Patti Moore
Director/Teacher
Patti received her BA in Elementary Education from Purdue University in 1991. She has been teaching for Creative Dance Arts since 1985 and was named Co-director in 1993. She has been choreographer for Shenendehowa’s Choraliers, Dance Director for Clifton Knolls Day Camp, RPI Dance and Drama camp, as well as Albany Colonie Diamond Dogs Dance Team. Presently Patti teaches Ballet, Pointe, Jazz and Tap at all levels.
Email Patti at: dance@creativedancearts.org.
Laurie Fitsik
Information Coordinator/Teacher
Laurie received her Bachelor’s degree in Speech Pathology/Audiology from Fredonia College and Master’s Degree in Speech/Language Pathology from University Of Denver and works with students at Shenendehowa Central School. Her true love is dance and her specialty is with our young students. Laurie teaches creative movement, pre-ballet and pre tap, as well as levels I and II in tap. Laurie is also our information coordinator liason.
Email Laurie at: info@creativedancearts.org.
Kristen Douglas
Teacher
Kristen received her BA in Elementary Education in 1993 from Potsdam College as well as her masters degree from SUNY Albany. She has been with Creative Dance Arts since it’s inception. She teaches Ballet and Tap, Jazz and Modern dance. She has also been the choreographer for several musical productions of Clifton Park’s Not So Common Players.
Wendy Baldasaro
Teacher
Wendy has been dancing at Creative Dance Arts since 1987. She holds a BA degree in Psychology from Siena College. She is presently pursuing an advanced degree in Occupational Therapy at Russell Sage College. Wendy was a member of the Albany Conquest dance team in 2002 and 2006 and on the Siena Dance Team from 2002-2005. She is currently teaching Jazz and Hip Hop, and is also a member of Ultimate Dance Team.
Stephanie O’Connell
Teacher
Stephanie has been dancing at Creative Dance Arts since 1986 and has eight years of teaching experience. She received her BA degree in Therapeutic Recreation with a minor in dance from Ithaca College. She teaches Ballet, Tap, Jazz, Hip Hop and Lyrical. Stephanie has been a choreographer and performer with IC Unbound, a member of the nationally ranked Ithaca College Dance Team, a member of the Ultimate Dance Allstars in Albany, and a choreographer for the Not-So-Common Players.
Jessica Costa
Guest Teacher
We are thrilled to have Jessica back at Creative Dance Arts! She started as a student here in 1987 and went on to acquire her Musical Theatre degree from Hart School of Music in 2002. Since then she has performed and choroeographed for professional theatre companies across the country. She is in residence this year performing at Cohoes Music Hall and will be teaching Musical Theatre Jazz workshops for us!
Elizabeth Crecca
Teacher
Lizzie has been dancing at Creative Dance Arts since 1992. She started teaching Jazz classes in 2004, and has been an occasional guest teacher at the studio. She has also taught Hip Hop lessons at Kaleidoscope, an after school program at Karigon Elementary in the Shenendehowa School District. Lizzie is currently attending Hudson Valley Community College to receive her associates degree in biology. Her love for dance and her passion to perform has lead her to be a member of the 2007 Albany Conquest dance team.
Sarah Nelson
Teacher
Sarah grew up taking Ballet, Jazz and Tap from Creative Dance Arts. She also worked with former principals of the NYC ballet including Michael Steele and David Otto and has performed with the Berkshire Ballet Company and Capital Ballet Company. She received her Associates degree in Dance Performance from Valencia College in Orlando, FL where she was accepted as a member of the Valencia Dance Theatre. She then received her Bachelors degree in Dance Performance from Southern Utah University with a minor in Health Education. She has attended and performed at the American College Dance Festivals in Washington, Kansas and Montana. She recently took part in the filming of “High School Musical 2″ for the Disney Channel as a background dancer.
Lindsay Charbonneau
Teacher
Lindsay Charbonneau has been dancing at Creative Dance Arts since 1988. She began teaching tap and jazz in 2001. She remained a guest teacher at Creative Dance Arts throughout her college years, while she attended Cazenovia College from 2003- 2007 and pursued her degree in Elementary and Special Education. There, she founded the Cazenovia College Dance Club, became a member and leader of the Legacy Hip Hop dance team, as well as the Cazenovia College Women’s Step Team. Lindsay has shared these unique styles of dance that she learned with many of the students and faculty members at Creative Dance Arts. Lindsay is currently teaching tap, jazz, step, and hip hop.
Alyson Corbett
Teacher
Alyson Corbett has been dancing for 15 years and is currently a senior at Ballston Spa High School. She began taking classes at Creative Dance Arts in 1999 and currently takes ballet, pointe, jazz and modern. Alyson recently received the Dance Alliance Scholarship and took part in a summer ballet intensive, directed by Roberto Munoz and former NYCB Principal Melinda Roy. She has also studied with many other NYCB artists including Daniel Ulbricht and Ashley Bouder. Alyson has also performed in the Nutcracker multiple times and is currently teaching ballet.
Kacey Scanlon
Teacher
Kacey has been dancing for 15 years and is a senior at Shenendehowa. Currently at the studio she is taking ballet, pointe, jazz, tap and modern classes. Kacey has taught summer dance classes this past year, a HipHop after school program at Karigon, and choreographed for the talent shows at Gowana. Her true passion for dance has led her to perform in the Moscow Ballet, Cohoes Music Hall’s Disney Channel High School Musical and Rodgers and Hammerstein’s Carousel. She has also studied with other instructors at outside workshops to further her experience. Kacey is thrilled to be part of the teaching staff this year and is currently teaching jazz and ballet.