About the Instructor

The P stands for passionate.  Dana began her dance journey in third grade(8 years old) at Whitney E. Houston Academy of Creative and Performing Arts.  She was accepted into The Dance Academy and fell in love with being on stage.  Performing for celebrities like Whitney Houston, Luther Vandross and Naughty by Nature, to name a few, she knew performing was her gateway to success.  In high school, Dana began training as a technical dancer.  Efficient in all genres, Dana’s heart is modern.  She saw Broadway’s The Lion King, and immediately knew where she belonged: in musical theatre.  After college, Dana hit the ground running going to audition after audition making a name for herself, and has been successful thus far.  Dana has performed for celebrities, at amusements parks, choreographed for colleges, choreographed competition winning pieces, has several students in one of New York’s top dance companies and still continues to share her love and passion through dance.  Dana is a resident choreographer at interACT Theatre Productions, having choreographed two of their benefit fundraisers their last season’s production of Sister Act and the upcoming Legally Blonde: The Musical.