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Sam Coffin
Studio Owner
Samantha Coffin is a graduate from Western Michigan University and has her Bachelor of Arts Degree in Dance with a minor in General Business. She was a student at the River Raisin Centre for the Arts in Monroe, MI, where she was extensively trained in the Cecchetti Ballet method as well as Tap, Jazz and Modern.
She has performed numerous ballets including Graduation Ball, The Nutcracker, Cinderella, Peter and the Wolf, and Coppelia. Miss Sam has danced soloist roles in “Fandango” by Antony Tudor, which was staged by ABT’s Amanda Mckerrow and John Gardner. She has been a guest artist performing as The Sugarplum Fairy in The Nutcracker. She has also worked with Willy Shives from The Joffery Ballet and performed in Gerald Arpino’s “Viva Vivaldi”.
Miss Sam was chosen to perform in the historical reconstruction of Loie Fuller’s “La Mer” by Megan Slayter and Jessica Lindberg Cox. Her adjudicated choreography was selected to be in the 2013 Orchesis Dance Concert at Western Michigan University in Kalamazoo.
Miss Sam has been teaching since 2014 and loves to watch her students fall in love with dance. She is an Acrobatic Arts certified Module One instructor as well as a current member of Dance Educators of America. She has taken numerous teaching training courses including many with DanceLife Retreat as well as American Ballet Theater. She is a Rhythm Works Integrative Arts certified instructor which focuses on students with disabilities. Miss Sam also choreographs for the Jackson Northwest High School choir.
Emily Karell-Chu
Originally from Saratoga Springs, NY, Emily began dancing from a young age. She continued training at various local dance studios in New York and Ohio before attending the Walnut Hill School for the Arts in Natick, MA, where she graduated high school with a major in ballet. In 2015, Emily received her BFA in ballet from the University of Cincinnati’s College-Conservatory of Music. While attending the University of Cincinnati, Emily also received her certification in Pilates from Pendleton Pilates.
After graduating college, Emily moved to South Florida, where she spent ten years performing and teaching. From 2016 to 2025 she performed with Rainbow Circus Miami as a company contortionist and dancer, and from 2017 to 2025 she danced with the Ballet Florida as a company dancer. Throughout her time in South Florida, she taught at several local studios, such as Precision Dance Conservatory, Astrid Audet Academy of Ballet, and MUSE Center for the Arts. In the 2024/2025 school year she joined the full time faculty of Boynton Beach High School, teaching ballet for the fine arts dance Choice Program.
Amy Cadwallader
Amy Cadwallader is a dancer, choreographer, performer, improviser, and educator currently living in Ann Arbor, MI. Amy earned an MFA in Dance at the University of Michigan, and she earned a B.S. in Mathematics Education with minors in Dance and Spanish at Purdue University. Amy’s nontraditional partnering training originated with Purdue faculty and blossomed with guest artist Bill Wade of Inlet Dance Theatre. She trained in compositional improvisation with The Architects, Lower Left, at MICI in Lancaster, PA, and at Thinking Dance in NYC.
Amy performs with Dance Uprising (where she is the Artistic Director), Terpsichore Dance Collective, and Resonant Bodies. She has performed with The Precipitants, Detroit Circus, A2 Aviary, and as a freelancer. Amy has performed throughout Michigan, Indiana, Illinois, Kentucky, Pennsylvania, New York, and in Hamilton, ON. Her work has been featured in collaborative shows, mixed-bill programs, and full length evening productions.
Emma Zink
Emma is an aspiring pediatric occupational therapist and lifelong dancer in her senior year at the University of Michigan. She is currently pursuing a Bachelor of Science in Public Health with a minor in Human Anatomy and Physiology. Emma has trained primarily in ballet and modern throughout her life, and has performed at numerous concerts, festivals, and events with Happendance Impulse, DANCE Lansing, and the Greater Lansing Ballet Company’s Elements. She is now a competitive ballroom and latin dancer on the Michigan Ballroom Dance Team in the pre-championship and championship divisions.
Emma encourages students to use their imagination and explore movement during class while building body awareness and technical skill. She works to foster a fun and supportive environment where each student can learn, grow, and dance their hearts out. She has been known to dance anytime, anyplace (on the subway, down grocery store aisles, around the house), and she hopes to help her students find their own joy in movement.
Danielle Dros
Danielle Dros (she/her) is a social worker by day and a dance instructor specializing in tap and musical theatre by night. Daniellegrew up dancing competitively and performing in various musical theatre productions. The one thing Danielle enjoys more than dancing itself is sharing this art form with others. Danielle believes that dance is for every body and works to make her classes welcoming, inclusive, and accessible for all students. She takes an approach to teaching that is collaborative, meets students where they are at, and most importantly, centers joy. Danielle has 5+ years experience teaching dance classes to students ages 4-13 and 18+, choreographing musicals for youth theatre camps and community theatre productions, and is a certified Dancing Mindfulness Instructor.
Wrigley May
Front Desk
Dance has been a constant for Wrigley, having started classes at just three years old and doing competitive dance for four years. Dance is a huge thing that surrounds Wrigley’s family, so she was introduced young and had a ton of encouragement. Wrigley is in high-school and when she is not doing homework, she is listening to music, dancing or watching and cheering other dancers on. Growing and looking onward at the future, dance has taught Wrigley so many lessons, given many joyful moments and continues to bring her comfort and love.
