 Jo
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
Brittany Cagno
Brittany began her dancing at age 6 with HAD. She
excelled through years and was invited into the
Harrisburg Dance Company, HAD's resident pre-professional
dance group.
During
her many years of dance training in classical ballet,
jazz and tap, Brittany also studied under Thomas
Hanner from the San Fransisco Ballet, Jeff Shade,
Broadway dancer, as well as taking various Master
Classes and workshops from Broadway and Professional
Ballet Company dancers.
Brittany
has been teaching at HAD for several years. Prior
to which she graduated from Susquehanna Township
High School as Captain of Varsity Cheerleading and
then Harrisburg Area Community College with an Associates
Degree in Business Management.
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