ALUMNI
VRDC Hall of Fame
(years listed are all training associated with the VRDC)
Kelly Ryan West 1976-1982
Currently Producer for Stage 3 Productions-"Seeking Solutions with Suzanne"
Anita Asselta Formisano 1976-1983
Former Professional Dancer at Resorts Hotel & Casino in
Atlantic City
Max LeFevre:
Professional Model in Paris, France
Joseph Onorato
Currently Manager for Radio City Music Hall, Rockettes: Stage Manager, Producer for several off-Broadway shows
Kimberly Chapman 1976-
BFA: Juilliard - Professional Dancer: Eliot Feld Ballet, Dance Professor at University at University of Las Vegas, Performer with Balley's Hotel and Casino-Las Vegas, Ballet Mistress with the Cincinnati Ballet, Currently Artistic Co-Director and Resident Choreographer with the VRDC.
Katie Schoch Coltri 1976-
BA: Glassboro State College - Library Media Specialist-Dr. JP Cleary Middle School, Ballet Mistress and Assistant Choreographer for Maxine's Dance Studio
Patti Pollard 1976-1981
Former Professional Performer with Resorts Hotel & Casino
in Atlantic City
Monique LeFevre 1976-1983
Professional Dancer with Magician Lance Burton at Rio Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas
Ronald Franceschini
Physical Therapist, and currently on the Board of Education for Vineland Public Schools
P. Christopher Chapman 1976-1985
Dual Degree: Civil Engineering & Financial Management - Drexel University - Currently on the Vineland Housing Authority, Technical Director and Lighting Designer for VRDC and RDA/NE festivals
Lisa D'Augustino Kucia
Dance Instructor - Dennis, Mass
Heather DeLussa
BFA: Juilliard - Artistic Co-Director in New York City
Gina Toffenetti Guertin 1976-1986
Physical Therapist working primarily with neurological patients, specializing in spinal cord injuries, in Cincinatti, OH. Formerly of Craig Hospital, one of the top SCI (Spinal Cord Injury) clinics in the world, located in Denver, CO. Mother of two boys.
Kristin Mazzoni Cullinane 1976-1993
BS: Accounting-Rutgers University - Controller - Southern New Jersey Steel, former Treasurer with VRDC Board of Directors
Janeen Amico Capizola 1976-1990
Dance Teacher and Choreographer in Milan, Italy
Crissy Amico Borowski 1977-1996
BA: Ohio University and Masters from Long Island University - Former dance teacher (all forms) on Long Island, NY, Currently English Teacher-Lakeside Middle School Millville, Master Teacher for the VRDC
Nicole Ternay Simonin 1978-1990
BFA: Dance-Radford University - Professional Dancer with Ballet Theatre of Maryland, National Ballet of New Jersey, the Peninsula Ballet, Pennsylvania Ballet for "Shut Up and Dance". Former Ballet Mistress and Choreographer for the VRDC. Owner, Shape It Up, LLC. Click www.shapeitupnow.com
Debbie Blinder Welch 1978-1988
BA: Dance-Stockton State College - Dance Teacher, Choreographer and Director of a Modern Company in Florida
Jason Sparks 1981-1993
Juilliard - Hair Care Specialist-Philadelphia, PA
Heather Lipson 1989-1991
Director of her own Dance Company in Sherman Oaks, CA
Bruce McCormick 1983-1994
BFA: Dance Juilliard - Former Professional Dancer with Les Grand Ballets Canadiens, Bavarian State Ballet-Munich Germany; Currently Professional Dance with Bern Ballet in Switzerland. Master Teacher and Choreographer for the VRDC.
Nicole Ney 1981-1993
Currently Professional Dance on Broadway and working for Nickelodeon
Amy Letizia Megules 1986-1994
BFA: SUNY Purchase - Toured with Joffrey Ballet of Chicago; Professional Dancer with the American Repertoire Ballet Company (formerly Princeton Ballet); Currently Master Teacher for the Cincinnati Ballet and VRDC
Julie Barber-Testa 1987-1994
BA: Theatre Arts-Montclair State University - Miss New Jersey 2001 and participated in the Miss America Pageant; received $30,000 grant to awareness of Mental Health Issues. Professional Performer
Nicole T. Duane 1984-1994
Rowan University - Accountant NFI Industries-Vineland, VRDC Board of Directors and Chairperson Fundraising Committee, Choreographer/Consultant Millville Senior High's Spring Musicals, VRDC Guest Nutcracker Performer
Philip Colucci 1988-1994
BFA: Dance-Juilliard - former professional dancer with the Pennsylvania Ballet; Master Teacher and Choreographer for the VRDC, currently touring with Hubbard Street Dance Company Chicago
Sabrina Spencer 1986-1995
Doctoral Candidate at MIT in Computational and Systems Biology studying the mathematics of cancer progression. Her research is conducted at Harvard University. In her free time, she dances competitively with the MIT Ballroom Dance Team and has taken up skiing.
Kelly Bocchetti Millar 1988-1996
BS: Human Resources-University of Delaware - Ballet Mistress with the Delaware Ballet
Vanessa Vander 1983-1996
BFA:Exercise Physiology & Masters in Physical Therapy: UMD of NJ - Dancer for the Philadelphia Soul; Physical Therapist at Underwood Memorial Hospital; Master Dance Teacher at various dance schools in South Jersey
Jillian Dannenberger DiBiase 1990-1998
BA: Dance-SUNY Purchase
Zachary Schwab 1992-1998
Studied at SUNY Purchase - Currently Professional Dancer with the Cedar Lake II Dance Ensemble, Missouri; Guest Dancer with the VRDC
Rosalia Chann 1990-2003
BFA: University of the Arts, Philadelphia-Dance Studies
Dancer with BalletX, director Matthew Neenam
Jenna Dannenberger 1990-2003
Scholarship Graduate-University of Hartford: Hartt School-Dance Studies
Jamison Goodnight 1995-2004
Scholarship Student- SUNY Purchase-Dance Studies
Alyssa Fantini
Scholarship Student - University of Hartford: Hartt School- Dance Studies
