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POSITIVE IMAGE DANCE INSTRUCTORS

MS. AMELIA BURKEY- OWNER/DIRECTOR

Ms. Amelia started dancing when she was 2.5 years old at Daryl Jervis Dance Studio. While dancing she studied Tap, Jazz, Hip Hop, Lyrical, Modern, Ballet and Pointe. Her favorite style is Tap! She has had the opportunity to study with the New York City Rockettes. Since high school, Ms. Amelia has had multiple teaching jobs at various dance studios, teaching all different styles. She joined the Positive Image teaching staff in 2017. Her favorite dance she has every choreographed was a Jazz piece to Footloose. Outside of teaching in a studio, Ms. Amelia has 15 years of choreographing Northwood High School's Spring musical. Ms. Amelia is continuously looking for ways to improve the abilities of her dancers and keep classes fun.

MS. ASHLEY FOLLEY- This is Ms. Ashley's 7th year teaching at Positive Image Dance Studio. She is the Co- Lead Choreographer and Co-Artistic Creator of the Positive Image Dance Team. Ms. Ashley started dancing at a very young age and her passion continues to grow. Besides dance, she is also knowledgeable in tumbling and acro.

MS. GRACE GREGORY- Ms. Grace is in her 3nd year with the Positive Image family this year and is super excited to continue her adventure teaching. Ms. Grace is Co- Lead Choreographer and Co- Artistic Creator of the Positive Image Dance Team. She is currently studying Early Childhood Education at Owens Community College. She danced for 15 years before graduating high school. She has studied Ballet, Pointe, Tap, Jazz, Modern, Lyrical and Hip Hop. Her strongest styles are Ballet and Pointe. You’ll see her around the studio teaching our recreational classes.

MS. ANDREA SZYMKOWIAK- Ms. Andrea is a 2020 graduate of Northwood High School and is currently working on her earning her Real Estate License. She absolutely LOVES teaching at Positive Image. Although her favorite style of dance is TAP..(she's a tapping machine), you'll see her around teaching quite a bit of classes! Ms. Andrea is also the baton instructor for Positive Image. She is also very involved in all our award winning tap numbers for the Positive Image Dance Team.