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Song List
- Too Darn Hot - Miss Brieanna’s Adv. Jazz Age 10+
Alexis Arias | Nicki Aucone | Maria Bernardi | Zoe Fairbanks | Faith Huddleston | Hayden Morin | Juliana Pires - Over the Rainbow - Miss Serena’s Voice Classes 7+ & 11+
Lillian Alves | Ava Ancone | Lettie Anderson | Viviana Audet | Teagan Barry | Noah Blazevic | Michaela Bowers | Tessa Brown | Lilyana Butler | Abigail Carvalho | Nora Donahue | Rosemary Donahue | Alina Edsall | Gianna Edsall | Tatum Forcier | Khailee Gonzalez | Ziva Hamburger | Carina Indeglia | Elliot Kerr | Khloe Kroeung | Benjamin Luchka | Adeline Manachi | Viviana Manachi | Jasmeet Mann | Addison Nault | Violet Rivard | Alya Robinson | Lillian Sampson | Charlotte Santana | Parker Sturtevant | Ella Trementozzi | Beatrix Walusiak | Alexandra Worthley - Trickle Trickle Splash Splash - Miss Holly’s Pre-Peewee Tap
Zara Absi | Gracie DAmore | Aurora Gustafson | Bella Gustafson | Bianca Gustafson | Eleanor Johnson | Allison Laferriere | Natalia Maggio | Addyson Sackal | Sophia Santaniello | April Saunders | Liliana Torres - Heat Wave - Miss Brieanna’s Int. Jazz Age 10+
Ava Ancone | Abigail Ayotte | Maria Bernardi | Zoe Fairbanks | Faith Huddleston | Carina Indeglia | Khloe Kroeung | Brianna Lapati | Addison Nault | Niah Ndukwe | Mia Santagata - Black Hole Sun - Miss Jen’s Beg./Int. Lyrical Age 11+
Lettie Anderson | Teagan Barry | Mia Bonoyer | Michaela Bowers | Ella Dutra | Carly Frame | Khailee Gonzalez | Mariana Gutierrez | Damiana Lupo | Isabella Lupo | Adeline Manachi | Viviana Manachi | Jasmeet Mann | Julia Moretti | Amelia Quattrini | Lillian Sampson | Ella Trementozzi - Walking on Sunshine - Miss Brieanna’s Peewee Jazz
Layla Adamo | Eleanor Crider | Isabella Donahue | Emily Frame | Bella Gustafson | Bianca Gustafson | Lilyanna Gutierrez | Margaret Hawk | Aubrey McDonald | Lennon Medeiros | Grace Sparrow - Mr. Blue Sky - Miss Jen’s Beginner Tap 7+
Viviana Audet | James Carnevale | Gemma Gauthier | Benjamin Luchka | Luna Ortiz | Alexander Santaniello - Dirt off Your Shoulder - Mr. Kyle’s Beg./Int. Hip Hop (Ages 11+)
Carly Frame | Khailee Gonzalez | Jasmeet Mann | Monroe Woods - Here Comes the Sun - Miss Jen’s Beginner Lyrical 7+
Emelia Degre | Isabella Donahue | Elsie Fischer | Catherine Hawk | Meara Lawless | Luna Ortiz | Piper Russo - You are my Sunshine - Miss Holly’s My Grown Up and Me
Aurora Gustafson | Morgan Lamoureux | Natalia Maggio | Olivia McDonald | Skylar Russo - Rainbow - Miss Brieanna’s Int. Lyrical Age 10+
Ava Ancone | Abigail Ayotte | Maria Bernardi | Zoe Fairbanks | Faith Huddleston | Khloe Kroeung | Brianna Lapati | Addison Nault | Niah Ndukwe | Mia Santagata - Just a Cloud Away - Miss Jen’s Beginner Jazz 7+
Viviana Audet | Gemma Gauthier | Catherine Hawk | Meara Lawless | Benjamin Luchka | Luna Ortiz | Violet Rivard | Emilia Veliz - Singin’ in the Rain/Umbrella - Miss Jen’s Beg./Int. Jazz Age 11+
Lillian Alves | Lettie Anderson | Lilyana Butler | Ella Dutra | Khailee Gonzalez | Mariana Gutierrez | Jasmeet Mann | Julia Moretti | Amelia Quattrini | Ella Trementozzi | Alexandra Worthley - Sunshine, Lollipops, and Rainbows - Miss Holly’s Pre-Peewee Jazz
Zara Absi | Gracie DAmore | Aurora Gustafson | Bella Gustafson | Bianca Gustafson | Eleanor Johnson | Allison Laferriere | Natalia Maggio | Addyson Sackal | Sophia Santaniello | April Saunders | Liliana Torres - Grease Medley - Miss Brieanna’s Musical Theatre (Ages 7+)
Lillian Alves | Ava Ancone | Lettie Anderson | Viviana Audet | Maria Bernardi | Mia Bonoyer | Michaela Bowers | Lilyana Butler | Ella Dutra | Zoe Fairbanks | Carly Frame | Sean Frame | Gemma Gauthier | Khailee Gonzalez | Catherine Hawk | Faith Huddleston | Elliot Kerr | Khloe Kroeung | Benjamin Luchka | Julia Moretti | Addison Nault | Amelia Quattrini | Violet Rivard | Lillian Sampson | Alexander Santaniello | Monroe Woods | Nova Woods | Alexandra Worthley
~ Intermission - 15 Minutes ~
Raffles and refreshments available in the lobby!
(Please be respectful by cleaning up any trash or messes on your way out!)
- Sunshine - Miss Jen’s Acro (Age 7+)
Emelia Degre | Catherine Hawk | Elliot Kerr | Jasmeet Mann | Janessa Ortiz - Pennies From Heaven - Miss Brieanna’s Int. Tap Age 10+
Maria Bernardi | Zoe Fairbanks | Faith Huddleston | Brianna Lapati - Cold World - Mr. Kyle’s Beginner Hip Hop (Age 7+)
Viviana Audet | James Carnevale | Sean Frame | Gemma Gauthier | Elliot Kerr | Piper Russo | Alexander Santaniello | Sawyer Stanley - Thunder - Miss Jen’s Beg./Int. Tap Age 11+
Abigail Ayotte | Khailee Gonzalez | Jasmeet Mann | Lillian Sampson - Icy to Hot Mix - Miss Brieanna’s Int./Adv. Hip Hop Age 10+
Alexis Arias | Maria Bernardi | Faith Huddleston | Brianna Lapati - This Girl is on Fire - Miss Danielle & Miss Serena’s Voice Class (Ages 11+)
Lillian Alves | Ava Ancone | Teagan Barry | Noah Blazevic | Michaela Bowers | Tessa Brown | Lilyana Butler | Tatum Forcier | Khailee Gonzalez | Carina Indeglia | Khloe Kroeung | Adeline Manachi | Jasmeet Mann | Addison Nault | Lillian Sampson | Parker Sturtevant | Ella Trementozzi | Alexandra Worthley - Hot, Hot, Hot - Miss Brieanna’s Peewee Tap
Layla Adamo | Eleanor Crider | Isabella Donahue | Emily Frame | Bella Gustafson | Bianca Gustafson | Lilyanna Gutierrez | Margaret Hawk | Aubrey McDonald | Lennon Medeiros | Grace Sparrow - Rainbow Connection - Miss Holly’s Ballet I
Gemma Gauthier | Catherine Hawk | Rochelle ILorme | Elliot Kerr | Jasmeet Mann - Earth Song - Miss Brieanna’s Adv. Lyrical Age 10+
Alexis Arias | Nicki Aucone | Maria Bernardi | Faith Huddleston | Hayden Morin | Juliana Pires - Singing in the Rain - Miss Danielle and Miss Serena’s Voice Class (Ages 7+)
Lettie Anderson | Viviana Audet | Abigail Carvalho | Nora Donahue | Rosemary Donahue | Alina Edsall | Gianna Edsall | Ziva Hamburger | Elliot Kerr | Benjamin Luchka | Viviana Manachi | Violet Rivard | Alya Robinson | Charlotte Santana | Beatrix Walusiak - Blame it on the Boogie - Miss Brieanna’s Adv. Tap Age 10+
Alexis Arias | Nicki Aucone | Maria Bernardi | Zoe Fairbanks | Hayden Morin | Juliana Pires - Quiet from Matilda the Musical
Lilyana Butler - Rain on Me - Finale
All J-DAPA Students
J-DAPA Staff
DONNA TELLIER
Executive Director
AUBREY GUGLIELMO
Executive Administrator
BRIEANNA PARISEAU
Dance Teacher
Holly Crider
Dance Teacher
DANIELLE GRILLI-MARZAN
Voice Teacher
SERENA ROY
Acting & Voice Teacher
JENNIFER TILLEY FREEMAN
Dance Teacher
KYLE WEAVER
Dance Teacher
MATTHEW EISEMANN
Technical Director, Lighting Design
Meet Our Team
DONNA TELLIER
Executive Director
Donna is the Founder and Director of J-DAPA. She has studied tap, jazz, lyrical, ballet, acro, hip hop, and ballroom, starting at the age of 8 years old. Donna comes from a large family and her love of dance and acting often proved too great of an expense for her parents. Because of this, she was often forced to quit her performance classes as a child. Donna vowed that one day she would offer affordable dance classes so that children with family financial hardships would have the opportunity to experience the art of dance, singing, and acting. Donna has studied with Theresa Landry, Fran Golombiewski, Jeremy Anderson, Elaine Colenieri as well as many master classes from various artists over the years. When she isn’t teaching dance she enjoys directing and doing choreography for J-DAPA’s musical plays.
AUBREY GUGLIELMO
Executive Administrator
Aubrey is a Johnston Senior High School Alumna with a bachelor’s degree in IT with a concentration in Software Development from Southern New Hampshire University. She has been involved with J-DAPA since its start and is the designer of our official logos! Aubrey oversees the J-DAPA website along with Matthew, sets up all ticketing through Tututix, and is the face behind most of the responses to emails, messages and other forms of customer service. She is also responsible for all of our video and audio editing as well as the graphic design of J-DAPA’s signs, playbills, t-shirts, and other promotional materials.
BRIEANNA PARISEAU
Dance Teacher
Brieanna is a jazz, tap, acro, lyrical, and hip hop teacher as well as the choreographer for J-DAPA’s musical productions. She has been dancing for over 25 years. Brieanna began as a dance teacher’s assistant around the age of 8 before moving on to take over her own classes around age 14. Brieanna is a graduate of Johnston Senior High School and holds a bachelor’s degree from Rhode Island College in Elementary and Special Education. When she isn’t teaching or performing with J-DAPA you can find Brieanna working as a competition choreographer and elementary school teacher in Johnston, RI.
Holly Crider
Dance Teacher
Holly has been dancing for over 30 years, and teaching for over 20. She has studied several styles of dance including Ballet technique, Pointe, Jazz, Lyrical, Ballroom, Tap, and Acrobats, as well as Aerial. She has performed semi-professionally on a variety of cruise ships, Disney, and various places around the country including Las Vegas. Holly has also performed professionally with the Edwards Twins, as well as Eddie’s solo endeavor of Diva’s.
DANIELLE GRILLI-MARZAN
Voice Teacher
Danielle is a Rhode Island native and graduate of the University of Rhode Island where she obtained her Master of Music Degree in Vocal Performance Danielle has performed full operatic roles such as Josephine in HMS Pinafore, Rosalina in Die Fledermaus, Gianetta in the Gondoliers and has performed many operatic scenes with roles such as Adina in L’Elisir d’Amore, Fiordiligi in Così Fan Tutte, Susanna in Le Nozze di Figaro, Marie in Daughter of the Regiment, and First Lady in The Magic Flute. She has performed with the Warwick Symphony Orchestra as the soprano soloist in the Schubert’s Magnificat and Handel’s Messiah Part I. She has also performed as the soprano soloist for Faure’s Requiem, Mozart’s Coronation Mass and Sparrow Mass, and Rutter’s Magnificat in various choirs. Danielle is the music director for J-DAPA as well as Art’s Alive in Barrington. Danielle teaches voice classes with J-DAPA in the fall and spring sessions.
SERENA ROY
Acting & Voice Teacher
Serena is an alumna of Smithfield High School and graduate of Hofstra University with a BA in Criminology. She has been performing since she was 4 years old with community theatres around Rhode Island. She also has experience writing, directing, teaching, and stage managing with Kat's Dance Centre and Performing Arts and with J-DAPA. Serena currently teaches acting classes at J-DAPA and is excited to share her passion for performing with others!
JENNIFER TILLEY FREEMAN
Dance Teacher
Jennifer is a Rhode Island native, currently working as a dance educator and musical theatre director with various organizations. She began her dance training as a young child and grew up performing in showcases and competitions. Since completing the Dance Teachers’ Club of Boston’s Dance Education Training Course in 2003, Jen has had the pleasure of teaching hundreds of students. She continued her training at Rhode Island College and was fortunate to work with talented artists and choreographers while performing with the college’s dance company and in musical theatre productions. Professional performances include Providence’s Modern Movement Festival, “Up to Speed” choreographed by Nathan Andary, Open for Dancing’s “Rhapsody in Blue,” choreographed by John-Mark Owen and “In Full Flight” with Heather Ahern’s Aerplaye. “Parasite/gHost,” a collaborative project that combined body prosthetics, music, dance, and video, was performed in 2016. Jen is a veteran dance instructor with experience teaching all ages at schools and studios in RI and MA, including Dance with Energy, Riverside Dance Center, the Portsmouth Abbey School, Rocky Hill School, St. Philomena’s School, Just Dance!, Twinkle Toes Dance Studio, and RI Dance Alliance’s Chance to Dance. Since 2013 she has been part of the creative team at Arts Alive! Barrington. She has had the pleasure of directing and choreographing many shows including Lion King, Seussical, Willy Wonka, Wizard of Oz, Aladdin, Shrek, and Pinocchio. In 2014 she was a dance artist in residence at Trinity Academy for the Performing Arts. She has received awards for her jazz, contemporary, and tap choreography. Jen is passionate about her craft and is fortunate to share it with young performers.
KYLE WEAVER
Dance Teacher
Kyle is a graduate of Rhode Island College with a degree in Music. He has been teaching hip hop professionally throughout Rhode Island and Massachusetts since 2004. Over the years he has coached hundreds of students that have gone to regional and national competitions, and Kyle’s choreography and his dancers have won many top awards including the Young Choreography award in 2005 at ADA, as well as numerous 1st and 2nd place highest overall score awards regionally and nationally. Kyle enjoys guest teaching master classes and dance intensives and is currently teaching hip hop at several studios where he shares his passion, unique perspective and intricate style with many aspiring dancers, teachers, and choreographers.
MATTHEW EISEMANN
Technical Director, Lighting Design
Matt holds Bachelor’s degrees in Communication and Computer Science from Rhode Island College and has worked with J-DAPA since 2015. He performed in several productions while in high school before moving to a more technical role. He has been our resident lighting designer since 2019 (designing all our theatrical shows since Shrek except for two) as well as stage managing Elf JR, School of Rock, and Radiant Vermin. Matt also oversees the technical aspects of other performances and recitals and is the lead web developer for J-DAPA.org, working alongside Aubrey to keep our website updated.
When he’s not working with J-DAPA, Matt works as a UI/UX Specialist for AAA Northeast and as a freelance lighting designer for organizations across Rhode Island. He also continues to perform whenever he can – most recently, he was seen as Chip in J-DAPA’s production of Spelling Bee!
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