Lauren Robbins Lauren was born in Delaware where she graduated from St. Elizabeth High School in 2003. She began her dance training at the age of three studying in places such as Delaware, Philadelphia, and New York. Lauren has 20 years of dance training, 17 years of cheerleading experience and has been a teacher in the Delaware area for 9 years. Lauren was a competitive dancer for eight years and has won numerous national awards. She teaches Ballet, tap, jazz, hip-hop, lyrical/contemporary, cheerleading, and tumbling. Lauren was a Philadelphia Eagles Cheerleader during the 2006 and 2007 seasons. She has performed in England, Mexico, Florida, and Ohio. Lauren has coached successful competitive dance and cheerleading teams for many years, and started an All*Star cheerleading program in 2005. She has appeared in movies such as “Transformers II” and “Law Abiding Citizen.” Miss Lauren's biggest passion is teaching and she plans to continue inspiring, training, and sharing her love for the art of dance to everyone she teaches. Formerly known as Lauren Sadowski. |
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Amy Starr Amy was raised in Delaware where she attended St. Elizabeth High School. Amy brings 16 years of dance and cheer experience to EDA. She is trained in ballet, pointe, tap, jazz, and lyrical. She has traveled to such places as NY, Michigan, and Florida to perform and has attended various dance conventions all over the country. Amy also has many years of cheerleading experience and was co-captaion of the Blue*Gold cheerleading team in high school. Amy has been teaching dance and cheerleading for many years. Her biggest passion in dance is ballet. Encore Dance Academy is so happy and proud to have Miss Amy as the Artistic Director of the studio. |
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Sarah Bloom Sarah is a Long Island native, currently attending the University of Delaware. She is majoring in Elementary Education and Special Education. Sarah has been dancing for 17 years, and competing for 10. She is a trained competition dancer, and has won numerous awards regionally and nationally. Sarah has been teaching dance for 7 years, and absolutely loves it. Her specialties include jazz, tap, lyrical, ballet, pointe, and hip hop. For the past 3 years, she has been a proud teacher of a nationally ranked competition team. Sarah combines her passion for dance along with her natural ability to teach to make her dance classes a fun and rewarding experience. Sarah is extremely excited to work with EDA this year! |
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Miss Elisabeth Miss Elisabeth has been dancing since the age of three. This year will be her 5th year teaching with Miss Lauren. Along with being a teacher she also helps at competitions leading and helping other Encore Elite teams. Elisabeth is a strong performer and a natural leader- we couldn’t ask for a teacher with more enthusiasm. She is trained in ballet, jazz, hip-hop, contemporary/lyrical, pointe, and tap. Elisabeth is a competitive dancer who has won both regional and national awards. She was also an all-star cheerleader for three years, and was captain for two. Elisabeth teaches ballet, tap, and hip-hop at EDA. Her positive personality and dance experience make her a motivating teacher to her students. Elisabeth is loved by all of her students and we are looking forward to another great year with her! |
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Miss Brianna Miss Brianna began dancing at age 3 and started cheerleading in High School. Brianna has extensive training in the areas of ballet, tap, jazz, point, lyrical, cheerleading and hip-hop. She is a competitive dancer, and has won numerous awards for her talents in dance. She has performed and competed in places such as Florida, Virginia, Maryland, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, and her home state of Delaware. Miss Brianna was the captain of the DMA cheerleading squad, and won the MVP award. Brianna will be graduating from the Delaware Military academy in June 2010 and has been accepted to the University of Delaware where she will pursue a career in physical therapy. Brianna will continue teaching at EDA in the future and we are very happy to have such a positive and professional person as a part the EDA family. She is a wonderful role model to our students. |
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Miss Halle Miss Halle has been dancing since she was 6. Halle first started dancing with Miss Amy as her teacher, and has stayed with her over the years, along with training at various other studios. From a very young age Miss Halle has had a strong passion for dance that shines through each time she performs or competes. Halle has won both regional and national awards for dance and is continuing her winning tradition at EDA. Miss Halle has studied various styles of dance however her favorite is lyrical. She is graceful and confident on stage and pulls the audience in when performing. EDA is proud to have Miss Halle assistant teaching. Her outstanding technique and knowledge of the art of dance definitely benefits all of our students when learning from her. |
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Miss Jessica Miss Jessica is a student at Cab Calloway School of the Arts where she is a dance major. Jessica loves performing as well as teaching. Miss Jessica has been an assistant teacher since she was 9. She has been in a number of local productions, including: The Nutcracker, Peter Rabbit and Other Tails, and has taken part in many summer dance workshops and musical theatre camps. She has also traveled to Disney to compete and perform. Miss Jessica has a warm heart for the little dancers and she loves sharing her love of dance with them. If given a chance, you might find her eating cupcakes with them too! She loves her EDA family and is excited to dance with them and her EDA family loves her! |
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Miss Jennifer Miss Jennifer is a student at Cab Calloway School of the Arts where she is a Drama Major. She has been dancing since the age of 3. Miss Jennifer is trained in ballet, pointe, jazz, tap, lyrical, and hip-hop. Her energy and enthusiasm for dance helps motivate our younger dancers to be the best they can be. Jennifer has been assistant teaching since age 9. Her acting/dance credentials include: The Nutcracker, Peter Rabbit and Other Tails, Damn Yankees, and Little Mermaid. She has also performed and competed in Florida. Miss Jennifer is very excited to be assistant teaching at EDA, and we are happy to have her with us! Miss Jennifer has big plans for her future and we look forward to watching her shine.
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