Our Staff
Premier Dance Academy is proud to sponsor the Hampton Dance Program. Premier Dance Academy began sponsoring the Hampton Dance Program in the Spring of 2020 and has grown it to include over 75 plus families in the Hampton Community. Premier Dance Academy has three teachers and a program manager who support the Hampton Dance Program in addition to the Hampton Community Center Staff.
Read more about each of the staff members below!
Miss Tracy
The owner of Premier Dance Academy, Miss Tracy, has thirty-plus years of dance experience. She was born and raised in Pittsburgh and continued her love for dance by attending Point Park University, majoring in dance. Miss Tracy has mentored over 500 students and won awards for choreography, entertainment, and studio excellence. She prides herself on making sure her dancers have fun and have one common goal DANCE!
Miss Ellen
More information coming soon!
Miss Rebecca
Miss Rebecca began dancing at the age of 2 in Northern Virginia. She has danced in many dance genres, including ballet, pointe, tap, jazz, lyrical, and modern. She danced in both regional and national dance competitions leading up to high school.She also performed in ballets such as The Nutcracker, Carmen, Giselle, and Snow White while in high school. From 2016-2017, she performed as an apprentice with the Gainesville Ballet Company (now Virginia National Ballet). She also started teaching her own dance classes that same year.n 2019, Rebecca graduated from DeSales University with a Bachelor’s Degree in Dance. Since graduating, she has taught dance in Northern Virginia to kids of all ages. After getting married in June 2022, she moved to the Pittsburgh area. Miss Rebecca is very excited to be teaching at the Hampton Dance Program.
Miss Hope
Miss Hope has been dancing for over 20 years, including 8 years of competitive dance, and she's trained in ballet, jazz, tap, acro, contemporary, lyrical, and hip-hop. During college, Miss Hope choreographed for Ohio University’s club dance team OU Vibrations, and served on its executive board, where she helped lead and inspire fellow dancers. Miss Hope has experience teaching dance to children ages 2-14 and has worked with kids as a preschool teacher, youth cheerleading coach, and babysitter. She's so excited to share my passion for dance and create an environment where every student can shine and most importantly have fun!
