009. She also attended Temple University for two years where she studied Hip-Hop and modern (Graham technique & Limón). Her main focus is in Hip-Hop, but loves all styles of dance. She’s also studied ballet, Pointe, aerial, tap, jazz, Pilates, movement improvisation, dance pedagogy and choreography. She has a great deal of passion towards teaching and enjoys helping her students to excel in dance.   Lacey Sasso ~ Hip Hop, Ballet/Jazz, Tap, Lyrical Lacey Sasso was raised in Kansas City, MO and has been dancing since the age of four.  She attended Missouri State University where she earned a B.F.A. in dance performance with a minor in psychology.  While attending MSU she was a member of Inertia Dance Company and performed works by Susan Dodge, Lisa Fusillo, and Shirley Ririe, among others.  Lacey has performed internationally at the 19th Congress on Dance Research in Larnaka, Cyprus and at the first Congress on Dance Pedagogy in Bogota, Colombia.  Since graduation, Lacey moved to New York City where she presented choreography and worked with Push Factor Dance Company and Undertoe Dance Project.  Lacey currently splits her time between New York City and Boston; she continues to work with Undertoe Dance Project, as well as Peanut Butter and Jelly Dance Company, and S I X O N E S E V E N Dance Collective.

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