Dani Tucci-Juraga

Owner/Director All Tap, Ballet I & II, Jazz  Pop I & II, Jazz II & III

Dani is a member of the Dance Educators of America, and former member of Actors Equity. Dani has enjoyed a professional dance career as Principal Dancer, Swing and Ensemble Performer for the international tours: Sesame Street Live, Magic School Bus Live and Disney Cruise Lines. Dani is the resident choreographer for the ActorsNET of Bucks County as well as seasonal choreographer for Pennsbury, William Penn, Truman, and the BCTech School.   This year, Dani was a featured dancer in 'Guys and Dolls' at the Offbroad Street Theater and created choreography for Cheng/Ferrara's production of 'The Wedding Singer'.  Her daily thanks are dedicated to God the Almighty with whom all things are possible, and Kresimir and Adam whose love is simply amazing.

Talia Shumsonk

Hip Hop

Talia has danced professionally at Sesame Place and appeared in shows such as Sweet Charity, The Wiz, and The Producers. A highlight of her career was being choreographer and ensemble member for the Pennington Player’s production of The Musical of Musicals.  Talia has enjoyed teaching at local schools, Girl Scout programs, and summer dance camps, spreading her passion for each student to become the best dancer they can be and learning the love of dance. She is excited to be continuing her career in dance while pursuing a career in Dental Hygiene.  Talia will be a featured dancer in this summer's production of 'Cabaret' at the ActorsNET.

Kim Cupo

Pre-Dance I & II

Kim has been performing since the age of 5 in all areas of dance, theatre and vocal performance.  She has performed professionally at Sesame Place and has appeared in shows such as: Seussical the Musical as Gertrude McFuzz, The Wiz as Addapearl, Snoopy! The Musical as Sally, Oz! as Dorothy and Grease as Jan.  Other credits include: You're a Good Man Charlie Brown,The Music Man, Once Upon a Mattress, The Boyfriend, Lucky Stiff, Irene and Anything Goes. Kim has also choreographed several numbers for her college Dance and Theatre companies as well as several shows at Sesame Place. Aside from teaching dance, Kim also takes classes to further her dance techniques and works full time as a Culinary Manager at Sesame Place.

Stephanie Venanzi

Jazz Pop I & II

Stephanie Venanzi began her training at the age of five and continues to this day to further her education both as a dancer and a teacher. She hopes to inspire her students and allow them to have a creative voice through dance. She has appeared in several shows, most recently as a dancer in The Producers, Simon of Le Gree in The King & I, The Mute in The Fantasticks for which she was nominated for a Perry Award, and a featured dancer in Thoroughly Modern Millie.  Other credits include:  MCCC's Camp College dance, hip hop, and stomp programs. Choreography includes: Annie, South Pacific, Eloise, Bye Bye Birdie, Grease, The King and I, Oliver, Annie Get Your Gun, and Once On This Island. Stephanie holds a BA from The College of New Jersey specializing in Elementary Education, English and her days are spent as a middle school Reading and Language Arts teacher.

Shalay Monique Johnson

Contemporary/Technique & Jazz IV, Ballet III, IV & Pointe, Modern

Shalay Monique Johnson:  Is a graduate of the University of the Arts, in Philadelphia, where she received her BFA degree in Modern Dance. She is a dancer for Eleone Dance Theatre and a dance instructor throughout the Philadelphia area.   

Shalay has performed in “Forces of Rhythm” by Louis Johnson as “Shout” and has also performed work by choreographers Tommie Waheed-Evans of Philadanco, Gary Jeter of Complexions, and many others. She received a scholarship at the International World Dance Workshop in Italy from Desmond Richardson for Complexions.