Dance Design Studio

Addie Famularo – Co-Owner/Co-Director

Addie was a member of Dance Design’s IMPACT Competition Team through the age of 18, competing at numerous competitions across the tri-state area and training at Broadway Dance Center and prominent conventions.  In addition to winning the title of “Miss Performing Arts” through the Performing Arts Alliance LLC, Addie was invited to perform at Walt Disney World, which led to her participation in several high school shows as well.

Addie’s passion for dance expanded during high school when she became an assistant teacher at Dance Design Studio.  Following her graduation from Freedom High School in 2002, she continued her education at The Pennsylvania State University, earning a Bachelor of Science degree in Human Development and Family Studies with a concentration in early childhood development, which led to a full-time position as an early childhood educator at the Bennett Family Center on campus.  While at Penn State, Addie was a choreographer and member of the Orchesis Dance Company. Specializing in the styles of jazz, ballet, and modern, Orchesis is a performance-based dance company that has been in existence at the University for nearly 80 years.  As a member of Orchesis, Addie performed in various campus and community events, such as the Homecoming parade, THON dance marathon (the largest student-run philanthropy in the world), MLK Day Celebration, and Blue and White Weekend, in addition to the semi-annual Choreographer’s Showcases, held at the end of each semester.

After graduating from Penn State in 2006, Addie returned to Dance Design to teach full time, specializing in competitive and pre-K classes, including jazz, lyrical, hip hop, and musical theater.  Dance Design Studio has and always will be such an important part of Addie’s life.  She couldn’t be more thrilled to take on the role as co-owner, alongside her wonderful friend and esteemed colleague, Stephanie Piccione.  Addie is looking forward to what the future holds for the many talented students at Dance Design Studio and to help them realize their passion to dance and love for performing every day.

Stephanie Piccione – Co-Owner/Co-Director

Steph grew up dancing at Dance Design Studio under the direction of Miss Judy. She was a member of the IMPACT Competition Team for 10 years, competing in various competitions and conventions throughout the tri-state area. While in high school, Steph taught at Dance Design and was also involved in her school’s Musical Theater Program as well as the Pennsylvania Playhouse.

After graduating from Freedom High School in 2004 Steph went on to attend Penn State University where she graduated with a BS in Accounting. While at Penn State, Steph was a member of the nationally-ranked Lionettes Dance Team, where she served as Treasurer for 2 years. Her experience with the Lionettes afforded her the opportunity to perform on the field at Beaver Stadium during football games, as well as the men’s and women’s basketball games. Other yearly highlight performances included Tailgreats, Rally in the Valley, the Homecoming parade, THON (Dance Marathon), and NDA Nationals in Daytona Beach, FL. As a member of the Lionettes, Steph danced in over 100 performances on and off campus every year. While at Penn State, Steph also taught dance classes at Centre Dance in State College, PA.

After obtaining her degree, Steph was employed as a Financial Services Tax Accountant by Ernst & Young LLP in Philadelphia, PA. She quickly realized that the corporate world was not for her and after a year returned home to teach at Dance Design and begin a job working in Special Education at Delaware Valley Regional High School in New Jersey, where she worked for 5 years. She very much enjoyed her time at Del Val but is excited to be moving on to the next chapter of her life as co-owner of Dance Design Studio. She is thrilled to be able to continue her love affair with dance and hopefully inspire the younger generation to let their dreams be what drives them.

Jade Bloshuk – Instructor

Originally from Bangor, Pennsylvania, Jade expanded her dance training from commercial dance styles to modern techniques, ballet, jazz, improvisation, and composition at the Lehigh Valley Charter High School for the Arts, where she graduated in June 2015. She then continued her education at the University of Florida to pursue her BFA in dance and mass communications minor. Here she had the opportunity to work with artists including but not limited to Dante Puleio, Maria Gillespie, Elizabeth Johnson, Trent D. Williams Jr., Tamara Thomas, Daniel Lewis, and Nita Little. As her dance studies continued she developed a strong interest in dance in medicine work and marketing. Throughout her time at University of Florida, Jade was able to pursue these passions through interning with the College of the Arts PR & Marketing team and studying in Northern Ireland, where she was able to volunteer with artists working in various healthcare settings. Most recently, her thesis workCenterfold was selected to be performed in the Gala Concert at the ACDA conference in Oxford, Mississippi and is being restaged at University of Kentucky during the 2019-2020 academic year. She would like to thank her mentors, family, and friends for their love and encouragement.

Emily Luca – Instructor

Emily is a graduate of Eastern University where she earned her Bachelor of Arts in Dance. She began her dance training at Miss Pat’s Stage Door Studio in Wilson PA, and the Lehigh Valley Charter High School for the Performing Arts; she has been dancing for nineteen years. Her performance and choreographic experience includes dance recitals and concerts at the Stage Door Studio, LVPA, Northampton Community College, Eastern University and Dance Design Studio. Emily has performed in Disney World, Hershey Park, and at the American College Dance Festival. She has performed with the Monarch Dance Company throughout The Lehigh Valley, Philadelphia, New Jersey and New York City. Emily is currently teaching dance at Dance Design Studio in Easton, PA and is in her second year dancing with Monarch Dance Company.

Melissa Diehl – Instructor

Melissa began her dance training at the age of 5. She studied contemporary, modern, jazz, tap and ballet and competed with regionally winning many top score awards. After graduating high school, Melissa attended The Pennsylvania State University. She was a four-year member of the Lionettes Dance Team and studied modern, jazz and tap in Penn State’s Dance Minor Program. Melissa went on to win two National Championships as captain of the Dance Team in 2012 and 2013. She received her B.S. in Marketing with a Minor in Dance in 2013. Currently, Melissa is a dance teacher and choreographer in the Lehigh Valley and is the head coach of the Lafayette College Dance Team. She is thrilled to be part of the Dance Design family!

 

Madison Minniti – Instructor

Madi’s whole life has consisted of dance ever since she started dancing at age two. She started dancing competitively at age five in Washington state where Madi was born. After dancing competitively for five years Madi was signed by a dance and acting agent that required her to move to Los Angeles, California. There she worked as a professional dancer and actress while training at the Debbie Allen Dance Academy seven days a week. During this time Madi danced at the Happy Feet Two movie premiere, acted in a Taylor Swift music video, was in two Just Dance video games, and was a part of the LA SparKids that danced for the WNBA Sparks team. In 2010, Madi was asked to be a part of Debbie Allen’s musical Twist. This musical took place in Atlanta, GA, where Madi had to temporarily live for three months to be a part of the cast. There she worked with many talented actors, singers, and dancers, some of which have continued on to have careers on Broadway.

While working professionally she still continued to train by taking classes at the EDGE Performing Arts Center, Millennium Dance Complex, and of course her home studio at the time, Debbie Allen Dance Academy. Madi has taken classes from Nappy Tabs, Dave Scott, Chloe Arnold, Savion Glover, Jason Samuels Smith, and Debbie Allen. Madi is professionally trained in ballet, jazz, contemporary, modern, tap, hip hop, Flamenco, African, and musical theatre. After living in Los Angeles for four years, due to a job relocation, Madi and her family moved to Easton, Pennsylvania.

Madi moved to Easton the summer before her freshman year of high school. She loved her time and amazing experiences she had in LA, but she was really excited to be able to have a normal life again and attend high school. The first thing Madi wanted to do when she moved to Easton was find a dance studio, and that studio was Dance Design. Dance Design felt like home from the beginning and is where Madi spent her next four years dancing competitively. She attended many competitions and conventions winning numerous titles, scholarships, and awards. Madi graduated from Easton Area High School in 2017 but decided to stay close to home for college. Madi currently attends Moravian College and will be pursuing nursing at St. Luke’s School of Nursing. One of the reasons Madi wanted to stay close to home was so she could still be a part of the Dance Design family. Madi is excited to continue to teach and inspire the next generation of dancers while also doing what she loves!

Adriane Orcutt-Fraser – Instructor

Hailing from a family of teachers, Adriane Orcutt-Fraser is as passionate about the Art of Teaching as she is about the Art of Dance. Having grown-up in a family where education was a way of life, Adriane knows first hand about the need to balance strict with fun and structure with creativity. Caring about her students’ health, well-being, and artistic development is essential to Adriane’s teaching style and choreographic goals.

Adriane began her ballet training at Budzynski Studios/Dance Theater of PA. She studied Ballet, Pointe, and Ukrainian Folk dance and was able to perform demi-soloist and soloist roles alongside professional dancers. Adriane was accepted into the school of Philadanco, where she received training in Graham and Horton modern technique from Milton Myers, Pat Thomas and Dolores Brown, and continued her training in ballet and pointe. Adriane was a scholarship student at BalletMet and Joffrey Ballet School Summer Intensives where she studied with Melinda Baker and Francesca Corkle, among others. As a high senior, Adriane was accepted on scholarship into the BFA dance program of DeSales University. She studied and performed with university Seniors and received college credit for her dance courses. Adriane was also invited to train and rehearse with Danco II, Philadanco’s Second Company and she was involved in a youth performance group that toured and performed in West Africa.

After high school, Adriane attended Fordham University. While studying for an academic degree in Philosophy/History, and because a dual major in dance was not an option at the university at that time, Adriane studied dance in the Alvin Ailey/Fordham BFA program by audition as a non-major. She was privileged to receive training in ballet, pointe, modern and jazz and perform works from world renowned teachers and choreographers, including Celia Marino, Denise Vale, Ana Marie Forsythe and Carl Paris.

Adriane has taught Ballet, Pointe, Modern, Jazz, Contemporary/Lyrical and Folk Dance in New York, Long Island, and Pennsylvania. She enjoys teaching students of all ages, from toddlers to adults, and is passionate about instilling the love of dance and artistic expression to all dancers, whether recreational students or professionally bound. Adriane currently lives in the Lehigh Valley with her husband and children, all of whom study dance.

Bella Guiducci – Instructor

Bella has been at Dance Design since she was 4 years old. She’s danced for 14 years, 7 of those years being on our IMPACT competition team, which she started at the age of 10. She graduated from Easton Area High School in 2023 and was a part of Easton’s musical theater program as a featured dancer as well as teaching at Dance Design with fellow teachers during middle school and her four years of high school. Bella currently attends Northampton Community College majoring in general studies, while taking ballet and jazz classes on campus. Shes very excited to take what she learned from her teachers while dancing and teaching at Dance Design and teaching it to the next generation of dancers!