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FACULTY BIOS
PPAC takes a great deal of pride in the quality level of our instructors. All of our instructors have extensive professional and/or teaching backgrounds including a four-time Olympic gold medalist, a Radio City Rockette, a reality show star, and choreographers with international experience. This level of background knowledge with our instructors allows students to get a learning experience unlike any other.
Click on the photos below to get more in-depth biographies from each of Plumb's instructors.
OUR GUEST INSTRUCTORS:

Ricky Palomino
Top 20 finisher on FOX's "So You Think You Can Dance"

Tina (D'Amato) Sidoni
Dance choreographer with national and international acclaim

Jean Paul Comelin
International Choreographer and Master Teacher

Kenny Easter
Dancer with the American Ballet Theater
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Denise Wall
Dance Instructor and mother of Travis Wall and Danny Tidwell
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Jeff Amsden
Choreographer with experience in films, TV shows, and music videos

OUR INSTRUCTORS:

Olga Korbut
4 time Olympic Gold Medalist in Gymnastics

Joe Nugent
Jazz/Ballet Instructor and Professional Drummer

Stacy Paydo
Radio City Rockette and Jazz / Pilates Training Instructor

Lisa Plumb
The founder of PPAC and instructor of the center's youngest dancers

Jennifer Cafarella
Ballet Instructor

Cassandra "Casey" Jones
Jazz Instructor

Dale Kuhn
Ballroom Dance Instructor

Harriet Carroll
Dance Fitness Instructor and choreographer

Gabriella Carbone

Jazz / Lyrical / Competition Routines Instructor

Dena Monroe

Dance Educator / Choreographer / Performer

Melanie Rojas-Guzman
Zumba Instructor

Other Instructors at PPAC (Photos currently unavailable):

Caroline Atkinson - R.A.D. Ballet Instructor at PPAC as well as a registered teacher with the Royal Academy of Dance in London

Susan Schwartz - Ballet Instructor

Kelly Lee Roberts - Ballet Instructor

Carissa Wong - Jazz Instructor

Kiva Harris - Hip/Hop
Amani J - Hip/Hop
Alicia Cardova - Jazz