Teachers

Vicky London – Studio Owner

Pee Wee and Mini Team Director, Tot combo, Tot acro,

Beg. Jazz. Kinder Combo, Beg acro and Acro I

     Formerly Dancers Workshop, Vicky purchased the studio from Denise.  Vicky has taught and worked as the office manager for 7 years.   She is very excited about the future of the studio.

     Vicky enjoys teaching the younger ones and watching them start to develop their dancing skills.  Her motherly devotion is evident in the way she works with the children.

     Vicky has 6 children and is married to the most popular OB/GYN doctor in the tri-state area.  She appreciates the time Ted takes in helping, such as burning music, helping with tickets and recital books.  Ted also enjoys going to the children performance.

Denise Swartzman

Contortion

     Denise is the former owner of Dancers Workshop.  She opened the studio in 1988.  Denise has danced for over 50 years and is trained in all aspects of dance and theatre.  She was a Hawaiian dancer with the Polynesian Culture.  Denise believes that working and teaching children and making a difference in their lives is her mission on earth.

Danielle Nugent

Ballet I and II, Jr. Dance Team, Advance Tap and Tap II

     Danielle was one of the first students at Dancers Workshop when the door opened in 1988.  She is an award winning dancer and is trained in all aspects of dance specializing in tap and jazz.  Danielle has dance professionally also as a featured clogger in “Country Kickin”  Danielle also works full time at Don Williams Jewelry.  Danielle is the proud mother of Sklyer.  Danielle loves her students and they love her.  Her quick and fast tap style is not equaled in the Tri-State area.  We are so fortunate to have her on our teaching staff.

Alessia Conzachi

Ballet III, Pointe, Advanced Hip Hop and Advanced Lyrical

Alessia came to the studio fifteen years ago.  Alessia has danced professionally in “Country Kickin” for three years, was a magician’s assistant in the Dirk Arthur Magis Show and landed a roll in a magic show, “Ayalla”.  Alessia can do any type of dance and is very talented.  Her full time job is with her family’s business, Rainbow Tile and Carpet.  She is married to Mike.  Everyone that meets Alessia loves her.  She is not only talented but has a great personality.

Ginny London

Jazz I, Starlets Dance Team, Hawaiian I and Beg. Lyrical

     This is Ginny’s first year of teaching but she has proven what a wonderful job she can do.  She has been assisting her mom for the past 4 years in her classes and has developed excellent teaching skills.  Ginny loves the children and works with them to be the best dancers they can be.  She works with each child to make sure they are getting the proper technique.  Ginny has also danced professionally in “Country Kickin” and “The Really Big Show”.  Ginny’s dance team received an award for Top Ten at the Las Vegas Dance Festival.  The Mini Dance Team which Ginny helps with placed all three of their dances in the Top Ten with one receiving second place.  We are so lucky to have her at this studio and Ginny will be attending the Tremain Dance Convention in July to bring more new ideas into the studio.

Kendall Fovargue

Sat. acro, Sat. Hip Hop, Assistant in Tot acro

     Kendall also grew up dancing.  Her talents are many.  She loves the children and wants to continue teaching at the studio.  We are so lucky to have her.  Kendall will be also teaching some of the summer classes offered.

Jeanine Taddeo

Recently moved from New York after teaching dance for about 10 years.. Her formal dance training began at Performance Plus Dance Productions, Draper Center for Dance Education and Orcutt-Bottsford. She had formal gymnastic training at Bright Raven Gymnastic and Gymnastic Training Center of Rochester . She has performed in Nutcracker roles with Pittsburgh Ballet, North Carolina Ballet and Rochester City Ballet.

Taught ballet, jazz, acro, hip-hop, lyrical and modern dance in both competitive and recreational settings. She has also taught fitness classes to teens and adults.

Recent training includes: Broadway Dance Center 5-Day Teacher Training-NYC, Broadway Dance Center Pointe Shoe Fitting Training-NYC, Darrin Henson Hip-Hop Convention-Buffalo, NY

Finis Jung Ballet Workshop-NYC,  Darryl Tracy Contemporary Workshop-Rochester, NY, AFFA Pilates certification, Turbo Kick certification, Yoga Fit Levels 1-2 certification, and Red Cross CPR/AED/First Aid.

Sara Holden