Faculty - Premiere Dance

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Michelle Viechec

Studio Director

Premiere Dance Company Staff
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Miss Michelle has studied the arts of Ballet, Contemporary, Tap, Jazz, Lyrical, Hip-Hop, Musical Theater and Gymnastics. For 15 years, she competed in several regional and national talent competitions, winning the highest level awards and accolades such as Top Scoring Duo and Top Scoring Group. She has also received Choreography awards for her Duo/Trios and special judge’s awards for her energetic solos! Her accomplishments include the title of ALL-STAR from UCA/UDA, which allowed her to perform in the Foley’s Thanksgiving Day Parade, Houston, TX. She was also chosen to perform in the Citrus Bowl Halftime Show in Orlando, FL for being a Top 10 dancer at Nationals in Virginia Beach. Miss Michelle had a role on the children’s TV program “The Kids Today Show” and she appeared on several MTV programs. She was a part of the Guinness Record Book breaking event for the most tap dancers performing in the NYC streets for Tap O Mania 3 years in a row. She appeared on “Good Morning America” for the “If I had One More Day” and “The Warm Hearts Warm Coats Drive” segments. She instructed members of the “Good Morning America” staff for their Fit Club Challenge. She then performed her choreographed number for Diane Sawyer the last day on the show. After this, she was asked to continue instructing the staff for the rest of the year.

Not only did Miss Michelle start her studies at Premiere Dance of Hillsborough, formerly Hillsborough Dance Academy in 1982, but she also studied at NYC’s Broadway Dance Center, taking classes from choreographers such as Frank Hattchet, Sue Samuels, Shelia Barker, Rahpsody, Brian Greene and various others. For over 15 years she has taught in all areas of dance and choreographed routines for regional and national competitions, gaining Top Scores and Special Awards for her Jazz and Lyrical routines. These include winning 1st place overall at Regionals and Nationals, Top 2 and various Top 10 scoring positions at the Nationals Finals. Her dances have received several special judges awards from Choreography Awards to “Breath Taking Performance” to “Dynamic Duo”. Her specialty group was honored by being chosen for the NDS Jr. Dance-off. Several of her dances have made it to the finals at national talent competitions. Currently she has choreographed for two title winning performances which brought recognition and opportunities nationally for her students. Miss Michelle joined the Premiere Dance staff in 2001 and began instructing with the competition team in 2002. Since 2007 she has been the Director for the Dynamics Competition Team and is now currently Co-Directing the studio alongside Corinna Ahart.

She is looking forward to the next chapter with Nationally recognized Premiere Dance of Hillsborough. Miss Michelle is always there looking forward to the smiling faces of her students and loves hugs! She wishes everyone a great year at Premiere Dance of Hillsborough!

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Joseph Tudor

Assistant Director

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Performance Dance Staff

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Joseph Tudor is a performer and choreographer from Baltimore, Maryland with a BFA in Dance Performance from Shenandoah Conservatory. He’s performed around the world with the International Tour of Phantom of the Opera, across the country in the National Tour of Elf: The Musical, and shows like West Side Story, La Cage aux Folles, Cabaret, and A Chorus Line. He has also danced for Royal Caribbean International Cruise Lines and appeared on TV in American Horror Story, The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel, and Dance Moms where his dance 'Lonely People' came in First Overall. Joseph has taught and choreographed for many schools and studios in the Northeast region, and has received numerous choreography awards, including multiple First Overalls and Grand Champion wins. Joseph currently lives in New York City and is the Competition Director for Premiere Dance.

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Colleen Guy

Assistant Director

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Colleen was classical trained, from a young age, in ballet and character under the Royal Academy of Dancing syllabus at Shore Ballet School. She mastered her children exams, first level of DES, and a few major exams as well. During her summers, she would intensively train at American Academy of Ballet. During her early years, she performed several roles in Shore Ballet Company’s “Nutcracker” and “Cinderella.” In addition, she performed variations of the “Nutcracker” with other local companies.

Colleen continued onto college at the University of Hartford. Here she majored in Computer Science and undertook a minor in Fine Arts. During her college years, she danced at the Hartt School and The School for the Hartford ballet (with a focus on teaching). She enjoyed working with many master teachers and performing in various student pieces.

After college, Colleen worked full-time as a software engineer, but her love and passion for ballet kept her in the teaching world. She started to teach ballet in 2000.

Upon the birth of her first child, she switched her focus from software engineering to enjoying being home with her family, however she never stopped dancing.

Colleen has been delighted to teach and choreography ballet at various studios for over 15 years. She feels very passionate about the art of ballet and teaching the next generation of young dancers. Colleen also enjoys working on her yoga practices in her free time.

As a resident of Hillsborough, Colleen has enjoyed bringing her expertise locally to the Premiere Dance of Hillsborough Program since 2013.

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Jeanine Doslik

Assistant Director

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Performance Dance Staff

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Jeanine has been dancing since the age of four, training in styles such as Contemporary, Hip Hop, Ballet, Jazz, and Musical Theatre. She has competed at both regional and national levels, attended numerous conventions, and was the recipient of multiple scholarships in Hip Hop. She has been teaching dance for over 10 years.

Jeanine attended Rutgers University where she studied Dance as a minor with the Mason Gross School of the Performing Arts. She danced with the Rutgers Performing Dance Company for three years, in which she held the executive board position of Head Choreographer for two. Her Contemporary piece, “Forest Fire” won 1st Place Overall High Score at Evolve Intercollegiate Dance Competition in 2017. She also received a special judges award for her Jazz piece “Body Language”.

After graduation she studied at Broadway Dance Center, and was signed to Clear Talent Group in 2019. Since then, she has appeared in various internet productions and stage shows as a dancer. She is currently dancing in Pop Divas! at Ocean Casino, and Disco Inferno at Bally's Casino in Atlantic City, NJ.

Jeanine’s love for dance has only intensified throughout the years. She hopes to encourage her students to cultivate their own passion for dance throughout her teaching. She is thrilled to be home at Premiere Dance for another season!

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Corinna Ahart

Administrative Assistant

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Performance Dance Staff

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Corinna received her dance training at New Jersey School of Ballet and the New Jersey Dance Theatre Guild. She has attended N. Y. City dance intensives and conventions learning a variety of various dance styles. Corinna was a top ten graduate of the Somerset County Performing Arts program. Through an audition process she was chosen to be a member of the New Jersey Dance Theatre Guild Ballet Company. Corinna was one of three jazz soloist selected from the state to perform at the PNC Art Center’s “Showcase of the Stars”. Through her years of study she entered several dance competitions competing in jazz, tap, and ballet in which she received top honors and awards. Corinna has served on the panel of judges for MBC Talent Competitions for many years. She graciously accepted the opportunity to have her choreography and students featured on Good Morning America.

Best known for her energy and motivation, her choreography has helped her students earn prestigious awards at both the regional and national level of competition. Through her years at Premiere Dance Hillsborough some of her honors include her students capturing the “Ultimate Achievement Award” in which her junior jazz routine placed first overall at Star Systems regional and her teen jazz dancers came in first overall at Starbound Nationals.
For two consecutive years Corinna’s jazz kickline performances captured placement in the top five overall awards while attending Dancer’s Inc. Nationals. This led to her students receiving the honor of performing in the choreographers showcase.

Corinna has over twenty years of teaching experience in the performing arts instructing a variety of dance forms as well as in the fitness field instructing aerobics, step aerobics, and toning classes.

She is proud to be a part of the talented staff at Premiere Dance Hillsborough.

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Mikayla Ahart

Administrative Assistant

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Performance Dance Staff

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Mikayla began studying dance at Premiere Dance Hillsborough when she was three years of age. She has been a member of Premiere’s Dynamics Dance Company for eleven years. As a team member, Mikayla has successfully competed in multiple dance genres including ballet, jazz, contemporary, lyrical and hip hop, winning top honors and awards at both the regional and national level of competition. During her years at Premiere, she has received an outstanding dance education from a wide variety of teachers. Mikayla has had the opportunity to assist and substitute dance classes at Premiere, which has given her the necessary experience to work with young dancers.

Through an audition process, Mikayla was accepted into the Somerset County Vocational High School’s gifted and talented performing arts program in which she has diligently focused on for four years. Aside from the dance training she has received from this outstanding program, Mikayla has also studied staging, lighting, choreography, anatomy and much more. In June 2015, Mikayla graduated from this honorary program.

Mikayla is thrilled to be a part of the Premiere faculty where she can continue to share her love and passion for dance.

Alyssa Bianco

Premiere Dance Company Staff
Performance Dance Staff

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Alyssa grew up dancing at Premiere Dance of Hillsborough throughout her middle school and high school years. She graduated from Monmouth University in 2021 with her Bachelors in Business Marketing and a minor in Italian. She was also a member of the University's Dance Team where she was co-captain for two years. Throughout her dance career she has studied lyrical, jazz, hiphop, contemporary, ballet, kick line, and pom. She is so grateful for all the dance opportunities that came her way, from traveling with the Monmouth Basketball Team to Albany, NY for the championship to even having the privilege of dancing halftime at Madison Square Garden. Given her dance team background and expertise, Monmouth Dance Team has invited her back every year since college to help judge and recruit the new dancers at their seasonal tryouts. She is very excited to be sharing her love for dance with her students!

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Lisa Burton

Premiere Dance Company Staff
Performance Dance Staff

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Lisa graduated Cum Laude from Muhlenberg College. Lisa has choreographed many solo and group pieces in genres of dance including modern, ballet, lyrical and jazz. She has performed at American College Dance Festival in the adjudicated concerts and performed in the prestigious final piece of the Gala Concert.

Lisa has extensively studied and continues to study, many areas of modern dance including Release Technique, Cunningham Technique, Improvisation, Afro-Contemporary as well as personal movement philosophies. Other forms she has studied are Concert Jazz, Broadway Jazz, Jazz Tap and Classical Ballet. She studied these genres with many talented professional teachers, some of which are Jennifer Kayle, Tiffany Mills, Nicolas Leichter, Karen Dearborn and Danny Buraczeski – Lisa performed in original and/or recreated works with these choreographers.

Professionally, Lisa danced in Charles O. Andersons Dance Theater X’s Parables of Mutants and Madmen at DanceBoom! in Philadelphia. Charles was recently chosen by Dance Magazine’s 25 choreographers to watch. She has also performed her own solo and duet works in many venues in the NJ/NYC area including Oasis Dance Festival in NYC, The International Dance Festival in NYC, and The Outlet Dance Works in NJ. Her choreography was reviewed, Lisa [Burton’s choreography] perfectly highlighted Scott Joplin’s “Fig Leaf Rag” in a clever, precisely choreographed tribute to Chaplin and vaudeville. Christopher Atamian of the Village Voice. She also worked as an intern for Tiffany Mills Company and LKB Dance.

Lisa began studying dance here at Premiere Dance at the age of 3. As a young dancer, she performed in many competitions and events. She is so happy to return home to teach and choreograph. Her competition dances have won many special choreography and high scoring awards. Lisa has a passion for all things related to dance, and she hopes to pass that along to her students.

Rebecca Cannaday

Premiere Dance Company Staff
Performance Dance Staff

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Rebecca Cannaday grew up in Chesapeake, VA where she started her dance training at the age of three years old. Her extensive training in ballet, tap, jazz, hip-hop, contemporary, and lyrical have molded her into the dancer and choreographer that she is today. Growing up near Virginia Beach allowed her to train at Denise Wall’s Dance Energy where she was a part of the national award winning pre-professional company ran by Denise Wall. While in this company she had the opportunity to work with and perform pieces by some of the top dancers and choreographers in the industry including Travis Wall, Anthony Morigerato, Jason Janas, Ayodele Casel, Michael Minery, and Cami Walton where she won several regional and national titles in a group and as a soloist.

She is now based out of New York City where she is actively working as a professional dancer, teacher, and choreographer. Rebecca is an alumna of the School of Jacob’s Pillow where she was one of twenty-five dancers selected in the world to attend the Professional School Program at Jacob’s Pillow for Tap dance. She has performed for major companies such as Buzzfeed, Spotify, and JetBlue, and has danced in “Virtuoso” choreographed and directed by Charles Renato in Chicago, in the American Tap Dance Foundation’s “Rhythm in Motion”, “In the Groove” directed by Dormeshia, at Battery Park Dance Festival, in “Gotta Dance” at the Ted Shawn Theatre at Jacob’s Pillow, at the Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater and much more.

She is on the Tap faculty at the Joffrey Ballet School and for OneBeat Dance Brand Conventions, and has been a guest artist for Broadway Dance Center, the Metropolitan School of the Arts, Southern Illinois University, Montana Dance Arts Association, Maine Dance Teachers Club, and for many major Tap festivals and intensives including RIFF Dallas, Swingin Into Summer, and The Woodshed Experience. Rebecca has also presented award-winning choreography in several venues around the Tri-State area, along the East Coast, and on the “Inside/Out” stage in Becket, MA.

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Tabitha Edwards

Premiere Dance Company Staff
Performance Dance Staff

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Tabitha Edwards fell in love with dance at the age of four, and has been dancing ever since. Trained in many different styles, Tabitha enjoys sharing her love of dance through teaching. Tabitha has an Associate’s degree in LA-Dance from MCC. She has performed with, and choreographed for, the Middlesex County College Dance Ensemble, as well as local companies: Artistic Visions Dance Company, Main Street Theatre Company, and the Rahway Arts and Business Partnership. She has performed at Highland Park’s Arts in the Park, the Koresh Showcase in Philadelphia, Dance NJ’s Show Up and Dance, and at OSPAC for the FreeSpace Summer Season Performance.

Amanda Grega

Amanda Grega-Campbell

Performance Dance Staff

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Amanda M. Grega-Campbell, grew up in Cleveland, OH where her love for dance sparked as she trained primarily in ballet, tap, jazz, lyrical and pointe. She trained under the direction of former Radio City Rockette, Melissa Thomas-Edington before heading off to college. She continued her training as she earned her BFA from Ohio University in Dance Performance and Choreography. While at OU, Amanda trained heavily in modern and contemporary styles while expanding her existing training in ballet and jazz. During her time at OU, Amanda worked with many student artists as well as special guest artists like Alexandra Beller, Jessica Lynn Fox, and Brian Books. As part of her pedagogical curriculum, Amanda started her teaching career at OU, teaching non-major dance classes to other college students.
After earning her bachelor's degree, Amanda went on to earn her MBA in Human Resources Management from Baldwin Wallace University all while continuing her teaching career at a few dance studios in the Northeast Ohio area. She has choreographed works for various studios and events, including the Cleveland Dance Fest. As a passionate and dedicated dance instructor she continues to expand upon her own dance training to further elevate her students. She holds her Acrobatic Arts Module 1 Certification and takes yearly opportunities to upskill herself as a dance teacher. She's passionate about fostering a love of dance in students of all ages and skill levels and is excited to share her love for dance with the students of Premiere Dance!

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Allie Moroney

Premiere Dance Company Staff

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Allie grew up dancing at Premiere Dance since the age of two and a half. She studied several types of dance, which included , ballet, hip hop, jazz, lyrical, modern, pointe, tap, Broadway jazz and musical theater. In 1994, Allie joined the Dynamics Competition Team where she won numerous platinum and top scores. In 2001, she became a member of the teaching staff, teaching various dance forms, but mostly tap, for ages three and up. In 2000 and 2002, Allie performed at Madison Square Garden at half time at a NY Knicks Game. Other local performances included The Hillsborough Fireworks Showcase and The Somerset Patriots Baseball games. She was also awarded the William J. Jordan Dance Scholarship in 2002.

Allie attended Rutgers University, studying Early Childhood Education. She has also has studied at Broadway Dance Center with choreographers such as Savion Glover, Mike Minery, Sonya Tayeh, Gregg Russell, Judy Ann Bassing, Debbi Dee, Anthony Morigerato, Mia Michaels, Twitch, and various others. She has attended various dance conventions such as New York City Dance Alliance, NYC Dance Teacher Summit and JUMP Dance. In 2010, Allie started choreographing routines for the Dynamics Dance Company gaining Top Scores, Choreography Awards, and Special Awards for her tap dances. She is extremely happy to be teaching where she grew up dancing and hope she can share her passion for dance with all of her students!

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Nicole Orzel

Premiere Dance Company Staff
Performance Dance Staff

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Nicole began her dance career as a member of the Dynamics Dance Company, competing in many genres including modern, jazz, contemporary, hip hop, lyrical, and acro. While dancing at Premiere, she won many awards at both the regional and national level. She also had the wonderful experience of choreographing top winning specialties during her senior year of high school.

Nicole was accepted into Montclair State University’s dance major program, where she received an outstanding dance education and got to learn from many esteemed teachers and choreographers. While in school, she was also a member of the Montclair State Dance Team. Nicole graduated summa cum laude in January 2020.

Nicole is passionate about teaching, and works as a gymnastics coach as well as a certified health, physical education, and dance teacher in public schools. Nicole is thrilled to be a part of the Premiere Dance faculty, where she can continue to share her love of dance with others.

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Ariana Szep

Premiere Dance Company Staff
Performance Dance Staff

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Ariana began her dance journey at Premiere Dance at the age of seven. She was part of the Dynamics Dance Company for eight years where she competed in contemporary, lyrical, modern, jazz, and hip hop. During her senior year, she began teaching Saturday classes and had the opportunity to choreograph her senior solo receiving awards. She was also on the Hillsborough High School Dance Team for two years competing in jazz and hip hop at a national level. She is grateful to have received a well-rounded dance education from a variety of teachers.

She graduated from Rider University in 2025 with a Bachelor's degree in Elementary Education. During college, she performed and choreographed in RVCC’s 2021 DanceWorks Concert, was a member of Reflection Dance Company in 2022, danced and choreographed with Rider Dance Ensemble from 2023 to 2025, and performed in the 2025 River Dance Festival.

For the past six years, Ariana has been teaching at Premiere Dance, working with dancers from nursery age through high school in a variety of styles. She is grateful for the opportunity to continue doing what she loves and to share the joy of dance with her students!

Guest Teachers & Choreographers

Eric Decaminada

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Julia Diaz

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Mia Jaderlund

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Kayla Smith

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Evan Stewart

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Jenna Thornton

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