Miss Jenny - (Artistic Director/Owner)
Jennifer Mallios began her career as a dance educator in 1990. She is the Artistic Director and owner of N-Step Dance Center and its Competition Team.  

Jennifer grew up in Naples, Florida and began her dance training at the age of 3. She studied under well known teachers and choreographers, some of which include: Joe Tremaine, Marcia Lane, Barry Lather and Doug Caldwell. Her background is in classical ballet, jazz, tap, lyrical, modern and hip-hop.

Jennifer is an accomplished dancer and choreographer. She has danced professionally, worked with dance conventions, choreographed for New Hampton School, Plymouth State University, University of South Florida, Collier Country School District and countless dance teams and schools throughout Florida and New England. Jennifer has also choreographed for stage and TV, including a commercial for Newport Bank.

Jennifer's choreography has earned numerous high score and choreography awards at local and national level dance competitions. She has produced numerous title holders on both the National and Regional level, and is also a judge at dance competitions.  Jennifer's students are current National title holders for both the mini and senior age divisions for Dance USA and is the producer for the current New England Young Dancer of the year for ADA.  Her students have been accepted into well known training programs including: The Boston Ballet, New York City Dance Alliance, Walnut Hill and the Tisch School of the Arts (NYU). Jennifer's school and dancers have been featured in Dance Spirit Magazine, most recently for the second time in the 2008 Studio's On The Move Yearbook.

 

Miss Emma 
Emma has had the privilege of receiving her training from some of the most experienced teachers in the New England area. It was with the help and guidance of her teachers that she earned the opportunity to study with The Joffrey Ballet in New York and The Royal Academy of Dance in London. 

Emma has been dancing since the age of three and has trained under well known teachers such as David Howard, Peter Schabel, Herida Mae, John Magus, Andy Blankenbuhler, Katherine Sullivan, Winthrop Corey, Zelma Bustillo and many more.

As well as dance, Emma also has experience in theater. She has participated in numerous plays and musical productions. Along with teaching dance, she passes on her experience on the stage to her students.

Emma has been formally teaching dance since 1999. She teaches Jazz, Lyrical, Tap, and Contemporary and also choreographs for our Competition Team. Many of her students have received  high score awards and have won titles. In 2007 alone, Emma received 6 Outstanding Choreography awards for her work with our students. Emma's choreography ("Sau Gan") can be seen on www.vipdanceonline.com. Her students have also been accepted into numerous training programs including The Boston Ballet, New York City Dance Alliance, Walnut Hill and the Tisch School of the Arts (NYU). Emma added the role of adjudicator to her resume in 2008!

Emma believes in passing on her love of dance by not only educating her students in the discipline of their choice, but also in the rich history of the art in a nurturing yet structured environment. Emma is looking forward to another great year of meeting new students and continuing to further your child's dance education.

Miss Jen
Biography coming soon!

Miss Janet
Miss Janet has studied with the Boston Ballet, The Boston Conservatory, and also many other ballet masters including: David Howard, Joseph Giocobbi, and Jose Mateo to name a few. She previously owned a school in the New England area for 18 years and has since been sharing her extensive knowledge with students in the local area. Because of her technical training many of her dancers have gone on to win such titles as: Miss DMA, Jr. Miss and Petite Miss with the New England Chapter. Her students have also won numerous titles, high scores and technique awards at prestigious competitions such as ADA and IDC.

Miss Janet will be teaching advanced and intermediate level ballet. We are delighted to have Miss Janet at
N-Step and look forward to all she has to share with our Family!


Miss Jackie
Biography coming soon!

Miss Erin
Miss Erin began dancing at the age of 3 and continued dancing and training in the forms of Ballet, Tap and Jazz for the next 11 years.  As an adult she continued to pursue her love of the art of Jazz, Tap and Hip Hop for an additional 5 years.

Miss Erin was very involved in Theatre in High School.  As a result, she pursued her passion in College and minored in Theater, as well as performed in several collegiate productions.  While in college she studied Theater Directing, Acting and Set Design.  Her studies also included various classes in Education, including Early Childhood Education. 

Miss Erin has taken her knowledge that she gained from all her studies and successfully applied them to her classes.  She is currently teaching Tiny Tots, PreDance, Beginning Jazz and is a choreographer for the Competition Team.  She is also the proud mother of one of our Compettition Team Dancers, Sinéad!


Miss Stephanie
Biography coming soon!

             

Miss CeCe
Biography coming soon!



Miss Ana
Biography coming soon!

Lindsay Pelletier
Lindsay has trained in dance her whole life and has spent the majority of it competiting as well. She has studied jazz, lyrical, ballet, tap, contemporary, hip hop and pointe.

Lindsay has received numerous title, high score and special awards at both regional and national competitions. She has also trained with the Boston Ballet and NYCDA's Summer Intensive. Lindsay has had the privilege to perform at Walt Disney World and attend master class with the world famous Rockettes at Radio City Music Hall. In the summer of 2003, she was also a member of the "Sophisticated National Dance Team". Most recently, Lindsay was awarded the "Future Star Award" sponsored by Dance Spirit Magazine as was featured in a recent issue. Also, while attending our 2007 Nationals, Lindsay was crowned Miss Dance of the United States.

Lindsay has been teaching at NSDC since it's doors opened. Lindsay will be teaching Lyrical and Jazz as well as assisting in Tiny Tots & Pre-Dance classes. Lindsay is a member of the class of 2013 at the University of New Hampshire.


Ashley Smith
Ashley took her first dance class at the age of two and a half, and has been dancing ever since. From her original disciplines of Ballet and Tap, she has branched out in her studies to include Lyrical, Jazz, Modern, Pointe, Hip-Hop, Musical Theatre and Partnering. 

At the age of six, Ashley began competing. Since then she has been awarded many high scores, special awards, scholarships and titles at various regional and national dance competitions. Such scholarships include the "Convention Triple Threat" Award, a Ballet Scholarship, and two runner-up "Senior Outstanding Dancer" Scholarships at New York City Dance Alliance. She has also had the opportunity to attend the prestigious summer intensives offered by The Boston Ballet and NYCDA. 

Ashley loves children of all ages and uses this love and understanding to reach out to her students. She also engages their imagination to help them understand ways to think outside the box. Ashley strives to transfer her great love of dance to all of her students and hopes they all grow to love dance in their own way.