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Gina
DeBenedetto-Forcella- Owner/Director- brings 30 years of experience
to her school. She has toured professionally in the USA, Canada
and Europe. DeBenedetto-Forcella was a recipient of the Phyllis
Dewbrow Scholarship while dancing with the American Dance
Machine and soloist with the New Jersey Dance Theatre Guild.
A dedicated and gifted teacher and choreographer, she has
won numerous awards for her beautiful and entertaining choreography
in all forms of dance. Since 1985, she has been the successful
owner/director of Dance Stop Dance Educational Center, and
has incorporated a diverse group of extremely talented teachers
to her staff. Well known for her children’s work and
her loving ability to make dance fun for the students and
at the same time develop the children to their fullest potential.
Her students have won many scholarships and National Competitions
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Michael
Minery-
a tap dancer and choreographer of extraordinary talent, has
performed throughtout the U.S. and Canada. Mr Minery is on staff
of major dance organizations and teaches workshops throughout
the US. He is also on the faculty of Broadway Dance Center in
NYC. Currently, Mr Minery can be seen every weekend performing
at the famous Supper Club in Manhattan. Look for Mr. Michael’s
hot new tap video. |
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Sara
Pyun-
an accomplished choreographer in jazz and lyrical and is a four
time winner of the Korean National Rhythmics Championship and
has also participated in the 24th Seoul Olympic Games in 1988.
She has trained extensively in New York City, Korea, and Los
Angeles. Currently, Ms Pyun is involved with commercials and
workshops both in U.S. and Korea. |
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Nicole
Sileo-received
extensive training and built her foundation of dance under the
guidance and supervision of Ms. Gina for over 14 years. Her
natural ability to instruct young children is one of her true
assets for the dance studio. Ms.Nicole is one of the premiere
tap dancers to graduate from Dance Stop and has trained and
choreographed many of the high powered and exciting award competition
numbers held throughout the U.S. |
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Lauren
LanFranchi-
received extensive training and built her foundation of dance
under the guidance and supervision of Ms. Gina for over 16 years.
Her calm demeanor and charm allows children to grasp the quality
dance lessons that she teaches. Ms. Lauren has trained and choreographed
many beautiful lyrical and jazz award winning numbers in competitions
throughout the U.S. |
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Melissa
Braine-
received extensive training and built her foundation of dance
under the guidance and supervision of Ms. Gina for over 17 years.
Ms. Melissa’s strong commitment and dedication to the studio
has been one of her strongest attributes which has allowed her
students to receive the most advanced and thorough dance training. |
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Jennifer
Cardino-
received extensive training and guidance from Ms. Gina over
the past 11 years. Her intense energy level and love for dance
is appreciated and accepted warmly by all of her students.
Ms. Jennifer has a tremendous ability to motivate her students
to achieve the highest level of dance education.
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Rosemary
Sabovick-Bleich,
Ms. Bleich has been teaching for over 15 years. She is on the faculty of the NJ School of Ballet, The NJ Theatre Ensemble. She was a member of the NJ Ballet Company and was their Principal Ballerina until her retirement from the stage in 2002. |
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Tina Finkleman, will teach contemporary dance classes that are certain to create a new educational dimension for our students. Tina hails from the Notario Dance Company. She has been recently hand selected by the legendary Mikhail Baryshnikov's to perform in his latest work "The Hell's Kitchen Project" in New York City. |
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Al Blackstone- Al Blackstone began his training with his parents at their school in Brick, New Jersey. He has been featured in various television and live events including NBC's AMERICAN DREAMS and dancing with Paige Davis in a commercial for TLC's TRADING SPACES. Al was a performer and Assistant Choreographer for an episode of Nickelodeon's DRAKE & JOSH SHOW and was dance captain for a revival of AC Ciulla's FOOTLOOSE in 2005. He has performed at the International Dance Festival of Korea with Liz Imperio's Instincts Live Media Dance Co. and in NIGHTS ON BROADWAY 3 at Caesars in Atlantic
City. He is currently on the staff of The New Dance Group Arts Center in NYC and is thrilled to be working with the talented students of The Dance Stop! |
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Matt Boyce, has been studying for over 8 years with mike minery. He was a principle dancer of the New Jersey Tap Ensemble for four years. At the age of 12 he was the youngest principle dancer ever. He performed all over new jersey with the company , as well as New York performing at theaters such as NJ PAC , with the New Jersey Symphony, and Merkin Hall , with the Tap City Festival. Matt is currently in the new tap company called Tapaholics. He has been with them from the beginning since may of 2003 when the company had its debut in NYC. Matt is also an accomplished musician, studying piano for 13 years now and plans to attend Montclair State University in Fall 2005 to study Musical Therapy. |
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Lindsay Ritter, received extensive training and built her foundation of dance under the guidance and supervision of Ms. Gina, Sara Pyun and Michael Minery. Lindsay has been a recipient of both Regional and National titles and has recently received the Dance Spirit Award given by Dance Spirit Magazine. |
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John Barrella, John has studied all forms of dance including ballet, jazz and modern. He is known for his fun and creative hip-hop classes. He is currently part of the Eric Sampson hip-hop company. |
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Amanda Cilento- Amanda Cilento has been dancing for 17 years and has received extensive training in Jazz, Ballet, Tap, Lyrical and Acro. Amanda was a gymnast for 4 years in which she competed at a state level. She is currently attending Rutgers University where she is on the Rutgers Dance Team. |
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