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2024-2025 Fall/Spring
WITH A VARIETY OF DANCE STYLES & TECHNIQUES, CDA HAS SOMETHING FOR EVERY DANCER.
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Tiny But Mighty Workshop
Ages 2-6 6 Week Workshop To Get Your Tiny Dancer Moving & Learning!
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Here at Coastline, we are cultivating artistic technique and professionalism within young dancers.  Our staff is comprised of well rounded teachers, dancers, mentors, and choreographers. It is our mission to give your child the best training possible. We value their success above all else.

 

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 At Coastline Dance Academy, students will learn respect for their peers, respect for their teachers, and most importantly: respect for themselves. Through the discipline of dance we teach students to take turns, encourage their peers, be proud of themselves, and how to accept and apply feedback. Our goal is to give students the tools to be more than just a good dancer; we want them to be exceptional human beings who take on the world with confidence. 

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Teaching For Dance,
Teaching for Life.

We offer a variety of styles to keep your child educated & well-versed.

Coastline Dance Academy takes pride in offering different levels within each genre of dance. Levels will primarily be based on age, but in certain cases skill level will be a factor for consideration. Placement will be at the director’s discretion. We want all of our dancers to feel confident in their placement, but also want to challenge them and ensure they are learning at an appropriate pace.

Under 2

UNDER 2 Move & Groove (parent & me)

Ages 2-3

Tiny Ballet
Tiny But Mighty (Six Week Session)

Ages 3-4

Ballet
Tap
Tiny Tumbling
Creative Movement
Tiny But Mighty (Six Week Session)

Ages 5-6

Ballet
Tap
Jazz
Creative Movement
Tiny Tumbling
Tiny But Mighty(Six Week Session)

Ages 6 and UP

Acro 1
Acro 2
Acro 3
Ballet 1
Ballet 2
Ballet 3
Pre Pointe:
Pointe 1
Choreography
Hip Hop 1
Hip Hop 2
Hip Hop 3
Jazz 1
Jazz 2
Jazz 3
Musical Theater
Lyrical 1
Lyrical 2
Lyrical 3
All Levels Tap

2024-2025 Fall/Spring Schedule
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Competitive Dance Team Auditions

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Get To Know Our Staff

To us, dance is not just about becoming a strong technician or learning a few fun moves. There is so much more to our world of expertise. As instructors, we teach tactics that dancers can utilize in their everyday lives.

Samantha Thompson Owner

Growing up, Samantha found a love of dance and went on to receive her BFA in Jazz Dance Performance from The University of the Arts in Philadelphia. She graduated with honors & accepted an “Excellence in Jazz Dance” award. Samantha has moved around the country teaching  dance to students and clients of all ages before settling near Ocean City.  

Instructors

Valerie Amiss began her training at age eight at the Regency Ballet and joined the Pennsylvania Ballet School by age 12. She was nominated for the prestigious Princess Grace Award in 1994. Amiss has also performed with the Chautauqua Ballet Company and joined the Pennsylvania Ballet in 1992, becoming a soloist in 1999. For seven years after her retirement from the stage, Mrs. Amiss was co-ballet mistress for the Academy of Ballet NJ, and was previously a senior lecturer at the University of the Arts. In 2019, Valerie joined The Princeton Ballet School where she currently teaches. Miss Amiss has taught several ballet classes for children with special needs and helped create a class for children of all abilities at the Princeton Ballet School. She enjoys teaching children of all ages and abilities, pre ballet through pre professional levels. Ms. Amiss resides in Ocean City, NJ with her husband, Edward Cieslak, and their son Adam and daughter Lily.

Valerie Amiss

Ballet Technique for Competitive Team Dancers

Charlene Baker, originating from South Jersey, has been dancing since the age of 3 and has fallen in love with it ever since. She graduated from the Dance Academy at Atlantic County Institute of Technology (ACIT) in Mays Landing, New Jersey, and furthered her dance career at Stockton University, earning her Bachelor of Performing Arts degree in Studio Operations. Charlene studied under professional dance professors and choreographers Caitlin Pittenger, Beau Hancock, Chandra Moss-Thorne, and many more. Upon graduating, Charlene started her own summer master classes at Director Inc Creative Arts Center in the Hamilton Mall, teaching Hip Hop and Contemporary. She turned this into a nonprofit dance organization to reach young and talented artists who are unable to join dance programs and to encourage youth to take risks in new opportunities, as she once did.

Charlene Baker

Hip Hop 6 & Up

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Lisa Devine Downey

Ballet, Tap, and Jazz 6 & Up

Diana started her dance career at age 2 where she quickly formed a love of the sport. She was a military kid growing up and as such, dance allowed her to have consistency wherever she lived and to easily make friends. She continued to dance through college at the University of Delaware and is excited to bring her love of music and movement to the little ones at Coastline

Diana Groody

Preschool classes ages 3-6

Vanessa began her dance journey at the age of 4 in the heart of Cape May at Joanne Reagan Dance Studios. At 15, Vanessa became a teacher's assistant at the school. When she was 18, Vanessa was given the opportunity to teach full time, which she still enjoys today. In 2018, Vanessa graduated from Charter Tech High School for the Performing Arts for musical theatre, where she was also given various dance training. Miss Vanessa runs the Coastline preschool program and brings her passion into local schools to teach young children confidence, coordination, and movement.

Vanessa Flemmings

Preschool Program

Morijah Thomas is a mover and creator from Cape May, New Jersey. She holds a BFA in dance with minors in music and art therapy from The University of the Arts. In 2021 Morijah became a certified Level One Franklin Method educator. Thomas is currently in the process of attaining her MSC in Dance Science from Trinity Laban Conservatoire of Music and Dance. While in London, she was the Strength and Conditioning support coach at The Royal Ballet School. Morijah’s teaching involves a student centered base by offering the tools the dancers need to improve and better themselves not only technically, but mentally as well.

Morijah Thomas

Competitive Team

Kelly started dancing at the age of 3 and grew up in the heart of Upper Township. She has been choreographing and teaching various dance classes and senior fitness classes for over 12 years. Kelly is a Rowan University graduate with degrees in Human Resources Management, Business, and Dance, while also completing 4 years on the Rowan University Dance Team. Since moving back to South Jersey, she is looking forward to her first year with Coastline Dance Academy and sharing her love for dance with younger generations!

Kelly Schlindwein

Permanent Substitute

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  • Grand Exhibition Center- Tropicana Atlantic City, NJ
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