Marion Art Center

Teah Mazzoni is an enthusiastic and bright young woman. Dance has always been a large part of her life, and she looks forward to the opportunity to teach at the Art Center.  She began her dance career at Sherry Gold Studios and later was a competition dancer at Kathy Medina’s Studio in Rochester. At 17 she began teaching and choreographing for the 3-5 age group.  At 18 she was crowned Miss Dance Olympus 1998 and performed as one of the 15 Headliner Dancers at the National Competition in Atlantic City, NJ. 

Teah attended the University of Massachusetts, Amherst and received a B.S. , Magna Cum Laude.  Although her heart was dedicated to dance, she had an equal love of working with children and pursued a Master of Education Degree at Bridgewater State College where she graduated with a GPA of 4.0 in 2007.  She currently is teaching second grade at Rochester Memorial School. 

Johanna Wickemeyer is the instructor and has performed in professional, school and community theater.  Notable theater credits include Annie with Trinity Repertory Theatre, The Music Man with Star Players of Bristol County, and Urinetown: the Musical at Tabor Academy.  Johanna is a recent graduate of Tabor and a member of Cum Laude Society for her scholastic achievement.  She also directed and starred  in her own production of Indoor/Outdoor as her senior project.   At the age of three, Johanna started performing and competing as a dancer at Kathy Medina’s studio of dance focusing on ballet, tap and jazz.  Competition credits include a Gold Medal in Children’s Show Dance at the International Dance Organizations competition held in Liptovsky Hradok, Slovakia.  During her junior year, she spearheaded and participated in the dance program at Tabor Academy.  As she grew as a musical theater performer, Johanna expanded her interests to vocal training in elementary school.  She has bee taking classical voice lessons for eight years, was a member of the Madrigals singing group and studied music theory at Brown University during the summer.  She is currently an intern at Trinity Rep and plans to attend Brandeis University next year. 

Johanna will put her knowledge and training to good use in her classes.  She will spend half of the time instructing dance and the second half instructing voice.  Dance will focus on jazz and tap – styles used in musical theater.  Performance technique will be emphasized throughout the course.  Students should bring 2 pieces that they would like to perform and will work towards the recital performance demonstrating their newfound skills in singing and dancing.