Dance With Me is an Educational Outreach Program that spreads the love of movement to today’s youth. Specifically, Dance With Me works closely with children in daycare centers, schools, community centers, gyms, and in-home child care settings. Bringing the services offered by Dance With Me to the community also brings about social, emotional, cognitive, and physical benefits for emerging dancers. In an era where both parents work, it is the vision of Dance With Me to take away the complications of after work/school commuting. This ultimately leaves more time in the evenings for family activities and togetherness. We provide a healthy and effective way of instructing dance by merging experience, the knowledge of Child Development, and Early Childhood Dance together; ultimately promoting and encouraging self discovery and confidence among all emerging dancers. Dance With Me is delighted that the classes are enjoyed by boys as well as girls and they have an ongoing mission to break down the barriers of the stigma attached to boys and dancing. Boys love to dance and have fun just as much as the girls! So this program is offered to all students within the age range without gender specification. Dance With Me is based on the belief that our customers' needs are of the utmost importance. Our entire team is committed to meeting those needs. As a result, a high percentage of our business is from repeat customers and referrals. We work hard to ensure that the standards of artistic excellence are met in the dance education provided by our staff. All staff members are highly qualified and conduct all classroom instruction with artistic excellence in mind. We would welcome the opportunity to earn your trust and deliver you the best service in the industry. For more information on how to bring Dance With Me and its services to your facility please contact us.
DANIELLE TISDALE-YOUNG
Executive Director
| | Danielle Tisdale Young has been spreading the love of movement and the arts for years. She has taught dance in various studio's throughout Maryland in addition to the Anne Arundel County Public School System. She has studied at Maryland Ballet Theatre, National Ballet, Advanced Ballet Academy, Baltimore Ballet Academy, Towson University, Peabody Preparatory, Broadway Dance Center in New York, Joffrey Ballet in New York, and Alvin Ailey. She has been accepted to and received scholarships to Dance Theatre of Harlem, Washington Ballet, American Academy of Ballet at Vasser College, University of the Arts in PA, Central Pennsylvania Youth Ballet, The Baltimore Blast Cheerleaders, and more. Danielle has coached teams to win numerous first place championships for Jazz, and Pom-Pom Dance with the EDA and UDA competitions. Her students have gone on to study and perform with Hoffstra Universities, Goucher College, Joffrey Ballet, Virginia School of the Arts, Towson University, So You Think You Can Dance?, Six Flags, Maryland Hall's Ballet Productions, and they make dance teams across the Nation. Danielle also has studied early childhood education in college and has worked in daycare centers and schools for the last 15 years. | | | |  | | 
CHRISTINA LASSALLE
Summer Maryland and
Northern Virginia Instructor
| | Chrissy Lassalle completed her bachelors of science in early childhood education and a minor in dance at Salisbury University. While at Salisbury, she danced with the Salisbury University Dance Company. She was exposed to various types of dance styles such as modern, jazz, lyrical, ballet, African, hip-hop, and flamenco. For the completion of her dance minor, Chrissy researched the importance of using creative movement in an inclusive classroom. Chrissy believes in the importance of incorporating movement into learning at any age. She taught all ages from 3 months to school-aged at Play and Learn Annapolis childcare center for 6 years during the summer. Chrissy currently teaches the third grade in Anne Arundel County. Along with teaching, she is in the process of completing her masters in educational technology. | | | | | | | 
JENNIFER MAYO
Northern Maryland/
Pennsylvania Instructor | | Jennifer Mayo started dancing as a small child and continued through high school and college. While in high school she competed with her studio’s competition group. She majored in dance education at The Community College of Baltimore County. It was there that she worked with Broadway stars Lester Holmes and Tommy Tune, Choreographer Peter Pucci, and participated in ballet master classes with and Nadia Tikhanova from the Vaganova Choreographic Institute in St. Petersburg Russia. While she was in college she performed with Dimensional Dance Media. Jennifer earned her 90 hours certificate for teaching preschool while at CCBC. Jennifer has also studied at Falls Road dance Studio, MgM Dance Studio, and the Ballet Academy of Baltimore. She is glad to be able to share her love of dance with children and adults and hopes to continue teaching for many more years. | | | | | | | 
KATHRYN ALBINO
Maryland, Virginia & Illinois Instructor | | Kathryn Albino began dancing at the young age of 3 with Broadway Dance of Astoria – Queens, NY. After moving down to Kissimmee, FL, she continued her training with Leggz Dance Academy earning “High Honors” in the Royal Academy of Dance Examinations at the age of 8, one of the youngest in the Academy to achieve. She later continued to train under Artistic and Executive Directors, Vadim Fedotov and Irina Depler, at the Russian Academy of Ballet at 12 and was later selected to participate in the school’s first foreign exchange program with Terada Ballet Art School – Kyoto, Japan at 13. At the age of 16, she was invited to perform with the school’s professional company, Ballet Fedotov, in their first international tour of “Cinderella” and has competed in the YAGP and qualified with her ensemble to compete in the NYC Semi-finals. Kathryn has also choreographed for her Filipino folk dance group, Kayumanggi Dance Troupe, and has worked with former dancers from the Philippines’ national folk dance company, Bayanihan. Kathryn has performed in many ballets and solos such as The Nutcracker, Don Quixote, Cinderella, Romeo and Juliet, Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, West Side Story, Giselle, Raymonda and Gershwin Greats (a Vadim Fedotov Original). She has performed throughout Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia, Japan and the Philippines and has performed with professional artists from American Ballet Theater, The National Theatre of Opera and Ballet of Ukraine, Sarasota Ballet, Corella Ballet, and Orlando Ballet. She is currently a student at Baltimore City Community College pursuing her A.A.S. in Fashion Merchandising. | | | | | | | 
NIKKI McTERNAN
Pennsylvania Instructor/Area Manager | | Nikki McTernan began dancing as a child and went on to teach choreography to her high school swing choir and the cast of her high school's musicals. She danced with the Messiah College dance troupe, Acclamation, while completing her undergraduate work. Nikki has an M.A. in Elementary education, and a minor in Family Studies. She taught grades K-2 for four years, and wrote a thesis entitled, "Movement improves the physical, social, and emotional development of students in the elementary classroom." She founded and directed a dance troupe called Pirouettes of Praise. She directed this christian dance troupe for over six years and had the opportunity to travel with her dancers across the state of PA, as well as to dance with the troupe in New Mexico and Virginia. Nikki is excited to be part of Dance With Me, and to meet her students! | | | | | | | 
MARY JO PARKER
North Carolina Instructor | | Mary Jo Parker started dancing at the age of two in Worcester, Massachusetts. She continued her dance education there until she was 18, dancing competitively for the Charlotte Klien Dance Company. Her dancing has been recognized on both regional and national levels. She then moved to New York City where she was cast in three Off – Broadway shows, including “ThinLine”, “Automatic Superstar”, and “The Donkey Show”. New York was also the birth place of her teaching career. She began teaching at Ballet Academy East, under master teachers like, Peter Frame, Darla Hoover (both former New York City ballet dancers) Olga Dvorovenko, and Francis Patrelle. Her teacher training there was not only from the best in the business, but absolutely priceless. After 6 years of living the New York City Dancer life she relocated to Chesapeake, Virginia. There, she got back to her routes by teaching and choreographing for the Spotlight Dancers Competition Team at Maureen’s School of Dance. Her first year of routines won three Outstanding Choreography Awards, numerous Overall High Score Awards, and her soloist were not only recognized with scholarships, but earned the titles of Miss Headliner and Miss IDC. | | | | | | 
MEGAN COHEN
PT Maryland Instructor | | Megan Cohen began dance at an early age of four. She began competing at age 7 and continued up through college. At ages 14 and 15, Megan was accepted into the Summer Fellowship program for the Dance Theater of Harlem. At age 16, she was invited to perform with Suzanne Farrell in her Dennedy Center show. Also at 16, Megan was admitted to the Joffrey Apprenticeship program. Megan danced for 6 years with Gary Pate's Superstars. In addition, she studied ballet intensively at the Royal Academy of Dance (RAD) in Annapolis. In college, Megan was on the George Mason Dance team (Masonettes) where they performed at all home basketball games, as well as placing top 10 all four years at the UDA Nationals in Orlando, Florida. Megan has danced with and been a team leader for the acclaimed Power Pak team and has danced with choreographers such as Pam Boling, Frank Hatchett, Gus Girodano, and Ray Leeper. Megan currently teaches ballet, tap, jazz, hip hop, and gymne astics, as well as toddlers. | LORI KORN Maryland and Virginia Instructor Picture/Bio Comming Soon! KRIS MOSEBY Chicago Instructor Picture/Bio Comming Soon! Alison Rootberg Chicago Instructor Picture and Bio Comming Soon. Meghan Clawson Shuey North Carolina Instructor Picture and Bio Comming Soon. Amarilis Rockhill CT Instructor Picture and bio comming soon! |
More Biographies Coming Soon! All of our instructors are CPR and first aid certified. Additionally, they have all submitted to and passed a background check. Come join us! What are you waiting for?
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