Instructor Bios

Ms. Nicole Groll
OWNER: Artistic Director
Intro to Dance, Tap, Ballet, Pointe, Contemporary,
Jazz, & Hip-Hop
Nikki Groll began her dance training at the age of 3 with Marie Shaw’s School of Dance. By the age of six she began auditioning for local theater and ballet companies, with whom she performed numerous roles, including the Nutcracker.

Over the next few years she added more styles of dance to her training and excelled quickly to the highest levels of classes. By the time she was 11 she was invited to be on the dance studio’s competition team. She performed in numerous shows and competitions, and was able to study with master teachers from all across the US. In 1996 she added vocal training with Broadway’s Jonathan Reinhold, and began to pursue Musical Theater as a career.

Majoring in Musical Theater and Dance at West Chester University of PA she quickly became a favorite in the departments and was cast in numerous plays and musicals as well as being picked for solos in the dance department’s numerous showcases throughout the year! She continued her studies at West Chester University of PA, until the fall of 1999 when she interviewed with her first major company: Disney. She was hired in November and moved to Orlando, FL in January of 2000 where she worked at MGM Studios.

After working in Orlando, Miss Nikki moved to Long Beach Island, NJ, where she worked for Surflight Theatre, a professional musical theatre company. During her internship with Surflight, Miss Nikki was hand-selected to dance at an AIDS benefit held in New Jersey. In July of 2000 she moved to Rehoboth to work for Rehoboth Summer Children’s Theater as Snow White, where she traveled all over Delmarva performing the show. She also traveled to NYC where she was working on commercials and magazine prints. In November she was hired by MTV Productions to be in the commercial for a movie they were preparing to release, Save the Last Dance. Not long after the commercial aired she stumbled upon a local job, choreographing Fame for Cape Henlopen High School.

Miss Nikki has had the opportunity to perform in many shows such as: Anything Goes, The Balcony, Brigadoon, Cinderella, A Funny Thing Happen on the Way to the Forum, For Whom the Southern Belle Tolls, Grease, Guys and Dolls, Hair, Little Women, Meet Me in St Louis, The Nutcraker, Once Upon a Mattress, Peter Pan, Pippin, Snow White, Titanic, West Side Story and The Wizard of Oz.

Some of her choreography credits include: Damn Yankees, Fame, Footloose, Grease, Godspell, Hair, Nunsense, Once Upon A Mattress, Pippin as well as many other children’s shows and parades.

She continues to take classes to stay current in her field and feels fortunate to have studied with some of the greats like Frank Hachett, Mia Michaels, Brian Friedman, Wade Robinson, Suzi Taylor and Joe Laterni!

Miss Nikki continues to give back to her students the type of dance that makes them love entertaining as much as she does and will continue to education her students in a friendly supportive atmosphere where students of all ages can learn from her vast knowledge of dance!

MRS. SUZANNE CASEY
INSTRUCTOR:  Adult and Teen Pilates
Suzanne has received her Pilates certification validated by The PhysicalMind Institute in Vancouver, B.C. at the certifying studio, Movement Space (now renamed The Space) with Marta Hernandez in May and September 2005. She is certified in Pilates mat classes (all levels) and also certified in Standing Pilates (developed by Joan Breibart, founder of PhysicalMind Institute). She has taught Beginner and Intermediate Pilates mat instruction at the Sussex Family YMCA, Rehoboth, DE. from 6/2004-1/2008.

Suzanne has developed her appreciation towards health and fitness while working at QVC Studios in West Chester, Pa. as a model/fitness model from 1990-1995. She has worked with a number of celebrity and professional sports trainers such as Phil Tyne, personal trainer for the San Diego Chargers, Tony Little (pre HSN), and Denise Austin, to name a few…during those years in ’94 and ’95, at which time she pursued an interest in nutrition and health foods. She is currently working towards her nutrition certification through the PhysicalMind Institute.