Lisa has been dancing for more than thirty five years. She took her first classes with Mary Papa in Trenton. She then started dancing at The Ballet Studio under the direction of her mom, Beverly Zola. While taking weekly classes at TBS, Lisa attended master dance classes and workshops in New York City while also attending classes at Princeton Ballet. As well as a love for dance, she also played sports throughout her elementary, middle and high school years. Lisa attended The College of New Jersey (known as Trenton State College at that time) where she received a Bachelors degree in psychology with a minor in journalism. During her years at TCNJ, she wrote a fitness and nutrition column for college students. She then attended Rider University where she received a graduate teaching certificate and masters counseling credits. She presently instructs classes at the studio each week in jazz, musical theatre, contemporary dance and conditioning while continuing a career as a freelance sports writer, interviewing high school, college and professional athletes.

Dancing has been a priority to Sherri her whole life. She began her dancing debut at The Ballet Studio, under the direction of Beverly Zola, at the age of 3. As she grew up, her love for performing continued as she entered local talent shows and participated in plays. Sherri began competing in dance in highschool with Miss Lisa. She attended Rutgers University, Douglass College and became a member of the award winning RU Dance Team, placing 7th in the nation at Nationals. During college, she toured the Northeast as an instructor for Universal Dance Association and gained valuable experience teaching dancers of all ages. After graduating with a BA in Sociology and a New Jersey Teaching Certificate, she began teaching at TBS an an instructor for both recreational and competition classes. Sherri has taken many classes and attended many master dance workshops in the area. Currently, Sherri is a fourth grade teacher at Errickson School in Freehold. This year Sherri will begin her 17th year teaching competition dancers and is now the director of the NATIONALLY RANKED TBS COMPETITION PROGRAM. Over the years, the competitive dancers have won many prestigious awards at regional competitions. Sherri believes the awards are just the "icing on the cake." She feels the most gratifying experience is sharing her love of dance with her students and touching their lives.

Kelle's photo and bio coming soon!

Amber began dancing at the age of 3, under the direction of Beverly Zola, at The Ballet Studio. She has also danced with her high school dance team as well as attended recreational dance classes in NY & NJ. Amber enjoys teaching, choreographing, and interacting with the students while they learn. She currently teaches ballet, jazz and pointe. She graduated from Rutgers University with a degree in Chemical Engineering, with minors in Economics and Psychology. Amber currently works for The Sunny Delight Beverages Co. where she is the NA HSE & Sustainability Manager.

Shelly joined the Ballet Studio when she was 8 years old. Her first classes in ballet and jazz were with Miss Lisa. It was not long before Shelly joined the competition program with Miss Sherri competing in regional competitions until graduating from high school and then becoming part of the Ballet Studio staff. Shelly attended The College of New Jersey where she received a Bachelor of Science in Business. The dance background and skills she acquired as a student at the Ballet Studio earned her a spot on the college's dance team. As a member of the team, Shelly performed at football and basketball games in addition to other campus events, attended workshops and camps with other local college teams, and competed on a national level at the UDA College Dance Team Nationals in Orlando, FL. She served as captain of the team her senior year. Shelly teaches advanced level classes at the Ballet Studio and is a part of the TBS Competiton Program. She currently works for the State Department of Treasury.

Stacy Ann Danka has been teaching pre-k dance for 5 years. She attended The Ballet Studio as a student for 15 years. Miss Stacy attended Rutgers University and Graduated from Mason Gross School of Arts with a bachelors degree in music education. She also holds a masters degree from Rutgers in infant and child develpoement. Stacy works at Kuser Elementary School in their special education pre-k department where she works extensively with children with autistic spectrum disorder. Stacy is a church cantor and performs throughout NJ with many different community theatre groups while also teaching private voice lessons. Stacy feels truly blest to be part of the TBS family.

Melissa has been dancing at the ballet studio since the age of 4. She is currently studying classical ballet, theatre dance and contemporary jazz in a class environment in NYC and also has one on one lessons with a professional ballerina. She has attended Fairleigh Dickinson University and Mercer County Community College, was the lead singer in band Kickin Daisies, and works for her family at DeLorenzo's Pizza. She loves working with kids and choreographing for them. She plans on making it her full time job.

Cara has been dancing since the age of three. She started participating in dance competitions at the age of eight to the age of eighteen. She recieved an associates degree in the Arts from Mercer County Community College where she studied dance. She was a part of the Mercer Dance Ensemble for two years. She recently transferred to Richard Stockton College where she plans on recieving a Bachelors in Dance with a concentration in Pre Movement Therapy. She is also a member of the dance team for Stockton. She plans on recieving her Masters and becoming a Dance Therapist. This is her third year teaching jazz and hip hop at TBS and she loves every minute of it!

Erika began dancing at the age of 3 under the direction of Ms. Irene Parker. She continued her enjoyment of dance at the Dance Shop under Ms. Joyce Smilek for 12 years. At the Dance Shop Erika participated in tap, jazz, lyrical and ballet she also took part in competitions. After Erika finished high school she began taking classes and teaching with Ms. Lisa at the Ballet Studio. She also participated in competitions. During the same time Erika attended MCCC and graduated from Rowan University with a BA in History. While at Rowan University Erika launch the Rowan Dance Team. They performed at home football and basketball games as well as school functions. She currently is employed by the State of NJ as a Senior Police Officer with the Department of Human Services. She still continues to enjoy her love for dance by instructing and choreographing for students performing solos, duets, and trios.

Victoria started dancing at The Ballet Studio at the age of 5. Her first classes were with Miss Lisa. When she got to be in the third grade, she started competition dance with Miss Sherri and loved it. She continued to dance competitively under the supervision of Miss Sherri and Miss Shelly and didn't stop until the age of 17 when she graduated high school. Once she turned 11, Victoria began pointe under the instruction of Miss Penny and later Miss Amber. Victoria loves pointe and ballet - its her favorite type of dance to watch, choreograph, and to dance. She is the beginner and intermediate pointe instructor at The Ballet Studio. She has taken numerous workshops with professional instructors including Mr. Thomas Hanner, a guest professional instructor. Currently, Victoria is attending Rider University with a major in sociology and minors in social work and French. After finishing a year of teaching at The Ballet Studio, she realizes that the greatest feeling in the world is to see how far your students come.

Amanda began dancing at The Ballet Studio when she was five years old. She started with foundations in ballet technique and eventually moved on to jazz, lyrical and pointe. In addition to these classes, Amanda joined the competitive dancers at The Ballet Studio until graduating from high school in 2006. Upon graduation, she became a Ballet Studio staff member. Amanda is currently a junior at The College of New Jersey where she is pursuing a double major in Special Education and Math, Science, Technology and a double minor in Psychology and Communication Disorders. While academics hold the highest regard, Amanda also finds time to dance on TCNJ's Dance Team. The dance team attends camp every summer, performs at home football and basketball games, as well as other campus events, holds an annual fundraiser Dancers for Cancer, and competes every January at the Universal Dance Association's College Dance Team Nationals in Walt Disney World. Amanda currently teaches advanced level hip-hop at The Ballet Studio.

Alicia began dancing at the age of 4, under the direction of Irene Parker in Trenton. As her love of dance grew stronger, she attended classes at The Dance Shop in Hamilton Square for 11 years where she study tap, ballet, and jazz. She also competed with her class and won many awards in both tap and jazz. She has also taken many classes and workshops in NJ and NY. She has attended Mercer County Community College and Georgian Court College in Lakewood, NJ , where she studied Special Education. This is her 8th year teaching ballet, jazz, and hip hop at The Ballet Studio and wouldn't want it any other way!!

Alyssa has been dancing since the age of four. Throughout her years of dance she has competed in many regional and national competitions. She has trained in ballet, pointe, jazz, tap, lyrical, modern/contemporary. Her love for dance continued to follow her into college where she attended Rutgers The State University of New Jersey, Mason Gross School of the Arts. She graduated in May of 2010 with a Bachelors in Fine Arts (Dance) degree. Alyssa is looking forward to sharing her love for dance with her students.

Miss Tara has been a part of The Ballet Studio since the age of three. She has been taking classes at TBS for twenty seven years. Her mother, and two sisters have also been students at TBS. Tara began as an assistant instructor and then became an instructor working primarily with pre-schoolers to students in 5th grade. Tara has attended numerous classes at Princeton Ballet. She has also attended dance teacher Intensive workshops in New York City and the Meadowlands. Tara is a graduate of The Art Institute of Philadelphia where she received high honors status. Tara feels that The Ballet Studio and dance have been a big part of who she is today.