| Elizabeth Tolis, Studio Director |
 Elizabeth
began her dance training at age 5 and has not stopped since. Her
training in jazz, tap, ballet, pointe, lyrical and modern quickly
became intense. She has studied with The Pennsylvania Ballet,
Princeton Ballet, and in New York City with various staff members of
the Broadway Dance Center and Steps. Her teaching career began at
age 14 when she was given her own classes, and it has continued for
over 16 years. A mother of 3, Elizabeth provides a nurturing but
structured environment at CSDA. Her choreography has been seen in
Elementary through High School musical productions and has won
various top awards on the competition circuit. Elizabeth is also a
trained vocalist, actress and model , who’s face has been seen on
the cover of Newsweek; she has been seen performing lead roles in
many regional theater productions. Elizabeth’s dance performances
include live industrial work for McNeil, Dance Captain for the Miss
Pennsylvania Pageant, Basin Street Follies at the Showboat Casino &
Hotel, and the world famous “Legends in Concert” to name a few.
Elizabeth is proud to share her love of dance with the community of
Hatboro and its surrounding areas. |
| Sean Geakal |
 Sean found his love for dance at the age of 13. Originally from Long Island, NY, Sean began dancing as a free stylist on the Streets of New York. He has been seen dancing on MTV in over forty episodes of Club MTV. Sean toured the country with the Nike Hip-Hop Company Culture Shock for three years performing at various events such as the All-American Basketball Game, Numerous Liberty Basketball Games, and at the U.S. Open to name a few. As well as hip-hop, Sean is a tap dancer who trained with world famous tappers Omar Edwards and Savion Glover. Sean also serves as an adjudicator for national dance competitions across the country. With ten years experience teaching Hip-Hop and Tap at Vic D’Amores, Studio K and Glen Dance Studio in Long Island, Sean brings a positive attitude along with energy and excitement to Center Stage Dance Academy. |
| Wendi Fisch: Ballet Mistress |
 Wendi Fisch began dance training at the age of three and still continues to study her art form. She became a serious student at Tidewater Ballet Association in Norfolk, VA. She was an invitational student at school of American Ballet in New York City, The Royal Ballet in London, Melissa Hayden Ballet School and a scholarship recipient at the Joffrey Ballet. She performed with Baryshnikov and New York City Ballet at Kennedy Center and the White House. Wendi has been a guest artist for many companies including the Richmond Ballet, Washington Ballet and a member of the San Antonio Ballet Company and American Festival Ballet Company. She received a Bachelor of Science in Ballet/Music and Psychology from Indiana University, Bloomington under the direction of Jean Pierre Bonnefoux, Patrcia Mcbride and Jacques Cesbron. She has performed lead roles in Gisele, Swan Lake, Paquita, Nutcracker, Don Quixote and Balanchine works. Wendi lives in Maple Glen, PA with her husband, Paul, and two children Heather and Sam. She has been teaching for over twenty-five years throughout the country and the Philadelphia area and enthusiastically continues to teach and choreograph. Wendi uses her current pilates training to focus on proper alignment and body awareness while concentrating on a strong technical foundation. She believes in inspiring her students to follow their dreams with a solid work ethic, confidence, artistry and passion. |
| Alicia Sehn |
 Alicia
is a 2004 graduate of Muhlenberg College where she attended on a
dance scholarship, earning degrees in both Dance and Psychology.
While in school, Alicia's dance education was focused on
choreography, performance and Dance History. Her college
credentials include performance and attendance at the American
College Dance Festival, choreography for several student dance
concerts, captain of the Muhlenberg College Dance Team, and the
opportunities to work with noted dancers/choreographers such as
Jaques D'Amboise of the New York City Ballet and Charles
Anderson of Philadelphia's Dance Theatre X. Her professional
performance experience includes regional productions of A
Chorus Line and Annie Get Your Gun, as well as
small independent modern dance performances, most recently
dancing in the 2007 INFLUX Concert Series at the new Mascher
Space Coop in Philadelphia. While in school, Alicia taught at
the Muhlenberg Children's Dance Center, working to help stage
full length ballets such as The Nutcracker and Coppelia. For her
first two years out of school, she taught full time at a studio
in Douglassville, PA where she ran the ballet program, the
creative movement classes and was the artistic director of the
Dance One Contemporary Ballet Theatre. This year, Alicia was the
director of dance for the Arts After Hours program - a
state-funded grant running through the Montgomery County
Cultural Theatre Centre- working to bring theatre and the arts
to under privileged children and communities. She currently is
the choreographer for Central Bucks East High School's annual
spring musical productions and is a performing member in the
new contemporary dance company, Artists in Rhythm. |
| Jamie Troiano |
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| Darcy Lockman, Irish Dance Instructor |
 Darcy
began dancing at a very young age and cannot actually recall a
time in her life when dance and music did not play a major roll
in her education. Her father is from a musical background having
a degree in music and her mother is from Ireland so dance,
particularly Irish Dance and music performance made perfect
sense. She began ballet at the age of 4, added some tap and jazz for a short time before becoming involved in Irish Step Dancing at the age of 6. She continued in both ballet and Irish Dance until she was 12 when she decided to focus solely on competitive Irish Dance. She began competition at the age of 9 and moved quickly through the levels arriving at the preliminary championship level in less than a year enabling her to compete at the Mid-Atlantic Regional Championships. She has been competing for 16 years now and continues to compete at the Open Championship level. She has placed as a top finalist in both the regional and national level many years in a row and has qualified and competed many times at both the All Ireland and World Championships, usually held overseas. Darcy has also performed with her dance school in many well-known venues as well as performing and playing Irish Dance and Irish music with her family for many years. Darcy is a prolific pianist and a graduate of Temple University in Music Education and is currently in her third year as a middle school music teacher in the Methacton School District, Norristown, PA. There she teaches music theory, music technology and directs several choirs. |
| Andrea Rogers, Director
Kids' MusicRound |
 Andrea is an experienced vocalist who performs regularly throughout Bucks County and the greater Philadelphia area. She recently completed a week of performances with the Philly Pops Festival Choir at the Kimmel Center in Philadelphia. Andrea is the proud mother of a twelve-year old son and holds a BS from Gwynedd-Mercy College. She is a PA certified secondary teacher. Andrea says that of all her experiences as a vocalist and educator, spending the past seven years making music with children and families at Kids' MusicRound is one of her proudest achievements. |
| Kris Tempestini |
| A local mother of three, Kris holds a BA in Elementary Education from Bloomsburg University. She is an experienced musician, playing both the guitar and piano since age 12. Kris has worked for Ken-Crest providing music in the Early Intervention Program and for the Souderton School District. She is a Kids' MusicRound "veteran", having enjoyed the past three years in classes with the youngest of her three children. |
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| Additional Staff |
Jamie
found her passion for dance when she was a young girl. She
started taking dance classes at Center Stage Dance Academy when
it opened in 2002.During high school, she participated on the
cheerleading squad and attended competitions. She was a student
teacher at Center Stage for two years, helping assist the hip
hop classes. Hip hop is one of Jamie's favorite type of dance
and enjoys teaching it at all age levels. Jamie was also a
member of the Bucks County Community College dance team in
2006-07. She is currently going to school at Temple Ambler
University, earning a degree in Education.Danielle Morocco
Lyndie Towle
Molly Woytowicz
Deanna Crawford
Dana Hackel
Elizabeth DeAmbrose