Pinnell Dance Centre
284 Agler Road • Gahanna, OH 43230
614-476-4140 • ashleypinnell@yahoo.com
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284 Agler Road • Gahanna, OH 43230 614-476-4140 • ashleypinnell@yahoo.com
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PDC News
We are so proud to have won the Nickelodeon Parent's Pick 2009 award for "Best Dance Class"!
PDC Spotlight Great job at NYCDA Pinnell Dancers!!! We won the "Class Act" award for both the Mini/Junior and Teen/Senior Divisions!!! And we are so proud of all of our scholarship winners and finalists! Mini Scholarship Winner- Christasia Tolliver Mini Scholarship Finalists- Kaelyn Bowens Annie Easton Mary Finkel Angel Firmalan Katie Jacoby Anthony Lampron Alivia McDaniel Kailey Stanisovski Sara Tuohy Junior Scholarship Finalists- Abby Girffiths Alexis Lampron Sierra Miller Jayne Passa Audrey Wily Tatum Wise Teen Scholarship Winners- Onjelee Phomthirath Rachel Zain Teen Scholarship Finalists- Kaylyn Dorion Colleen Fortney Katherine Resch Anna Steiner Senior Scholarship Finalists- Grace Forbess Lily Lewis Ryan Shaw Kaitlyn Snyder Alexa Spence Kirsten Thomas Aly Yee Future Star- Ryan Shaw Hip Hop Scholarship- Christasia Tolliver Tap Scholarship- Kirsten Thomas NYCDA Summer Intensive Award Winners- Colleen Fortney Lily Lewis Congratulations to Camille Mancuso for getting the tour of "White Christmas"!!! Pinnell Dancer Sarah Grooms performed with Beyonce at the MTV Video Music Awards and is currently performing at Radio City Music Hall as a Rockette! Congratulations to Pinnell Dancer, Sierra Miller for becoming a Leo's Dancewear model! Congratulations to Pinnell Teacher Patrick Pugh for performing with Rasta Thomas' "Bad Boys of Dance" International Tour.
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Pinnell Dancers soar in life. Dancing at Pinnell gives students the confidence needed to excel both in and out of the studio. We take great pride in our students and encourage them to reach for the stars! Below are just a few of the accomplishments of Pinnell Dancers that set us apart from other studios.
« Pinnell Dance Centre represented the United States as one of four dance companies invited to perform in the prestigious “Tanzsommer Tour” in Europe in 2001 and 2005, including concerts in Paris, France, Innsbrook, Austria, and St. Johann in Tirol. « Pinnell Ballet Company has donated over $18,000 to Children’s Hospital and to Spinal Muscular Atrophy from our spring performances. « Pinnell produces an annual Christmas Extravaganza in conjunction with the Gahanna Lions Club, Gahanna Parks and Recreation, Kiwanis, and Gahanna Senior Dancers, with all proceeds of canned goods going to feed needy Gahanna families. « Pinnell hosted the famous Moscow Ballet Company during their Columbus performance because of our terrific classrooms and floors.
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Amy Splitt Wright, a Pinnell
dancer, performed in the opening number of the Tony Awards live from
Radio City Music Hall, has been seen on the Rosie O’Donnell and David
Letterman shows, danced and sang in CATS on Broadway, Joseph and
the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat, Jesus Christ Superstar, Music of Andrew Lloyd
Weber and Requiem Variation, and performed in Disney Orlando and Disney
Tokyo. « Pinnell Dance Centre is a community oriented studio that enjoys performing throughout Central Ohio. Some places we have been seen include: Fourth of July, First Night Columbus, the Columbus Zoo, Big Bear, Target, local churches and festivals, senior citizen homes, etc. « Pinnell alumni teach or own studios throughout the country including Chicago, Indianapolis, Atlanta, Orlando, Tennessee, Baltimore, etc. « Ben Saraniero danced at Hershey Park, Kings Island, and on Royal Caribbean Cruise Lines. « Jimmy Heywood and Jody Layman won Star Search as a dancing duet. Jimmy Heywood danced at Opryland and currently owns his own dance competition. « Karen Brown danced at Great Escape, NY. « Dimitri Suslov was a soloist with the Bolshoi Ballet Company and with Ballet Met. « Carrie West Suslov danced with the Sacramento Ballet and currently performs with Ballet Met. « Stephanie Iannarino played the lead, Maria, in the West Side Story Broadway tour. « Vanessa Chisom is currently filming and choreographing music videos in Atlanta. « Taya Elzey-Lukacsko sang and danced at Bush Gardens, Kings Island and with the Beach Boys. Tricia Elzey performed at Kings Island. « Jennifer Morris danced in Broadway Tours of 42nd Street and Will Rogers Follies. « Alex Turcola toured with Beauty and the Beast. « Autumn Edwards is currently based in Hawaii on Norwegian Cruise Lines.
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Rhonda Watson performed in the
Broadway tour of Will Roger Follies and as a Rockette in New York City.
« Ashley and Devin Kincaid have performed on Royal Caribbean Cruise lines, and Devin is currently performing with Disney Cruises. « Michelle Dowling and Amy Cheney performed on Carnival Cruise Lines. « Sarah Grooms became a Rockette her senior year of high school! « Caralynn and Jessalyn Gliebe filmed a reality television show in Costa Rica entitled “30 Days ‘Till I’m Famous”. Caralynn Gliebe-West was on the hit television show "Project Runway" and has appeared in magazines such as Elle, Cosmoploitan, Bridal Magazines, etc. Jessalyn Gliebe is in the tour of "Oz The Musical". « Devin Buchanan, Jessalyn Gliebe, and Amanda Cardenas were seen on So You Think You Can Dance? « Brooke and Eric Shepherd starred on the hit television show Your Mama Don't Dance! « Devin Buchanan is currently studying with the prestigous Alvin Ailey Dance Company in New York City and performed with the company at Lincoln Center. « Camille Mancuso is currently performing as the lead, Jemima Potts, in the national tour of Chitty Chitty Bang Bang!
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