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A VRDC Reunion was held March 28, 2010 celebrating 30 years of Dedication, Determination & Discipline. We had a great time!
Stay in touch with us for the next one!!

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: 1979-1981
Professional Model in Paris, France
Joseph Onorato 1979-1987
Currently Manager for Radio City Music Hall, Rockettes: Stage Manager, Producer for several off-Broadway shows, guest professor at New School University in New York
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 Director of the VRDC.
Katie Schoch Coltri 1976-1981
BA: Glassboro State College - Library Media Specialist-Dr. JP Cleary Middle School, Ballet Mistress and Assistant Choreographer for Maxine's Dance Studio, Vice President of the Board of Directors of the VRDC
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, currently studying to become a veterinarian
Ronald Franceschini 1979-1981
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 1984-1985
Dance Instructor - Dennis, Mass
Heather DeLussa 1985-1989
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 Michigan. Mother of two boys.
Kristin Mazzoni Cullinane 1976-1993
BS: Accounting-Rutgers University - Senior Accountant - Atlantic County Improvement Authority, member, Vice President: VRDC Board of Directors
Janeen Amico Capizola 1976-1990
Former Dance Teacher and Choreographer in Milan, Italy
Crissy Amico Borowski 1977-1996
BS in Journalism: Ohio University, Masters of Science from Long Island University - Former dance teacher (all forms) on Long Island, NY, Currently English (Language Arts) Teacher-Omni Middle School in Boca Raton, Florida. Choreographer, Cumberland County College. Married with one daughter who is taking ballet classes in Florida and Maxine's in the summer!
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 - Salon owner and Hair Care Specialist-Philadelphia, PA
Melissa Festa Gehres 1979-1992
BS Biology from Stockton College, MBA in Technology
Management from University of Phoenix. Global manager of Regulatory
Affairs / Pharmacovigilance for the small volume injectable drug division of
Baxter Healthcare Corporation. Currently reside in Hammonton, NJ with
husband Mike and two young sons, Michael & Matthew.
Heather Lipson Bell 1989-1991
Has worked with the Los Angeles, Dallas, and Palm Beach
Operas; New York and Los Angeles Philharmonics; Hollywood Bowl, Pasadena
Symphony, Cabrillo Music Theater, South Bay CLO, Musical Theater Guild, City
Ballet of Los Angeles,Helios Dance Theater, Bethune Theatredanse, Wenta Ballet
of LA, and La Danserie. Film Credits Include: The Curious Case of Benjamin
Button (2008 Academy Award Nominee), West Bank Story (2006 Academy Award
Winner), Alex in Wonder, Hollywood Dancers (Co-Producer), 2081 (2009), and
numerous fitness videos and commercials. Her
choreography has been presented nationally on stage & screen. She is a certified
flexibility technician, a movement specialist for the mentally and physically
challenged, curriculum consultant & creator, and holds a B.F.A. in Dance from
the Boston Conservatory. Currently Assistant Director, guest choreographer, &
principal dancer with City Ballet of LA, Associate Artistic Director of Bethune
II (a division
of Bethune Theatredanse), Assistant Director for various LA Opera Educational
Programs, CYP Dance Coordinator at Oakwood School, and on faculty at CHAMPS
Charter High School for the Arts.
Bruce McCormick 1983-1994
BFA Dance- Juilliard. Former Professional Dancer with Les Grands Ballets Canadiens (Montreal, Canada), The Bavarian State Ballet (Munich, Germany), and Former Soloist and Ballet Master with the Bern Ballet (Bern, Switzerland). Currently Assistant Artistic Director/ Rehearsal Director with North Netherlands Dance (Groningen, The Netherlands, www.nnd.nl)
Nicole Ney 1981-1993
Has worked for Nickelodeon and currently a professional dancer in San Diego, California
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. Currently a master teacher with American Repertoire Ballet Company
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
Natasha Bachtalowsky Wingate 1983-1995
Rowan University - Secondary education degree in History, currently living in Connecticut with her new husband, and expecting her first child.
Philip Colucci 1988-1994
BFA: Dance-Juilliard - former professional dancer with the Pennsylvania Ballet; Master Teacher and Choreographer for the VRDC, formerly with Hubbard Street Dance Company Chicago, and currently studying to become a Doctor at Weill Cornell Medical College .
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 - former Ballet Mistress with the Delaware Ballet, current Ballet Mistress/Choreographer for the VRDC and Director of the Delaware Dance Festival
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 - former Professional Dancer with the Cedar Lake II Dance Ensemble, Missouri; Guest Dancer with the VRDC, currently a professional dancer with Rebecca Davis Dance Company in Philadelphia, PA
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: The Hartt School-Dance Performance. Professional Dancer: Adam Miller Dance Project, Configurations Dance Theatre, Eryc Taylor Dance, Contempra Dance Theatre. Currently Master Teacher, Choreographer, Guest Artist for the VRDC
Jamison Goodnight 1995-2004
Scholarship Student- SUNY Purchase-Dance Studies
Alyssa Fantini 2000-2007
Scholarship Student - University of Hartford: Hartt School- Dance Studies
Jaimi Molinelli 1992-1997
Current school teacher and former VRDC Board Member