Our Team
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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 CT, MA, and NY. 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.
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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.
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Ellen Fox
Ellen graduated Magna Cum Laude with a BFA in Dance/Performing Arts from Adelphi University. She performed with various NYC modern/contemporary dance companies, and co-founded and ran a non-profit dance organization from 2001-2004. In 2005, she was an adjunct dance instructor for Harvard University's Dance Program. Ellen served as Dance Director at Pomfret School, CT and Co-Founder/Dance Director at the Cornerstone Performing Arts Center in MA. She danced for BoSoma Dance Co. in Boston, MA and co-founded Moving Arts Exchange (MAX) in the Berkshires with Andrea Blacklow. In 2019, Ellen worked as a film Production Coordinator and Producer in Los Angeles, and in 2022 became the Digital Producer for the Norman Rockwell Museum. She was the Instructor of Dance at Hotchkiss School. Ellen recently became the Dance Coordinator for Kent School, and will continue to teach, choreograph and produce for Blue Studio Dance in Lakeville, CT. With 24 years of experience, Ellen’s teaching philosophy emphasizes the importance of movement-based arts for youth and adults. She believes that a moving arts education is vital for building this generation and the next. Move and be moved — Dance is Medicine.
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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.
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Caroline Robins
Caroline is a lifelong dancer, starting when she was 8 years old. Her journey started at her hometown studio in Maryland, where she trained in a variety of styles, under respected peers like Chris Dupree, Adam Parson, and former Rockette Michelle Smith. She eventually became an instructor/choreographer, teaching ballet, contemporary, jazz, and hip-hop, and collected a handful of accolades, including the Maryland Distinguished Scholar in 2010. Every summer from middle school through 2013, she attended classes at The Edge Center for Performing Arts in Los Angeles, and in both 2014 and 2015 was accepted into the Broadway Dance Center apprenticeship program. She ultimately deciding to stay in Maryland and turn her focus towards other forms of movement: becoming an ACE Certified Personal Trainer and a registered Yoga Instructor in 2015, accumulating over 1,000 teaching hours along with continuing education.
In 2021, Caroline moved to the Hudson Valley with her husband and dog, where she currently teaches & trains in person and virtually. She believes in a strong intersectionality between dance and other forms of movement, and they all have an influence in her teachings. Caroline is inspired by many movers, including Channing Cooke, Adam Parson, Ian Eastwood, Kyle Hanagami, Nicholas Palmquist, and many more.