Hope DiPietro
Artistic Director
Owner
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Performing Arts Educator
Competition & Dance Team Choreographer and Coach​
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Award Winning Coach & Choreographer
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Member of Professional Dance Teachers Association of America
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Board of Directors, Director and Choreographer at Newington Children’s Theater Company (NCTC)
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Graduate of Central Connecticut State University
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Alumna: Caroline’s Dance Center, LLC: Dance Legacy
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Choreographer: The Nutcracker ​
Nicole Ciriello
Associate Director
Performing Arts Educator
Competition & Dance Team Choreographer and Coach
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Graduate of The Hartford Conservatory, 2001
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Director of Visual Rhythm Dance Company
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Alumna: Caroline’s Dance Center, LLC: Dance Legacy
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Alvin Ailey Dance Co.-NYC, Synergy Dance Company
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Fred Astaire Dance Studio & Broadway Dance Center
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Co-Choreographer: The Nutcracker Dance Team Choreographer & Coach, 2014 Disney Team Choreographer & Coach, Acro Coach
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Platinum Award Winning Coach & Choreographer, Grand Supreme Champion
Gina Scacca
Performing Arts Educator
Competition & Dance Team Choreographer and Coach
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Alumna: Caroline’s Dance Center, LLC: Dance Legacy, Visual Rhythm Dance Company.
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Competition Dance Team Choreographer & Coach, Gym Team Coach, Berlin Cheerleading Coach, Co-choreographer for The Nutcracker.
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Choreographer at NCTC
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Lead Roles In: The Wizard of Oz, Cinderella.
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Platinum Award Winning Coach & Choreographer, Grand Supreme Champion
Gracie Schilling
Performing Arts Educator
Competition Choreographer & Coach
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Alumna: Caroline’s Dance Center, LLC: Dance Legacy
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Platinum Award Winning Coach & Choreographer
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National Title Winner & Dance Champion
Cassandra Paez
Performing Arts Educator & Choreographer
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​Member of the Theatre Guild of Berlin
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Alumna: Caroline’s Dance Center, LLC: Dance Legacy​​
Julianne Balavender
Performing Arts Educator,
Competition & Dance Team Choreographer and Coach
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Graduate of Central Connecticut State University
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Member of: CCSU award winning Dance Team.
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Platinum Award Winning Coach & Choreographer
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National Title Winner & Dance Champion
Kristen Karoll
Performing Arts Educator, Competition Choreographer & Coach
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Graduate of St. Joseph’s College
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Alumna: Caroline’s Dance Center, LLC: Dance Legacy, Visual Rhythm Dance Company
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Co-Choreographer of The Nutcracker
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Assistant to Jacques D’Amboise Summer Dance Series at St. Joseph’s College (5 years)
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Platinum Award Winning Coach & Choreographer
Samantha Defrancesco
Performing Arts Educator​​
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Gymnastics Coach
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Alumna: Caroline’s Dance Center, LLC: Dance Legacy
Linnea Tucker
Performing Arts Educator
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Alumna: Caroline’s Dance Center, LLC: Dance Legacy
Caroline Van Austin
Founder
Miss Caroline is a Member of:
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Dance Masters of America, Connecticut Chapter 18
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Dance Masters of America, Certified Test to Teach
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Dance Teachers’ Club of Connecticut
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Dance Educators of America
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National Association for Dance and Affiliated Arts
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Berlin Jr. Woman’s Club
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Greater New Britain Arts Alliance
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Theatre Guild of Berlin, Inc
Artistic Director the 2023 Theatre Guild of Berlin, Inc's "The Nutcracker"