Sevda Abaci-Magotch - Studio Director
Sevda Abaci-Magotch earned her Associates degree in Humanities and her Bachelor of Arts degree in Political Science and Drama from New York University. She holds a law degree from Rutgers School of Law and was admitted to the New Jersey Bar i n 1991. Sevda's passion for the arts was sparked at the age of four when she attended her first Broadway show. Since then, she has been involved in the production of numerous plays and musicals and has attended hundreds of productions in countless venues from community theatre to Broadway. Sevda has spent the past 8 years managing the dental practice of her husband, Joseph, and raising her two children, Amanda and Jonathan. Sevda's greatest desire is to pass her love and appreciation for the arts to children and to inspire them to always live their dreams.
Amanda Deniz Magotch - Dance Instructor /Artistic Director
Amanda entered the doors of her first dance studio at the age of four and hasn’t stopped dancing since. She came alive on the stage at the age of seven when she began dancing competitively. Since then, Amanda has achieved enormous regional and national success in the competitive circuit. As a dancer and performer specializing in lyrical, ballet, jazz and acro-dance, she has performed on numerous stages and venues throughout the country including Walt Disney World, South Street Seaport, Six Flags, Paper Mill Playhouse, Madison Square Garden, John Harms Center for the Performing Arts and Universal Studios. She began attaining recognition at the age of ten when she was named Junior Miss Footloose and throughout her competitive career she has won numerous titles including Junior Miss Nexstar, Junior Miss Star Systems, Junior Miss Superstar, Junior Miss Dance Rave, Judges Choice Award, Broadway Bound Award, Best Performance Award, 1st Overall Soloist, 1st Overall Duet/Trio, several photogenic awards and numerous placements in the Top 5 at both regional and national competitions. It is an absolute dream-come-true for Amanda to be able to share her love, passion and contagious enthusiasm for dance as a teacher! She adores her students and is thrilled to be teaching lyrical and jazz classes, teaching and choreographing for the X-Team, and giving private lessons to her cuties. Her goal is to inspire her students to be the best they can be, “dance like nobody’s watching” and live their dreams at any age!
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