Every professional at Gotta Dance is selected for their outstanding credentials as well as their high-energy personalities and love of teaching. With backgrounds in stage performance and dance education, we've created a winning team to develop your dancer. Our dance instructors come from the Broadway theatre, Radio City Rockettes, major ballet companies as principle dancers, Juilliard scholarship winners, national tours, MTV videos, Nickelodeon, International cruise ships, New Jersey Nets Dancers and the Martha Graham Dance Ensemble.
Study with these professionals and share in their love and appreciation for the art of dance!
Jana Belot (Director/Teacher)
Talent scholarship - Point Park College dance major, performed with The Extension and American Dance Ensemble, founded Gotta Dance in 1989, Dance Educators of America certified, high honors.
Kevin Byrne
BFA in dance from Marymount Manhattan College, dances for the American Repertory Ballet in Princeton, NJ, performed lead role, "The Cavalier" in ARB's The Nutcracker.
Mary Capellas
Radio City Rockette, choreographed many musicals, danced aboard Royal Caribbean and Celebrity Cruise lines, teaches "The Rockette Experience".
Gabriel Chajnick
Attended Juilliard on full scholarship, soloist for the American Rep. Ballet, performed works by Martha Graham and Paul Taylor.
Mirta DeFelice
BA in dance from Rutgers Mason Gross School of the Arts, member of Associated Dance Theaters of Central Jersey, appeared in Giselle and The Nutcracker with NJ Theatre Guild.
Sarah Gulbin
Is a graduate of Rutgers College. Member of The Rutgers Performing Dance Company, and on the Dean's list. Sarah has been dancing with Gotta Dance for 18 years.
Jessica Johnson
AFA in dance from Morris County College, attended Ramapo College, awarded 4th overall at International Dance Comp./Festival in Prague, many awards in gymnastics and dance.
Caroline Hidalgo
Has been teaching at Gotta Dance since 1996. She has a degree in Dance from Mason Gross School of the Arts and is Dance Educator of America certified with high honors. She is the Children's Rehearsal Director for the Moscow Ballet's "Nutcracker." Her choreography has been performed at Disney World.
Linda Kilponen
Radio City Rockette, graduate of Point Park College, teaches conventions and judges dance competitions. Dynamite choreographer and teacher.
Kathleen Lynch
Graduate of Mason Gross School of the Arts at Rutgers University with a BFA in dance. and a minor in psychology. Kathleen has performed with modern dance choreographers, John Evans and Julia Ritter.
Nicole Mahncke
Graduated from Mason Gross School of the Arts at Rutgers University with a BFA in dance. Her choreography has been present at "The Outlet Dance Project" in the Hamilton Grounds for Sculptures and many other student venues.
Laura McComb
Graduate of Mason Gross School of the Arts at Rutgers University with a BFA.
Tom McKie
Teaches hip-hop and street funk classes at conventions throughout the world, teaches hip-hop at Rutgers University.
Jenna Milkewicz
Is a student at the Mason Gross School of the Arts, Rutgers University. She was a Gotta Dance student for ten years, and was an assistant teacher for five. For two years, she was the Assistant Rehearsal Director for the Gotta Dance students in the Moscow Ballet's production of The Nutcracker.
Kimberly Miller
Graduate of the University of the Arts with a BFA in dance, currently dances in a modern dance company.
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