Dance Faculty
Casey Harkness Andrade, Instructor of Jazz, Tap and Lyrical-Contemporary
Casey Harkness Andrade has been a professional choreographer, educator, and performer the past 10 years. She received her B.A. in dance performance from Rhode Island College where she trained and studied with exceptional choreographers such as Clay Talifaro, Sean Curran, Mark Taylor, and Danny Buraczeski. She continues her education at Broadway Dance Center in New York City where she studies... Read more
Charlie Holbrook , Instructor of Tap
Charlie Holbrook joined the FSPA dance faculty in 2008. With years of teaching experience, he has served as dance instructor at such institutions as Boston Conservatory, University of Rhode Island, Cathy Taylor School of Dance, American Academy of Dance and Dean College. He currently is a teacher and co-director of Krylo Dance Studios in Rhode Island. Charlie's performance experience includes work... Read more
Cheryl Madeux Abbott , FSPA Ballet Mistress and Instructor of Ballet and Pointe
Cheryl Madeux, a Connecticut native, received her Vaganova training from the Nutmeg Ballet Company in Torrington, CT. Ms. Madeux has enjoyed a long professional career dancing with companies such as the Joffrey Ballet, Hartford Ballet, and American Ballet Theatre and has performed extensively throughout the United States and Europe. She has worked with and performed many ballets by leading choreographers such as... Read more
Clyde Nantais , Instructor of Ballet, Jazz and Boys' Dance
Clyde Nantais joined the FSPA Dance Faculty in 1992. He holds a BFA from Boston Conservatory and a Master of Education degree from Temple University. He has performed leading roles in Equity Summer Stock and dinner theater productions. Clyde danced with the Boston Ballet for seven years before teaching in its school for seventeen years. He also was the principal... Read more
Dorothy DeLutis Beaton , Dance Department Artistic Advisor
Dorothy Beaton began dancing at her mother's DeLutis School of Dance. She studied in Boston at Jacob's Pillow and in New York and attended the Boston Conservatory, where she majored in dance. Dorothy danced professionally with the Christopher Ryder Revue and toured New England with Dance Makers. She taught at the DeLutis School , where she was also co-owner and... Read more
Frantz Louizia, Jr., Instructor of Hip-Hop, Jazz and Tap
Frantz Louizia Jr. joined the FSPA Dance Faculty in 2010. A dance/actor/instrumentalist/vocalist and writer, his mother introduced Frantz to Haitian folk dance at the age of two. He later attended Boston School for the Performing Arts and has performed pieces choreographed by many including Ronald K. Brown, Sean Curran and Marlies Yearby. Frantz has extensive training in tap, jazz, ballet, modern, swing,... Read more
Jan Smithers , Dance Department Artistic Advisor
Jan Smithers received her extensive professional dance training in New York City. Her impressive resume includes Broadway and television performances. For many years an instructor of ballet, several of her students have been accepted for performing roles with the Boston Ballet Company, including two girls who were chosen to dance the part of "Clara" in Boston Ballet's productions of The... Read more
Jenny Oliver, Instructor of Jazz and Tap
Jenny Oliver graduated from Dean College with a Bachelor of Arts Degree in dance. While at Dean, she studied ballet, jazz, tap and modern dance (Graham, Horton, Limon and Dunham techniques). She is a member of the Boston Tap Company and Roots Uprising. Her dance credits include Inside/Out Series, Tapestry, Rhythm in the Night, and In Conversation. Jenny joined the... Read more
Kellie Stamp , Instructor of Tap, Jazz, Children's Dance and Director of FSPA Dance Ensembles
Kellie Stamp began her dance training at the age of five under the direction of Pat Smith. After receiving her Masters of Performing Arts Education from Emerson College, she continued her tap and jazz training at the On Stage Academy for the Performing Arts, as well as with Rosemarie Boyden and at the Broadway Dance Center in NYC. Kellie has... Read more
Lorry May, Instructor of Modern
Lorry May holds a Bachelor of Fine Arts Degree from the Boston Conservatory of Music as well as a Certificate of Arts Management Degree from Marymount Manhattan College . Lorry has danced world-wide as a soloist with Anna Sokolow for over three decades performing in rolls as Frida Kahlo in Frida, the soldier's wife in Kurt Weill, the acrobat in... Read more
Marina Van Winkle, Instructor of Ballet
Originally from Russia, Marina Van Winkle danced with the Kiev State Dance Classical Ensemble, appearing in both principal classical and character roles. She has taught ballet for the Southern New Hampshire Dance Theater and the Acton School of Ballet, with many of her students accepted to top ballet schools. With a Master’s degree in Education from Kiev State University and... Read more
Rilla Tolmie , Instructor of Ballet
Rilla Tolmie began her dance training at the age of seven with Theresa Sheridan DuBois. After studying acting at BU's School of Fine Arts under Samuel Hirsch and William Lacey, she continued her ballet training at Boston Ballet with Virginia Williams, Ballet Russe Prima Ballerina Madame Ana Roje, Lithuanian ballerina Tatiana Babushkina, and Meicyslaw Morawski of the Kirov Ballet. In... Read more
Tracy Durso , Instructor of Children's Dance, Ballet and Jazz
Tracy Durso joined the FSPA Dance Faculty in 1999. With a Bachelor of Science degree from Miami University, Tracy has studied ballet and jazz since a young age at studios in Massachusetts and New Jersey. A member of Dance Masters of America and a graduate of the Dance Masters of America Teacher Training Program in New York, Tracy has also... Read more