creative dance | pre ballet bios
Theresa Diaz-DiLallo
Theresa Diaz-DiLallo graduated cum laude from Queens College with a BA in Dance and a Masters Degree in Elementary Education. She has performed professionally in the United States and abroad with Circle of Dance Repertory Co. and Patricia Kenny Dance Collection. Ms. DiLallo is the arts in education coordinator and a teaching artist for Circle of Dance, bringing dance to elementary schools in Queens and Long Island. Additionally she has developed and taught workshops for educators on how to integrate movement into the academic curriculum, based on the theory of Multiple Intelligences. In 2016 Ms. DiLallo became a member of faculty at Nassau Community College teaching Modern dance within the Dance Department. Theresa is also a 200 hour certified yoga instructor. Ms. DiLallo teaches Modern, Lyrical, Ballet, Jazz and Tap and enjoys sharing her love of dance with students beginner to advanced.
Wendy Clark
Wendy Clark comes to us from Texas and will be attending NYU Steinhardt ABT Ballet Pedagogy master's program. She's danced professionally with: Ballet Spokane, City Ballet of San Diego, Eugene Ballet Company as well as Austin Metamorphosis Dance Ensemble, Chris Swaim's "Mouth", Austin Classical Ballet and TexArts. She comes with a wealth of teaching experience most recently sharing her passion and knowledge with dancers in Texas at the Austin Community Ballet, Cedar park Dance Company, Danceworks and TexARTS as well as Dance Center of Spokane, Kalamazoo School of Music and Dance, Baylor University, Iowa Youth Ballet Pre-Professional SUmmer Intensive, Education for the Arts, and Goddard College where she also holds a BA in Liberal Arts. She served as Youth Director for TexArts Nutcracker, TexARTS Coppelia Summer Intensive Director, and TexARTS Mini-camps. She received her training from: Stage 7 School of Dance in San Diego, Eugene Ballet in Idaho, Milwaukee Ballet, Sarasota Ballet and Ballet Arts Academy in Spokane, WA.