Meet our Team
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 in 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'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 Magotch Cain
Studio Director/Artistic Director/Instructor/
X-Team Choreographer
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, musical theatre, 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. Amanda was accepted into the School of American Ballet's summer program on scholarship at the age of 9. She began attaining recognition in the competition dance world 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, Teen Miss Footloose, Teen Miss Beyond the Stars, Judges Choice Awards, Broadway Bound Award, Best Performance Award, 1st Overall Soloist, 1st Overall Duet/Trio, several photogenic awards and placements in the Top 5 at both regional and national competitions. When Amanda wasn't competing, she was thrilled to be working as a model for Capezio Dancewear. She has trained with many master teachers including Shelia Barker, Mia Michaels and Tyce Diorio to name just a few. Amanda has built an excellent reputation as a dance instructor and choreographer. Amanda's choreography has earned a multitude of choreography awards on both a Regional and National level! Her dances have won numerous 1st Overall placements, Entertainment Awards, Impact Awards, Dance Off Championships, and the Stellar Award, which is the highest scoring routine of the competition. Amanda's students have landed spots on the Temple University, the University of Delaware, the University of Maryland, UMass Amherst, Rowan University and Salve Regina University Dance Teams! Miss Amanda earned her Bachelor of Arts degree in Psychology and Mathematics with a concentration in Education from Fairleigh Dickinson University. Amanda's goal is to inspire students to be the best they can be, and "dance from your heart with JOY!". It is an absolute dream come true for Amanda to be able to share her love, passion, and contagious enthusiasm for dance as the owner of Amanda's DanceXtensions!
Antonio Hutasoit
Hip Hop Instructor/Movement Exploration/
X-Team Choreographer
Antonio Hutasoit was born and raised in Singapore before migrating to the United States. He began pursuing dance at the age of 18 years old. Focused on being versatile, he has trained in Animation, Commercial Hip Hop, Contemporary, Krump, Hip Hop, Popping, and the list goes on. Antonio is a pioneer in Animation as he developed the style known as Contemporary Animation. He has since appeared on TV Shows such as “So You Think You Can Dance” and “America’s Got Talent.” Antonio has also traveled throughout the U.S, competing, performing, teaching, and spreading his artistry. One of his more recent accomplishment is that he is one of the two New Jersey native dancers to ever perform as a featured act for a World of Dance Event! We are beyond excited to have Mr. Antonio teaching and doing choreography for us at ADXT!
Mikey D'Astoli
Hip Hop Instructor/X-Team Choreographer
Mikey D’Astoli is a Dancer/Choreographer who is signed to Clear Talent Group agency. He started dancing at age 13 with a focus on styles such as bboying, popping, house, locking, vogue, waacking, and industry styles. Performances include dancer/choreographer for Singer Songwriter/Influencer ‘Jax’, The Red Hot Chili Peppers ‘North American Getaway’ Tour, The Cartoon Network Anti-Bullying Tour, Monsters of Hip Hop, World of Dance, and Good Morning America. Mikey has been featured on Tv commercials such as “Bop it Tetris”, “Juicy Drop Pop”, and “Jenga tetris”. You can find him in music videos for artists Jax(LA LA Land), The Red Hot Chili Peppers(Go Robot), Youtube’ Niki & Gabi (Hair Tie) and Vita Chambers(What If). He can also be seen in the Netflix series “The Get Down”(Directed by Baz Luhrmann), where he plays the role of ‘Crash’. Also as a principal dancer in the Feature Film “Going in Style”(Directed by Zach Braff), the TBS series “The Last O.G” and more. Mikey has used what he learned throughout the years to derive his own unique style, that consists of isolations and storytelling movements.​
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We are so happy to have Mikey as part of the ADXT family.
Sarah Jean Kaye-Hinderhofer
Acro Instructor
Sarah Jean Kaye has hung 40 feet in the air upside down, danced around the world, and performed for/opened for Bon Jovi, the Dali Lama, Ice T, and John Legend. With a versatile training background, Sarah has been blessed with a diverse career.
After graduating summa cum laude from SUNY Buffalo with a BFA in Dance with a minor in Education, Sarah spent 7 years with Celebrity Cruises Line. Helping to open several of the Solstice class ships as an inaugural cast member, rehearsal swing, and Aerial Captain, she later moved behind the scenes working with numerous casts as a Rehearsal Director and Aerial Boot Camp Trainer.
As an aerialist, she worked in solo, duo, and group performances on a range of apparatuses from trapeze, lyra, silks/hammock, bungee, harness, spanish web, chandelier, cloud swing, cubit, dodecahedron, diamond, moon, and statue body balancing. Her favorite times upside down were doing act creation, often being commissioned to help in new apparatus exploration and creative choreography.
As a dancer, Sarah toured the US as a dance captain and company manager, performed in countless industrials, shot a commercial campaign ad for Hotel Tonight as a Trampoline Artist, and danced in numerous casino productions & burlesque performances around the countries. In NYC she was seen in Coco & The Vanity Vixens and Broadway Bares.
As a teacher, Sarah is always striving to continue her own education thru Sugarfoot Physical Therapy, ID Pilates, Dance Teacher Life Conference, Progressing Ballet Technique, and Accelerate Acro Convention. She is an M1 & M2 certified instructor thru Acrobatic Arts with workshop certificates from AA in Preschool Dance, Adjudication, Hand Balancing, Flexibility & Contortion, and Aerial/Back Handsprings. We are so happy to have Miss Sarah teach at ADXT!
Natasha Del'Elmo
Ballet/Pointe Instructor
Miss Natasha Del’Elmo is a master ballet teacher based in New Jersey with more than 25 years of teaching experience. She has trained with renowned teachers and choreographers from around the world and has performed in productions including Swan Lake, Sleeping Beauty, Paquita, The Nutcracker, Cinderella, Graduation Ball and original works.
Through out her career, she has earned several teaching certifications in various ballet techniques as well as Pilates and personal training.
Miss Natasha is known for her nurturing and individualized teaching approach, helping dancers build strong technique, confidence, and artistry while promoting healthy training and injury prevention.
She has danced, taught, choreographed, and directed companies in Venezuela, Canada, and the United States, and has been teaching in the New York City and New Jersey area for over two decades. We are thrilled to have Miss Natasha as part of our ADXT family!
Skye Sheldrick
SLT Instructor
Skye Sheldrick is a dancer, performer and teacher who began her career at a very young age. Growing up in the dance world has given her the opportunity to train in many different styles, work with incredible choreographers, and perform both in the U.S. and internationally.
Her love of dance has taken her around the world, including India and Cuba, where she traveled to train, immerse herself in different styles and cultures, and perform.
Skye’s performance credits include the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade, Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, Chita Rivera Awards, Angel Orensanz Foundation, In the Name of Love at Brooklyn Navy Yard, DRA Organization Benefit, Aditya Birla Awards and multiple Impressions performances at Symphony Space. She has had the opportunity to work with acclaimed choreographers including Mia Michaels, Joelle Cosentino, Grady Bowman, James Kinney, NappyTabs, Chaz Buzan, Talia Favia and Nikos Lagousakos. Her commercial and print work experience includes work with Apolla Shocks, WILDFOX, and Capezio, where she worked as a catalog model for several years.
Skye is trained in ballet, jazz, lyrical, contemporary, musical theater, tap, hip-hop, heels, and acro. Outside of dance, she enjoys Pilates, HIIT, boxing, and barre and loves anything that keeps her active and challenges her in new ways. We are thrilled to have Ms. Skye join our ADXT family!
Cici Crosby
Hip Hop/Acro/Dance Instructor/Conditioning/
X-Team Choreographer
CiCi Crosby, a New Jersey native, graduated Montclair State University with a BFA in performance and choreography in May of 2021. In the same month, she had choreographed and premiered her first dance film titled “The Killer Series.” Beforehand, she had attended Somerset County Vocational & Technical High School and Complexity Dance Center where she furthered her studies in the company & competition dance worlds. With a wide range of knowledge in the dance & gymnastics fields, as well as equal passion for performing, teaching, and choreographing, she has enjoyed the honor of sharing her versatility with the youth of the dance world. Crosby has now been teaching and choreographing for the dancers of Q Dynamics Dance Company in the styles of contemporary, jazz, acro, modern, hip hop, pom/drill team, and recreational gymnastics since 2020 as well as coaching the Gantry competitive gymnastics team in Brooklyn, New York since 2022. She also had the privilege of dancing for the New York Riptide Lacrosse team in 2022 & 2023. Cici continues to pursue her performance, teaching, and choreography careers today. We are thrilled to have Miss Cici be a part of the ADXT dance family!
Jess Paolillo
Tap Instructor
Jess found her love for dance at the very young age of 1 ½ years old, and quickly started training in all styles. Growing up in Hillsborough, NJ she danced competitively from age 9 to 18 in tap, jazz, contemporary, hip hop, and musical theater.
In high school Jess attended the Somerset County Vocational and Technical High School to study dance part time. There she was able to not only further her dance training, but also take classes such as choreography, stage lighting, and even got her Pilates certification through this program. Jess was also a part of the Tap Company at Vo Tech for 4 years, and was the manager of the company her senior year.
Jess graduated from Montclair State University, with her Bachelor of Science degree in Exercise Science. She now works full time as a preschool teacher, and is working on obtaining her state issued teaching certification. Along with teaching preschool, Jess has also been teaching dance. Jess has a passion for dance and for teaching children! We are so happy to have Miss Jess teaching at ADXT!
Michael Daly
Acro Instructor
Michael Daly is a singer/songwriter with a background in contemporary musical theatre where he performed in both principal roles as well as being an ensemble dancer and acrobat. He has over 8 years of competitive gymnastics training and was recently featured in Lady Gaga’s Abracadabra Fan Edit music video on YouTube, directed by Paris Goebel. We are so excited to welcome Mr. Michael to our teaching staff.
Braeh Simon
Jazz Instructor
Braeh is a professional choreographer who recently studied dance at Princeton University. She began her dance training at a young age and has spent over a decade training competitively in ballet, contemporary, modern, jazz, hip hop, acro, and commercial dance. Throughout her training, she has had the opportunity to learn from and work alongside renowned choreographers and artists.
Braeh previously served as Artistic Director of a pre-professional dance company, where she helped lead dancers through rehearsals, productions, and performances. Her experience in dance has also allowed her to explore choreography, developing a passion for creating meaningful work and bringing ideas from the studio to the stage. She was also recognized as a prize winner for Contemporary Black Arts for an independent production at the Lewis Center for the
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Braeh believes dance is both a discipline and a form of self-expression. As a teacher, she is passionate about helping dancers build strong technique, body awareness, confidence, and individuality while creating an environment where they feel encouraged to challenge themselves. She especially loves choreography and creating movement that allows dancers to connect with music, tell a story, and bring their own personality into the room. We are so excited for Braeh to join our ADXT family!
Viktoria Peña
Conditioning Instructor
Viktoria is a professional dancer, choreographer, and experienced dance educator with over 10 years of teaching and performance experience. She holds Bachelor’s degrees in Dance Teaching and Ballet-Master from Moscow Regional College of Arts and the Russian Institute of Theatre Arts (GITIS).
Viktoria has performed professionally as a soloist with the renowned Beriozka State Academic Choreographic Ensemble and the Russian Ballet Theatre “The Crown of Russian Ballet,” performing throughout Russia and internationally. As an educator, she has taught ballet, jazz, character dance, yoga, and conditioning to children and teens of various ages.
She is passionate about helping young dancers develop strength, flexibility, coordination, body awareness, and strong technical foundations in a positive and supportive environment. We are so happy to have Miss Viktoria join our ADXT family!
