Alberto Colon

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     Alberto Colon, Jr. began his early training in Fayetteville, N.C. until he attended The University of the Arts in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania on a Presidential Merit Scholarship.  He has also had extensive training in fine institutes such as: The North Carolina School of the Arts, The University of Akron, Broadway Dance Center and STEPS on Broadway, to name a few. 
     Mr. Colon has dance as a soloist with State Street Ballet of Santa Barbara, Ca. where he performed such roles as The Beast in Robert Sund's Beauty & The Beast which toured to China and Taiwan.  He also performed Petruchio in Sund's Taming of the Shrew, lead male in Sund's B.A.N.D. and lead male in Sund's Nuevo Tango.  As a soloist for Columbia City Ballet, he performed the Pesant pas de Deux in William Starrett's Dracula's Revenge and Neapolitian in Starrett's Swan Lake. 
     Alberto has also danced with Ballet Met in Columbus, Ohio and is currently dancing with Contempra Dance Company and Schuylkill Valley Regional Dance Company.  Alberto continues to be a crowd favorite at many performances.  Mr. Colon was featured on the March 2003 Cover of Dancer Magazine!  Art of Gymnastics and Cheer students RAVE about "Mr. Alberto" and his fantastic classes jam packed with fun AND technique!

Jamie Mullen
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Miss Jamie has been dancing and performing since the age of two. She has extensive training in dance as far as lyrical, ballet, tap, jazz, hip-hop, and a bit in contemporary as well. When she was was six years old she dove into the world of gymnastics!  She then began competing heavily in both dance and gymnastic competitions. She also have held several titles from pageants, including Miss Orange County, Little Miss Italy, Queen Oceana, and more.
     Some of Miss Jamie's other qualifications include training to interact with children who may have special needs. She formerly worked for Special Services School District, where her duties included being a one-to-one teachers aide. She has completed several different training courses including: Crisis Prevention and Intervention, Safety on Holding and Management of  Weight, and a Teacher's Paraprofessional Training program.  Miss Jamie will soon complete a sign language course as well, with the hope that gymnastics will be available and convenient for as many children as possible!
     Jamie is excited to be working at Art of Gymnastics and Cheer, as well as the kids, "they have both taught me so much!" she exclaims. Miss Jamie is excited to be teaching and looks forward to having a great year with everybody!
 

Gina Laky

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Gina began studying gymnastics at the age of ten.  Shortly after, she was invited to join the gymnastics competition team and began taking dance classes.  Gina continued to study dance and gymnastics throughout high school.  Gina's gymnastics team won many local, Regional and National Championships!  Once in High School, Gina became a member of her Varsity Cheerleading team.  Gina was able to showcase her dance and gymnastics/tumbling skills during her high school years.  She received her varsity letter in cheerleading four consecutive years.  Gina also ran track and field in high school where she too, lettered in that sport all four years!  Gina attended and graduated from The College of New Jersey (TCNJ) with a degree in Communications and a minor in Deaf Studies.  While in college, Gina taught gymnastics part-time and now she is happy to return to Art of Gymnastics and Cheer to teach the tot dance and gymnastics combo class!! 
 

Elizabeth Franco
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Elizabeth grew up in Cape May County New Jersey where she started gymnastics at the age of seven. It was at the Art of Gymnastic and Cheer where she found her passion for dancing. She has extensive training in Ballet, Pointe, Lyrical, Jazz, and Hip Hop. Elizabeth has traveled across the country, as far as Las Vegas with her dance team. She has helped her team win countless awards including Top Overall National Routines.  During high school she went on to study dance at a facility in northern Cape May County.   There, she studied African style dancing and Contemporary as well as Ballet, Pointe, Lyrical, Jazz and Hip Hop. She now specializes in Contemporary dance as well as Ballet.

             Elizabeth attended Florida Atlantic University as a Psychology major. It was in Florida when she realized she was giving up something she had loved for so long. She came back to Cape May County in hopes of teaching and following her dream of dance. Teaching is her first step to getting back a dance life she has missed. She is still in college and continues to study Psychology and specialize in child development. Elizabeth is also very involved in volunteer work. She is a mentor for the Big Brother Program here in Cape May County. She is also affiliated with Anorexia Nervosa Associated Disorder (ANAD) and with the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation. No matter how busy she is she always makes time to help these causes.  

Sharon Fruckman-Laffey
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