North Shore Performing Arts Center

Teachers

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SHAYNA CHAPMAN dance has studied dance since early childhood. Shayna has trained in ballet, tap, jazz, lyrical, modern, and hip hop. She has traveled internationally as part of the Dance Olympus faculty. Shayna in known for encouraging her students to express themselves through dance as well as her positive energy. 

 

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GREG COLES dance is an affiliated teacher who brings his Latin Street Dance program to NSPAC. Greg is a graduate of Weslyan University where he studied technique, movement analysis, kinesiology, and choreography. He has studied with many African and Latin instructors as well with Pearl Lang of the original Martha Graham Company and was on scholarship with at the Alvin Ailey Dance Theater School in New York 

 

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DEBI COCCO dance is a lifelong dancer and teacher specializing in tap. She is certified by test to teach by Dance Masters of America Chapter 5 and Dance Teachers Club of Boston and is a former studio owner and artistic director. Debi was a choreographer for a Stageone Theater whose productions have included Snow White, Cinderella, Wizard of Oz, Broadway Bound, Grease, and Starlight Express.

 

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LORI HARDACKER dance graduated from Roger Williams University with a BA in Dance and a minor in Theatre. Lori, a former studio owner, has taught creative movement, tap, ballet, jazz, and lyrical to students from the age of two through adult. Lori has also choreographed and performed for many dinner and community theatres. Lori also brings her Dance Party program to NSPAC.

 

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ANDREA LORETZ-FREY voice earned her Masters of Music in Opera Performance from The Boston Conservatory. Andrea is also a founder and co-director of Improvelocity, a performance troupe that incorporates poetic works with improvisational music & voice performance using classical, musical theater, and jazz.

 

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KELLI-ANN NAVE dance earned a Bachelors of Art in Dance from Dean College. She is currently the Dance Program Director at the Landmark High School in Beverly. She enjoys teaching jazz, modern, musical theater, and hip hop. Kelli-Ann is a former comp kid and is a triple threat.

 

 

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DAVID SUN ballet master has taught ballet extensively throughout the Northeast for over 20 years. His primary ballet training was with the New York School of Ballet and he has performed with the Boston Dance Co., North Atlantic Ballet, and Northern Ballet Theater. Mr. Sun has taught at the Boston Ballet School, City Dance under Bruce Marks, Boston College, Southern NH Dance Theater, and The Ballet Space. He has taught master classes at the Portsmouth School of Ballet, Brandeis University, and the NH School of Ballet.