Bennington
Tumbling, Acrobatics USA Gymnastics Certified Instructor; all levels USA Professional Member, Gymnastics National Safety Certified Movement Education & Lesson Plan Development Certified Kinder Accreditation for Teachers Certified Meet Director Certified Amy is the Director of Berkshire Dance Theatre Gymnastics Program. She has 23 years of experience as both an instructor and a competitor. She attends national and international gymnastics [...]
Zumba Erica started dancing at BDT when she was six years old and continued dancing through her freshmen year of high school. She studied Tap, Jazz, Modern, Ballet and Pointe. Many years later she came back to BDT and joined the Adult Jazz class and also joined a local gym where she was given the [...]
Jamal Ahamad was born and raised in Brooklyn, NY. A recent graduate from MCLA, he earned a Bachelor’s degree in English Communications with a Minor in Arts Management. During his time at MCLA, he immersed himself in the arts and developed a very deep seeded appreciation for all things dance. He was eager to experience [...]
Operations Manager Ballet, Jazz, Tap, Equipment BA Fine and Performing Arts with Theatre & Arts Management concentrations, MCLA, MA Jessica began her dance studies at BDT in 1988. She soon realized her love of dance, and studied ballet, pointe, jazz, tap, and modern throughout her high school years. She was a teaching assistant and a [...]
Guest Teacher BFA Dance from Boston Conservatory of Music, Dance, and Theatre, MA Kristi began her dance training with Jo-Ann Galovotti in Palmer, MA, and continued with Jo Ann Warren in Worcester, MA. After college, she studied in NYC at Broadway Dance Center and Steps. She began her professional career in the European Tour of [...]
Naina Dewan is a Licensed Dance Teacher, Choreographer, and Certified Alexander Technique Teacher (kinesthetic education). A Berkshires native, Naina has studied dance for 25 years, including Ballet, Modern Dance, Improvisation, Latin Dance, Flamenco, African Dance, and Indian Dance. She has performed with the Albany/Berkshire Ballet, Marya Kennett Ballet Theatre, Geneseo Dance Ensemble, Sharon Fogarty Dance [...]
Bennington Office Assistant Peggy began dance the September before her third birthday and has continued throughout her life. She has taught at a former school in Bennington. Tap and jazz is her true love. Peggy is a Bennington native and a long time dancer at Berkshire Dance Theatre. She joined the adult class at Berkshire Dance Theatre [...]
Jazz, Tap Terrie began dancing at three years old in London, England. There she took the Royal Academy of Dance (RAD) exams, and won a scholarship to the The Imperial Society of Teachers of Dancing (ISTD). Terrie began professionally dancing at age fifteen. She has danced on Broadway for Bob Fosse, and many renowned choreographers. [...]
