Owner / Director: Terrie Legein is a certified teacher of Levesque School of Dance in Providence, a certified member of Dance Masters of America, Dance Teachers Club of Boston, Dance Alliance of RI and the International Tap Association. She has served as the Tap Department’s Program Coordinator and Tap Teacher at the Academy of Performing Arts in Orleans, MA on Cape Cod.

She currently serves as President of Dance Masters of America, N.E. Chapter #5, the chapter’s Delegate Director and it’s Membership Chairperson. Mrs. Legein taught Masters Tap classes at DMA Teachers' Training School in Buffalo and is a certified examiner through DMA. She has served on the Board of Directors for the Dance Teachers Club of Boston as Program Chairperson, as an Advisor for their Teachers Training School Program and committee member for National Tap Day. She will currently serve on the Membership Testing Committee for Dance Teachers Club of Boston. She also travels as a competition judge / adjudicator and Master Tap Teacher throughout the NE area.

In July of 2000, Mrs. Legein was awarded the prestigious Bachna Scholarship for Leadership and Dedication to Dance Education from Dance Masters of America in Buffalo, NY. As an advocate for dance education, Mrs. Legein continues to study annually at DMA’s Teacher Training School in Buffalo where she is currently working on her Certified Masters in Dance Direction Qualification.

She has had the honor of performing with Master Teacher Brian Jones at Trinity Repertory Theater in Providence and at the Orpheum in Foxboro, MA. She has had the privilege of serving as co-chair for the United We Dance events in Providence, which raised more than $15,000.00 for the families of the victims of the 9/11 disasters. Additional professional affiliations include resident choreographer for area schools and theater groups.

Today she remains active in her community and serves on the Board of Directors for the Pawtuxet Valley Chamber of Commerce, and the Pawtuxet Valley Rotary as Sergeant at Arms. Mrs. Legein has recently danced into a new venture: Dance Essentials – Apparel to Move You – owner of a dancewear specialty shop located next door to the Coventry studio.

Assistant Director: Allison (Legein) Simoes is a certified member of Dance Teachers Club of Boston. She has managed the EWG High School Jazz Dance Team and served on staff at the Hazel Boone Dance Studio in MA. She frequently appears as a guest teacher in the NE area and has served on the Membership Testing Committee and the Teacher Training Committee for Dance Teachers Club of Boston.

Miss Allison was our studio’s first Tap Scholarship award winner from DTCB in 1991. Her professional affiliations include performances with Warwick Players and the CHS Dance Team. Miss Allison teaches our Primary to advanced levels in all disciplines. Allison is currently working towards her elementary education teaching degree at RI College.
 

Vocal Director: Lisa Buckley
Lisa earned her Masters Degree in the Art of Teaching from RIC in 1987. She possesses certifications in both elementary and early childhood education. For the past 20 years she has taught in public, private and home school settings.

Integrating her education and music backgrounds, Lisa directed the music and vocal performance of Legein Dance Academy’s Production of “The Shoemaker and the Elves” in 2006 and “Locked In” and “Ebenezer” in 2007, "Babes in Toyland" in 2008, and "Oliver" in 2009.

Lisa teaches voice classes and vocal pedagogy in the vocal department at our studio.