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Teachers & Staff
We hire only the best!
 
 

Our teaching staff are all highly knowledgeable and well-versed in the various and specific techniques of dance. All of our teachers follow the same positive- reinforcement teaching philosophy, with emphasis on building a healthy self-esteem and sense of accomplishment in each student.

Jo Ellen Hoffman, Owner/Operator & Artistic DirectorJo Ellen Hoffman
Chief Imagination Officer (CIO), Prima Creatologist &
Director of Fun

(Owner/Operator,
Artistic Director, and
Instructor of Beginner, Intermediate and Advanced Ballet, Jazz & Tap)

Ms. Hoffman has been teaching dance for over 23-years. After studying locally, she moved to New Mexico where she studied under Suzanne Johnston the original "ballet Laurie" in Oklahoma on Broadway, Eric Nesbitt, former Principal dancer with the New York City Ballet, and Karen Cotter, former dancer with American Ballet Theater II. During that time she also taught Jazz for the Albuquerque Ballet Company. She then returned to Harrisburg to open her own studio, Harrisburg Academy of Dance.
          Since the Studio began, her students received starring roles in Broadway productions and have been accepted to professional Ballet and modern dance companies.

Email Jo Ellen: JoEllen@HADtoDANCE.com


Kim Dinger
Kim Dinger


Brittany Cagno
Brittany Cagno

 


 

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Our Staff At-a-Glance

Jo Ellen Hoffman
Chief Imagination Officer (CIO),
Prima Creatologist &
Director of Fun
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Our teachers include:
  • Kim Dinger
  • Brittany Cagno
 
 

“I am always excited to return to Harrisburg Academy of Dance! It is not only a great haven of creativity, but great people that make you feel at home.”

Jeff Shade
Broadway dancer and musical theater/dance faculty member at Harvard University and Boston Conservatory. Recently named “one of Broadway’s emerging choreographers” by the SSDC (Society of Stage Directors and Choreographers).

 
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