DNE's Intensive Dance Camp is a great opportunity for the motivated dancer to work with an incredible line-up of Master Class Instructors.

Two age groups offered - ages 8 to 11 AND ages 12 and above.

Each day consists of two 1.5 hour classes featuring

two different dance genres.

Join us for the Full Week for $315.00 or

Drop-In For a Day or More for $75/Day!

See Below for the Daily Schedule.

MONDAY, July 17

Ballet with Morgan Sanborn

Hip-Hop with Jason Berube

TUESDAY, July 18

Contemporary with Modern Flair with Melissa Teixeira

Acting & Musical Theater with Lisa D. Kelleher

WEDNESDAY, July 19

Choreography with Nathan Andary

Fitness & Conditioning with Rodney Gore, Jr.

THURSDAY, July 20

Jazz with Ashlee Rapoza

Tap with Meghan Turmane

FRIDAY, July 21

Lyrical with Kelsie Crowley

Ballet with Candace Mitchell

DNE's Intensive Dance Week Instructors!

Morgan Brown Sanborn

Morgan is currently a member of The Florida Ballet Company. Previously, she performed with North Atlantic Dance Theatre, SunDanceX, City Ballet of Boston, Teatrul Balet de Sibiu of Romania, Nevada Ballet Theater, and Portland Ballet Company of Maine.

Sanborn is a 2009 magna cum laude BFA dance graduate of Point Park University with a concentration in ballet. She is a graduate of the Portland Ballet of Maine CORPS program under the direction of Eugenia O’brien and Daielma Santos-Decker. Her training includes summer intensives at American Ballet Theatre, Festival Ballet of Providence, Point Park University, and Boston Conservatory.

Her recent choreography was featured in Florida Ballet’s A Choreographer’s Choice ’21 and ’22. In the spring of 2019, Sanborn, along with four Boston dance colleagues, founded Penta Project; a contemporary ballet group performing Gianni DiMarco’s Danse Macabre and Sanborn’s Continuance throughout the New England area at Rhode Island Women’s Choreography Project ’19, New England Inspirational Dance Collective ’19, Artfulness Boston & NYC ’19, Dance For World Community '19, Dancer’s Making a Difference ‘19, and Boston Contemporary Dance Festival '19. Her choreography has also been performed by students in Dean College’s Faculty Concert '19. Franklin Performing Arts Company’s Nutcracker '19.

Sanborn has over 20 years of teaching experience at a variety of schools in Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Nevada, and Florida. She is an ABT® Affiliate teacher, who has successfully presented students for ABTNTC examinations and has completed the ABT® Teacher Training Intensive in Primary through Level 5 of the ABT® National Training Curriculum. She is also certified in Progressing Ballet Technique and Pilates Academy International Mat work. 

Jason Berube

Jason is a Dancer, Choreographer, and Creative, originally growing up in Massachusetts and now residing in Providence, Rhode Island. In his early years of dance, he trained in the fundamental styles of popping, waving, breaking and locking. He learned his fundamentals and beginning stages of choreography from the likes of Jeffrey Louizia and Ricardo Plamenco at Spotlight Dance Studio in Taunton, MA. At just 15 years old, he started teaching classes and choreographing competition routines that would go on to win Regional and National Awards!

As a working dancer, Jason trains and competes with Professional Hip-Hop Crew LIV3LIHOOD at Thr3e Live Dance Complex. With his crew, he has won 1st Place at Elements XX, two-time 1st Place winner at Prelude New England, and won Crowd Favorite with a 2nd Place finish at World of Dance Boston. He has performed with New Kids On The Block at Fenway Park, and was featured in a music video for Jamez Martin. Jason is a former member of the dance company MOTUS, a training program directed by Diana Matos. As a Choreographer, Jason has set over 75 competition routines, with many of them collecting Judges Choice Awards, 1st Place Overall finishes, Choreography Awards, and Highest Scoring Routine Awards. Jason teaches, choreographs, and judges for Turn It Up Dance Challenge's Conventions and Competitions. He has also taught and judged for Dance Xplosion World Championships. Jason currently teaches at multiple studios throughout New England; He teaches kids K-12 the fundamental styles. 

Melissa Teixeira

Melissa received her Bachelors Degree in Dance from Dean College, and Masters Degree in Arts Administration Drexel University. Melissa is the founder of Perceptions Contemporary Dance Company, which performed across the country from 2007 to 2016. 

Melissa performed professionally for a decade throughout New York and Boston with companies such as Bennett Dance Company, Anahata Dance, Kelly Donovan & Dancers. She was the choreographer of the off-Broadway production Rock On! The Musical. In 2010, Melissa founded the Perceptions Dance Festival in NYC, which ran for 3 successful seasons before Melissa relocated out of the city. She then launched the New Hampshire Youth Dance Festival along with Kearsarge Conservatory of the Performing Arts. 

Melissa is a certified Acrobatic Arts M1 and Alixa Flexibility M1 and M2 instructor. In addition to dance, Melissa trained extensively in the Anya Method (Mind+Body curriculum) directly with founder Courtney Bauer. She spent several years teaching Anya signature group fitness classes, and private/semi-private Pilates equipment classes in NYC.

Melissa now resides in New Hampshire with her husband Adam and Penny the bulldog. She is a resident instructor at The Dance Inn and Ensemble Director at Bedford Dance Center. 

Lisa D. Kelleher

Lisa is a Dancer, Master dance teacher/ Theater teacher, Director, Private coach and Choreographer. She is a graduate of Smith College with a degree in Dance/Choreography and Theater, as well as a veteran of the Boston Ballet and Harvard Summer School's intensive advanced ballet program and studio owner. Lisa began dancing almost before she could walk- waltzing with her parents, in her playpen, and anywhere there was room- and started her ballet training at the age of five. At the age of six, she was Clara in Nutcracker, and in the ensuing years, participated in Nutcracker in various roles with the Boston Ballet. Since that first performance, she has been involved in or has seen Nutcracker every single year, and has continued her training with the Boston Ballet. She is also an accomplished, acclaimed performer and choreographer, working with local Dance Studios and Musical Theaters, both on and offstage, as lead dancer , choreographer, and director with both children and adults. She has studied and performed almost all forms of dance: classical ballet, musical theater/Fosse, tap, Isadora Duncan, Renaissance/Festival/Tribal, modern, jazz, fitness: zumba/barre fitness/aerobics, and various ethnic styles, to name a few. She is heavily influenced by George Balanchine, Agnes deMille, Bob Fosse, and Jerome Robbins. Lisa believes strongly in teaching the proper technique of dance and keeping her students- both children and adults- safe and encourages self-esteem to all. Regardless of style, she adores sharing her love and joy of dance with her students. She owes her love of dance to her parents, Betty and David Kelleher, who when they had nothing, had each other and a little girl who thought she had everything because she had them, music, and dance.

Nathan Andary, CMA, MFA, RSME

Nathan is a Laban/Bartenieff certified movement analyst and Somatic movement educator. Nathan creates improvisational movement experiences for everyday students to generate creative movement as a means for personal expression and artistry. Non-dancers and dancers alike explore through movement scores and movement prompts mining the body’s senses while heightening a kinesthetic awareness by which expression derives.

Nathan, associate professor of instruction on the dance faculty at Ohio University, teaches contemporary/modern and ballet techniques, Laban movement analysis, improvisation, and dance pedagogy. He is the professor and artistic director for the Ohio University School of Dance’s senior capstone course that is a year-long immersion through professional practice, creative identity development, and concert production in which to better prepare the graduating senior for the diverse working field of dance.

Nathan received his MFA in dance from the University of Maryland – College Park. Nathan’s lectures and choreography have been presented internationally in Rome, Lebanon, Sarajevo, and Canada, as well as nationally in notable festivals and theatres like: New York City’s Judson Church, Center for Performance Research, Movement Research, The Living Theater and Merce Cunningham Studio Theater; Washington, D.C.’s Dance Place and The Kennedy Center’s Millennium Stage; The Yard on Martha’s Vineyard, the Southern Vermont Dance Festival, American College Dance Festival, International Body-Mind-Centering and Somatics Conference; as well as colleges and universities throughout the U.S.

Nathan’s diverse performance career ranges from performance art to concert modern dance. He has performed in works by: David Dorfman, Bill T. Jones, Sara June, Katsura Kan, Liz Lerman and the Dance Exchange, David Parsons, and Pearson + Widrig. Nathan was the program director for the New York State Summer School of the Arts – Modern (three years) under the direction of famed Paul Taylor dancer Carolyn Adams, was the president for Rhode Island’s Dance Alliance, and currently serves on the Board of Trustees for OhioDance.

Rodney Gore, Jr.

Originally from Tabor City, North Carolina, Rodney started his dance training at Amy’s Academy of Dance Arts in Chadbourn, North Carolina at the age of 12. Along with his extensive dance training, Rodney graduated with his BA in communications with a concentration in dance from Bridgewater State University. He was a national/international champion competitive cheerleader, dancer, and has performed with several dance groups, including Bridgewater State University’s Dance Company, Bridgewater State Dance Team, Joffrey Ballet, Impact Dance Company, and Bridgewater State Cheerleading and nontheless commercial with Danity Kane. A phenomenal acrobatic, Rodney has received his tumbling certification from The United States All Star Federation and Building Blocks certified. His choreography has received many overall high scores on the regional, national and international competitive level. Rodney is also the owner of an awesome new dance competition “The Classic Dance Experience.” When he is teaching he brings an uplifting and fresh approach to his teaching style. To quote Rodney, “Aubrey Lynch stated, ‘To Touch, To Move, To Inspire, This is the true gift of dance.’ My passion for dance inspires me to teach others how to move their bodies and connect with the feelings and souls of others.”

Ashlee Rapoza

Ashlee is a dance educator from Warwick, Rhode Island. She is agraduate of New York University with her Master’s Degree in Dance Education. Ashlee also holds a Bachelor’s Degree in Dance Performance and Choreography from Dean College. In addition, she is an alumnus from The Gypsy Project: LA contemporary dance training program in which she studied under Capezio ACE award winners Erica Sobel and Mary Grace Mcnally, as well as choreographers from Netherlands Dans Theatre and Batsheva Dance Company. Ashlee teaches at several dance studios all across New England and has taught at Gibney Dance in NYC for the Fortitude Dance Summer intensive. Her work was recently presented at the New York State Dance Educator’s Conference in representation of New York University’s Graduate in Dance Program at Steinhart. In September Ashlee will be pioneering the K-5 dance program at Alma Del Mar Charter school. 

Meghan Turmane

Meghan was born and raised right outside of Boston, where she trained under Bill Fowler, Jr. and Mary Vasil at the Harriet Hoctor Ballet School. In 1998 she qualified as a member of the United States Tap team where she competed at the International Tap Dance Championship in Reisa, Germany, placing 5th with her team. As a young adult, she spent her time in Boston, studying at Ballet Theatre of Boston under Jose Mateo, Impulse Dance under Adrienne Hawkins, and taking open classes at the Dance Complex and at Jeannette Neill Dance Studio. Meghan went on to attend Dean College, where she obtained an AA in Dance and then from UMass Boston with her BS in Marketing. She began working for Nordstrom, where she was fortunate enough to travel around the country for work assignments, and dance and teach in places like Charlotte, NC, Portland, OR, and Seattle, WA, where she resided for 10 years. In 2022 she relocated back to Boston with her husband Mike, her daughter Lucy, and welcomed her daughter Remy in 2022. She has had the opportunity to re-connect with so many of her dance friends from the past and is excited to get back into the studio to dance “full out and with feeling!” (as Mr. Bill always said).

Candace Mitchell

Candace is a professional dancer, choreographer, classical coach, and teacher from Boston, MA. Her early training focused in The Royal Academy of Dance Syllabus, of which she has completed, and has continued into her current teaching and performing career. She has received a BA in dance and business from Dean college Joan Phelps Palladino School of Dance. While there, she completed an internship with the Boston Ballet, working with their Education and Community Initiative program to help bring dance into Boston public schools. She was also Vice President of the Dean College Step Team, placing 1st in UDA competitions in both step and hip hop. She received awards for excellence in dance, choreography, and academics, and participated in the ACDA New England Gala Concert. Some of the choreographers she has worked with include; Laura Field, James Morrow, Kristina Berger, Bill Evans, and Ricardo Foster. She has also performed in festivals with companies such as Urbanity Dance, and Koresh Dance Company. She has received multiple accolades for her competitive pieces such as choreography awards, top placements, titles, and choice awards from a variety of competitions including top 24 placements at YAGP. Candace is currently judging while performing across the United States and focusing on the education of her students.

Kelsie Crowley

Kelsie is a professional dancer from Boston, Massachusetts, currently dancing on Unyted Stylez Hip Hop crew based out of Boston MA. Having trained and studied in numerous forms of dance since an early age, She graduated from the Dean College Joanne Palladio School Of Dance with her B.A. in Dance , B.S. in Business, and A.A. In Early Childhood Education. Though not limited to, she is known for her Hip Hop and Jazz choreography and performances. Kelsie has worked with many artists such as Flo Rider, New Kids On The Block, and Demi Lovato. Kelsie is also a Competition Adjudicator, judging for multiple competitions all over the US and in Europe for the past 5 years. She also knows the role as a studio owner, and is invested in her students' growth and development as pre professional dancers. She has been teaching numerous styles of dance including Hip Hop, Jazz, Jazz Funk, Heels, Contemporary, Lyrical,Tap, Musical Theater, Technique Leaps Jumps and Turns, Stretch and Strengthening for the past 10 years. As well, Kelsie is a Certified Degreed Member of Dance Masters of America and Dance Masters of New England Chapter 5. Kelsie has a love and passion for teaching, and strives in advancing dancers not only physically but also with the history, knowledge, and love of dance.