Miss Alaina

Alaina Erbaugh began dancing at Dawn’s School of Dance in King William, Virginia, where she went on to teach beginning ballet and serve as president of the Student Dance Company.  While attending Bridgewater College, Alaina served as captain and choreographer of the Bridgewater College Dance Team and founded the Lyrical Dance Ensemble.  She has danced with InMotion since 2006 and directed the  Christmas performances in 2008 and 2009, initiatives which bring together InMotion students with the Bridgewater College dance ensembles and help raise funds for New Community Project’s “Give a Girl a Chance” Program.  Alaina received her Bachelor’s of Science degree in Physics & Mathematics in 2010 and currently teaches physics at Spotswood and East Rockingham high schools.  She will be teaching ballet and jazz classes at InMotion during the 2011-2012 season.

Miss Carla
Carla DeFusco has been dancing for over ten years. She started in a simple studio in New Jersey, and took lessons in ballet, lyrical, jazz, and tap for ten years. Later in life, she fell in love with dance all over again at Bridgewater College where she was a member of BC’s dance team for four years, and spent her senior year as the dance team’s captain. She has had the opportunity to work with dancers who come from all different backgrounds, and considers it a joy to work with those who love to dance. When Carla is not dancing, she teaches 5th grade at Luray Elementary School. She will be teaching Lyrical I, HipHop I, and Beginning Jazz at InMotion during the 2011-2012 season.

Miss Carrie

Carrie Spade began dancing at the age of four with a single tap class. Shockingly, she was not very good at the time. As the years progressed, however, Carrie discovered her passion for movement, and began study in the disciplines of jazz, ballet, acro, lyrical, modern, and her favorite, musical theatre. Carrie’s home studio is the Dee Buchanan Studio of Dance located in Middletown, Maryland. Throughout her years at the studio, Carrie studied the Cecchetti method of ballet, passing all four of the student level exams. She was also soloist in the Dee Buchanan Dance Company where she performed solos in the style of musical theatre (what else?). She has performed in numerous plays and musicals over the years, and feels most at home on a stage, whether it be dancing, singing, or acting. Carrie is currently a senior at Bridgewater College where she is a double major in Communication Studies and English. She has been a proud member of the Bridgewater College Dance Team since the winter of 2008 and the Lyrical Ensemble since the spring of 2009. Carrie will be teaching Acrobatics, Musical Theater, and Lyrical at InMotion during the 2011-2012 season.

Miss Danielle

Danielle Wolsiefer is currently a graduate student at James Madison University. She began jazz, tap, ballet, and Irish dancing at the age of 5 at a small studio in Long Island, New York.  Danielle quickly became a competitive Irish dancer and started competing all over the country. In high school she continued taking jazz, hip hop, lyrical and ballet classes at Chorus Line Dance Studio, a competitive studio which truly encouraged her love of dance and pushed her to always strive for her full potential.  At Chorus Line Dance Studio Danielle’s passion for dance blossomed. Her love of dance continued as she began choreographing a dance team throughout college.  Since then, she has also been trained in both salsa and belly dancing, and has taken classes at the world famous Broadway Dance Center in New York City. She looks forward to sharing her passion for dance at In Motion Dance. Danielle will be teaching advanced hiphop at InMotion during the 2011-2012 season.

Miss Hannah

Hannah Kingston started dancing when she was 5 at Ronnie McLaughlin Dance Studio.  She danced with them for nine years, then began at InMotion in 2006.  Hannah studied tap, jazz, ballet, hip hop and modern, and has been teaching tap since 2009.  This year is Hannah’s 15th year of tapping, which she will be teaching at InMotion during the 2011-2012 season.

Miss Katilynn

Katilynn Saunders is a student at JMU majoring in Communication Studies. She trained with the Academy of Classical & Contemporary Dance in hometown of Chespeake, VA and received the award in “Most Talented” in several pageants for her tap dancing abilities. Katilynn is a certified Zumba Instructor and GROOVE facilitator. She has been teaching an InMotion since 2010 & also teaches dance-based fitness classes at James Madison’s UREC. Katilynn will be teaching pre-ballet, tap, & Zumba at InMotion during the 2011-2012 season.

Miss Kelly

Kelly Remnant is an accomplished dancer who has been dancing and performing for 17 years.  Kelly is a former member of the Rockingham Ballet Theatre where she performed for several years in ballets such as the Nutcracker, Copellia, La fille mal gardee, and Sleeping Beauty.  Kelly has danced several lead roles including Clara and the Sugar Plum Pas de Deux (Nutcracker 2004/2007).  Kelly has attended numerous summer workshops including American Ballet Theatre in Orange Country California (2007).  Kelly has worked with artists Brandon Becker, Malcolmb Bernum, Thomas Garret and Phillip Skaggs (Richmond Ballet), and Finis Jhung (Joffrey Ballet).  Currently, Kelly attends Bridgewater College and is pursuing a degree in Health and Exercise Science with a concentration in Physical Therapy.  This is Kelly’s second year teaching at InMotion Studio of Dance where she will be teaching Sr. II Ballet and Pointe.

Maria

Maria Ptakowski has been dancing and performing since the age of 3. She has received training in a variety of disciplines which include ballet, jazz, lyrical, pointe, tap and acro. Maria has experienced many performance opportunties throughout the years, including performing on the Royal Carribean Cruise Lines and at the Huntington Outdoor Theatre in West Va. She has been brought in to do workshops with the Harrisonburg High School, the Bridgewater College and the Shepherd Univsersity dance teams. In 2008, Maria received her Bachelor’s of Social Work from JMU and currently works at the Valley Community Services Board in Staunton. She has also been teaching the TLJ (Turns, Jumps, Leaps) class at InMotion since 2007. Maria has the heart and soul of a dancer and loves being able to share her love of dance with her students.