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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