Abbie has over 20 years of dance experience. She began dancing at the age of two and has studied a variety of dancing including: tap, jazz, ballet, clogging, hoofing, Irish step, pointe, lyrical, modern and show girl. She competed in our Irish step, jazz and tap teams for five years. Among her many performances, her favorites include: The North Eastern Clogging Convention/Competition in Nashua, New Hampshire, The Miss America parade, the 76'ers game and ten years on the Wildwood boardwalk in the Wildwood Talent Showcase. Abbie attended seven years of summer dance camp at Let's Dance where she earned her Teaching Certificate. With that experience, she has choreographed for numerous pageants, shows, competitions and parades. Abbie graduated Magna Cum Laude, from West Chester University of Pennsylvania with a degree in Special Education and a minor in dance.  While at WCU, Abbie was an active member in the University Dance Company, where she held the position of president during her senior year. She performed in over eight shows with the company including the University's Fall Contemporary Dance Show, and the Spring Dance Production Workshop as well as attended The American College Dance Festival. Abbie is currently a Special Education teacher in Gloucester County. She is happy to be back at Let's Dance and is looking forward to a great year!

Colleen has been dancing since the age of four. Her love of dance led her to minor in Speech Theatre and Dance and Glassboro State College (now Rowan University). While in college she performed in the Summer Stock productions. Colleen has been teaching dance since 1985. Colleen has been a valued member of our teaching staff since 1998.

Dana began dancing at Let's Dance Studio in 1992, and began teaching dance in 2001.  Through her many years at Let's Dance, she has studied a variety of dance forms including, tap, hoofing, jazz, ballet, lyrical, hip-hop, and clogging.  Dana also was a part of the Summit City Cloggers and Let's Dance Competition Teams where she was able to perform in Atlantic City and the Philadelphia Thanksgiving Day Parade.  While attending college, she was a member of the Rowan University Dance Team and Dance Company.  The dance team allowed her to perform at football and basketball games, while the dance company allowed her to study contemporary, modern and theater dancing.  She received degrees in Elementary Education, Special Education and also music from Rowan University. Dana is teaching 5th grade special education in the Swedesboro-Woolwich School District. She also works with Glassboro High School's Theater Department to choreograph their musicals.  As busy as she is, the performing arts are her passion and she will continue to incorporate these elements into her classroom and everyday life.

Juliann Christinzie started dancing at Let's Dance Studio at the age of 2 ½. She has studied tap, jazz, lyrical, ballet, pointe, hip-hop, pom, Irish step, clogging, and hoofing and has been teaching at Let's Dance since 2006. She has competed for eight years and is a currently on our new jazz and lyrical competition teams. She was also on the Performance team for three years where she got the opportunity to dance at the Philadelphia Soul and 76ers games. She has placed and won in regional and national competitions, and has danced at Six Flags Great Adventure for the Make a Wish Foundation and on the Wildwood Showcase for ten years. She is now a Freshman at Rutgers University and can't wait for another great year!

Kristen has dedicated the past 20+ years to the art of dance. She studied many forms of dance including ballet, pointe, jazz, lyrical, modern, tap, hip-hop and pom. Kristen spent her youth and high school years training at Dance! By: Debra DiNote. While in college, Kristen was on both the co-ed cheerleading team and dance team at Saint Joseph's University in Philadelphia. Kristen also danced for the world renowned Towson University Dance Team in Maryland. Over the past 8 years, Kristen has spent much of her time teaching dance, choreographing, and judging dance and cheerleading competitions at regional, state and national levels. Kristen has a BS in Marketing from Richard Stockton College and will be getting married this fall. This is Kristen's fifth year teaching at LDS and she is looking forward to an exciting new year with her students and working with the competition teams.

Linda has been dancing since she was five years old. She studied ballet, tap and jazz with Adelle Lehmann in Pennsylvania, where she also taught before moving to New Jersey. She has attended master classes and workshops locally and in New York. Since joining Let's Dance Studio in 1995, Linda has added Irish step, hoofing and clogging to her resume. She has participated in the Miss America parade in Atlantic City and the Boscov's Thanksgiving Day parade in Philadelphia. Linda lives in Washington Township with her husband and two children.

Lindsay Southwick has called Let's Dance Studio her 2 nd home for 20 years. She took her first dance class at the age of 2 ½ and hasn't stopped since. Lindsay has studied ballet, pointe, tap, hoofing, jazz, hip-hop, clogging, Irish Step dance and lyrical as well as taught at Let's Dance Studio for 5 years after earning her teaching certificate. Lindsay recently graduated from Temple University in May 2008 with a B.S. in Therapeutic Recreation and is currently working at the Children's Hospital of Philadelphia as a Child Life Specialist. During her time at Temple, Lindsay was a member of the Diamond Gems Dance Team for 4 years and was the captain her senior year. She performed at all Temple's home football and basketball games as well as participated in numerous media appearances and performances including CBS3, NBC10, FOX29, WMMR, WYSP, Phillies games and many more. Lindsay brought back a taste of Temple when she originated the popular “pom” class in 2005. Lindsay has also choreographed the hip-hop dances for Washington Twp. High School's dance department's annual shows as well as for the Mr. Washington Twp pageants, WTHS talent shows and musicals, Miss Pitman pageants and various summer theatre productions.

Michelle has over 22 years of dance experience, all with Let's Dance. She began taking lessons at the age of two and continued through her first year of college. Michelle has studied a variety of dance including tap, jazz, ballet, clogging, hoofing, showgirl and Irish step and was a member of our Irish step competition team for two years. Over her tenure there have been many memorable performances, including the Miss America parade, the Boscov's Thanksgiving Day parade and nine years on the Wildwood boardwalk for the Wildwood Talent Showcase. Michelle has attended six years of summer dance camp at Let's Dance where she has earned valuable student teaching experience and a Teaching Certificate. She has been teaching tap, jazz and ballet since 2002. Michelle is a graduate of Rowan University, with a degree in Elementary Education.

Nicole has had the passion for dance ever since she was a little girl. She has been dancing for 15 years. She was in a dance company for 13 of those years. There she studied ballet, tap, jazz, lyrical, modern, pointe, and hip hop. She has performed with this company all over including Disney World, Chicago, the Poconos, New York, Philadelphia, and Carnegie Hall. She has attended the Southern New Jersey Academy for the Performing Arts/ Gloucester County Institute of Technology for high school. She was in the dance academy there for all four years. Right now she is a full time student at Gloucester County College as an Education major and hopes to transfer to a four year college to specialize in Special Education.

Renee has been in the health and fitness field for 13 years. She is a certified body pump instructor and has taught step aerobics and cross training classes for 11 years. She has also taught strength and endurance classes at Rowan University for 4 years. Renee has 17 years of dance experience. She has choreographed musical productions for Clayton High School, including Hello Dolly and Guys and Dolls.