Stacey Chiesa
OUR TEACHING STAFF:
Bill DeRicco
Mr. Bill is the General Manager of the June Claire Dance Center. Bill has been with the June Claire family for over 30 yrs. Bill is highly respected and loved by all of us! His high powered tap and jazz routines will leave you cheering! Bill is also known all over the United States as a master teacher for all the major dance organizations.
Chazz Fenner-McBride
Chazz Fenner-McBride is a native of Baltimore, Maryland. He began his training at The Peabody Conservatory, The Washington Ballet, The Baltimore School for the Arts and received a BA in dance from Hofstra University in May 2010. Mr. Fenner-McBride has performed for Iyun Harrison, Tamara Saari Dance, Robin Becker Dance, Amy Marshall Dance Company, 10 Hairy Legs and is a principal dancer with Lydia Johnson Dance. In 2014, Mr. Fenner-McBride attended Northwest Dance Projects “Launch” in Portland, Oregon. Mr. Fenner-McBride is also on faculty at Egelvsky Ballet, Downstage Dance and has taught at numerous schools in the Tri-State area.
Ryann Catapano
Ryann Catapano has been a member of the June Claire family for the last 30 years. She was fortunate to train with our director Lynda Gachè and had the privilege of teaching tap, ballet, lyrical, hip hop, and jazz while also assisting the JC Lynn companies. Ryann judges for several traveling dance competition companies and works as a Clinical Dance/Movement Therapist in the mental health field.
Roseann Montenes
Roseann (Manarte) Montenes has been associated with June Claire for 35 years. In her time here, she has taught all ages and forms of dance. As a former JC Lynn Dancer, she has performed in major productions including being hired by Disney, performing at Lincoln Center, and many other major performances. Our director Lynda Gachè, a Radio City Rockette, trained her. Roseann teaches our JC Lynn Dancers and enjoys every second of passing on her love and passion of dance to her students as well as training them for their future. Roseann believes she has achieved all her goals and successes in her professional career because of the structure, dedication, and learned leadership that she received at June Claire Dance. Her daughter is a dancer at our studio and is a member of our Juniorettes Dance Company. Roseann is currently the Head of Strategic Audience Sales and Partnerships for A+E Networks.
Julia Lee
Julia has been a part of the June Claire Dance Center for 20 years. She began by taking her core classes and working her way up to the advanced level. She then became part of June Claire’s Long Island Ballet Theater and the Junior Dance Company under our director Lynda Gachè. This led to her performing in our JCLynn Dance Company, and expanding her knowledge in the realm of precision dance. This extensive background at June Claire opened up opportunities such as The Radio City Rockettes Summer Training Program and the ability to begin teaching here at June Claire. After graduating college with her Bachelor’s degree in Early Childhood Education, she is currently working as an elementary school teacher. Combining her love of teaching and all she has learned here at June Claire, she continues to spread her love of dance to the next generation.
Jenna DiCostanzo