INSTRUCTORS

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Owner/Instructor

BA in Dance 

BS in Elementary Education 

Radford University

Ballet | Jazz | Acrobatics  

Progressing Ballet Technique 

Pointe/Pre-Pointe 

Contemporary | Lyrical

AcroDance PreSchool

Born and raised in Pulaski, Virginia, Morgan has always had a passion for both dance and her hometown. She opened her studio – Dancing in the Wings – in her parents’ home in 2010. After almost nine years, the studio expanded to its current Dublin location. From the three students who started DITW to the over one hundred seventy-five that attend the studio today, her main goals have remained the same – to offer quality dance educations to her students while creating a safe and supportive atmosphere for them. Morgan received a BA in Dance and a BS in Elementary Education from Radford University in 2018. During her time at Radford Univeristy she studied under Danah Bella of the Peabody Conservatory at Johns Hopkins, Aleksky Plekhanova of The State Vagonova Ballet Academy of St. Petersburg, Inessa Plekhanova also of The State Vagonova Ballet Academy of St. Petersburg, Amy VanKirk, Ji-Eun Lee, and Deborah McLaughlin. During her time at Radford University, Morgan dedicated much of her time to her students on the competition team. Her students have won many awards and, in 2018, one of her students was awarded a scholarship to train and perform in Los Angeles, California. Burchett accompanied her student to California to oversee her training. In addition to her degrees in dance and education, she also is a certified Acrobatic Arts instructor. She also holds a certifications for Acrobatic Arts’ AcroDance PreSchool program, Progressing Ballet Technique, and Alixa Flexibility. 

Burchett plans to continue expanding her studio as well as elaborating on her training, certifications, and education as an instructor to ensure that she offers and oversees the highest quality of dance training possible. 

Instructor

Acrobatics | Hip-Hop

Ashley teaches Acrobatics and Hip-Hop at DITW. She has been dancing since she was three years old and she is currently attending Radford University as a Dance and Biology major. She has performed pieces at Radford University choreographed by Ji-Eun Lee and James Robey. Her favorite part of teaching is getting to be there by the side of the young students to watch them grow into beautiful dancers!

Instructor

Ballet | Pointe

Emily is originally from Raleigh, NC where she trained at the Triangle Academy of Dance under the direction of Annette Hagopian and Margaret Severin-Hansen from Carolina Ballet. While at the Triangle Academy of Dance she trained in ballet, jazz, tap, contemporary, and modern with her focus mainly on ballet and she joined their Professional Trainee Program. She was also a member of Carolina Youth Ballet where she performed numerous ballets and has had featured roles.  Her professional experience includes dancing with Manassas Ballet Theatre and Roanoke Ballet Theatre where she is currently dancing. She has experience teaching in the genres of ballet, jazz, and tap and loves teaching students of all levels. 

Instructor

Ballet | Pointe

Catherine Sperduto, from Long Island New York, began her early ballet training at Lynch School off Ballet. Following High School, Catherine joined American Repertory ballet as a trainee. Catherine then danced her first season as a company member at Manassas Ballet. She now currently dances with Roanoke Ballet Company. Within her time thus far, she has been given the opportunity to dance many soloist roles. 

Alongside dancing, Catherine has taught and currently still guest teaches at many ballet schools across the country such as, American Repertory Ballet, Lynch School of Ballet, Roanoke Ballet Theatre and Martin Center for Dance Education. Catherine is very excited to begin teaching at Dancing in the Wings. 

Instructor

 Tap | Ballet | Jazz

Susannah Keim has been a creative mover since the age of 2 and trained in many genres of dance at Southside Ballet Studio during her adolescence, but is particularly fond of tap and jazz. She has been dancing competitively since age 6, and has performed in various pieces on her own time such as Open Floor: A Choreographer’s Showcase put on by 757Headspace, The Nutcracker put on by The Richmond Ballet, and Too Close to the Sun, a student film at Virginia Commonwealth University. In her last two years of high school, Susannah was given the opportunity to teach classes at her home studio, while embracing these opportunities, she discovered her deeper love for choreography and teaching dance. Susannah is now continuing to pursue that passion as a freshman at the Radford University Department of Dance, pursuing her Bachelor of Science in Dance Education with an Entrepreneurship Emphasis. 

Instructor

Tap | Ballet | Jazz | Hip-Hop

Taylor is 22 years old from Amelia, Virginia and has been dancing since she was 8 years old at Studio Energy and Motion formerly known as Joy's School of Dance. Taylor graduated from BrightPoint Community College formerly known as John Tyler Community College in 2021 with her Associates of Fine Arts Degree in Theatre. She currently attends Radford University as a Dance Education Major and Special Education Minor. She has been teaching ages 4-18 since

2017 and has experience in instructing Ballet, Pointe, Tap, Jazz, Musical Theatre,

Lyrical/Contemporary, Modern, and Tumbling. In 2021 she was a light tech for “A Midsummer Night’s Dream” at BrightPoint Community College. Taylor was an understudy for Radford

University’s 2022 Fall Dance Fest in James Robeys “Othering” and was in Innessa Plekhanova’s Nutcracker Suite as the “Clowns” in 2022. Taylor has also been casted in Radford University's 2023 Dancing On The Edge and Choral Concert in James Robeys “Time” and “Our Voices”. Taylor’s choreography is known for being awarded a “Bravo Award” two years in a row by Boogie Fever and Dance Machine competition for outstanding performance and creativity.

Outside of her dance life, she loves to spend time with her two dachshund’s Daisy and Minnie and go to the beach with friends.

Instructor

 | Jazz | Leaps & Turns

Madison Neel studies dance education at Radford University. Her earlier education occurred at several studios in Radford, Christiansburg, and Salem, VA. She has experience in multiple dance styles including Vaganova Ballet, Post Limon Modern, and various jazz techniques. She has also taken an array of workshops in musical theater, tap, and hip-hop. She teaches beginner and advanced Hip-hop currently and has taught previous creative movement courses for young children. Her pride is teaching children to dance as an Instructor at Dancing In the Wings and En L’air Academy of Dance and Acrobatics. 

Jenni Richards, originally from Sacramento, California, grew up studying dance at The Conservatory of Dance & Performing Arts and later joined the Sacramento Ballet Youth Ensemble under Melanie Haller and Carrine Binda. She received additional training at summer intensives with Long Beach Ballet, American Ballet Theatre, Pittsburgh Ballet, Ballet Austin, and Nashville Ballet, and Milwaukee Ballet. After graduating high school, she was accepted into Nashville Ballet’s Trainee program where she had the opportunity to work under Nick Mullikan, Kathryn Crews Linsley and Paul Vasterling. In 2019, Jenni joined Milwaukee Ballet as a second company member and the following year moved to Virginia to join Roanoke Ballet Theatre where she is now beginning her third season as a company member.

Guest Instructor

BFA in Dance

MS in Speech Language Pathology

Radford University 

Originally from Bristol, Virginia, Ms. Thompson began dancing at Watts Dance Studio and Extreme Dance Company under the instruction of Carolee Watts Hacker and Kimberly Ann Fore. She has since received a BFA in Dance from Radford University where she trained under Danah Bella of the Peabody Conservatory at Johns Hopkins, Bob Boross, and Inessa Plekhanova of The State Vagonova Ballet Academy of St. Petersburg. In addition to her RU education, Ms. Thompson has studied abroad in England at the Royal Ballet School and the Trinity Laban Conservatoire of Dance. Her performance opportunities include being an apprentice company member of d a n a h b e l l a DanceWorks, at the Capezio Peridance Center in NYC, and the America College Dance Association's National Gala at the Kennedy Center. Ms. Thompson has also been an instructor for the Radford University Ballet Youth instructional program. She was also an adjudicator for the for the VA Summer Residential Governors School for the Visual and Performing Arts from 2015-2018. Most recently, she presented her creative work while teaching during the  VA Summer Residential Governors School for the Visual and Performing Arts during the summer from 2018-2018. In addition to her performance and educational experience, Ms. Thompson has recently received certification as an International Acrobatics Arts instructor.