“As dancers, we don’t “do” steps…. We become the steps” - Laurieann Gibson
The Dance Studio came under the management of current owner and artistic director, Amy Famiglietti in September of 2006. Under the management of Amy, the studio has added nine classes to the Dance Studio’s original class list and also established The Senior Dance Company, Junior Elite Dance Company, and Junior Dance Company. The Dance Studio has also partnered with some of the industry’s best dancers, choreographers, and dance educators to bring innovative and exciting master class and workshops into the studio for our dancers such as Matt Steffanina (Viral dance sensation, choreography, DNCR director, and DJ), Derek Mitchell (NYC’s Broadway Dance Center, Resident choreography for Hamilton the Regional tour, Revel dance convention), Rosero Mccoy (who has choreographed for Disney Channel’s Shake it up, Keke Palmer, and Toni Braxton), Mary Antonini from West Side Story, Aladdin, and the Prom on Broadway, and Victor Smalley, Angel Armas, and Lucas Triana of Dance Moms Miami to name a few.
Our three Dance Company teams offer additional performance opportunities to students who are extremely passionate about dancing. The Dance Company has competed and performed at the Pulse Dance Convention, Radix Dance Convention and Nuvo Dance Convention, graced the stage at the Walt Disney World Resort 9 times, Boston Celtics at the TD Garden, performed at the Boston Aids Walk on the esplanade, Breast Cancer 3-Day Walk, Faneuil Hall as a part of the Rockette Opening Act Competition, Prudential Center Winter Light’s Festival, Connect for Connecticut and many other local events. They have also been hired for the filming of an HGTV renovation show and danced in a marketing campaign commercial for a marketing company in Boston. They were also recently hired to perform a flash mob to celebrate a Boston shopping district’s summer movie night event.
The Dance Studio works to provide a diverse and unique performing arts education to all students in a fun and artistic environment. We offer classes and performance opportunities to all age groups and students of varying skill levels! Whether you are looking to pick up dancing after a long hiatus, give it a first try, or are looking for a challenging dance education to help build a future in the performance industry, The Dance Studio has something to offer for you.
Amy’s Mission: “I strive to give the students at The Dance Studio the most well rounded dance education possible. It’s very important to me to stay current with the ever evolving dance world and community and then pass the knowledge I receive onto our dancers. Dance is so much more than a sport and physical activity and it is very important to me to create art and choreography that makes a difference and tells a story. I never want a student at The Dance Studio to feel like they are performing a dance because “that’s whats happens when you take dance class.” I always want our students’ movement and performance to matter and to mean something more than a series of steps strung together to music. If my students graduate feeling like they understand dance as an artistic form of expression and understand the power of their performance plus have built valuable work ethic and team work skills they can carry into future careers….then I feel like I’ve succeeded.”
The Dance Studio’s Faculty
Amy Famiglietti - Owner/Artistic Director of The Dance Studio
Amy is a passionate dancer and choreographer and is the head teacher and director at The Dance Studio. She has been dancing since she was 5 years old and studied Ballet, Tap, Jazz and Pointe as a younger dancer. She majored in Dance Education at Bridgewater State College where she continued her studies in Ballet, Tap, Jazz, and Pointe in addition to Hip Hop, Modern, Lyrical, African Dance, World Dance, Dance Pedagogy, Ballroom Dance, and Folk Dance. Amy strives to continue to create a positive learning environment for our dancers that stays current with the ever evolving dance industry to provide the most up to date dance education to all of our dancers. For more information about Amy and The Dance Studio please see above.
Amy’s contact information: thedancestudio06@aol.com or 781-910-9788
Lauren McCarthy - Lead Instructor at TDS
Lauren is a TDS Alumni and now lead teacher at the studio. She has been dancing since she was in pre school and has studied Ballet, Tap, Jazz, Hip Hop, Modern/Lyrical, Choreography and Pointe. She also participated in tumbling as a cheerleader in High School. Lauren had a long career as a hair stylist and more recently switched paths to become more involved with her first love, DANCE, by becoming a lead teacher at The Dance Studio. Lauren is excited to share her love for dance with future generations of TDS dancers. Lauren was a dancer on the first ever TDS Dance Company established in 2007 and is now coach of our Junior Company team!
We love having Lauren on the TDS Faculty and know you will love her classes too!
Rachel Dakermanji - Assistant Teacher at TDS
Rachel is a TDS alumni who is back to join us as an assistant teacher this year! Rachel started dancing when she was 4 years old, and danced with TDS for 13 years before graduating high school in 2020. Since then, she has graduated from Tufts with a major in Mechanical Engineering. Before graduating, Rachel trained in ballet, hip hop, lyrical, and jazz, helped assist during her senior year, and was a member of our Senior Dance Company for five years. Rachel is looking forward to returning to dance/teaching the younger classes, and she is excited to be back with her TDS family this year!
Audrey Moore - Assistant Teacher at TDS
Audrey is a TDS alumni who is back to join us as an assistant teacher this year! Audrey danced with TDS for 14 years before graduating high school in 2020. Since then, she has graduated from Plymouth State Universiry. Before graduating, Audrey trained in ballet, hip hop, lyrical, acro and jazz and worked as an assistant while In high school. She was also a member of our Junior Elite and Senior Dance Company teams while dancing at TDS.
After dancing at TDS, Audrey danced for 3 years in college. She was captain of the Plymouth State University dance team and was able to choreograph many pieces for the college dance team, one of which was a competitive number winning first place in 2022. Audrey worked as a head gymnastics coach for 3 years in college for children age 3-12 and embarked in work in family services in and out of college. She worked as a family support specialist for about 7 months and is now nannying for a local family and working as a restaurant server and is so excited to get back into teaching dance again at TDS!!
Isabelle - Assistant Teacher at TDS
Isabelle is a TDS Dancer, member of our Senior Dance Company and also part of our teaching staff helping our lead teachers with our younger dance classes! Isabelle has been training at TDS since she was in pre-school. She has a calm confident demeanor in class which helps even our most timid dancers find the confidence they need to take the dance floor! Isabelle has trained in Ballet, Jazz, Hip Hop, Modern/Lyrical, Acrobatics, and has completed a year of our Faces class program which teaches dancers additional musicality, acting, character development, and production skills.
Isabelle will be assisting this year in our Summer 2025 season as well as our 2025-2026 Main Season!
Ellie - Assistant Teacher at TDS
Ellie is a TDS Dancer, member of our Senior Dance Company and also part of our teaching staff helping our lead teachers with our younger dance classes! Ellie has been training at TDS since she was in pre-school. Ellie has always been a natural leader so it’s only natural that when she was old enough she join our staff! Ellie has trained in Ballet, Jazz, Hip Hop, Modern/Lyrical, Acrobatics, pointe and has completed a year of our Faces class program which teaches dancers additional musicality, acting, character development, and production skills.
Ellie will be assisting this year in our Summer 2025 season as well as our 2025-2026 Main Season!
Susan Famiglietti - Front Desk Operations
Susan is the front desk manager at The Dance Studio. Even though Susan was never a dancer herself she has 34+ years experience as a stellar Dance Mom!