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  Mary Ellen Reilly
Artistic Director

Jazz, Tap, Lyrical, Acro
     
Misty   Misty Reilly
Director of Youth Ballet Ensemble

Ballet, Jazz, Tap, Lyrical, Hip Hop, TLJ
 

Misty holds a BFA in dance from the University of Massachusetts. While at UMASS she was captain of the nationally recognized dance team and a member of the University Dancers. Misty is a former member of the Dance 10 Touring Company and the Manchester Ballet Company. She is currently the coach of the award winning Wethersfield High School Dance Team. Her choreography can be seen performed by Hofstra University Dance Team, Quinnipiac University Dance Team, and the Providence University Cheerleaders. You may also know her from the Wethersfield Park And Recreation Department’s Dance and Drama Summer Program of which she is currently the Director. Misty is a full time faculty member for Dance 10. Misty continues her studies in Boston, NYC and CT with such teachers as Frank Hatchett, Jermaine Brown, and Chio just to name a few.

 lisa   Lisa Ramaccia
Tap, Hip Hop, Ballet

Lisa holds a Bachelor of Arts Degree in Psychology from Fairfield University and a Masters of Science Degree in School Counseling from Central Connecticut State University.  She is currently a Guidance Counselor at East Lyme High School.  She is the former captain of the award winning Fairfield University Dance Team as well as a former member of the Dance 10 Touring Company.  It is through these two venues that she has performed at the Meadowlands Arena, the Bahamas and throughout the Greater Hartford Area. Lisa founded the Dance 10 Tap Companies in 2002. You have seen her work at many of our events and most recently at the ADA, Starpower and IDC Competitions where her choreography has brought in numerous special awards.  You may also recognize Lisa from the Wethersfield Parks & Recreation Department’s Dance And Drama Summer Program where she currently holds the position of Assistant Director. Lisa continues to take classes and workshops in NYC and CT to keep her interests and choreography new and energized.

Sue   Sue Lombardo
Ballet, TLJ

Sue has trained in the Greater Hartford area with the Hartford Ballet as well as Connecticut Concert Ballet. She was a faculty member with Dance Expression and has choreographed for many competitions. Her pieces have received gold and platinum awards. She has taught for Dance 10 for the past three years and has choreographed for the Senior, Junior and All Star Touring Companies here at Dance 10.



   Machele McKenzie
Tap, Ballet, Hip Hop, Acro

Even though she holds a Bachelors Degree in Biology, that has not stopped Machele from doing what she loves… teaching children to dance. At 16 she began teaching for the Wethersfield Park and Rec. program “Dance and Drama” and continued for the next four summers. She studied dance at Roger Williams University for 2 years where she was also a member of the cheerleading squad and dance team. Machele returned to Connecticut to complete her degree and taught at the Miss Frances School of Dance, the studio where she started to dance over 20 years ago. She continues her dance education through attending conventions and master workshops.


    Jess Pace
Jazz, Tap

Jess has been dancing and teaching with the Dance 10 family for over a decade.  While she has instructed classes in various styles and a wide range of ages, her forte is working with pre-school and kindergarten dancers as she enjoys interacting with the children through music and movement. Jess has performed as a member of the studio's prestigious Senior Touring Company at Disneyworld, Carnival Cruise Lines, Universal Studios and Sea World. She was instrumental in the creation of the award winning Wethersfield High School Dance Team as well as the CCSU Blue Devil Dance Team. Jess has attended several Universal Dance Association summer camps and clinics. In 2003 she was the first place winner at the New England Dance Challenge -Solo Division.  She was a dancer in Club BB King’s New Years Eve Show, Neil Young’s Greendale concert, and she was also a member of the Hartford Wolfpack Hockey Cheer Squad for three consecutive years.  A graduate of Central Connecticut State University, Jess is presently a Project Manager with Baldwin Media Marketing, a prominent public relations firm out of Simsbury.  Some of the distinguished projects she's worked on with the agency include public relations for Morton's the Steakhouse of Hartford and publicity for the store opening of Tiffany at Westfarms.  Jess utilized her communication skills to promote the studio when she secured a television segment on WFSB Channel 3's Better Connecticut show in which performers from Dance 10's holiday show, Santa's Workshop, danced for anchors Kara Sundlun and Scot Haney.

    Claire Lombardo
Lyrical, Hip Hop, Modern 

Claire began her dance training at the age of 5 and knew she was hooked.   She became interested in teaching at the age of 13.  At 14, she became a member of the Dance 10 Touring Company where she traveled and performed in Disney, Universal, Seaworld and on many cruises.  She graduated cum laude from Keene State with a Bachelor of Science Degree in Early Childhood Education and a Bachelors of Arts Degree in Dance.  While attending Keene, she had the pleasure of training with many quest artists including Robert Battle, Martha Graham Co., Ailey 2 and Paul Taylor's Co.  Currently, Claire is pursuing her Masters Degree at the University of Hartford in Deaf Education/Aural Habilitation.

    Amanda Crowl
Hip Hop

Amanda has been dancing since age 2. She has studied dance for over 18 years including 8 years at Dance 10. In more recent years Amanda has filled the role of assistant teacher and teacher.  Currently Amanda attends the University of Connecticut, as a nutrition major, where she is a member of the UCONN Dance Company.

     
    Chloe Carlson
Modern

Chloe Susan Carlson loves to dance!  She is grateful to be able to share that love through teaching, choreographing and performing.  Chloe has taught extensively in the area, including at The Greater Hartford Academy of the Arts, Springfield College, The Hartt School Community Division, The Hartford Conservatory, and The Ethel Walker School. She codirects Dance Connect, a collaborative modern dance company she cofounded in 2006.  Through Dance Connect, Chloe has presented work and performed in evening-length concerts for the past 3 years at Charter Oak Cultural Center.  In addition, her work has been shown at The Construction Company in NYC, Saint Joseph College's 5 x 5 Dance Festival, Trinity College's Seabury 47 Series, White Mountain Summer Dance Festival, Massachusetts Academy of Ballet, The Ethel Walker School, among other venues.  She has also performed with Lorelei Li Chang, and for 5 years, with Full Force Dance Theatre.  The most recent influences in her training have been Dan Wagoner, Paul Dennis, Doug Varone Company, Limon Dance Company, David Dorfman, Heidi Henderson, and Jeremy Nelson.  Chloe graduated magna cum laude from Mount Holyoke College and earned her J.D. from The University of Connecticut School of Law.  She is also an attorney (no longer practicing law), a passionate cook, and a mother.

     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
 

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