Concord Dance Center

Faculty

Concord Dance Center Teachers took part in the 2010 Dance Summit Teachers Conference in New York City. They had the pleasure of taking class from some of the best choreographers in the business today, including Mandy Moore, Sheila Barker, and many more.

Chris Grau - Miss Chris has owned and operated Concord Dance Center for the past 39 years and will be entering into her FORTY FIFTH YEAR OF TEACHING DANCE .She was a member of a prominent ballet company in Philadelphia for numerous years, and has studied all forms of dance in Philly and NYC. She spends her free time judging talent competitions in the U.S. and Canada. Miss. Chris has been teaching Pre-school dance, jazz, tap, and ballet classes for over 40 years. She has taught classes from beginner to advanced. Many of the students that have grown up in her studio have gone on to open up their own studios or to dance on a professional level.

Jamie Grau-Carr - At the age of 17, Jamie was one of only 20 dancers chosen nationwide for the Success America Scholarship to NYC. She performed professionally in Atlantic City on New Years Eve for numerous years. She has trained throughout the U.S. in all forms of dance. She has taught jazz, ballet, lyrical, tap, pre-school dance, and hip hop for the past 15 years from the beginner to advanced level. She attends yearly conventions to keep up on the latest trends of dance. Jamie has had her own studio "The Dance Zone" for seven years .

Michelle Grau-Trasatti - Michelle's choreography has won her numerous overall awards at competitions. She graduated with a BS from Widener University in 1997. She was also an assistant choreographer for a GAP commercial. Michelle has choreographed both the opening number for the Boscovs Thanksgiving Day Parade and the Washington D C Cherry Blossom Festival Parade.

DuJuan Smart, Jr., a native of Detroit, began his dance training at the age of twelve at Fem Fatale Dance Studio in Oak Park, MI. Under the instruction of Rita Mosley, he excelled rapidly in areas including ballet, lyrical, jazz, tap, hip-hop, African and salsa. Her guidance and motivation inspired him to expand his versatility and pursue other areas of dance including contemporary, West Indian, ballroom and modern dance. He has worked with choreographers such as: Louis Johnson, Christopher Huggins, Roni Koresh, Camille A. Brown, Brian Sanders and Arthur Mitchell.

Mr. Smart attends the University of the Arts as a ballet performance major. Some of his performance history includes Momix Dance Company, Junk and Eleone Dance Theater. He has received scholarships to train at Dance Theater of Harlem (NY), Edge Performing Arts Center (Hollywood, CA), Alonzo King Lines Ballet, The Ailey School (NY) and Tucson Ballet (AZ). Mr. Smart has participated in various competitions nationwide earning titles such as: 2006 ACT-SO national gold medalist, 2006 Urban Jamm well- rounded dancer of the year, 2007 Mr. Bravo winner, 2007 National Mr. Showbiz winner and 2007 NFAA jazz dance winner. Most recently, he was a guest performer on the hit television series, “So You Think You Can Dance.” He continues to study, perform and teach around the world.

Kyle Clark

A native of Baltimore, Maryland. His travels include dancing at the Euro Disney in Paris. In the fall of his Junior year he was accepted into the first company of Eleone Dance Theater, a modern company where he has been a principal member for 5 years. In May 2006, Kyle graduated from the University of the Arts . Following graduation, Kyle was brought into Rennie Harris PureMovement (RHPM). Kyle has been a principal dancer as well as an Asst. Rehearsal director for Rennie Harris's world renown hip hop company for the past 3 years. Come check out a FREE class with Kyle!!!!!

Danielle Lewis-Farnan - Danielle has been instructing cheerdance for the past 3years and has built this program up to be one of the most popular programs at the school this year. Danielle was a cheerleader for Cardinal O'Hara High School for 4 years. She has been coaching competition cheerleading teams for the past 5 years for the Chichester Crusaders and has been judging cheerleading competitions throughout the U.S. for numerous years. She will be starting up our first Pom Pom Competing Squad, along with Michelle Bostwick-Barlow as the gymnastic instructor. Good Luck to the new Pom Pom Competition Team!!!!

ERIN DONNELLY - Erin comes to us from Kansas City, and will be instructing our Ballet this season.

AMBER LEWIS- Amber now attends Widener University and has a Certification in Gymnastics. She will be instructing our Acro and Cheerdance this season

CHRISTINA DE CARLO -Christina is attending Neuman College , has studied dance for the past 12 years, and will be instructing Pre-school and Combo classes.