Swansboro Dance Studio

Owner and operator of Swansboro Dance Studio since 1982, Ms. Williams has studied and taught ballet, pointe and tap for more than 23 years. She has a bachelor of arts degree in English from East Carolina University and is a certified teacher. While at ECU, she studied dance under the world renowned Mavis Ray and Pat Pertallion, former head of the ECU dance department.

Ms. Collins has over 35 years of combined dancing and teaching experience. A Swansboro Dance Studio instructor since 1990, she was a dance major at the Lenard Davis Center for Performing Arts, City College of New York, and a modern dance scholarship student of Merce Cunningham. She has trained with Martha Graham and Lester Horton and is a former member of the Chuck Davis African-American Dance Ensemble.

Ms. Kelly studied at Washington School of Ballet and the School of American Ballet in New York. She danced with the Dutch National Ballet for 13 years. She was a guest teacher at the Elicott City (Md.) Ballet Guild and was rehearsal director at the College of Liberal Arts and in Amsterdam, she was the assistant choreographer of Voortman/DeJong Produtions of Rotterdam.

Ms. Herrera, BFA Dance Performance from Towson University. Maura won the Jean Snyder Outstanding Technical Excellence Award, Dance Recruitment Scholarship Recipient, and the Dance Majors Student Representative Award. She has danced in Swan Lake, The Nutcracker, Stars and Stripes, Romeo and Juliet, Ellington Suite and many more. She performed also with the Delaware Ballet from 1997 till 2003. Maura will be teaching ballet, contemporary, and jazz.

Ms. Krawzeski studied Drama & Dance at Hofstra University, Hempstead, New York. She studied under such dancers as Lance Westergard, Rachael List, Stormy Brandenberger, Dyane Harvey-Salaam, Robin Becker, Maxine Steinman. She has been teaching all styles dance for 9 years and has performed, directed and choreographed numerous shows throughout the Connecticut and New York area, including Wizard of Oz, Meet Me in St.Louis, Clear Glass Marbles, Anything Goes,Fiddler on the Roof, The King and I, Crazy for You, Cabaret, Annie, Carousel, Guys ‘n’ Dolls, Music Man, 45 Minutes from Broadway, Gypsy, No No Nannett, Hello Dolly, Sound of Music, Into the Woods, and Phantom. Deanna will be teaching ballet, modern, and jazz.