Nicolette Wilford | Jazz  III, IV, V

Nicolette “Nicki” has been the owner and director of Brixham Danceworks since 1990. Nicki received her BFA in dance from the University of California-Irvine with an emphasis in teaching. She taught in Southern California as well as the seacoast area before opening her studio in 1990.

Nicki has worked with area schools performing demonstrations and workshops. She has studied with many world renowned teachers and continues to study in Boston, at Broadway Dance Center, as well as attending various dance conventions.

 

  Maiya Jordan | Mommy & Me, Combination classes, Jazz II, Jazz III, Jazz IV, Jazz V, Adult Jazz, Rising Stars,  Ballet II Ballet III, Hip Hop 8-10, Lyrical I, Contemporary I

 Maiya Jordan began dancing at age 11. She received her primary     dance education at Sole City Dance, The Dance Annex, and       Bellete Ballet. Maiya also attended several  summer programs   including the Urbanity Intensive, in Boston. Maiya performed   locally with The New England Dance Project, BeBaCo, and Sole   City’s ensemble.

  After High School, Maiya spent 2 years furthering her dance education at The Boston Conservatory and University of the Arts, in Philadelphia. She was cast in several original pieces which gave her the opportunity to dance in Boston, Philadelphia, and New York City.

Maiya has had the opportunity to share her love of dance with students, teaching at several local studios as well as Berwick Academy’s Summer Program. Maiya has experience choreographing both solo and group pieces in a diverse range of styles.

 

Ethan Zundell |  Hip Hop III, IV

Ethan Zundell found a love for dance at the age of 7 when he was exposed to TV shows like “America’s Best Dance Crew” and movies like “Step Up 3”. He officially began his dance journey at the age of 10 when he began taking Hip Hop classes at his local recreation center.

By the age of 12, Ethan was competing at dance competitions. He continued competing until the age of 17 while simultaneously training in street styles of dance with people all around the New England area. During the year 2020, he began learning the rich history of the dance styles he loved most. This included Hip Hop, Breaking, and funk styles like Popping and Locking. 

Currently, Ethan teaches a variety of different dance classes in the area. These include, Hip Hop, Breaking, and Creative Movement. His main focus is giving people the ability to enjoy their time in class all while trying to supplement proper history, solid foundation, and a creative mindset to all of his students.

 

Leah RichardsonLeah Richardson | Hip Hop V & Hip Hop Rep
 

Leah has had a love for dance since she was seven years old. She would choreograph dances at home as a little girl. Her passion grew over the years and she started to assist with classes at Brixham. Leah started teaching hip hop and jazz her senior year in high school.Hip Hop has always been a joy for her, but she also loved studying classical jazz under Nicki’s tutelage.Leah competed in dance from the age of nine to the age of eighteen and went on to win many awards. She also spent time performing around New England in Trashcan Lid Productions (TLP) dancing, acting, and playing instruments.Since graduating, Leah has continued to study in Boston, Pennsylvania & Los Angeles to educate herself and keep up with the changing style of hip hop. She also attends various workshops throughout the year such as Monsters of Hip Hop and Dance Olympus.

Jenny Letendre |   Contemporary 3-5, Acro 2-4

Jennifer “Jenny” Letendre started baton twirling at      the age of two, and discovered her love of dance as a  high school Freshman.  After high school she studied  dance performance for two years at Roger Williams    University where she had the opportunity to work      with many inspirational choreographers and  performers. Jenny is a certified Acrobatic Arts Instructor. She has completed the training for levels 1-6  She has performed and choreographed with both companies Sonar Dance and Collective Motion, as well as with the Maine Red Claws Dance Team.In 2010, Jenny appeared on 16 episodes of the television hit “Deal or no Deal”.  Along with teaching dance, Jenny is also a professional DJ.

CarolynCarolyn Hughes | Combination Classes, 6-8 Hip Hop, Ballet I, Jazz I, Dance Fitness

Carolyn started dancing at Brixham Danceworks in 1988. In 1996, she began assisting Julie McKay with her combination classes. She later met her soon to be husband Michael and they were married in 2005. She is now the mother of four beautiful children.

In 2010, Carolyn became a Turbo Kick and Zumba Instructor and found herself back at Brixham teaching Zumba classes. Within the year she began subbing for different teachers. “I loved being back in the studio! The joy of being around children and their excitement was contagious!” She began teaching Saturday combination classes in the Fall of 2013. She is looking forward to all her sweet and special students that will join her this coming year!

Shannon Paone Hip Hop 8-10, IIB, IIA Tap IA, Tap IIB, Beg. Teen TapShannon Paone | Tap I-II, Beg. Teen Tap, Adult Tap,

Shannon grew up in MA where she studied tap, jazz, ballet and pointe at Miss Cathy’s School of Dance from 1970 to1985. She moved to Maine in 1990, and enrolled her daughter at Brixham Danceworks in1997. It wasn’t long after that she began taking classes at Brixham, which reignited the passion she had always had for dance.In 2003, Shannon began teaching at Brixham Danceworks. Since then she has also volunteered in the community teaching hip hop at Central School and Marshwood High School as well as teaching tap classes at Marshwood Adult Ed.

Gracelyn Kuzman | Jr. Jazz Rep A & B, Sr Jazz Rep, Lyrical  II, III, IV

Gracelyn began dancing at Brixham Danceworks in 2002 where she developed her passion for movement.

In 2016, Gracelyn recieved her BA in Dance Performance/Choreography and English from Palm Beach Atlantic University. She performed with the PBAU Dance Ensemble for 4 seasons and was mentored by numerous industry professionals.
 
Gracelyn spent a semester in Florence, Italy studying and performing ballet, modern, and flamenco, and a summer in Pretoria, South Africa teaching creative movement classes.
 
Gracelyn has training in tap, jazz, ballet, lyrical, contemporary, modern, and flamenco technicques.
She began teaching at Brixham in 2018.
 
Cheryl Arnold| Tap III, Tap IV, Tap V, Tap Rep

Cheryl graduated in 1992 with a BA in Dance/Theatre with a dance emphasis from   the University of New Hampshire. She   performed with the UNH Dance Company   from 1988-1992. She studied and performed   with the Seacoast Ballet Company for three   years dancing several ballets.

Cheryl also attended the Dance Teachers Club of Boston for two summers and has attended classes and workshops with renowned teachers. She has been at Brixham Danceworks since 1995

 

 

Meghan McCoy Seedner| Ballet IVB, IV, Ballet V, Pointe I, II, III

Meghan primarily trained at the Portsmouth School of Ballet, with summer training at Joffrey Ballet Theater NYC and Jose Mateo Ballet Theater in Cambridge MA.

In 2010, she graduated from the University of New Hampshire with her BA in Theater and Dance.

She joined the Portland Ballet Company as an apprentice for their 2010-2011 season before being promoted to company dancer in 2011.  During her time with Portland Ballet, Seedner performed in many classical and contemporary works.

In 2013, she joined the Teatrul de Balet Sibiu, in Romania. Upon her return to the States, she began her teaching career and continued dancing as a guest artist with Portland Ballet and other companies and schools across the Seacoast. As a teacher now for 7 years, she enjoys training dancers of all ages in both classical and contemporary ballet.

 

Moriah Bureau|

Contemporary II, Ballet IIIB, Ballet IIIA, Ballet IVB

Moriah started dancing when she was 8 years old and trained at Sole City Dance, then called Rochester Creative Arts Center. Her main focus was ballet & she trained heavily in that discipline in the beginning. Moriah danced with Northeastern Ballet Theatre for a couple years and was in many of NBT’s full-length ballet productions during that time. She has performed in numerous productions of “The Nutcracker” throughout the area, dancing many roles including soloist roles such as Snow Queen & Dew Drop Fairy. Once becoming more involved in the modern/contemporary dance world, she performed with SONARdance for a few years performing throughout the Seacoast and in NY. 

Moriah continues to grow as a dancer, and dance educator, by taking as many classes and workshops as she can. She has had the opportunity to take class and learn from many world renowned artists from Boston to NYC, and beyond. She has attended many workshops with David Dorfman Dance, working closely with David & his company members in technique, improvisation, and creative process, as well as attending Bates Dance Festival.

At BDF, she choreographed a piece which was performed at the Festival Final Showcase and was also chosen to dance in another artist’s piece for the showcase.

Moriah has 9 years of teaching experience, and has taught in the dance program at Berwick Academy for the past 6 years. She is co-artistic director for Sole City Dance’s production of “The Nutcracker”  as well as SCD’s spring ballet production, which both perform annually at the Rochester Opera House. 

 

Cristian Bowker/ Office Administrator