Spring Dance Concert, Saturday May 11th at 3PM and 6PM at HVRHS!
Our Team
Founder & Instructor
Amber Cameron
Amber has been a professional dancer since moving to NYC from Seattle, WA in 2001 and has been fortunate to have toured nationally with CATS, Crazy For You, and Funny Girl. She has also performed for 7 years as a Rockette in the Radio City Christmas Spectacular at Radio City Music Hall and many other cities across the U.S. Amber has a BA from the University of Washington, is an ABT® Certified Teacher, and trains at Steps on Broadway and Broadway Dance Center. Since moving to Northwest CT in 2009, she has performed in theaters across Connecticut, Massachusetts, and New York. Amber has taught Ballet, Tap, Jazz and Musical Theater to dancers of all ages as well as choreographing productions for Housatonic Regional Valley High School, The Hotchkiss School, and The Taft School.
Founder and Instructor
Darcy Boynton
Darcy is a Lakeville native and has been dancing and performing since she was very small. She has a BA from New York University. Darcy was the longtime coach for the Dance Team at Indian Mountain School and has choreographed musicals at IMS, Salisbury Central School, and The Berkshire School. She has performed at many local community and regional theaters, as well as at The Central Park Zoo Stage (with Bill Irwin), Ellen's Stardust Diner, The Surf Ballroom, and the Kennedy Center (with Davy Jones of the Monkees). Darcy is a board member and instructor for SOAR, the educational enrichment program at Salisbury Central School.
Instructor
Ellen Fox
Ellen graduated Magna Cum Laude with a BFA in Dance/Performing Arts from Adelphi University. She received personal coaching from Carmen Delavallade and performed the role of “the chosen one” in Joyce Trisler’s Le Sacre du Printemps. In her NYC days, she danced with GiBa in Motion, and Imago Dance Theater. In 2005 she performed a duet by Sean Curran while teaching for Harvard University’s Dance Program. Ellen co-founded a non-profit dance company before becoming Dance Director at Pomfret School in CT. At that time, she was also Executive Director/Dance Director of the Cornerstone Performing Arts Center in Fitchburg, MA. She choreographed and produced over 25 dance/music/theatre productions from 2006 -2010, including the original play Outside the Wire at the Boston Center for the Arts. In 2011 she danced for BoSoma Dance Company at Boston University and performed David Dorfman’s Prophets of Funk. Ellen is co-founder/Director of Moving Arts Exchange (MAX) with Andrea Blacklow — creating dance and film for concerts and promotional media. She worked as a film Production Coordinator and Producer in Los Angeles, CA, and is now the Digital Producer for the Norman Rockwell Museum in the Berkshires.
Instructor
Brittany McAllister
Brittany has been dancing since the age of three. She started learning in upstate New York under the tutelage of former Rockette Terpsie Toon. She graduated with a BA from Hobart and William Smith in 2011 where she minored in dance, and performed works choreographed by BIODANCE director Missy Pfohl Smith. Her favorite class is West African with Maguette Camera at Alvin Ailey Extension. She currently resides in Cornwall with her husband and two children, and serves on the board of the Cornwall Child Center.
Instructor
Tara Xheladin
Tara is a dancer from Skopje, North Macedonia.
She has a background in hip hop and contemporary dance, and specializes in International Latin Dances — namely Cha-Cha, Rumba, Samba, Jive, and Paso Doble. Tara is an international competitor, having secured titles in various countries, including North Macedonia's Latin Dance nationals, the "Greek Open" Latin Dance Competition in Thessaloniki, and Sofia's Dance Fest in Bulgaria, among others. She participated in NBC's World of Dance International Championship Series in Turkey last year, as well as in the 2022 IDO (International Dance Organization) Latin Dance World Championship in Athens, Greece. She leads the Dance Club and choreographs shows and plays at American School Macedonia and, as of recently, is a dedicated junior's coach at "Eat the Beat" dance studio in the heart of Skopje.