Nancy Page - Ballet - West Chester Studio

A native of West Chester, Pa., Ms. Page trained at The Dance Center under the direction of Donna Muzio and also was a principal dancer with the Brandywine Ballet. While training at The Dance Center, she was awarded full scholarships to various summer programs such as The Pennsylvania Governor's School for the Arts, Milwaukee Ballet, Pacific Northwest Ballet, Richmond Ballet, and the Joffrey Ballet. After graduation she apprenticed with the Pittsburgh Ballet Theater before accepting a company position with the Florida Ballet. While at the Florida Ballet she danced Belong, a gold medal pas de deux choreographed by Norbert Vasak. She later became a member of the Tampa/Colorado Ballet, dancing solo and principal roles in contemporary works. Ms. Page then accepted principal positions with the Sarasota Ballet and Ballet Eddy Toussaint USA. During those years, many contemporary ballets were set on Ms. Page and she performed in various classical ballets including Paquita, Sleeping Beauty, and The Nutcracker.

Miss Page eventually joined the faculty of The Dance Center in 1999 and became Ballet Mistress and Resident Choreographer of the Brandywine Ballet in 2000. Her choreography credits include Adagio for Strings, Voices, full length Dracula, Mozart's Requiem and looking forward to the spring of 2012, full length Beauty and the Beast.

Tim Early – Modern Dance - West Chester Studio

Tim Early has been on faculty at The Dance Center since 1993 and has also been a principal member of Brandywine Ballet Company during that time. In addition to dancing, teaching and choreographing for the company, Mr. Early currently is co-director of the Philadelphia-based modern company Opus I Contemporary. He has also choreographed for Lafayette College, Moravian College, and West Chester University. In addition, Tim Early has headed the dance department at the Performing Arts Institute in Wilkes-Barre, PA for the past nine years.

Cherie Noble - Ballet - West Chester Studio

Ms. Noble has been teaching and coaching at The Dance Center since 1990.   Ms. Noble danced professionally as a charter member and soloist of the Pennsylvania Ballet Company. Ms. Noble has served as Associate Director of Ballet Arizona and as Ballet Master and Company Teacher for the Pennsylvania Ballet Co., Iranian National Ballet, and Ballet Oklahoma. She has taught several American College Dance Festivals and Regional Dance America Festivals and has participated as a master teacher for the RDA Craft of Choreography Conference and for the National Foundation for Advancement in the Arts. Nationally recognized for her extensive teaching residencies in the US and abroad, Ms. Noble is respected for her knowledge, caring guidance, and ability to develop artistic potential.

Caitlin Ennis - Jazz/Hip Hop - West Chester & Lionville Studio

Ms. Ennis trained at The Dance Center under the direction of Donna Muzio and was also a principal dancer with the company's contemporary jazz ensemble. After graduation she continued her studies in the Philadelphia area and began choreographing for various schools and companies. She joined the faculty of The Dance Center in 1998 and has continued to provide her young students professional instruction and energetic, challenging choreography.

Donna Marino - Ballet - West Chester Studio

Ms. Marino began her classical ballet training on Philadelphia’s Main Line. She had an earlier association with the Brandywine Ballet Company while earning a principal role in Swan Lake among other dances under the direction of Donna Muzio. Later, Ms. Marino studied in New York with Finis Jung and David Howard and attended classes at the School of American Ballet Theatre.

Ms. Marino was awarded a scholarship to study extensively at Les Grands Ballet de Montreal. While in Montreal, she expanded her dance training to contemporary dance among other forms. When returning to this area, Ms. Marino attended classes at the Philadelphia College of Performing Arts. While at PCPA, she furthered her training by being accepted into the school of Pennsylvania Ballet. Ms. Marino has been on faculty at The Dance Center since 2007.

Alejandra Ramirez-Ortiz - Ballet - Lionville Studio

Alejandra started her ballet training at the age of eight in her hometown Durango, Mexico. For 4 years, she periodically attended the National School of Dance in Mexico City and performed principal roles in her hometown. In 1994, she joined the Classic Dance Company of Nuevo Leon University in Monterrey, Mexico who was led by Professor Fernando Alonso, co-founder of the National Ballet of Cuba. She participated in Alicia Alonso's International Competition in La Havana, Cuba in 1997. She moved to France the same year, where she attended Rosella Hightower’s school of dance in Cannes. She resides in the US since 2003, where she has trained with Andrei Ustinov, Elena Martinson, Donna Muzio and Alexander Boitzov. Alejandra has a bachelor’s degree in Physics Engineering and a master’s degree in Computer Science and Control Engineering. Ms. Ramirez has been on faculty at The Dance Center since 2007.

Cameron Cavuto – Jazz /Hip Hop - West Chester Studio

A native of West Chester, PA., Cameron Cavuto received her dance training at The Dance Center under the direction of Donna Muzio. After spending 15 years learning and maturing as a dancer through ballet, modern and jazz dance, she went on to Drexel University in the fall of 2002. Building on her background as a strong jazz and modern dancer, Cameron spent 5 years on the Drexel Dance Team and performed bi-annually with the Drexel Dance Ensemble. She continued her training at Ronen Koresh’s studio in Philadelphia, where she took an interest in learning and studying hip-hop dance and its culture.

Ms. Cavuto graduated in 2007 from Drexel University, with a degree in Corporate Communications focused in the areas of Marketing and Public Relations. She is currently employed as a Marketing Associate with Meradia Group, an investment services firm, in West Chester. She is beyond thrilled to be back at The Dance Center and hopes to instill her students with the same passion and love for dance her teacher’s bestowed upon her.

Lauren Quattrone - Jazz/Hip Hop - West Chester Studio

Lauren has been dancing since she was five years old and was trained in ballet, jazz, modern, hip hop (lockin' and popping), jazz funk, breakin, tap, and pointe under First Position Dance Arts (Ardmore, Pa.). Lauren has just recently graduated from West Chester University with a major in Elementary Education and a Minor in Dance. While at West Chester University, she took part in the University Dance Company for four years, one of which she served as Vice President, one as Secretary. Lauren has choreographed four semesters for West Chester and was selected to present her work, “T.he (un)A.nswered Q.uestions”,
an all male quartet, at the American College Dance Festival (ACDF). Aside from college, Lauren has performed with Indigenous Pitch, BINC, Underground Dance Works, Surge Jr. Dance Company, Reading Railers, Mixturez,Star Element, and took part in I AM PHRESH in such performances as: Harlem Globe Trotter, Fringe Festivals, Sixers Games, AIDS benefits, Frontline Philly, ETC Performance Series, and many more. Currently, she is performing with Monster Squad, a hip hop crew based out of Philadelphia.  She is also a part of Indigenous Pitch Dance Collective, a non-profit organization that travels to help children in need that suffered from a natural or socioeconomic disaster. IPDC has traveled to North Philadelphia, New Orleans, and Haiti. Among dancing, andteaching dance for ten years, Lauren plans to pursue her dreams with Monster Squad and travel internationally to share her passion of dance.

Patricia Perla, Pianist - West Chester Studio

Patricia has had a lifelong involvement with dance. She has designed and performed classical educational concerts for piano aficionados in New York and Pennsylvania, played for dance performances, rehearsals and training classes and directed and performed in musical productions for schools and churches.

Ms. Perla was Company Pianist for the Des Moines Ballet before moving to NYC where she had the opportunity to play for leading dance teachers, including Maggie Black, Peff Modelski, Gelsey Kirkland, Steps, Broadway Dance Center, Ballet Academy East and Joffrey School.  

Ms. Perla has been playing for The Dance Center/Brandywine Ballet since l990.