Winter Workshop - Jan 18, 2026

Sandi is a dance educator, choreographer, mentor and personal development coach with a career spanning over 40 years in the New England dance scene.

She owned, directed and taught at Dance Productions in Woburn, Massachusetts for 9 years, before becoming a senior faculty member at the Melissa Hoffman Dance Center in Hudson, New Hampshire.

Throughout her extensive career, Sandi has had the opportunity to teach, choreograph, and adjudicate for numerous dance organizations across the United States and Canada. Her choreography credits include notable projects such as The Revolve Tour for Grammy-nominated recording artist Britt Nicole, Subtle Intuition Dance Ensemble, Namibia Africa performances, The Brightleaf Music Workshop at Duke University, and The Next Stage Music Workshop of Durham, North Carolina.

Sandi's expertise has also been recognized in the dance convention and summer intensive circuit. She has been a valued faculty member at renowned events such as Generation IV, Inception, Dance Life and SOUL conferences, as well as many respected studios along the East Coast.

Sandi has always been dedicated to personal development coaching, mentoring, and encouraging dancers, teachers, studio owners, and dance parents. Drawing from her vast experiences, stories, and tools, she is committed to sharing her knowledge and insights with others as they navigate their own personal dance journeys

  Amanda is a multifaceted dancer, teacher, choreographer, adjudicator and media creator in the Boston area. She grew up immersed in the competition circuit and continued on to study dance collegiately. Amanda graduated from Marymount Manhattan College in New York City with a Bachelor of Arts in Dance concentrating in Dance & Media. This prestigious program was under the direction of Katie Langan. While at Marymount, Amanda studied a variety of styles, with tap as her main focus. She supplemented her collegiate training in weekly classes at Broadway Dance Center and Steps on Broadway with various professionals. Upon graduating, Amanda began teaching both recreational and competitive dancers in the New England area as well as touring nationwide as an adjudicator for dance competitions. Alongside her competition-based work, Amanda coordinates social media and marketing efforts for dance-related businesses. She is also in her third season as a member of DrumatiX Tap Company and performs at events coordinated throughout New England. Most recently, she has created an online dance clothing line, Dance Trends Apparel. While exploring many different avenues of dance, Amanda strives to make a strong, and positive impact on the dance community.

Julia is a New Hampshire native and the Curriculum Director at the New England School of Dance and Theater in Manchester, NH. Her early training blended classical ballet with competitive dance in multiple styles, inspiring the versatile approach she brings to her teaching today. Julia completed all levels of the Royal Academy of Dance ballet examinations, earning the highest grade of Distinction, and spent her summers training with renowned programs including Boston Ballet, The Bolshoi Ballet, Ballet Austin, and Sarasota Ballet. A graduate of Butler University with a Bachelor of Arts in Dance Pedagogy, Julia is also a certified Acrobatic Arts instructor. She continues to share her passion for dance education both in the studio and as an adjudicator for regional and national dance competitions across the country.

Skylar Rienert began her dance education at New Hampshire

School of Ballet. She pursued her Bachelor of Fine Arts in

Dance for 2 years at SUNY Purchase, and finished her degree at

Montclair State University. At Montclair, she has had the

privilege to dance in works by Ohad Naharin, Stefanie Batten

Bland, Gregory Dolbashian, Maxine Steinman, and Christian

von Howard. Skylar professionally performed at the Mckittrick

Hotel in 2023. She has Nationally Toured with The Aluminum

Show company in 2025. She has been teaching and freelance

choreographing for the past 8 years. She has choreographed

numerous works for NH, MA, NJ, CT, and NY studios, as well

as Montclair State University receiving the Choreographic

Excellence Award in 2021. She is co-owner of Inception Dance

Intensive, founded in 2019. Miss Rienert has worked with

Boston Dance Theatre Company trainees professional program.

She has guest taught contemporary classes at Montclair State

University, Hofstra University, and Yale University. Skylar has

won numerous choreography and performance awards,

including American Dance Awards prestigious Young

Choreographer of the Year in 2021. She continues to work as a

growing artist throughout New England, New Jersey, and New

York.