Sheena Twoomey

Miss Sheena is a Florida native, born and raised in Boca Raton.  She began classes in gymnastics at the tender age of four.  She competed at team levels up to level 5 until she was 9 years old at which time she became a member of the Jewels Dance family.  She has grown as a dancer and a person over many years with Miss Julie and is proud to say she is still dancing at 17.  Sheena became a member of the Jewels Dance Company at 10 and continues to compete for the team to this day.  She has earned multiple Platinum and Elite level awards and recognitions along with many "Best Overall" and "Top Scorer" honors in age categories since age 13.  At 15, together with a group of other Jewels Dancers affectionately called "SPLAT", Sheena began creating self-choreography.  Through this, they earned the "Best Overall Self-Choreography" award.  

She hopes to follow in the footsteps of her mentor Miss Julie and become not only a dance teacher, but a studio owner as well.  Sheena is currently studying to take her Dance Educators of America and USA Gymnastics Certification exams.  She is in her senior year at Pope John Paul II High School and in addition to being a member of the Varsity Cheerleading Squad, she also serves as the Head of Choreography for that team.  She looks forward to attending a college in New York with her studies concentrating on Business Management.  She will always consider Jewels Dance her home.

Samantha Werbow

Miss Samantha has an extensive performance background that started with gymnastics, evolved to dancing and has so far culminated with aerial arts. Samantha has years of choreographing experience from HipHop, jazz, lyrical, tap, modern and verything in between. She has worked for the Purrfect Angelz, Corey Burrell's Queen Bees, Hollywood Aerial Arts, and many others. She has performed along side Hollywood notables such as Arnold Schwarzenegger, Neil Patrick Harris and Rainn Wilson.
Music industry notables she has worked with include Michael Jackson, Fergi, Macy Gray and Snoop Dogg. Under the tutelage of Mia Michaels, Shane Sparks and Wade Robson, Samantha has become a versatile and dynamic performer. She enjoys teaching what she has learned through her experiences and she is excited to share her knowledge with all the dancers at Jewels.

Lauren Costantino

Lauren ("Miss Tino") began taking gymnastics classes at Jewels Dance at age 6.  The following year, she added dance to her class schedule and has continued with both ever since.  She became a member of the Jewels Dance Company at 8 years old and competed with the company through age 18.  Miss Tino earned numerous awards and recognitions at both Platinum and Elite levels including the esteemed "Miss Sophisticated Productions" for a piece which she choreographed, composed and recited the dialog herself.

She is currently preparing for certification with Dance Educators of America.  She is an incoming freshman at FSU in the fall of 2010 where her course of study will include dance and journalism.  During her years at West Boca High School, she was honored to serve as the Captain of the Dance Department during their production of "Thoroughly Modern Millie".  She has shared her love for teaching throughout her 10 year at Jewels Dance through choreographing various solos and duets for the younger "Jewels" to perform in competition.  She aspires to further her career as a dancer and instructor while she attends college in Tallahassee.  

Even though Miss Tino is looking forward to the many new opportunities on her horizon, she will always look forward to the times when she can serve as a guest faculty member at Jewels Dance.  She will never forget her roots with her Jewels Dance family.

Cassie Stafford

Although she was born in Germany, Cassie grew up in South Florida.  At 21, she looks back with fondness to when she was 2 years old and put on her first black leotard, pink tights and her first pair of ballet shoes.  Her love for dance grew from that moment on, as she enjoyed being a member of her studio's ballet company from age 6 to 12.

Cassie attended Bak Middle School of the Arts, was a Gatorette at Palm Beach Gardens High School, participated in dance intensives at the esteemed Broadway Dance Center in New York and has now been afforded the opportunity to audition for FAU’S Owlettes.

Cassie has won numerous awards for contemporary and lyrical solos as well as duos and trios at the Regional and National level. She currently enjoys choreographing for a number of young women competing in either dance competitions or pageants. Cassie is looking forward to channeling her dance passion toward others with the hope of inspiring and helping them achieve their personal best.  She looks forward to expanding her dance career with Jewels Dance.

Rita Criscione

Miss Rita studied classical ballet both privately and at the Broadway Dance Center for over twenty years. She has studied with many esteemed teachers including Joan Adams, Don Farnworth, Finis Jhung and Kat Wildfish. She is a founding member of the 1010 Ballet Dancers and a former assistant for the Magic of David Copperfield Show. Miss Rita has been teaching ballet with great passion to students of all ages and levels for several years. She is a high-quality dance instructor whose emphasis is on correct technique. Miss Rita is a certified ballet teacher with Dance Masters of America, New York City Chapter 26, a member of the American for the Arts Action Fund and the Florida Dance Association.

Quentin Bolden

Quentin grew up on the east coast (Hilton Head SC) where he sang in his church choir and danced at an early age. Hip Hop came naturally to him.  He studied the styles of ballet, jazz, and modern under the teaching of Ms. Linda Hurtado. During this education, he also found the time to become a well-rounded gymnast, learn techniques to strengthen his singing voice and pick up on the acting side of the theatrical and big/small screen arts.

Quentin got his first choreography opportunity at his high school. He was asked to do the finale number for a student choreography show for the art department's show. That summer he landed his first job at Universal Studios in the Beatle Juice show where he played Dracula. His first break came with Hoctor Dance Caravan at 18 after competing at a PDTA (Professional Dance Teachers Association) in Jekyll Island GA. Following this competition, he was asked to his first convention classes in Biloxi MS which led to his first summer tour with Dance Caravan in the summer of 2001.  He still tours with Dance Caravan every summer, staying true to his roots. Quentin feels blessed that this exposure to the spotlight has created an ever populating following of friends as well as fans; this attention led to invitations for international travel to judge, perform and choreograph many numbers including numbers for NCSA (North Carolina School of the Art).

Some of his other credits and interests include gymnastics, modeling, singing as a lead/lead soloist for many events, theatrical plays, big screen appearances and commercials including MTV and American Eagle (commercial) and Red Line (Movie Trailer). Quentin is quickly becoming one of the most sought after choreographers nationwide for his creativity in his choreography, motivating dancers to follows the dream, and pushing the fact the you have to do it for you, have fun, and always perform to the fullest!

Tammy Farris

Miss Tammy, has taught and choreographed throughout Florida for the past 27 years. One of her more notable experiences includes teaching a master class to the "Summer Disney Kids". Her award winning choreography has been seen on television shows such as William Scott's "Amateur Hour" in Orlando, and Sabado Gigante in Miami as well as, in the following productions, "One Voice" a dramatic musical, The American Dream Festival in Nassau, Bahamas and Frank Hatchett's "Broadway Dance Center Showcase" in New York City.

Tammy has won choreography awards in all aspects of dance.  Her students earned numerous high score awards, national titles and scholarships from around the country.  Some of her students have gone on to obtain scholarships for college and pursue professional careers. Two of her former students, Jessica Fernandez and Kameron Bink (a top 10 finalist), appeared as a finalists and toured with "So You Think You Can Dance" Season 2 and Season 3.  Kameron was a top 10 finalist.  Her students have also toured with Jennifer Lopez and Britney Spears, appeared in music videos with  Jennifer Lopez and No Doubt, performed at The Academy Awards, MTV Music Video Awards, VH1 Video Awards, and danced with the Miami Dolphins, Miami Heat, and various college teams.

Miss Tammy enjoys the time she gets to spend with the Jewels Dance family.

Larry Albright

Larry has been teaching and performing his style of Hip Hop for 10 years now, in shows and other venues throughout the U.S. He has performed in many venues opening for such artists as PitBull, Nelly, Ricky Martin, Common, Lil Mo and Fabolous. He has choreographed for many companies from the elementary to collegiate and professional levels. He has performed with and choreographed for such companies as RPM (featured on My Super Sweet 16), Infinite DS (NY), Like Clockwork (featured on the Queen Latifah Show), PFUNK dance company(NY),Sean’s Dance Factory (FL). He has also worked with many collegiate dance teams and programs including Rutgers University, Florida International University, Florida School of the Arts, and Northwood University. His teaching experience is extensive having taught many workshops and master classes nationally and internationally. He has worked with many conventions such as the Underground Dance convention, Beasts from the Streets Dance convention, Dance Masters of America, Dance Educators of America, and Pick the stars international just to name a few. His current projects include traveling master classes and working with new artist J Randall as a choreographer and dancer.

William "Billy" Bell


William “Billy” Bell was born and raised in West Palm Beach, Fl where he first started dance at the age of 12. He attends the Alexander W. Dreyfoos Jr. School of the Arts in West Palm Beach, Fl and plans to graduate in May 2008. There he has worked with many choreographers such as Jan Hanniford, Jeff Satinof, Amy Patton-Swan, Kathryn Posin, Chuck Davis, and Sean Green. Now, at the age 17, he has done more than kids his age: He has danced with Broadway’s most famed stars, Liza Minnelli, Joel Grey, Harolyn Blackwell, Johnny Rogers, and Brian Stokes Mitchell in “Back to Back to Broadway”; been hired by Broadway Arts Productions to tour with them in their production of “West Side Story”, in which he played “Baby John;” and has been in Ballet Florida’s production of “Marie Hale’s The Nutcracker” for two years.

Over the summer he attended the Alvin Ailey Summer Intensive Program in the Professional division and the first ever Joffrey Jazz and Contemporary Intensive. From that intensive he was accepted to be in the first ever Joffrey Jazz and Contemporary Company and is planned to premier in the summer of 2008. During that same summer, he assisted Billy Larson ,from Broadway Dance Center, during the summer as well. He has been offered contracts with Disneyland Tokyo and DDO Agencies in New York City. He also holds many titles at various dance competitions around the U.S.

Billy has also just started his own ensemble at Dreyfoos School of the Arts called the Dreyfoos Dance Ensemble, and was lucky enough to be selected to participate in NFAA Young ARTS week in which he received a silver award, $5,000 cash, and a nomination to be a Presidential Scholar.

After he graduates, Billy definitely wants to pursue an even bigger career in dance. As he also excels academically, he has been accepted into University of Central Florida, Florida State University, and the University of Florida all on full scholarships.

Most recently, he has been accepted to The Juilliard School, in New York City, for dance and is going to attend in the fall of 2008.

Shannon Burke

Jeremy Hudson

Jeremy has been dancing for 10 years. He began his training at Southern Strutt in Irmo, South Carolina where he competed around the US and earned many national and regional titles. At age 16, he appeared on "Star Search" as part of the trio "Hot Under The Collar." Jeremy followed his dance training to pursue a professional dance career in Los Angeles. There he traveled alongside Mark Meismer, assisting with master classes and choreography Nationwide. Jeremy has danced and modeled for Nike, Sketchers, Redken, MAC Cosmetics, Samsung, Bugaboo Strollers, and Tarbell Realty. He has appeared in film and television dancing for Jessica Simpson, Will. I. Am, Beirut, Regatone artist Ivy Queen at the 2007 Latin Grammys, and the "Dancing With the Stars Cardio Dance DVD." This past August Jeremy performed in the famous German Opera "Fidelio" at the LA Opera House where he was a lead dancer. He has danced in numerous renowned dance companies such as Soul Escape Dance Company, Odyssey Dance Theatre, Evolution Dance Company, and recently toured Italy with "Why Be Extraordinary..." a dance company founded and directed by Daniel Ezralow (Choreographer of the feature film "Across the Universe").

Currently Jeremy is touring alongside Jennifer Holiday and Kimberly Locke with Wella/ Sebastian's Future Vision Tour and is dancing on a nationwide club tour for dance music recording artist Erika Jayne who had a number 1 Billboard hit for her dance song "Rollercoaster." Jeremy is also teaching part time at "The Rage Entertainment Complex" in Glenora Hills, CA and continues training and working alongside some the best teachers and choreographers in the US.

Laurie Johnson

I began dancing as a child at my mother's studio in New York, The Adele Johnson School of Performing Arts. I received a BA from the George Washington University and an MBA from The University of Texas at Austin. My previous career included stints on Capitol Hill and working as an executive at various fortune 500 companies.