OUR MISSION STATEMENT:
Our goal is to provide professional instruction of the performing arts in a positive learning environment of peer and authoritative support. To do this, we tailor each class to the student's individual abilities and interests, and create performances based on those students' strengths and ambitions. Using innovative teaching techniques and goal-oriented performances, we develop skill, appreciation, and love for the combined arts of music, theatre, and dance. Our vocal training includes the styles of classical, musical theatre, and pop, and we offer dance classes in ballet, tap, jazz, acrobatics, hip-hop, pointe, and musical theatre. We also offer Acting classes and creative dance and movement for the pre-school age. We encourage students of all levels to reach their full potential, whether their goal includes a professional career on the stage, secondary education in the arts, or simply recreational enjoyment.
NYC Opera at Lincoln Center, the European tour of Grease, and productions of The Music Man, Annie Get Your Gun, and Bye Bye Birdie at the Welk Resort Theatre in San Diego. Julie’s choreography has won awards with organizations like American Dance Awards and The U.S. Performing Arts Championships, and she choreographed for the film Little Black Book, starring Brittany Murphy and Holly Hunter. She has worked as Stage Manager, Assistant Stage Manager, Dance Captain, and Swing, and has assisted Broadway veteran Jon Engstrom on shows like Saturday Night, The Desert Song, Annie Get Your Gun, and 42nd Street. Julie has been teaching since 1995, both in New Jersey and in Los Angeles, and is proud to be a member of SAG, AFTRA, AEA, and AGMA.