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 Established in 2003,
by dancer and teacher
Denise Gucwa,
our school continues to flourish with students from
ages 2 1/2 – Adult at an impressive variety of skill levels.
Our professional and caring
staff is dedicated to developing the skills of our students while building their
self-confidence.
 Our
goal is to nurture your child to be an
outstanding individual in both dance and life.
We can design a program customized
to your
child's needs - whether it is one class a week
for fun and exercise, or special training for
the more serious dancer.
Smaller classes provide
students with more personal attention
and hands on instruction.
Our annual recital in June
gives all of our students a
fun-filled
performance opportunity as well as
local community performances.
Additional performing opportunities are available
through participation
in The Lederach Dance Company. The Company performs at community
and dance events throughout the year. Auditions are held each
September.
We understand your challenge
as a busy parent and strive to
make it easy and affordable for you to support your child's love of
dance.
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policies.
Location
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Conveniently located on Rt. 113 in The
Village at Lederach Complex -
656 Harleysville Pike,
Suite 210, 220 - two
spacious studios and waiting rooms, student teacher study area
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Air conditioned
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Comfortable waiting room for parents
with books and toys for siblings.
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Directions to Denise Gucwa's
School of Dance.
Denise Gucwa, Artistic Director, Autism Movement Therapy Certified
 Denise Gucwa began
her dance training at the age of three. By the age of twelve, Denise
was a part of the Chester County Dance Company and began performing
professionally. Denise's performing accomplishments include: The
Nutcracker where she had lead roles as the Snow Queen, Dew Drop Fairy
and Prima Ballerina.
Denise
continued her dance training at Towson State University in
Maryland where she received a Bachelor in Health Science/Education
with a concentration in dance and education.
Denise performed throughout her college years in student dance
performances and at various elementary and high schools. Denise
also took a lead role in developing a dance education program for
the Howard County Maryland Recreation Department.
In 2003,
Denise’s love of children and the arts motivated her to open her
own dance school. Denise's devotion has grown the school to over
250 dancers and led her to found the Lederach Dance Company.
Denise continues to expand her dance skills by participating in
workshops such as the Dance Masters of America. Denise is the
proud
Mom of three active boys and is excited to teach your child(ren) the art of dance!
Kimberly
Cornwell-Baran, Instructor
.JPG) Kimberly has been dancing for over 27 years. She started her
tap and ballet training at the Coyne School of Dance in Croydon,
PA under the direction of former NYC Rockette, Patsy Coyne. Miss
Kimberly continued her dancing throughout high school, performing
in several musicals including 42nd Street, Good News, Guys &
Dolls, and Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dream Coat. Miss
Kimberly joined DGSD in 2003 as a student and sonn began teaching
as well. Miss Kimberly is a proud mom of
one; holds a Bachelors degree in Advertising from Temple
University; and is an extensive world traveler.
Jessica Dull, Instructor,
Autism Movement
Therapy Certified
 Jessica has been dancing locally for over 19 years. Her
styles of dance include Ballet, Pointe, Modern, Jazz, Hip-hop,
and African. She was fortunate to study dance her
last two years of high school at Lehigh Valley Charter High
School of the Performing Arts. From there Jessica went on to get
her Associates Degree in Liberal Arts, from Bucks County
Community College in 2007 and a degree in
Kinesiology- Exercise Science and Penn State Berks with in 2009.
Jessica is currently dancing with Monarch
Dance Company, which is a modern company based out of
Allentown.
Laura
Edwards, Instructor
 Laura
began her dance education at age 4 and
participated in a special program
of the New Jersey Dance Theater Guild. She continued training in
Ballet, Pointe,
Tap,
Jazz, Hip Hop and performing throughout school
while earning a B.S. in Marketing and
an MBA from Penn State University.
Laura
previously
taught in Downingtown, PA where she was a featured dancer in
a Hip
Hop workout program for TV
and participated in Jeff Shade's New
Dance Workshop.
In 2004, Laura
began working at DGSD. She started and continues to direct
the
Hip Hop program and has taught Hip Hop, Creative Movement,
Ballet/Tap, and Jazz.
She keeps her skills current by
participating in workshops such as the
Monsters of
Hip Hop and
Dance Masters of America. As proud Mom to one girl and one
boy,
she looks forward to helping your child develop
coordination
and self confidence
while having fun!
Nora Filewicz,
Instructor
 Nora has a BFA in Dance from Kutztown University. While at the
university, she also minored in Theatre and English/Professional
Writing, performed with the resident company “PDP”, and was the
dance chairperson for their related arts festival. She has
performed in the Miss Pennsylvania Pageant and in Disney World,
Florida. Nora has completed teaching seminars from Dance Olympus
and Broadway Dance Center in NYC. Some of her training has been
with the Paul Taylor Company, Alvin Ailey and Ballet Hispanico.
She was choreographer for the musical “Godspell”, performed by the
Quakertown Youth Group.
Nora has been
teaching dance to ages 3 to adult since 1994, She has trained in
all style of dance including tap, jazz, lyrical and modern, but
her passion lies in teaching ballet and pointe. Nora is the
co-founder and Artistic Director of the Saucon Valley Ballet
Theatre in Hellertown. In the summer of 2008, she completed a
ballet teacher seminar for the Vaganova (Russian) style of ballet
for grades 1-3. Nora is also a certified Power Centering
instructor and teaches Power Centering for a chiropractor.
Vanessa Garguilo, Instructor
 Vanessa is
a former student of Denise Gucwa's School of Dance and has been dancing
locally since the age of 6. Vanessa performed with the Souderton Show Choir
and was involved with school and community theatre all through high school.
She has shared her creativity as a choreographer for a variety of
performances at Indian Crest Junior High.
Vanessa started teaching at DGSD in 2006. Her classes include Creative
Movement, Ballet/Jazz, and Hip Hop I, and Broadway Musical.
She is the Assistant Director of the Lederach Dance Company. Miss Vanessa is
currently pursuing her B.S. in Clinical Psychology at DeSales University in
Center Valley, PA and continues her dance training by attending workshops
such as Dance Masters of America.
Megan Kelsh,
Instructor
 Megan has studied Ballet, Pointe, Tap, Jazz
and Modern for over 13 years. She is
a graduate of Kutztown
University where she majored in Dance and was a current member of the eilte Lenhart Dance
Company.
Megan has performed in the Nutcracker, at
Disney, in various dance competitions, and
The Thanksgiving Day and 4th of
July Parades in Philladelphia and was Dance Captain
of her High School
musical, 42st Street.
Megan has taught Ballet, Tap & Jazz locally for several years and taught
and co-directed Broadway Week at a local Summer camp.
Jill Kuiken,
Instructor
Jill took her first dance class at the age of four. Through
the next 15 years she
studied and performed Tap, Ballet, Pointe, Jazz and Hip Hop in the
Lansdale and
Harleysville areas. She continued her dance training at Slippery
Rock University
where she earned a B.S. in Communications and Public Relations.
Jill is the proud mother of three children and has very much
enjoyed being home with them over the past several years. She is
very excited to be in the dance studio,
sharing her love and
enthusiasm for dance with your children!
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