 DODY
FLYNN- Director
has spent her last 30 years pursuing the art of dance. She is a graduate and a Bachna scholarship recipient of Dance Masters of America Teachers Training School. Dody also holds a Bachelor of Arts Degree in Graphic Design.
She is a certified member and Past President of the Dance Teachers’ Club of Connecticut, Chapter 18 and an associate member of New York City, Chapter 26. She is a Nationally Certified Examiner for Dance Masters of America and has served as Area I Vice President overseeing 6 chapters.
Dody is the director of the Dance Dimensions Competition Teams. Her students have won many awards, including judges specials, high score, choreography and scholarships.
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 AMY
DeLOUGHY:
Amy DeLoughy has been studying dance for the past 30 years, and has been on the staff of Dance Dimensions for fourteen of those years. To further her dance education she attends various workshops and master classes. Amy is a certified member of Dance Masters of America, Dance Teachers’ Club of CT, Chapter 18 as well as the chapters Treasurer. She is also an associate member of Dance Masters of America, New York City, Chapter 26. Amy is a Nationally Certified Examiner, and has been the head tabulator for the Dance Masters of America National Competitions, as well as serves on the finance and long range planning committees for the organization. Along with Miss Dody, her sister, she directs the Dance Dimensions Competition teams. Her students have won many awards and scholarships including costume, choreography, and high score. Like Miss Dody, some of Amy’s students have gone on to study and perform professionally. Amy holds a Business Administration in Accounting degree.
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 JANET DEPAUL:
Janet DePaul has been dancing since the age of five. She became a member of the Dance Dimensions teaching family in 1984, the studios second season. She is a 1987 graduate of Dance Masters of America’s Teachers Training School, and is a certified member of Dance Teachers’ Club of CT, Chapter 18 and an associate member of Chapter 26. Miss Janet has also choreographed award winning routines for the Dance Dimensions Competition Teams.
In addition to her dance studies, Miss Janet holds a B.S. degree in elementary education from Western Connecticut State University, and has a MS degree in school guidance counseling from Central CT State University in New Britain. She is an elementary education teacher in the Danbury Public School System.
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 MARISSA MAYES:
Marissa Mayes has been taking dance at Dance Dimensions since the age of three, when the studio first opened. She was a member of the competition teams for two years under the direction of Beverly Legge. Marissa has also earned her Dance Masters of America certification in Ballet. Miss Marissa is a graduate from Western Connecticut State University with a degree in Elementary Education and History. She has continued as a graduate student studying for her masters education with an option in reading. She is a literacy teacher at Huckleberry Hill School in Brookfield.
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 MARY MCKENZIE:
Mary McKenzie has been dancing for 24 years. She studied at various studios and also in college. She was a member of the dance team for 3 years in college and captain her senior year. Mary graduated from Eastern Connecticut State University in 2002 with a B.A. in fine arts with a concentration in dance. Miss Mary is in her 5th season with Dance Dimensions and has choreographed award winning routines for our competition teams.
She is currently working towards her certification by attending the Dance Masters of America Teachers Training School each summer at the State University of New York at Buffalo, New York.
In addition to dance, Mary enjoys acting and singing. She has been in musical productions with the Orange Players and Act II Theatre at Albertus Magnus College.
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DAWN PERLMAN:
Dawn Perlman has been teaching dance for 10 years at studios in the North Eastern Ohio area. Miss Dawn received her Bachelor of Fine Arts in Dance from the University of Akron, Ohio (Cum Laude) in 2002. During her time at the University of Akron, Miss Dawn studied ballet, modern, jazz, tap, dance history, dance kinesiology, dance notation, choreography, stage lighting, and many other dance forms by guest master teachers. She also choreographed for the student production Choreographer’s Workshop, in which her piece was chosen by the faculty of the dance department for the University of Akron’s Dance Company performance. Miss Dawn was a teacher and a soloist for many of the Dance Company’s performances. She has also studied and performed professionally: Middle Eastern Belly Dance, Tahitian, and Polynesian dance forms. Miss Dawn has choreographed award winning w inning modern routines for our Competition Teams.
Miss Dawn is currently a second grade teacher at the Sherman School and completing her Masters of Science in Special Education.
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LISA
POPIELASZ:
Lisa Popielasz has been dancing since the age of three and has studied ballet, tap, jazz, lyrical and modern. Miss Lisa has studied at several schools in Connecticut before coming to Dance Dimensions. She has studied dance in New York City at Broadway Dance Center with Frank Hatchett, Peter Schabel, Michelle Barber, and Germaine Salsberg.
She recently passed her Dance Masters of America Ballet exam and is a certified member of the Dance Teachers’ Club of Connecticut, Chapter 18. Miss Lisa is also currently working towards her certification in Jazz by attending the Dance Masters of America Teachers Training School each summer at the State University of New York at Buffalo, New York.
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PAULA TAYLOR:
Paula Taylor began studying dance at three years old. She has studied tap, jazz, modern dance and yoga. Miss Paula was the Co- Founder and Co-President of the Dance Ensemble at Fairfield University. She has more than 15 years of experience teaching dance. Miss Paula is a certified yoga instructor. She especially enjoys working with young dancers and introducing students of all ages to experience modern dance and yoga.
Miss Paula has a B.S. in Physics from Fairfield University.
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 ERICA THOMPSON:
Erica Thompson has been dancing since the age of three and has studied tap, jazz, ballet, Hawaiian and modern. She has taught dance for 13 years in the San Francisco Bay Area and has now been teaching at Dance Dimensions for 7 years! .Erica has further shared her passion for the performing arts in organizing various school performances and teaching summer dance camps. Erica holds a BA in Liberal Studies with a minor in dance from California State University at San Jose.
Miss Erica is an active member of Dance Masters of America Dance Teachers’ Club of CT Chapter 18.
Erica is a certified elementary school teacher with 6 years experience as an elementary school teacher. She is currently tutoring students in a New Milford public school.
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SARAH MENICHELLI:
Sarah Menichelli has been dancing since the age of four and has studied ballet, tap, jazz and hip hop. Miss Sarah has studied at a variety of schools in Connecticut and has worked with Shamil Yagudin, Ballet Master of the Bolshoi Ballet in Moscow.
Currently she is a communications major at Western Connecticut State University and a member of the WCSU Dance Team. This is her fifth season with Dance Dimensions, and first on staff.
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