OUR INSTRUCTORS

 


Malorie Cox




 

Malorie Cox, owner of Elite Dance Centre in East Northport for the past eight years, began her career in dance at the young age of 2 ½ when she took her first dance lessons at Viki‘s School of Dance in Boston, Massachusetts. She knew at a very young age that dance would become not only a passion for her, but also a career. Her early training included four years at Cambridge Rindge and Latin School Dance and Performing Arts Department. She was a member of St. John’s Productions Color Guard Team in Dayton, Ohio and toured with Jam’nastics, Inc. under Ramon Baynes. She also trained for many years at Broadway Dance Center with Michelle Barber, Derek Mitchell, Slam and Luam. She is a 2003 graduate of Hofstra University, where she received a Bachelor of Arts Degree in Dance. She has danced in many professional arenas and has worked with stars such as Foxie Brown, Hillary Duff and Beanie Siegel, to name a few. She was also a featured dancer in music videos for Will Smith (Freakin It) and Missy Elliot (Get Ur Freak On). Her choreography skills have twice won her choreographer of the year by Access Broadway. Elite Dance Centre, under the leadership of Malorie Cox, won the 2005 DAP National Championship. Malorie looks forward to leading her students in many more exciting performances and competitions.
 


Genevieve Bohn
Genevieve Bohn started professional training at Boston Conservatory of Music, Dance & Drama; American Ballet Theater School, NYC; Rolan Dupree Studio, California where she studied jazz and tap dancing. At the Mudra School in Belguim, she danced professionally with the Pittsburg Ballet Theater. She performed with the Maurice Bepart’s Company, Europe’s Marseilles Opera Ballet, France toured the NBC’s production of Disney on Parade in South Africa, David Sanoff’s Production of the world of Hanna Barbera in Mexico. Her US teaching credits include; Boston University dance department; Old Dominion University dance department, Duncan Conservatory, Prague, Czech Republic, Gyori Ballet school, Hungary The Beekman Hill International school NYC, The New Dance Group Arts center NYC. The 92nd street Y School of the Arts Dance Educators of America. Genevieve has had over 28 years of experience teaching children and adults classical ballet.
 


Kristin Borelli
 

Kristin Borelli has been studying dance since the age of three. Throughout her years in dance school she competed and performed solos. She attended Holy Trinity High School where she studied Dance and Theater and performed in many Dance Concerts. Kristin went on to study dance in college and still today will travel to Manhattan to take classes at the Broadway Dance Center. Kristin loves to teach dance and loves all of her students.
 


Ashley Bosnack

 

Ashley Bosnack attended Long Island Academy of Dance Arts from 1989 to 2001. As part of the Dance Company, Ashley competed in several Regional and National dance competitions. She is trained and experienced in ballet, tap, hip hop, jazz, musical theatre, lyrical, and pointe. Ashley danced through school attending Curry College in Massachusetts and Marymount Manhattan College in New York. Always performing choreography and dance throughout the day, Ashley has held the art of dance close to her heart since she's been a little girl. She finds joy and fulfillment in passing on her talent to aspiring dancers.
 

Colleen Campbell

 

Colleen Campbell is not only well versed in the art of dance but also in the other performing arts as well. In her teens she was a member of Northport High School’s Tigerette Danceline and their Powdered Wigs Performing Arts Theater. She also performed with the Northport Theaterworks Troupe I/II for two years. In the recent past she worked at the North Shore Dance Theater in Huntington Station as a Dance and Theater Performing Artist. Colleen is also a college graduate with a Bachelor’s Degree in Psychology.
 


Amanda DelVecchio

 

Amanda DelVecchio started dancing in 1993 at the young age of 4. She started with ballet/tap combo classes and over the years she picked up with more classes. By 1997 Amanda started on the competition team at her studio. Yearly, she did four competitions, two recitals and a nationals event. Amanda started slowly in competition doing jazz, tap and many different productions. Her team, including herself, won numerous awards including overall top score, platinum’s and gold’s. As a team they placed several times anywhere from first to third place overall. By 2000, Amanda was ready to move on in her dance career. She added lyrical, hip hop and extensive ballet training, along with pointe, small group numbers, trios, duets and solos. In fact, Amanda’s first solo was in 2001, at the young age of twelve. Not only was it her first solo, but it was also choreographed by Amanda. She scored very well including gold and high gold awards. At her first competition she got invited to Kids Artistic Review Nationals with a spot in the opening number as well. Amanda traveled with her team to Atlantic City, Boston and Las Vegas doing solos, duos and trios. Around 2005 Amanda started taking classes periodically at Broadway Dance Center in Manhattan. She has taken classes with Germaine Salsberg, Dawn Hillen, Barbara Duffy, and Shea Sullivan. In 2005 she also started as an assistant dance teacher for combo classes and lyrical classes and enjoyed every minute of it. As an assistant teacher she also helped teach and choreograph for competition classes, jazz classes, and ballet classes. Amanda is proud to say that she continues to take classes, when time allows, at BDC in the City, and is now a proud teacher at Elite Dance Centre."
 

Megan Doyle

 

Megan Doyle has had the privilege of performing with jkingdanceco. in “Mindfield” and “Hear Me Talk”. She has also worked extensively for Disney appearing in the “How to Dance with Hannah with Montana“ video as well as industrials and voiceovers for Lizzy McGuire Merchandising. She has had the opportunity to perform with many different dance companies, most notably at Lincoln Center with Mad Cap Dance Company. Megan is proud to have spent five years on tour as Anne in the Diary of Anne Frank. Other touring and regional credits include: Class Dismissed: The Bullying Project, What’s Up Mount Olympus, The Sound of Music, Sugar Babies, Into the Woods, West Side Story and the world premier of Markings. In addition to performing Megan also has a great passion for teaching. She is currently attending NYU to complete her masters in Dance Education.
 


Travis Fahey

 

Travis Fahey attended Long Island University where he majored in dance with a focus on Ballet, Tap and Modern Dance. In his earlier studies he focused on tap, jazz, clogging, ballet and lyrical. He has received numerous awards including Regional and National Grand Championships with solos, duos and groups as well as receiving a National highest score award through PDTA (449.8 out of 450)! He also received scholarships to STEPS in NYC. He has been teaching since 2002 where he has taught and choreographed for intermediate through advanced levels in tap and clogging. Travis has won three “Most Entertaining” Awards and two choreography awards.
 


Jay Faustino

Jay Faustino has been teaching at Elite Dance Centre for the last eight years. 
He goes by the name of Soul Science B-boy Cinematic.  He has competed in the “King of New York”, “Spring Breakin’” and  “Out for Fame” battles.  Jay graduated with his Bachelor’s Degree in Social Work and is currently the co-owner of the sneaker and street wear boutique, Extra Butter.  Jason states that he loves his students and looks forward to them expressing themselves and learning how to rock the beat!

 


Erica Flores

 

Erica Flores has trained in all aspects of dance with a focus on lyrical, jazz and contemporary dance. She has been teaching since 2004 and worked with all levels of dancers from beginner through advanced dance company students. Erica also danced competitively with David Sanders Dance Dynamics where they won National Championship. She has also participated in many exciting performances such as Bette Midler’s Hullaween at the Marriott Marquis and the Tanzommer Dance Festival in Innsbruk, Austria.
 


Clinton Edward Martin

 

Clinton Edward Martin is a native of Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. He began his dance training when he was seven years old, dancing at various studios in the Oklahoma City area. He received instruction in jazz, ballet, tap, contemporary, and hip hop, including instruction from Emily Carter Shock as a Senior Company member at Applause Studios. He has won multiple scholarships through different conventions and received irreplaceable performance experience through competitive dancing for over ten years. Clinton was an original member of Dare to Be Soul Dance Company under the artistic direction of Destini Rogers (a top 8 finalist on the first season of So You Think You Can Dance). He has also worked for Silver Tree Productions in several of their “Shows in a Box” and in award winning “David Thomas Presents The World of Magic”. He was also given the opportunity to perform as an extra in Kelly Rowland’s latest music video, “Daylight” and is an original member of FEAR.less Dance Company under the artistic direction of Justin Conte. His teaching experience ranges from teaching 3rd and 4th graders creative movement in New York City Public Schools to choreographing and teaching hip hop classes at California State University in L.A. He was also privileged enough to both teach and choreograph for his own high school musical theater program in Oklahoma as their first student choreographer. He is currently continuing his dance education at Marymount Manhattan College in New York City.
 


Patty Pansini
 

This is Patty Pansini’s fifth year at Elite Dance Centre. She graduated from Adelphi University with a Bachelor’s Degree in Dance/Fine Arts and a Master’s Degree in Elementary Education. Patty has been dancing for 15 years and has been teaching for 11 years. She was also a Magician’s Assistant and performed with a few famous magicians in Manhattan. Patty is currently an elementary school teacher in South Huntington UFSD. She is looking forward to another great year working with Malorie and everyone at Elite Dance Centre. Patty would also like to thank her family for their continuous love and support.

 


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