Faculty
Christine Swift: Owner/ Artistic Director
Christine started her dancing career at the age 5 at Denise’s Dance Academy. She danced competitively for many years winning various cash awards, special awards and overall awards. Christine has been the opening number for the Radio City Rockettes Spectacular in 2011. It has always been her dream to own her own dance studio.
Later, Christine graduated Magna Cum Laude from the Joan Phelps Paladino School of Dance with a Bachelor in Arts at Dean College as a dance major with a concentration in studio management and a minor in business. While at Dean she has trained with Jill Silverman, Todd Shanks, Joan Phelps Palladino, and many well-known master teachers. Christine is a certified Acro Dance teacher through Acrobatic Arts. She is also a certified Barre Fitness instructor with Barre Above.
Christine has been teaching dance for many years from ages two through adults. Christine feels so lucky to be able to share her passion of dance with others!
Miss. Elizabeth- Teacher
Elizabeth is our competition team assistant and one of our main teachers. She started dancing at the age of 3 and competing at the age of 11. Elizabeth studied in the styles of tap, jazz, ballet, lyrical, contemporary, and musical theatre. She attended Stonehill College and continued to study jazz and musical theatre.
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Elizabeth has a Masters Degree in Deaf Education and teaches students who are deaf and hard of hearing from ages 3-22.
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Elizabeth has taught for the past for years at In the Wings and she is so excited to continue to share her love of dance with all of the ITW dancers!