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| Basic Ballroom |
Alyssia has had seventeen years of classical ballet training, seven years of Ukrainian folk dance, and six years of tap, as well as exposure to hip hop, modern, and ethnic folk dances from around the world. She has been training and competing in Ballroom and Latin dance since the Fall of 2003, and has won numerous awards at both intercollegiate and amateur competitions throughout the Northeastern United States. Alyssia has taught classes in many different styles of dance to varying age groups and levels of experience. In her free time, she likes to make jewelry, cross-stitch, knit, bake, and, of course, DANCE!
| Children's Irish | |
| Irish |
Stacie is an Open Champion dancer, the highest of six levels of Irish dancing. She began her training at age 11, and has competed both nationally (North American Nations) as well as internationally (All Irelands in Killarney, Ireland). Stacie is a senior at Penn State majoring in Kinesiology and Psychology. Stacie has been teaching at CPDW since January 2008.
| Children's Hip Hop | |
| Adult Hip Hop |
Samantha has been an avid student of hip hop for the past twelve years. During that time she has participated in numerous talent competitions and has choreographed for various performances. Currently she is a Senior at Penn State University majoring in Kinesiology and continuing her dance studies there. Samantha began as a teaching assistant at CPDW and is thrilled to now be a member of the CPDW faculty.
| Children's Beginning Jazz | |
| Children's Intermediate Jazz | |
| Adult Beginning/Intermediate Jazz | |
| Adult Advanced Jazz |
Joanna has been dancing for the past seventeen years. Her training began in New York where she studied jazz, modern, lyrical, ballet, pointe, hip hop and tap. Joanna has competed in regional and national dance competitions throughout the United States. As a Senior at Penn State, she performs with Volé Penn State Ballet Club and the Penn State dance department. Joanna has been a member of the CPDW faculty since January 2009.
| Children's Intermediate Tap | |
| Children's and Adult Advanced Tap | |
| Adult Beginning Tap | |
| Adult Intermediate Tap |
Maura is a sophomore in the Schreyer Honors College at Penn State, and intends to major in Elementary Education. Maura is from Butler, PA, where she studied tap, ballet, jazz, acrobatics and pointe for 16 years at Lee's School of Dance. She has competed at both regional and national levels in both jazz and tap. Maura recently attended the LA Tap Festival directed by Jason Samuel Smith and Chloe Arnold where she studied with tap legends such as Arthur Duncan and newcomer Jason Janas. Maura is currently a member of the Tapestry Dance Company at PSU as well as continuing her dance education through the Dance Department there. When she is not dancing, she enjoys reading, cooking, and spending time with family and friends.
| Children's Beginning Jazz | |
| Children's Hip Hop | |
| Adult Beginning Ballet | |
| Beginning/Intermediate Pointe |
Nicole is a student at Penn State University working towards her degree in secondary education in physics and chemistry. She has been dancing since the age of three and has trained intensively with New Jersey School of Ballet since she was eight, where she performed in such ballet classics as Giselle, The Nutcracker, Swan Lake, and many more. Nicole has also studied with Princeton Ballet Theatre and the Central PA Youth Ballet. In 2007, Nicole attended the New Jersey Governor's School of the Arts as a dance scholar where she began to broaden her dance styles to include jazz and contemporary among others. She is very excited to be a part of the Central PA Dance Workshop faculty.

| First Step | |
| Children's Creative Movement | |
| Children's PreBallet | |
| Children's Advanced Ballet | |
| Pre-Pointe | |
| Adult Beginning Ballet | |
| Adult Beginning Ballet Workout | |
| Beginning Pointe | |
| Intermediate Pointe |
Karen studied with the Pennsylvania Ballet, International Ballet Theater, and Hartford Ballet before performing professionally with the Pennsylvania Dance Theatre until 2002. She graduated cum laude from the Hartt School at the University of Hartford with a degree in Children's Dance. While at Hartt, she studied under students of Vagonova, Balanchine, and Martha Graham, and worked with renowned choreographers such as Kathryn Posin and Jean Grand-Maitre. Karen was also selected to perform pieces by Balanchine, Vagonova, Martha Graham, and Pilobolus in venues through New England including the American College Dance Festival (New England Region) and Jacob's Pillow. Karen holds an Intermediate Certification in Labanotation and has taught at the prestigious School of the Hartford Ballet, in the Hartford Public School System, the School of the Pennsylvania Dance Theatre, with Galaxy (CIU 10), and has been teaching at CPDW since 2002. Karen is also a CMT and is the owner of "A Caring Touch: Massage Therapy."
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Central Pennsylvania Dance Workshop 101 South Fraser Street State College, PA 16801 (814) 237-2666
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