Our Teachers

Our 2018–2019 season instructors:

Beth Wheeler: Ballet, Tap, Jazz, Acro, Preschool, Primary (director, A Dancer’s Dream; VP and co-founder, TAGteach International)

Carli DiMeo: Contemporary, Jazz, Acro

Norma Jean Fowler: Ballet Lab, Cecchetti Graded Ballet

Sarah (Cook) Geary: Preschool, Primary, Studio Culture Coordinator

Elloree Northway Jennings: Hip Hop, Acro, Sparkle Squad Coordinator

Julie Joseph: Tap, Modern, Contemporary

Kelsey Nestor: Modern, Jazz

Melissa Powers: Jazz, Tap

Shaina Schwartz: Tap, Modern, Contemporary, Jazz

Teresa Tobin: PreSchool, Primary

Evan Turner: Contemporary, Acro, Leaps & Turns

Our 2018–2019 season administrative staff:

Kat Knight: Operations & Client Experience Manager

Recent and Recurring Guest Teachers:

Alixa Sutton (Cirque Du Soliel, choreographer)

Jenny Schiff (Schiff Dance Collective, founder)

Sean Fielder (Boston Tap Company, founder)

Brian Henninger (Excel's SYTYCD teaching tour)

Our TAGteach™ certified staff consists of highly regarded professional dancers and performing artists, each with exceptional teaching experience. Our teachers cultivate enthusiasm in our students through their own joy in dance and out of their sincere love for children (we TAG, we don’t nag!).

Teresa Tobin

Teresa is beginning her third year with A Dancer’s Dream delighting in inspiring our youngest dancers through their first steps! She is a 2014 graduate of Fordham College at Lincoln Center and works in the Marblehead Public Schools as a kindergarten paraprofessional. She is a current member of Nozama Dance Collective, a graduate group of women focusing on contemporary dance performance in Cambridge, MA.