End of Spring Session, Happy Summer, and Goodbye Teachers!

On the last days of the Spring Session, the effects of Summer are really showing. The studios are a little less packed than usual, but it's just as loud as the excitement of all present dancers makes up for the absence of our already Summer-vacationing friends.

And though there's always more fun and more dancing possibilities waiting right around the corner,the end of the Spring Session does mean transitions and changes, no matter what adventures are waiting for us in the coming months. Right now, it's time to say "Happy Summer!" to our friends as well as "Goodbye!" to three of our favorite teachers! 

Miss Mallory

Miss Mallory Duff is from Lynchburg, Virginia, and is a graduate of Sweet Briar College '06.  She received a  BA in Dance and has choreographed plays and instructed dance classes for many schools in her community.  She fell in love with dance at the age of 8 and found her joy in Tap, Jazz, and Ballet.  Mallory began teaching at Ballet Petite and Youth Performing Art's School in March 2012 and enjoys teaching children of all ages, in all genres.  

 

She is  leaving Ballet Petite in order to move closer to her family!

Miss Sarah

Miss Sarah Gonzalez began her dance training at the School of Music and Dance in Hanover, Pennsylvania. She studied Ballet, Jazz, Lyrical, Tap, Hip-Hop, and Modern, and she went on to earn her Bachelor of Fine Arts degree in Dance. She has trained at Central Pennsylvania Youth Ballet, at Shenandoah Conservatory, and with the River North Chicago Dance Company. She has performed all over Pennsylvania and the Washington, DC area. 

Miss Sarah is moving to Colorado with her husband!

 

Miss Sarah Elizabeth

Miss Sarah Elizabeth Lahoud has studied dance and music from the age of five and has been teaching for four years. She received her BA in English, with minors in Music and Irish Studies, from Fordham University in the Bronx, New York. She performed as part of Fordham Flava Hip-Hop Dance Company for two years. She studied classical piano for nearly 17 years and and also plays the Irish whistle.

Miss Sarah Elizabeth is moving to Cork City, Ireland to pursue her Masters degree in Ethnomusicology.