Anthony Romeo-Adcock Tap, Musical Theatre Anthony is originally from Northeastern Pennsylvania and started singing and dancing at the age of two. Anthony attended Pennsylvania State University and received a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Musical Theatre Performance. While there, he received dance training under Lon Hurst, Michele Dunleavy, and Broadway legend, Spence Ford; he also received vocal training under Bev Patton, Raymond Sage, and Mary Saunders-Barton. After graduation, Anthony performed in multiple professional productions including Off-Broadway shows at New World Stages and “the cell” theatre in New York City, as well as the National Touring Productions of Children’s Letters to God and Seussical the Musical where he worked with Choreographer and Tony Nominated Director Marcia Milgrom Dodge. While living in New York City, Anthony attended classes at Broadway Dance Center and the Alvin Ailey Dance Extension. Anthony was also an Artist-in-Resident at Wallenpaupack High School teaching musical theatre and voice classes to high school students. His students have been accepted to such prestigious Musical Theatre programs as Catholic University, Desales University, Ithaca College, Pennsylvania State University, and PACE University in NYC. Anthony is also a director and choreographer and proud member of the Actors Equity Association, the professional union for actors. Currently, Anthony is the director of the theatre program at Atlantic High School in Daytona.
Lynne DiCianni Ballet Lynne DiCianni was born and raised in Chicago, IL. Lynne started dancing at age 3 and became a professional at age 9 performing with the renowned “Kirov Ballet”. She studied with Ruth Page, Richard Arve, Loreeto Rozak, Larry Long, Mimi Rozak-Kelly, Delores Lipinski, and Bruce Merrill in Chicago. Lynne was a member of “The Arve Connection” modern dance company, Ruth Page’s “Chicago Ballet”, “Richard Arve Trio” and appeared with the Urban Getaways Educational Theatre Co. which brought dance into the Chicago area schools. She performed in Ruth Page’s “The Nutcracker” sponsored by the Chicago Tribune Charities. Lynne also performed with The Chicago Lyric Opera and the Lithuanian Opera Company. Lynne did lecture demonstrations with New York City Ballet’s principal dancer, Maria Tallchief and Dance Magazine’s Dance Critic, Ann Barzel. She was the artistic director of “Arve School of Dance” in Calcutta City, IL and taught for Dance Educators of America in the early 1990’s. In 2000, Lynne was commissioned to set “Naja”, a modern piece from repertoire of “Arve Connection” for Chicago’s Gus Giordano Dance Company. Lynne works at Mia Bella Academy of dance and has been there since 2011. She is currently a board member of Palm Coast’s City Repertory Theatre
Jennifer Dournaux Anatomy of Movement
Jennifer Dournaux has been a dancer for over 40 years. She received her ballet training in the 1980s with Southern Ballet Theater, now known as the Orlando Ballet, where she also performed as a company member for two years. In 2012, Ms. Dournaux was certified in the ABT National Training Curriculum, levels Pre-K to 3. She has paired this well-rounded approach to ballet training with her understanding of anatomy and movement acquired through her Pilates training. She has been working with St. Augustine's dance community for the past 15 years as a teacher, choreographer, a technical coach and strength trainer, and as a performing artist. Outside of the dance realm, she holds a position as an adjunct professor in the Humanities Department of both St. Johns River State College and Florida State College of Jacksonville.
Kiera Pheffer Ballet, Tap Kiera began dancing at the age of 7 where she trained at the Academy of Performing Arts in musical theatre, ballet, tap, hip hop, and lyrical. When she was 11 years old, she began assisting teachers in classes with young students where she found her passion for teaching. At age 12, she started attending Abella’s School of Dance where she took ballet, modern, pointe, jazz, hip hop, flamenco, tap, contemporary, and character, and later attended the American Ballet Theater summer intensive to further her studies of ballet. Throughout middle and high school, she was part of the St. Johns County Center for the Arts, where she participated in performances as a dancer and choreographer. She was also a member of the St. Johns County Academy of Future Teachers at St. Augustine High School where she tutored, and taught lesson plans to students in elementary and middle school. When Kiera was 15 years old, she began teaching students ages 3-8 in ballet, tap, and jazz at Abella’s School of Dance. She has appeared in numerous St. Augustine Ballet in which she also had the honor of being an assistant choreographer. Kiera is now a faculty member at Mia Bella Academy of Dance where she teaches ballet, tap, jazz, technique classes, and hip hop. She is honored to be a guest teacher for SJCCA at St. Augustine High School!