Ms Bree has attended Christine’s Studio of Dance since age 5 where she took a wide range of classes. She began student teaching her freshman year of high school and became an instructor in 2011 and office manager in 2012. Ms Bree was part of A.P. Schalick High School’s Dance Academy for 3 years where she concentrated her studies in dance history and modern dance. She holds two dance teaching certificates from the University of Las Vegas, Nevada. She attended Dance Teacher Web Conference and Expo for 6 consecutive years where she studied studio business, injury prevention, and costuming, in addition to classes in all forms of dance. She holds Bachelor’s degree in Business Management from Wilmington University. During the spring of 2018, with the retirement of Ms Chrissy, Ms Bree was named director of CSOD. After dancing at CSOD for over 26 years, in January 2024 she was proud to announce her ownership the studio that has been her second home. Ms Bree has continued her dance education by attending adult classes at Powerhouse Dance in Cherry Hill. She’s attended Relative Rhythm’s improvisation workshop where she tap danced with a live jazz band. She is a member of Dance NJ and has attended Dance NJ’s workshop with famous tap dancer, Jason Samuels Smith. She’s also taken tap courses with Pamela Hetherington at the Philadelphia Jazz Tap Ensemble. She’s taken the Karida Griffith Tap Teacher Lounge course and is currently enrolled in Hillary-Marie’s iTapOnline course which she will complete August 2024. In the fall of 2023, Ms. Bree became a member of the National Dance Education Organization where she founded CSOD’s first National Honors Society for Dance Arts Chapter, inducting over 20 students into the Junior and Secondary Chapters and inducting over 10 students with honors status. Even with normal challenges of running a business, Ms Bree always pushes through and works the hardest she can for her students and dance families to make sure that they have the same amazing experience she had growing up here at CSOD. 

Ms Jennifer began taking ballet classes at the age of six in Bordentown, NJ at “The Ballet School.” At the age of ten, she continued her training with Ballet Austin Academy, the official school of Ballet Austin in Texas. She went on to perform with that company in the corps de ballet. Jennifer was also fortunate enough to receive private coaching with Pixie Bevans of London Festival Ballet, now the English National Ballet, Barbro Roland of Ballet Caravan (the original New York City Ballet) and the Birgit Cullberg Ballet, and Thomas Hanner of San Fransico Ballet. She also has performed as a soloist with the Mt. Vernon Ballet Company of Baltimore, MD and Ballet South. Jennifer has taught regularly and given guest classes at over 30 different schools in the Delaware Valley. She looks forward to many more years of working with young people on developing their skills and character through the discipline of ballet. We are excited and honored that Ms Jennifer joined our CSOD family in the fall of 2018. 

Karly Meehan is a dance educator, freelance performer, and MFA candidate based in Philadelphia. She earned her BFA in Dance at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas with a concentration in choreography. While living in Las Vegas, Karly worked alongside Cirque du Soleil and Academy of Villains, and had the privilege of studying under Ari Mayzick, Christopher Huggins, Victoria Dale, and Katherine Duke. In addition, she developed and operated her own dance program for gymnasts for the Salcianu Academy of Gymnastics. Now in Philadelphia, Karly is a Lead Teaching Artist with BalletX’s Dance eXchange program. She is so excited to join the team at Christine’s Studio of Dance this season as the competition instructor!