Christine Seibold
Owner, Director, Instructor
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Christine has a Fine Arts Degree in Dance from
NVCC and has been dancing for over 20 years. With backgrounds in recreational,
competitive, pre -professional, and classical trainings to her degree in the
Fine Arts. Her teachings focus strongly on technique with a flare for fun,
combining the classical or formal style class structure with the flexibility
and creativity to expand each child’s experience. Christine opened SSOPA in
September of 2002.
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Jea’Nelle Kaminski
Creative Movement, Tap, Lyrical and Hip Hop Instructor
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Jea’Nelle graduated from NVCC in 2006 with a degree in
Fine Arts/Dance and has been instructing children ages 2-12 for the past four
years. At NVCC she trained in all aspects of dance including ballet, modern,
tap, jazz, and dance pedagogy. She
danced with the Terpsichorean Dance Ensemble for three years and served as
president and received the Award of Merit for the 2005 school year. Master
classes and workshops include: Bob Fosse workshops with Jim Clark, Anna Sokolow
workshops with Lorry May and Pilobolus workshops with Rebecca Anderson Darling.
Jea’Nelle also attended the Litchfield Jazz Festival Summer Dance Institute
from 2003-2005 were she studied modern, ballet, jazz, hip hop, tap and
yoga.
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Rocco Liscio
Hip Hop Instructor
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Rocco has been training for the last 8 years at Reach for
the Stars Academy of Dance. He has been teaching for 4 years
and competing in Hip Hop for 4 years with High Awards and
Honors. Rocco studied one year of dance at NVCC. Rocco
has been teaching at SSOPA since September 2006 and
brings a totally different style of hip hop to our school.
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Victoria Sforza
Lyrical, Tap, Hip Hop Instructor
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Victoria has over twenty years of dance experience and recently
completed her Fine Arts Degree in Dance from NVCC. She served
as Miss Wolcott 2006 and is currently the director of the
Wolcott High School Dance Team. Victoria has been teaching
at SSOPA since October 2007. Her elite hip hop class recently
won a gold medal during the StarQuest Dance Competition that
took place at the Waterbury Palace Theater.
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Michele McDonald
Vocal Instructor
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Michele is the vocal teacher at the Southbury School Of Performing Arts
since September 2003. She is so happy and proud to share her musical talents.
Michele has been singing and performing for over 30 years. She was a music
major at Western Connecticut State University who also studied theater.
Since then she has developed her skills in master classes and vocal coaching
with John Rutter, John Harris, Elizabeth Russo, Anne Carlson, and Pamela Hoffman.
In 2000, Michele performed with the Danbury Concert Chorus, Leslie Eckstein,
conductor, in Havana, Cuba.Michele has been a member of the Connecticut Master Chorale,
Tina Hendrich, conductor since 2001. They have performed at Madison Square Garden,
Carnegie Hall, and the White House.
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Betsy Scheuermann
Acting Instructor
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Betsy Scheuermann has been participating in Musical Theater for over 30 years
as both Musical Director and instrumentalist in Pit Orchestras. She has a
Master's Degree in Arts Administration from Indiana University and an undergraduate
degree from UC Berkeley. She has performed with the Marin Civic Light Opera,
College of Marin Productions, Panhellenic Productions, Sounds of Space symphony
with John Williams from Star Wars fame and numerous other groups. She was Principal
Cellist and Harpist for the South Orange Symphony for the last 10 years. She continues
to help inspire children in music by bringing her harp to the elementary schools and
allowing the children hands on exploration of the instrument. Betsy is a Fellow of the
Casualty Actuarial Society and works as a Consulting Actuary. She has recently coached
the Pomperaug Elementary School Oddyssey of the Mind Team to the World Finals!
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