At the age of 3, Vanessa enrolled in a dance class purely for entertainment; but, when a preschool tap dance teacher said "this girl was born to dance," a dream was born. Since then, Vanessa has gone on to master tap, jazz, ballet, and especially hip-hop. From Arizona to Florida to New York, she has performed in countless shows and competitions across the country and has placed in the top 3 of numerous national championships. As a young adult, her teachers easily recognized Vanessa’s talent as she was asked to start teaching classes while yet a student herself. She has held many teaching positions including Dance Director at Florida International University's summer dance program.
Vanessa has now been teaching and choreographing dance for close to ten years. She has taken numerous dance teams to national level championships and recently, her senior competitive group was invited to Germany to represent the United States in a world championship. She has earned the respect of children, their parents, and community leaders for her unique ability to communicate the positive message of health and fitness for kids. Her charismatic personality allows her to serve simultaneously as role model, teacher, and friend.
As an adult, Vanessa's love of dance has driven her to share her passion with others. She is so grateful to the many students and parents along the way who have supported her and helped her realize her dream of opening her own studio. With her energy and creativity she hopes to give back to the community by inspiring other children just as she was inspired.
After seeing break dancers in a music video as a kid, Anthony fell in love with dancing and dreamt of a life as a performer. He quickly signed up for numerous dance classes and began practicing with his friends. After only two years he won a break dance competition and gained popularity in his community. Anthony moved from Waterbury, CT to New York City after completing college to pursue his dream. While auditioning for a music video he met William "Ill Will" Sanchez, they immediately hit it off, and began working and training together.
In the summer of 2007 Ready was asked to join the USA Break Dancers on their Canadian festival tour.
Savannah started ballet at the age of 11. She has been a teacher's assistant for several years. She is very excited to have the opportunity to teach and share all that she has learned. Savannah is currently training with Maria Calegari, Bart Cook, Dieter Riesle, and Rachel Hamrick. In 2009 she attended the Sarasota Ballet summer intensive. In 2010 she went to the Central Pennsylvania Youth Ballet summer intensive. Savannah went to CPYB again this past summer, and upon completion, she continued training at the Jose Carreño Dance Festival summer intensive in Sarasota, FL.
Tara Sweeney grew up in a little town just outside of Kansas City, MO. She began dancing at the age of 3, but at 9, she decided ballet was going to be her main focus. Training at the Someset Ballet Center, she performed such roles as Clara in The Nutcracker, Little Swans in Swan Lake, Lead Soloist in Paquita, and Pas de Trios in La Bayadere. She also studied with North Carolina School of the Arts, Univeristy of Missouri-Kansas City (on scholorship), Ballet School of Chicago and had been accepted into American Ballet Theatre's training program. Since graduating college, she has morphed to doing Musical Theatre. A few of Tara's musical theatre credits include: European tour of The Phantom of the Opera (Jeanne), Stages! St. Louis' production of Guys and Dolls (Havana Specialty/Hot Box Dancer), Theatre in the Park's productions of Cats (Rumple Teazer), Grease (Marty/Asst. Choreo), and A Chorus Line (Maggie). Love to Mom and Dad. :)
As a student of dance since the early age of 2, Sara studied jazz, lyrical, and ballet at the Academy of Dance Arts and The Westchester Dance Academy, winning many high score, judges awards and scholarship opportunities. Sara was on the dance team at Fox Lane High School before transferring to NYC’s Professional Performing Arts High School and The Ailey School. She recently earned her BFA in performance from The Hartt School of Dance in Hartford Ct., where she studied ballet, pointe, and modern. While at Hartt she played the coveted role of Louise in Rodger's and Hammerstein's Carousel, and as a featured dancer in in many faculty, guest artist and student works. She was a company member of The Full Force Dance Theatre, a contemporary troupe based out of Harford, Ct.
Sara is excited to be working with the dancers of The Studio, and looks forward to sharing her knowledge and passion with her students.
Veronica Day is an accomplished dancer and instructor, trained in everything from jazz, modern, and contemporary to hip hop, lindy hop, and tap. In New York, she is a member of Andrew J. Nemr’s tap company “Cats Paying Dues,” and dance captain for MJXpression’s Michael Jackson tribute show “4 The L.O.V.E. of Michael.” In 2010, Veronica appeared as a swing in Bronwen Carson’s choreography for the 28th Annual Astaire Awards. Veronica’s extensive performing experience includes eight months aboard Holland America Cruise Lines in Alaska, the Panama Canal, and the Caribbean. Her accolades include awards from Showstoppers and Starbound Dance Competitions at regional and national levels. While earning her degree in dance at Ball State University, Veronica was selected to perform in the faculty company Ball State Dance Theatre. Veronica has taught and choreographed for students ranging from preschool age to adults. In Ohio, she served as Dance Director at Dance Etc., as well as resident tap instructor at the University of Akron Dance Institute. Veronica currently teaches tap, ballet, jazz, and modern dance at the Studio of Northern Westchester.
