Teaching Staff

Our TAGteach™ certified staff consists of highly regarded professional dancers and performing artists, each with exceptional teaching experience. Our teachers cultivate enthusiasm in our students through their own joy in dance and out of their sincere love for children (we TAG, we don’t nag!).

Kelli-Ann Nave
Kelli-Ann loves to share her passion for jazz, contemporary, lyrical, & musical theater with students of all ages. She received her early training from one of Dance Teacher Magazine's top 50 dance studios of the USA. During that time she earned many high score & choreography awards in a variety of dance competitions throughout NY, MA, & NH. As well, Kelli-Ann earned a spot on national performance tours of StarPower's original Power Pak Tour and VEE Corporation's Sesame Street Live, in Out of this World. Charitable event performances for the Make-A-Wish Foundation and The Humane Society top Kelli's favorite appearances. As well, she was thrilled to be featured in Mike Price Around Town on WIXT Channel 9 News, opening for Blessed Union of Souls and Evan & Jaron, Magic Music Days in Walt Disney Florida, and with Dean College's Dance Team where she received her Bachelor's Degree in dance.

Kelli's choreography continues to win high score awards as well as special awards, including Dancers Inc. 2011 Most Outstanding Choreography Award. Kelli is currently teaching at several studios across the North Shore as well as performing & choreographing for Marblehead Little Theater and North Shore Players. "To dance is to be yourself. Larger, more beautiful, more powerful. This is power on earth and it is yours for the taking." — Agnes De Mille. [Top]

Our 2011–2012 season instructors include:

Beth Wheeler: Ballet, tap, jazz, preschool, primary (director, A Dancer’s Dream; VP and co-founder, TAGteach International)

Sarah Cook: Hip hop, preschool, primary (assistant director, A Dancer’s Dream)

Sean Fielder: Tap (Bring in Da Noise, Boston Tap Company founder)

Brittany Klash: Tap, Contemporary, Jazz (Boston Tap Company, Perceptions)

Kai Le: Hip Hop (5th element)

Tabitha Liversidge: Classical & contemporary ballet (Urbanity, Windhover Dance Co, Judith Wombwell)

Kelli-Ann Nave: jazz, contemporary, lyrical, & musical theater (NE Dance Champion)

Melissa Powers: Jazz, tap (NE Dance Champion)

Nikki Sell: Ballet, Tap & Jazz (Prometheus Dance, Impulse, ACE Ent)

Sallee Slagle: Ballet & Modern (Forty Steps Dance founder)

Cheri Whynott: Tap, jazz (NE Dance Champion)