Jody's School of Dancing 407R Mystic Ave. #34C Medford, MA. 02155 781-396-8180 jodysdanceinfo@aol.com About Karen Kosta Karen is a Graduate of Umass Boston with a Bachelor Of Science Degree in Psychology with a Minor in Dance. She has more than 20 years experience teaching children and adults. Karen started her training with Jody Palange Roffi, Jeanette Neil, Liz Lapuh and continued at Boston Ballet, which is affiliated with Umass Boston. She has continued her children's dance training from Rosemary Boyden. Karen has completed the Dance Teacher's Club of Boston Teacher's Training course and is an active member of the Dance Teacher's Club Of Boston. She has also

Karen's performance background is very diverse. She has toured with the Dance Prism Ballet Company performing in "The Nutcracker" and "Alice In Wonderland" around New England. She has performed and choreographed for dance concerts at Umass Boston, performed in numerous Jeanette Neil Dance Studio Repertory concerts, performed with the Cambridge Chamber Ballet under the direction of Liz Lapuh, performed with Impulse Dance Company and also in many benefit banquets, holiday shows, parades, competitions and fashion shows. Most recently Karen performed with original cast member Brad Musgrove of Broadway's "Fosse" in "Sing, Sing, Sing" in Boston.

Karen's most frequently asked question is "who is Jody?". Jody Roffi opened the studio in 1977 in Ball Square, Somerville. After many years as a student and teacher at Jody's School Of Dancing, Karen took over in 1995 as Jody retired. Karen relocated the studio in 2002 to the new spacious state of the art studio in Medford.

Michelle Scott has been teaching at Jody's School of Dancing since 1995. Overall, she has been dancing for 25+ years and has been teaching dance for over 15 years. She trained primarily with Jody Palange-Roffi and Susan O'Keefe. Michelle has also taken classes with Jeannette Neill, Jim Viera, Sue Casey-Murray and Sybil Huggins. She has also taken master classes with Broadway performers Jeff Shade, Ron Kellum and Joey Zarzecki. Michelle also completed a course in children's dance training taught by Rosemarie Boyden and has attended the Project Motivate seminars presented by Rhee Gold. In addition to her dance training, Michelle is an examined and current member of the Dance Teacher's Club of Boston and the American Society. She attends all member meetings and classes presented by dance professionals from around the nation.

Michelle has been an Early Childhood Educator for the past 9 years. She has been working at Mulberry Childcare and Preschool as a teacher in the infant, toddler preschool and pre-kindergarten classrooms. She is currently the Lead Teacher in the Infant program at the Davis Square Mulberry location. Michelle has a Bachelor of Science from Boston University and for the past 5 years has taken many Early Childhood Education classes. Michelle is happy to bring her professional experience and love of children to her dance classes.