FACULTY BIOS
OUR FACULTY 2010-2011
KIM [MULFORD] FARMER Owner and Artistic Director of the Mulford Dance Studio · Danced with Ballet South of NJ · Choreographer and dancer with Al Albert's Television Show · Choreographer for The Philadelphia Thanksgiving Day Parade · Attended University of the Arts · Numerous Choreography Awards at the local and national level One of the original board members for ITDI, International Dance Teachers, Incorporated. · Many awards as a soloist at the local and national level · Her company is the only company on the East Coast to perform with Walt Disney Productions in the Philadelphia Thanksgiving Parades. · Her company has performed in Florida, The Bahamas, cruise ships, and all over the Delaware Valley. · Choreographed for the Mrs. NJ and the Mrs. Pennsylvania Pageants. · Judging the 2008 Mummer's String Band division in the Philadelphia New Year's Parade! · JUNE 2008- Kim will celebrate her 40th dance recital! Jazz Dance World Congress 2004, 2006
Broadway Dance Center teacher workshops Rhee Gold Project Motivate teacher workshop Tremaine Dance Convention NYCDA Dance Conventions attends classes in NYC at Broadway Dance Center SUSAN [MULFORD] SIEGEL Susan is one the best teachers in our area specializing in younger children.
Broadway Dance Center teacher workshops Rhee Gold Project Motivate teacher workshop Tremaine Dance Convention NYCDA Dance Conventions attends classes in NYC at Broadway Dance Center SUSAN MACDONALD Gymnastics Director · Trained at Will-Mor Gymnastics · Her students have received many awards for their acrobatic abilities · Studied dance including tap and ballet under Miss Porter. · Sue has been teaching for 30 years. Many of Miss Sue's students have won various titles in gymnastics and acrobatics. Hawaiian Director · Studied under their mother Colleen and her father Scope. · Scope runs the Polynesian Dance Company where Katie and Eileen teach and put on Hawaiian shows regularly. · Teaches all styles of authentic Hawaiian Dance including Tahitian and Hula. · We are privileged to have Katie, Eileen and her Father, Scope, perform true hawaiian traditional dances in our annual recital. HEATHER TROUT Heather's focus became hip-hop AND TAP. She studied in Philadelphia and New York to gain a strong dance vocabulary in theSE popular formS of dance. Tremaine Dance Convention NYCDA Dance Conventions heather is currently CO-director of our dance company. LISA EVANICH We look forward to having Lisa on our staff AGAIN THIS YEAR. While keeping it fun, she plans to keep her students educated in the art of dance. Licensed to teach Zumbatomic® Licensed to teach Zumba® Broadway Dance Center teacher workshops Rhee Gold Project Motivate teacher workshop Tremaine dance convention NYCDA dance conventions attends classes in NYC at Broadway Dance Center DEVON FICARRA DANA RASMUSSEN She went through our teacher training program. SHE WAS ON THE WIDENER UNIVERSITY DANCE TEAM. DANA GRADUATED FROM WIDENER UNIVERSITY . NYCDA Dance Conventions SARA RAINER SARA WILL BE TEACHING TAP AND JAZZ FOR US. SARA TAUGHT AT Carousel Performing Arts Center IN KENNET SQAURE, PA AND One Step Ahead Dance Studio IN RIVERTON, NJ. SHE MINORED IN DANCE AT DREXEL UNIVERSITY WHERE SHE RECEIVED AWARDS FOR HER CHOREOGRAPHY. SARA ALSO TEACHES MODERN. WE ARE VERY HAPPY TO HAVE HER ON OUR STAFF! LISA CARDUCCI- DERINGOR MARIANNE CONWAY We are so happy to have Marianne back at the studio! Marianne trained at Mulford Dance Studio for 15 years, was part of our teacher-training program for 2 years. She left as a student teacher to go to college and is returning ready to teach on our faculty. Her resume is amazing. She received a MS in Occupational Therapy (May 2011) at Thomas Jefferson University, BS in Exercise and Sport Science (May 2009) Ursinus College *Cum Laude, Major in Dance (May 2009) Ursinus College, Minor in Biology (May 2009). Marianne is as excited about teaching as we are to have her on our staff! Introducing NOELLE! NOELLE IS AN AMAZING B-GIRL WHO TEACHES BREAK DANCING, HIP-HOP, MODERN, AND A CONTEMPORARY PILATES MIX. HER ADULT EXERCISE CLASSES ARE AMAZING. NOT ONLY DO YOU GET A GREAT WORK-OUT BUT YOU LEARN ALL THE LATEST HIP-HOP DANCE MOVES! She taught master classes this summer at our Intensive and the students loved her classes. NOELLE is a Certified Aerobics Instructor. We are thrilled to have Noelle on our staff!
MELISSA FEDORE Melissa has trained at Mulford Studio since a very young age. She was part of our Dance Company and gymnastic team. She went through our teacher-training program. Melissa attends Rutgers University where she is working toward a degree in psychology. We look forward to having Melissa on our teaching staff.
Guest teacher- Leslie Ferrelli Here is a short bio for Leslie: She graduated from UARTS as a jazz major. She was the Artistic Director and Choreographer for Cirque USA. She was a dancer for Contempra Dance Theater, Cinedance Jazz Dance, DRIP- paint in motion and Tournado Dance Company. She has been teaching for 12 years. She taught at the University of the Arts for non-majors and this summer she was a guest teacher at Kicks Dance Academy in Glen Mills, PA. Guest teacher- Kim Camacho OUR SECRETARIES Katie Burns Jayne Fedore
The latest addition to her resume is being one of the choreographers for the Cherry Blossom Parade in Washington, DC April 4th, 2009.
Kim is choreographing the Opening Float Production in the Philadelphia 4th of July Parade 2009!
Choreographed many award winning routines.
Susan is an award winning teacher/choreographer. She has choreographed an overall high score tap group in 2009 winning out over 63 other tap groups.
Heather trained at Nancy Mulford Studio of Dance since age seven studying ballet, pointe, tap, and jazz. She became a member of our dance company performing in shows and competitions all over the tri-state area. When Heather graduated high school, she went on to nursing school where she received her degree as an RN. Heather is a full-time nurse with a passion for dance. Lucky for us!
Lisa grew up dancing and performing around her hometown of Wilkes-Barre Pennsylvania. Lisa moved to Philadelphia a few years ago to attend Temple University’s Department of Dance in which August 2002 she received her Bachelors of Fine Arts in Dance.
DEVON HAS BEEN WITH MULFORD DANCE STUDIO FOR SIX YEARS. SHE GRADUATED AS A DANCE MAJOR FROM UNIVERSITY OF THE ARTS IN MAY 2004. SHE STUDIED DANCE IN HER HOME STATE OF MASSACHUSETTS. DEVON COMPETED WITH HER DANCE COMPANY IN GROUPS AS WELL AS SOLOS. SHE TOURED WITH STARPOWERS NATIONAL TALENT COMPETITIONS POWER PAK WHERE SHE STUDIED WITH MANY TOP-NOTCH CHOREOGRAPHERS.
Dana has had a passion for dance since she was a young girl. She has trained at Nancy Mulford Studio since a young age. She trained in ballet, tap, jazz and gymnastics. HER PERFORMING EXPERIENCES INCLUDE PHILADELPHIA THANKSGIVING DAY AND LOCAL PARADES, THE ROCKETTE EXPERIENCE IN NY, CRUISE TO BAHAMAS, WALT DISNEY WORLD AND MANY COMPETITIONS. WE ARE PROUD TO HAVE HER TEACHING YOUNG CHILDREN'S CLASSES and TAP AND HIP-HOP CLASSES. DANA HAS CHOREOGRAPHED FOR OUR JUNIOR/SENIOR DANCE COMPANY.
This will be Lisa's second year at Mulford Dance Studio.
TELEVISION WORK- HBO Comedy Awards Drew Carey* 2000 Billboard Awards - NSYNC* 2000 MTV VMA's - NSYNC with Wade Robson - Choreographer* 1999 MTV VMA’s - Brittney Spears* Apollo Theater - 702* Kings & Divas - Toni Braxton with Rosario &Jamal - Choreographer* Disney Special - Nobody’s Angels
MUSIC VIDEO WORK- Brittney Spears with Wade Robson - Choreographer* Britney's Pepsi commercial, Crazy, Like a Slave* Daz and Krupt Wobble Wobble* Lenny Kravitz* N'Sync* Toni Braxton* Kid Rock* Youngstowns the video for Inspector Gadget* 702 What My Girls Want, plus many more music videos! Lisa has Taught at the Tremaine Dance Center in California!
We are so excited to have Lisa on our staff!!
Welcome, Leslie!
Guest teacher- Colleen Ryan
Colleen trained at Mulford Dance Studio from a very young age until she went on to dance professionally. Currently, she is a member the KIXX DANCE TEAM in Philadelphia. At our summer intensive, Colleen taught an audition class concentrating on how it is to audition for a sports dance team. She also taught an amazing hip-hop class!
OUR OFFICE STAFF
Melissa Fedore