She had also spent summers away from college at Early Mosley's Institute of the Arts and there performed works by Heidi Cruz, Greg Sinacori, Roderick Jackson, and Early Mosley. During her time at UArts, Abigail has had the opportunity to tour in Paris, Brussels and Roubaix performing some of her own work as well as excerpts from faculty and guest artists. In 2013, she moved to Philadelphia to pursue her B.F.A at the University of the Arts under the direction of Donna Faye Burchfield. While training and competing with a New York-based elite dance company for 12 years, Abigail won several regional and national titles and explored summer training at Complexions Contemporary Ballet. Upon graduating from college with high honors and a BFA, Breanne moved to New York City, where she currently holds a position with the McDonald/Selznick Associates (MSA) dance agency.īallet | Pointe | Jazz | Tap | Theatricalįrom a very young age, Abigail has always had a love for moving and expressing herself with her body, which led her to explore and train in many dance styles such as ballet, jazz, lyrcial, contemporary, and hip-hop. While attending University at Buffalo, Bre participated in the the BFA Dance Program and continued her training under Thomas Relabate, William Thomas, Karen Georger, Melanie Aceto, Lynn Kurdziel Formato and others, and also performed with the Zodiaque Dance Company for 5 seasons. In addition to her studies at Darcy's Academy, she also trained at the American Academy of Ballet, Northern Westchester Center of the Arts (NWCA), Scarsdale Ballet, Gus Giordano's Jazz Dance World Congress, Broadway Dance Center and Steps on Broadway. She continues to perfect her own talents while she shares her passion with dancers of all ages through her teaching, choreography and coaching.īreanne O'Toole is excited to be back at Darcy's Academy of Dance, where she acquired her foundation in dance, and won several national titles as a member of Darcy's competing team. She is head concierge for The Royal Dance Competition where she also choreographs for the National peformance team. She has performed at Barclay's Center, Madison Square Garden, Walt Disney World and on Channel 11's Wonderama. She has trained professionally at Complexions and Broadway Dance Center, and has worked with choreographers such as Wildabeast, Deshawn Da Prince, Hannah Fredrick, Michael Susten, Tom Richardson, David Norsworthy, Miles Keeney and Desmond Richardson. Her solos, duos, trios and group numbers have won at regional and national competitions, and she is a past title winner for her character solo, "Helen Keller". In addition, she has choreographed award-winning routines in several genres. To assist her in imparting the love of dance to the students in her Academy, Darcy has assembled a stellar team of instructors, including.Ĭombination Classes | Competition Teams | Leaps, Jumps & Turns | Acroīria Connolly has been dancing competitively at an elite dance studio in New York since she was 5 years old and has won awards in the genres of tap, lyrical, contemporary, jazz, hip hop, and musical theater. As the organization's main choreographer, she is the creative driving force behind the Academy and Darcy's Dance Company, and has won countless awards for excellence in choreography.
Rayow, Darcy stepped out on her own and founded Darcy's Academy of Dance in 1993, where she continues to regularly teach classes in ballet, jazz, hip-hop, tap, theatrical and more. This was a turning point in her career, as Darcy realized that although she loved to perform, her true calling was to share her love of dance by instructing others.Īfter only two years as an instructor for Mr. Rayow’s Step In Time Dance Company, Darcy was tapped at age 19 to begin teaching other students. Returning to the U.S., she received additional instruction under Robert Rayow.Īs a featured dancer with Mr.
A year later, she was receiving additional instruction under the direction of Rita Curry.Ĭontinuing her studies through her adolescence, Darcy’s quest for excellence took her to France, where at age 15 she studied and performed in dance companies there and in Switzerland.
with the dance company at Mimi Kellerman’s Academy of Dance. After merely 3 years of study, her talent caught the attention of local producers, and by age 5 she was already under contract to perform in the Sound of Music in the role of "Little Gretel" at the Elmsford Dinner Theater.īy the time she was 6, Darcy was also studying at Firestone Studios in Bronxville, NY and touring the U.S. At the age of 2-years-old, Darcy Baia embarked on her lifetime career path in the world of dance by studying ballet with Madam Nina Sokolova in Larchmont, NY.