FACULTY
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| Sandra Balestracci -Ballet Technique, Pointe, Variations (opens in a new window) |
| Ron Boucher - Musical Theater, Voice, Acting, Theater Movement (opens in a new window) |
| Shelly Isler (Jazz, Tap, Modern Zumba aerobics) |
| Jennifer Lent (Broadway jazz/tap and choreography) |
| Denise McCoy (Ballet, Modern, Pilates) |
| Lois Nichols (Early Childhood, Ballet) |
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 Michelle Isler (Jazz, Tap, Modern Zumba aerobics) is very excited to return EVSPA this year!!! A native of Elma NY, graduated from The State University of New York at Buffalo with a BFA Degree in Dance. Michelle is currently the Dance Supervisor at Busch Gardens Williamsburg. She has over 25 years of dance experience and has been dancing, teaching and choreographing professionally for 7 years. She has extensive training in Jazz, Tap, Lyrical and Modern. |
 Jennifer Lent (Broadway jazz/tap and choreography) Ms. Lent is a professor at Christopher Newport University and previously at Coastal Carolina University. Ms. Lent holds a B.A. in Theater from The College of William & Mary in Virginia and an M.F.A. in Performance and Choreography from Florida State University. She performed for six years with Busch Gardens Entertainment Williamsburg and Tampa Bay. Outside the university, setting Jennifer has taught dance in VA, NJ, and FL. Her work, "Oklahoma City," based on the bombing, was accepted into "Take a Chance Choreographer's Showcase" at New Dance Group Arts in NYC. Ms. Lent has performed two seasons with The Lost Colony, and performs as a vocalist/dancer for Legends in Concert at Surfside Beach. |
 Lois Nichols (Early Childhood, Ballet) received her dance training as an undergraduate at Hollins University in Roanoke, Virginia. After obtaining a Masters in Dance Therapy from Boston University, she was a science teacher in New York City for several years and remained active in the arts by teaching modern dance and movement therapy classes and by choreographing for community musicals. Upon returning to Virginia, she volunteered in the primary and secondary Newport News school systems for twenty years, while raising her family of six. With a lifelong passion for dance, Lois continues to take and teach classes in classical ballet. She enjoys participating in EVSPA’s Nutcracker productions and attending yearly dance workshops aimed at teaching ballet technique to students of all levels. This is her fifth year teaching at EVSPA. |
 Denise McCoy holds Pilates Mat Level I certification. In addition to teaching Pilates, she also teaches ballet, tap, jazz, lyrical, modern, and ballroom. Her performing credits included various roles in CAPA Fund's productions such as the Nutcracker from 2000-2008 with the American Youth Ballet Company and the King and I with the American Youth Players. Denise began her dance studies at EVSPA in 1994 and apprenticed under Sandra Balestracci. She has been part of EVSPA's staff since 1999.
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