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ALUMNI 
SPOTLIGHT

Our dancers have appeared on "Dance Moms," "So You Think You Can Dance," on ESPN, in Disney World, and the Taj Mahal in Atlantic City. We've even had our dancers make it to Broadway, dancing in award winning musicals like "Wicked", "CATS", "Moulin Rouge", "Footloose", "Contact", "Gypsy", "Newsies", "Cinderella", and most recently, "BOOP!" The Musical. Many of our dancers are selected for national costume catalogs and children's magazines. Our students have majored in dance in college with full tuition scholarships, become members of university dance teams and several have opened their own dance studios.

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JoshUA Burrage

Joshua Burrage grew up in Westfield, Massachusetts beginning his dance training at New England Dance Centers. Out of high school, he was cast in the 1st National Tour of Newsies and later reprised his role for the filmed version on Disney+. He later made his Broadway Debut as a swing in the 2016 Revival of CATS, and was most recently seen on the 1st National Tour of A Bronx Tale. Josh has appeared on Westworld and The Guilded Age both on HBOMax. Most recently, Josh was cast in Broadway's Boop! The Musical opening March 2025!

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NICK
Burrage

Nick received a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Dance from Marymount Manhattan College. He has toured North America with Broadway shows such as Wicked, CATS, and Rodgers & Hammerstein’s Cinderella. Nick has also performed with NYC based dance company, Emery Lecrone Dance, at the Joyce Theater, as well as Jacob's Pillow. Most recently, Nick can be seen as both the dance captain and swing in Broadway's Moulin Rouge. 

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BRIANNA ROLAND

Brianna Roland is a professional dancer & choreographer, originally from Avon, CT.  Brianna began her dance training at New England Dance Center in Westfield, MA, She received her BFA in Commercial Dance from Pace School of Performing Arts in New York City. There she trained under Rhonda Miller, Lauren, Gaul, Scott Jovovich, Mandy Moore, Dee Caspary, Jess Hendricks, and more. Brianna’s performance credits include a "Ruelle" music video, The Young Choreographer’s Festival, the off Broadway show “Bridesmaids”, The “Today” Show, and many more. Brianna is now a NBA dancer and team captain for the Celtics Dance Team in Boston, MA.

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Jade Cloud

Jade began her dance training at NEDC when she was two years old. During her sixteen years of training, she won many awards such as Teen Outstanding Dancer at NYCDA and 1st Place Contemporary at YAGP. Some of her proudest moments were when she became a cast member on the Lifetime television show Dance Moms Season 4 and 4.5, along with the opportunity to travel to Bucharest, Romania to dance in the film High Strung: Free Dance. Jade is thrilled to share her love of dance with the next generation!

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Meaghan Grace Hinkis

Soloist in the Royal Ballet Meaghan Hinkis appeared with the world renowned Radio City Music Hall Rockettes 2 years in a row, starring as "Clara" in their Christmas spectacular. Meaghan is now a soloist dancing in London with the Royal Ballet.

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KELLY

EUSTIS

Kelly danced at NEDC from the age of 3 until she graduated from Simsbury High School in 2014. She then went on to Chapman University in Orange County, CA where she graduated with a BFA in Dance Performance. Upon graduating, Kelly moved to Los Angeles and became a professional dancer as a Laker Girl for the Los Angeles Lakers.

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Vail

Madrak

Vail Madrak graduated danced at New England Dance Center and then went on to Central Connecticut State University where she was a member of CCSU’s dance team and served as captain for two years. She was a dance instructor for the Universal Dance Association for four years, danced with the WNBA’s Connecticut Sun and was a New England Patriots Cheerleader.

KEELIN

BAILEY

Keelin, a former NEDC dancer from age 2-18 appeared on Law and Order SVU,  Mysteries of Laura, 30 Rock, a short film- “Selected”, and The NBC Today Show as a backup dancer for kids music band “Laughing Pizza.”

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