Miss Chris developed a passion for dance and music at a very young age. As a young dancer, Miss Chris studied at various studios before finding her home in musical theater.  She attended Ithaca College for theater and has remained very active in community theater through the years.  As an adult dancer, she studied ballet at Phyllis Latins American Dance Center in Saratoga Springs as well as took classes at JDC in Ballston Spa before studying with Mary Beth at The Dance Lab.  Miss Chris is trained in ballet, tap, jazz, lyrical, hip hop, and musical theater and has been honored to be sharing her knowledge and love of dance with students at the Dance Lab for the last four years. When not at The Dance Lab, Miss Chris owns and operates a family child care business.  She brings with her many years of experience with children of all ages and recognizes the importance of introducing all children to the wonders and magic of movement and music!

Brittany Collyer began her dancing career at local area dance studios where she went on to compete at both regional and national levels. Following her high school graduation, she attended college at SUNY Oneonta.  While in college, Brittany participated in both the Terpsichorean Dance Company choreographing numerous tap numbers for their end-of-semester performances as well as the SUNY Oneonta Dance Team where she performed at basketball games and competed in regional level competitions.  She also continued to share her love of tap by becoming an instructor at Jillian’s Dance Arts in Oneonta.  Upon graduating from college, she continued to teach at local dance studios while attending nursing school.  She is now a full-time RN in the ICU at Saratoga Hospital and loves to share the art of tap with all of the students at The Dance Lab!

Jacquelyn “Jacqui”  was born and raised in New York City, where she was classically trained in ballet from the age of 5 under the direction of Elfried Merman, former soloist with Ballet Russe. In high school, she also pursued training in various forms of modern dance and jazz. Before going to college, Jacquelyn was accepted into American Ballet Theatre’s Summer Intensive, where she spent a month dancing in Texas. Jacquelyn continued her studies at Skidmore College in Saratoga Springs, where she graduated with a B.S. in Dance with a concentration in Dance Research Studies. While at Skidmore, she performed works by Robert Battle, Erika Pujič, Mary Harney, and Denise Limoli, as well as choreographed her own pieces.  Jacquelyn’s studies at Skidmore culminated in a final capstone that she presented in the form of a three-part dance lesson plan for preschoolers. Jacquelyn is an ABT® Certified Teacher, who has successfully completed the ABT® Teacher Training Intensive in Pre-Primary through Level 3 of the ABT® National Training Curriculum. With the aim of sharing her love and knowledge of dance through teaching and choreographing, Jacquelyn hopes to continue to provide inclusive dance opportunities for people of all ages and abilities.

Caitlin began dancing at the age of five at Chickee’s Dance World in Worcester, MA.  At the age of 10, she was asked to participate in her studio’s competition team and remained a member of the team for the next four years.  During that time she began training in pointe and fell in love with ballet.  Upon moving to Pennsylvania, Caitlin continued her training and began to focus on ballet.

During her college years, Caitlin attended Penn State where she was a member of Orchesis Dance Company – a modern dance company that focused on student choreography.  Caitlin choreographed in the student showcase three times.

After college, Caitlin taught ballet to students of all ages at a local studio in Idaho Falls before returning to Pennsylvania to attend law school.

Following law school, Caitlin moved to Saratoga Springs and began looking for a dance studio.  By chance, she saw a sign for a new dance studio opening just around the corner from her house and decided to check it out.  Caitlin realized The Dance Lab was a perfect fit and has been an amazing dance home since, allowing her to continue sharing her love for dance.

Caroline began dancing at the age of 4 at Hudson Valley Conservatory and New Rose Theater in Walden, NY. She was trained in ballet, modern, jazz, tap, and musical theater. Caroline continued dancing through high school and college, finding a particular love for musical theater and ballet. Prior to graduating high school, through her own experiences with overcoming injuries and scoliosis, Caroline discovered she wanted to create a career centered around helping others overcome physical adversities, especially dancers.

In college, Caroline was a member of Sacred Heart University’s Pre-professional Dance Company as she studied exercise science. After receiving her Bachelor in Exercise Science, she went on to study for her Doctorate in Physical Therapy at Sacred Heart while she worked under one of her mentors, Samara Dimattia, MPT, owner of CT Dance Physical Therapy. She also achieved her Mat level 1 Pilates certification during her Doctorate studies. Caroline continued to seek out clinical experiences with dancers and completed her fourth and final clinical rotation at Westside Dance P,  owned by “the founder of dance medicine,” Marika Molnar, PT. Caroline worked under Andrea Zujiko, DPT, and Adrienne Gregorek, DPT, while treating NYC Ballet Dancers and School of American Ballet dancers on location, as well as treating various Broadway performers, professional ballet/contemporary dancers, adolescent pre-professional dancers, and a range of musician all in clinic. Caroline is so excited to be in Saratoga Springs and have the opportunity to share her knowledge in dance medicine and Pilates with the dancers at The Dance Lab.

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Jen began dancing at the age of six and continued dancing for many years. She has taken numerous forms of dance instruction including tap, jazz, ballet, hip hop, and modern. After receiving a B.S. in Health Management & Policy from the University of New Hampshire, she continued to pursue her love of dance by taking adult classes at local dance studios. In 2016, after enrolling her daughter in a class at The Dance Lab, she also began studying with Mary Beth. She has worked at The Dance Lab since 2018 and absolutely loves teaching and sharing her passion for dance and her love of The Dance Lab with her students. When she’s not teaching or taking dance classes, Jen enjoys reading and spending time with her family.

Stephanie began dancing at the age of two and throughout her dance career she has trained in Ballet, Pointe, Tap, Jazz, Modern, Hip Hop, and Clogging. Stephanie started dancing competitively at the age of seven and has competed throughout the Northeast. She holds multiple titles and overall high scores for her Clogging. Stephanie has also had the opportunity to attend the Rockettes Summer Intensive where she trained in the Rockettes’ precision dance style.

After high school, Stephanie attended Montclair State University where she received a B.S. in Nutrition and Food Science. She then went on to receive an M.S. in Applied Nutrition from the Sage Graduate School. While at Montclair, Stephanie was a member of the Montclair State Dance Company and the Montclair State Dance team. Currently, Stephanie is a Registered Dietitian at Saratoga Hospital where she works in the outpatient setting.

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Lindsay began her dance training at the Mary Lee School of Dance in Virginia and then Carter School of Dance in Maryland, where she trained in ballet (Cecchetti Method), tap, jazz, modern, pointe, and hip hop.  Lindsay received her B.S. in Dance from Radford University in 2001, graduating with honors. While at Radford, she studied under Frano Jelincic, Dagmar Kessler, Dr. Pegeen Albig, Margaret Devaney, and Doris Ressl and performed in Ballet and Modern productions.  She was also one of the original members of the RU Cloggers.

Lindsay has experience teaching creative movement, tumbling, ballet, tap, jazz, modern, pointe, hip hop, and liturgical and has worked with ages 2-adult.  In addition to teaching, Lindsay spent 2 years performing professionally with Footworks Percussive Dance Ensemble, under the direction of Eileen Carson-Schatz.  Footworks performs Appalachian Clogging, Irish, Cape Bretton Step Dancing, South African Boot Dances, Hambone, and Tap.

Lizzie was born in Elmira NY but grew up in Saratoga Springs NY. From the age of five, she was trained in classical ballet at Saratoga City Ballet, all the way through her high school career. Throughout her youth, she trained at New York State Summer School of the Arts for Ballet with NYCB Principal Daniel Ulbricht for several summers. She continued her dance training at Skidmore College partaking in classical Ballet, Modern, and Contemporary Dance. She studied Performance and Choreography along with Business at Skidmore College and graduated with a Bachelors of Science in May 2020. In addition to her education, she worked alongside Elizabeth Streb and Ann Bogart during their 2019 residency at Skidmore College as the programs administrative assistant and continued to work with the Skidmore Office of Special Programs on academic programs, art institutes, lecture series, artist/scholar residences, and community programs until graduation in May.

Tori grew up in Saratoga Springs and has always had a love for dance. As a child, she danced for a few years and performed in her high school musicals, but her passion has always been in teaching. Tori graduated from Champlain College in Burlington, Vermont, with her B.S. in Childhood Education. From there, she worked in Vermont and New Hampshire before moving back home to New York. Tori has been teaching in New York for four years and loves working with children. Tori has been working as the office manager for The Dance Lab since 2018. You can catch her working at the front desk, answering the phones, and organizing anything and everything she can.