Stefanie is from San Francisco and took her first dance class at the age of 3 becoming involved competitively, winning national championships, titles and various scholarships.  At 12 years old she realized her main love was in the style of ballet and from there began intensive technical training at the San Francisco Conservatory of Dance, Lines Ballet School, Berkeley Ballet Theater and Oakland Ballet School under the direction of Ron Guidi. The following summer an audition afforded her a spot to attend a prestigious youth performance workshop in NYC and she had the privilege to perform Off-Broadway. At 16 she created an outreach program which brought formal ballet classes to the underserved community of inner city Oakland, CA. Always inspired to increase her scope of the arts she received a Bachelors Degree in Art History from the University of Southern California and performed with the university’s ballet company. She moved to New York City to broaden her dance education with an emphasis to teach.  She is super thrilled to teach ballet at Inner Grace and keep things exciting and fun!

Miss Casey has been a performer and dance teacher in the surrounding area for the past 13 years. She has performed at the Bickford Theatre in Morristown and more recently danced for the professional football league, the AFL. She has studied dance since the age of three in all styles and has studied at Broadway Dance Center for the past five years. Since the early age of six years old Casey became an accomplished competition dancer. She received numerous “Best Overall” in a number of categories. As a teacher, Casey’s students have also received high recognition in choreography and performance. She currently teaches all of our lyrical and competition groups.

Miss Connie started her dancing career when she was four years old in New York City. She studied ballet, jazz and tap and was taught by many a-list teachers at a very young age. She became a member of her school’s dance company and performed in numerous competitions and venues including Madison Square Garden. In order to supplement her dance tuition, she began teaching at a very young age. She was teaching at the age of sixteen at her local dance school and continued doing so throughout high school and summer college years. Connie received her B.A. from Rutgers University and studied dance throughout college. In 2002, she decided to go back to her roots and began teaching dance again in numerous studios in the area. She has taught in every dance style, including ballet, jazz, tap, creative movement and hip-hop. In addition to dance and raising her three children Connie has experience working with children who have learning differences in an academic setting. She feels that this work has been helpful in understanding how all children learn and has definitely made her a better