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Angela Craft

With more than forty years in the dance industry, Ms. Angie is blessed to share her passion every day with her Stage Stars dancers. She has a strong passion for coaching and teaching technique.  Over the years Ms. Angie has won several choreography awards, and even led her dancers to win a national title. Ms. Angie has trained in all genres, ballet, tap, jazz, hiphop, and pointe with some of the best in the business, such as Doug Caldwell, Luigi, Frank Hatchett, Finis Jhung, Judy Rice, Gregg Russell and Robin Passmore. She continues to train yearly at various teacher workshops throughout the country. Ms. Angie is passionate about not just teaching steps, but instilling positivity and confidence. She encourages her dancers to step out of their comfort zone and be the best young adults they can be. In class Ms. Angie focuses on conflict resolution, discipline, and time management.  Ms. Angie's goal for her dancers is to graduate from the Stage Stars program as kind, confident, strong, respectful, and responsible young dancers.  

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Ralph Elliot

Mr. Ralph began his dance studies in college at UNC - Greensboro with Rick McCullough.  He appeared in numerous musical theatre and dance performances.  As part of "Accidental Dance Company," he performed at various venues throughout the greater Greensboro area.  Upon returning to Delaware, his emphasis switched to teaching.

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Schuyler Sorensen

Schuyler has been dancing since she was three years old and dancing competitively since she was seven. She competed in jazz, hip-hop, and tap and has won many first place trophies and several national titles along with her teammates while on Jamie’s Dance Odyssey’s competition team. While she loves all styles of dance, tap has always been her passion. Schuyler has been dancing and teaching at Jamies’s Dance Odyssey ever since it opened in 2003. After graduating from Arcadia University with her Bachelor's Degree in English and obtaining her Master's Degree in Writing from the Vermont College of Fine Arts, she returned to JDO to teach tap classes, assist in teaching the tap teams, and choreograph tap solos and duets for competition. She also teaches at Artists in Motion in Cherry Hill as a recreational tap teacher, competition tap teacher, and tap solo and duet choreographer. Throughout her entire dance life, she has studied under master tap teacher Jamie Down and emulates her style of tap dancing in her own choreography. Her ideal student is not necessarily the best tapper in the room, but the one who works the hardest and does their best.

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Jennifer Cottrell

Ms. Jen started dancing at age five and fell in love with jazz and tap.  In high school, Ms. Jen was a “drama geek” and not only participated in the school plays but also the competitive forensics team.  She also was on the marching band Danceline, which brought her to march in parades in Disney World and London, England.  In college, she participated in a modern dance company.  Life got in the way, and she left the dance for several years, but her passion for dance always remained.  Ms. Jen was thrilled to rejoin the dance world a few years ago when her youngest daughter started dancing at Stage Stars.  Ms. Jen lives in Hockessin with her husband, three children, and dog.  By day she is a Compliance Analyst at a large insurance company.  Dance keeps her young, and the time she spends teaching dance classes are her favorite hours of the week.

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Chayse Tucker

Ms. Chayse started dancing with SSDA on our dance company, and continued to dance with us until she graduated high school in June of 2021. With Stage Stars she has danced in multiple award winning competition numbers and has even won regional solo title winner her senior year. She started teaching at the age of 14 and has choreographed multiple award winning numbers. Since graduating, she's been continuing her dance training by traveling to different states hoping to gain as much knowledge as possible to pass on to her students.

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Morgan Potter

Morgan Potter is a teacher and choreographer based in New Jersey. After starting dance at age 11, continuing through high school, and then receiving her school’s Dance Scholarship, she decided to continue her dance education in college. Morgan then went to Stockton University where she majored in Dance and Teacher Education. Through the Stockton Dance Program, Morgan was given the opportunity to learn from professional dance artists, as well as present her choreography in multiple shows. Currently, Morgan is an elementary teacher by day, and dance/acro instructor at night. She specializes in teaching acrobatics, jazz, contemporary, hip hop, and lyrical to dancers of all ages and ability levels. Morgan is Acrobatic Arts Module 1 certified and loves attending workshops and different professional development opportunities to grow as a teacher. Morgan also choreographs for the Washington Township High School’s dance program where she creates hip hop and jazz routines for performances and basketball games such as the 76ers. In addition, Morgan has worked with brands such as The Rockettes, Dream Duffle, The CheeseCake Factory, Acrobatic Arts, DoorDash, and more through her social media following. Morgan is so excited to spread her love of dance and acrobatics to Stage Stars Dance and Acro! 

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Kelsey Rice

Ms. Kelsey began dancing at the age of three years old and continued to dance for fifteen years. She danced at Dance Unlimited, LLC. where she studied various genres of dance including tap, jazz, hip hop, ballet, and lyrical. Kelsey has choreographed dances for musicals and talent shows since the age of thirteen. She was an assistant dance instructor at her studio for two years. Ms. Kelsey also danced competitively for six years where she won numerous awards with her team over the years.  She was most excited to end her competitive dance career winning first place overall in the senior dance category for her tap large group, at Legacy dance competition. After Ms. Kelsey graduated high school she continued to train in dance by taking ballet classes at her school, the University of Delaware, and joining the We Are Queens dance troupe. Ms. Kelsey is excited to share her love of dance; especially tap with the studio.

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Maegan Prince

Maegan comes from an extensive background in dance. She attended Cab Calloway for middle and high school studying all forms of dance, while also attending a private studio to better perfect her craft. She started dancing professionally in 2004 at several venues in Philadelphia and was a member of the Philadelphia Barrage dance team. She started teaching at her local studio around 2005 and was soon choreographing for her peers for upcoming competitions and recitals. She took a break from teaching during 2020 but is excited to be back in the studio working with new students and can't wait to see what the future holds for these dancers! 

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Erin Lockard

Erin has been studying dance since the age of three, and dancing professionally for over 20 years. She is trained in several disciplines, and has studied under numerous talented choreographers throughout the tristate area, New York and Los Angeles. Erin won many solo titles and group awards during her competition years, received a scholarship to attend the University of the Arts in Philadelphia, was a founding member of a professional hip hop dance company that was hired to perform in Philadelphia and Atlantic City, and was also a member of Philadelphia’s Major League Lacrosse dance team. Erin cannot wait to share her experience, energy and passion with the next generation of dancers!

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