Katie Fernes

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Carol is a graduate of the Hartford Conservatory of Music and Dance and received her BFA in Dance with honors from UMASS Amherst where she was a performing member of the University Dancers. After graduation, Carol furthered her dance studies in New York City at Peridance Center, the Limon Institute, Dance Space, and performed with the Deborah Carr Theatre Dance Ensemble, Soundance, and several independent choreographers. Carol has attended many workshops and festivals throughout the Northeast including the Portsmouth Percussive Dance Festival, White Mountain Summer Dance, and Jacob’s Pillow. She has studied with many master tap teachers including Brenda Bufalino, Josh Hilberman, Pam Raff, Diane Walker, Jeannie Hill, and Nicole Hockenberry. Her Teaching credits include the New England Dance Conservatory, The Hartford Conservatory, Springfield College, Elms College, the Hartt School, Mount Holyoke College, and the school of the Hartford Ballet. Her choreography has been performed by the UMASS University Dancers, Springfield College Dancers, and the New England Dance Theatre, where she was also a performing member. Since moving to Pennsylvania in 2004, Carol has performed in National Tap Dance Day Celebrations in Allentown and Bethlehem, and in the University of the Arts 60th Annual Alumni Dance Celebration in Philadelphia. She presently teaches dance throughout the Delaware Valley, and continues her studies with Tap Ties.

Mary Kate from Skippack, PA, is a graduate of DeSales University where she received a BA in Dance and a minor in Business Administration. She began her dance career at the age of three at The Dance Centre where she has studied Ballet, Tap, Modern, Jazz, African, Hip Hop and Irish dance. She also was a member of X-Tensions Dance Company for over ten years. As a student at DeSales, she has performed in the 2012, 2013, 2014 Emerging Choreographers Concert and the 2013, 2014, 2015 Dance Ensemble. She presented works in the 2015 Emerging Choreographers Concert and both Fall and Spring Informal Concerts. Mary Kate was also a part of the Michio Ito Guest Residency Program with Repertory Dance Theatre of Utah in a mentorship with Kyoko Imura and Kumiko Komine of the Doomonkai (Michio Ito Association in Tokyo). She had the privilege to participate and perform in two American College Dance Association Conferences hosted at Ohio University and Georgia College. Mary Kate was a member of and a choreographer for the 2014 DeSales University Traveling Performance Company. She also took her dance training overseas and studied at the Tuscan Summer Dance Intensive in Livorno, Italy. 

Professionally, Mary Kate has been a part of New Street Dance Company’s Fringe Festival performances and performed in their 5th Anniversary Show. Her work has been presented in The Koresh Young Artist Showcase, The Edge Performance Series, Ten Tiny Dances, and set on X-Tensions Dance Company. She is also a member of The Lady Hoofers, a female Philadelphia based tap company where she takes rolls as a company member and Youth Company Rehearsal Assistant. Mostly recently, she has founded The Village Showcase performance series in Lansdale, PA. One of Mary Kate’s biggest passions is dance education and is so blessed to be back teaching at The Dance Centre, a place that will always have a special place in her heart.