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| Cathy Taylor Giuliana - Owner |
Cathy Taylor Giuliana received her early training locally and appeared in many musical productions throughout Worcester County. She is a Dean's list graduate of the Boston Conservatory of Music and received her Master's Degree from Boston University's School of Special Education.
While attending college, Cathy was awarded scholarships to study with the National Ballet Company in Washington, D.C., The Jacob's Pillow Dance Festival in Lee, MA, and was the recipient of the Miss Worcester Scholarship Award. She has performed with The Movement Laboratory Dance Theatre of Boston, The Jacob's Pillow Modern Dance Company and danced featured roles in The Boston Conservatory's productions of Swan Lake, Firebird, LaBoutique Fantansque, Remember There is Love and L'Habenera.
Cathy has been on the faculty at The Boston Conservatory of Music and has choreographed for the Vincent Club of Boston and the Beacon Hill Community Club. Cathy is the dance specialist for the Worcester Public Schools and teaches dance at the Worcester Ats Magnet School. She is also a certified Aerobics Instructor.
Cathy is an active member of Dance Masters of America Chapter #5. She has judged area pageants and regional and national dance competitions for American Dance Awards, Dance Masters of America and Headliner Talent Competition.
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| Nancy Reid |
Nancy Reid received her early training with Cathy Taylor. She was the recipient of numerous awards as a solo and group performer in competitions held throughout New England. Nancy has studied with dance professionals at the University of Massachusetts, Mount Holyoke College, The Jacobs Pillow Dance Festival, The University of New Hampshire, and The Boston Conservatory of Music.
Nancy is a graduate of the University of Masschusetts with a Bachelor of Arts Degree. In addition to her work at The Cathy Taylor School of Dance, Nancy has taught and choreographed for other dance organizations in New England and New York.
Nancy has worked as a staff member for the national dance competition, American Dance Awards. She has also worked for nationally known photographers and costumers.
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| Karen Mackintire | Nadine Zona |
Karen Mackintire began her dance training with Cathy Taylor at the age of 10. She received many group and solo awards, including the annual Ballet Scholarship Award presented by Dance Masters of New England and "Overall Excellence in Ballet" presented by the Terpsichore Dance Associates. Karen is a 1991 Dean's List graduate of the University of Massachusetts with a Bachelor of Arts Degree in Elementary Education. She has studied with dance professionals from the University of Massachusetts, Mount Holyoke College, and Smith College.
Karen participated in the "Career Start Program" in the Magic Kingdom of Walt Disney World, Florida. While there, she was able to further her dance experience, studying with renowned Disney choreographers.
Karen teaches many solo, group, and specialty routines and her students are often high score winners at both regional and national competitions.
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Nadine Zona is a 1991 honor graduate of Auburn High School and The Cathy Taylor School of Dance. She was a Tophatter, gold medal soloist, and frequently won high score awards for emotional execution and technical performance. Nadine was a third runner up to Junior Miss Dance of New England, danced in the 1991 nation award winning routine "Goodbye My Friend" and performed in three nationally televised dance competition specials.
In 1995, Nadine was awarded a Bachelor of Science Degree from Worcester State College. In February 1996, she was chosen as one of fifteen finalists in the Walt Disney World National Audition Tour. Her soloists have won numerous high score awards and special awards for emotional execution. Nadine continues to expand her dance education by frequently attending master classes and national seminars. She is currently pursuing a Bachelor of Science degree in Nursing.
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| Erin Gates | Megan Berg |
Erin Gates has a bachelor's degree from Holy Cross College with a major in Psychology and dance.
Erin has trained in the dance field for 22 years and studied with such dance professionals as L.A. based Keith Clifton, Bob Rizzo, and Kathleen Ridlon from the Alvin Ailey Company. In 2003, she worked with Chet Walker, choreographer of the renowned musical, Fosse, and Troy Powell, Director of Ailey II.
Erin teaches modern, hip-hop, jazz, tap and ballet at the studio. In addition to her weekly classes, she choreographs various solos and small group routines for our competitive dancers. Currently, Erin is a buyer at TJX Companies Inc.
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Megan Berg was a student at the Cathy Taylor School of Dance for 16 years, starting at the age of 2. After her training at Cathy Taylor's she received her B. A. in Dance and Sociology from Skidmore College and her Masters in Social Work from Smith School for Social Work. Throughout her professional dance career, Megan has danced with Boston and New York based dance companies including Kelly Donovan and Dancers, Andrea Blesso and Verhoff/LoTurco Danceworks. She was a scholarship student at Gus Giordano Jazz Dance Chicago where she studied with well known choreographers including Nan Giordano and Jon Lehrer.
Megan has studied and taught dance throughout the United States and Europe including Los Angeles, Chicago, New York, Boston and Paris. She is excited to be teaching modern, hip-hop and jazz at the studio.
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| Beth Stanhope | Brittany Ashlaw |
Beth began her dance training at the age of four at the Cathy Taylor School of Dance. She received numerous gold metals and top score awards in various dance competitions. In 2002 she was awarded the "Starpower" Power Pak Award and in 2003 the "Star System" Superstar Summer Dance Award. In 2003 she was also a member of the National first place scoring trio, "I Will Be There". Beth graduated from the studio in 2003 and is currently teaching at the studio.
For the past three years, she has conducted research in affiliation with Cornell University on chemoreception and the results were published in numerous research magazines and academic text books.. She graduated from Clark University in 2007 with a major in psychology and sociology with a certificate in school psychology. She is currently working in Beverly, MA as a Corporate Paralegal.
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Brittany trained at the Cathy Taylor School of Dance for sixteen years and received her Bachelors in Fine Arts from Dean Collage in 2009. At Dean, she was involved in over fifteen student choreography shows and was chosen, by audition, to perform in the dance program's selective modern, tap, jazz, and hip hop companies. For four consecutive seasons she performed professionally with the WNBA Connecticut Sun's "Solar Power DanceTeam" as a captain, choreographer, and national anthem singer. Brittany has recently been hired to dance with Stiletto Entertainment aboard Holland America Cruise Lines and is awaiting her ship's arrival!
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| Alyson Avoglia | Charlie Holbrook |
Alyson is a 1996 graduate of the Cathy Taylor School of Dance where she trained for 14 years. During her time here, she was a lyrical dance soloist, and competed locally and nationally in such competitions as Dance Masters of America and Headliners. She was the recipient of the studio's Overall Excellence award in 1994.
Alyson went on to earn a B.S. degree in Mathematical Sciences from Bentley College, where she was a member of the Bentley Dance Club. While in college, she continued taking classes in the Boston area, and has been teaching at other local studios for the past five years. She works part-time for Fidelity Investments and is a proud mom of two boys, Anthony, age 3½ and Spencer, 9 months.
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Charles Holbrook has danced in Las Vegas, on television, and has choreographed and performed in many regional Theater productions. He has taught Master Tap classes at Dean College, University of Rhode Island, Boston Conservatory, Dance Masters of America, and Greater Brockton Dance Alliance.
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| Javin Catherine Ashlaw |
Javin Ashlaw trained at the Cathy Taylor School of Dance for 15 years. Her professional studies include Oklahoma City University's School for American Dance and Arts Management. While in Oklahoma, she was a member of the American Spirit Dance Company and a member of the OCU Pep Dancers Squad.
Javin is an active member of the National Dance Alliance--an association of teachers and dance professionals based in Garland, TX. With NDA, Javin spent two summers traveling the United States as a jazz, hip-hop, kickline, and pom instructor at summer dance intensives. She enjoys traveling to NDA regional and national dance events where she can instruct, choreograph, and judge.
This is Javin's eighth year as a regular faculty member of the Cathy Taylor School of Dance. Javin also teaches at the Betty Gundersen Studio of Dance (West Brookfield, MA). In addition to her weekly classes she instructs, Javin choreographs numerous solos, groups, and specialty routines. Her choreography has been nationally recognized and appeared on televised specials. Most recently, Javin's routines "All Around Me", "Now We Are Free", and "Dream On" have received cash awards from the Headliners, American Dance Awards, and Hall of Fame Competitions. Outside studio instruction, Javin has choreographed competition and performance routines for the Stonehill College Dance Team and for the WNBA Solar Power Dance Team.
Javin's performance credits in her younger years were the Albany Berkshire Ballet's Nutcracker, Dance Masters of New England Title Pageant, and the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade Opening Number. Some of her professional credits include Six Flags New England's Illusion Quest (dancer/swing), the American Spirit Dance Company's Yuletide Magic, (dancer), Weird Al Yankovick's Poodle Hat Tour (back-up dancer), the Boston Celtics' pre-season games (half-time appearance), WNBA All-Star Game (dancer), and two seasons with the WNBA Solar Power Dance Team (member/captain). Javin was contracted with Jean Ann Ryan Productions (Norwegian Cruise Lines) aboard the Pride of Aloha in Hawaii where she danced and sang in Runnin' Wild and Sea Legs Cirque. She participated in the NBA Celtics Dancer auditions in which she was a finalist, was part of a feature poll on Celtics.com, and filmed a segment for Dreaming Green, a reality television feature that was produced by NBA-TV. Javin has served as a competition judge for Turn It Up Dance Challenge and On Stage America Dance Competitions.
In September of 2007, Javin had the opportunity to accompany Cathy and take a select group of 'Tophatters' to represent the U.S.A. as performers in the Shanghai International Arts Festival held in Shanghai, China. In the Fall of 2008, she was able to travel overseas once again. Her dancers represented the U.S.A. in the World Showdance & Hip Hop Championships held in Riesa, Germany. The dancers successfully advanced through three preliminary rounds, earned a spot in the 'Final Championship', and ended on the platform as Bronze medalists!
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| Stefanie Algieri - Office Manager |
Stefanie is a 1996 graduate of the Cathy Taylor School of Dance. She attended the University of Massachusetts Amherst and completed her BS in Apparel Marketing in 2000. She worked at Fidelity Investments for seven years as a retirement specialist and earned her MBA. Stefanie recently attained her teacher certificate in elementary education. She is currently working towards her masters in education.
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| Instructor Training |
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Our instructors are well-trained professionals who continue to study dance in order to keep abreast of the most current dance trends and techniques.
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