Our Teaching Philosophy
The objective of our studio is to provide a high quality dance education while still making dance fun. We
strive to give our dancers a firm foundation to build on whether they choose to pursue dance as a hobby or a career.
Our end of year recitals are run as a true show incorporating well produced dance numbers, music, scenery and props.
All about our owners and teachers.
Our Owners
Jacqueline J. Swetz - Owner/Director/Head Instructor
Miss
Jackie has been dancing for more than 30 years and is certified by the Dance Educators of America in Tap, Jazz, Ballet
and Musical Theatre.
She holds her degree in Early Childhood Education and Psychology from Lehman College
in the Bronx. She was a New York City school teacher for several years while performing and continuing her dance studies. In
addition to teaching all of the subjects to her class, Jackie was responsible for organizing performances and assemblies for
the school.
Her training has been with Gus Giordano, Charles Kelly, Joe Tremaine, Dorothy Jaggi, Andrea Verdeschi, Bobby Gerlich,
and Jules Faber.
She is a co-producer/choreographer of Standing Room Only Theater
Company with her husband Tom; teaching, choreographing, and creating dances and shows for children. She
has recently begun choreographing for Union Vale Middle School’s musicals (The Coney Island of Dr. Moreau and In St.
Louis, at the Fair) in the Arlington School district. Miss Jackie's performance credits include dancing with the
20th Century Foxes Dance Troupe, Tommy Tune, the RedMagik Dancers and Composer Cris Spinner. She
has performed at Bally's in Atlantic City, the Catskills Nightclub circuit (The Brown’s, The Neville, The Concord,
Kutscher’s), The United Nations, Rye Town Hilton, Actor's Conservatory Theatre, and HersheyPark with husband
Tom. Miss Jackie’s most important achievement is being the proud mother of her sons TJ and Brandon.
Thomas P. Swetz - Owner/Office Manager/Lighting and Sound Design/Magician Tom has been an entertainer performing throughout the Tri-state area for the last 31 years.
He attended Lehman Center for the Performing Arts in the Bronx as a Theater Major. His training is varied
from voice and acting to dance, stage combat, makeup, scene design and construction, lighting and sound design, magic and
juggling. He has had the privilege of training with B. H. Barry for Stage combat, Doug Bischoff of Youth
On The Move for Voice, performing illusions by Franz Harary, and performing for both Ron Howard and Robin Williams.
Most recently, Tom has worked on a new Harrison Ford movie due for a 2010 release. Tom spent three
years performing for Hershey Park, two with Allan Albert Productions and the third was a magical, musical, pirate show he
wrote, produced and performed with Jackie, his wife of 17 years. He has performed the lead roles in Godspell
(Jesus/Stephen), Pippin (Pippin/Magic Consultant), and Oklahoma (Curly), as well as supporting roles in Geography of a Horse
Dreamer, West Side Story (Snowboy), Hello Dolly (Barnaby), Grease (Roger), and Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat
(Simeon), both on the Community as well as the Regional Theater Level. His performances have
taken him throughout the area, from New York to Pennsylvania to Germany and back. He has performed for
Actor’s Conservatory Theater, IBM, Westchester Medical Center, Blythedale Children's Hospital, Hudson Valley Credit
Union, Hershey Park, Chevrolet, The Star of the North Games, Beekman Recreation Department, Poughkeepsie Recreation, the Towns
of Millbrook, Dover, and Pawling, Ann’s Place, Arlington School District, German American Society in Peekskill, The
Scottish Society, Play and Learn, Trinity Pre-school, Natural Wonders, and Traumland Park in Germany. Tom
is also a CO -Producer/Tech Director of Standing Room Only Theare Company which just celebrated its 3rd production season
and just celebrated his 31st year in magic as RedMagik. Tom is an active member of S.A.M (Society of
American Magicians) as well as a member of the I.B.M (International Brotherhood of Magicians). He is also the
proud father of two very talented young men, TJ and Brandon, who have already begun to follow in their parent's performing
footsteps.
Our Teachers
Currently we have three teachers in addition to Miss Jackie.
| Miss Anne Squeglia |
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Anne Squeglia - Teacher- Tap/Jazz/Hip Hop
Miss
Anne comes to us with a degree in Early Childhood. Miss Anne has 12 years experience in Tap, Jazz, and Ballet as
well as 2 years of pointe work. She has attended workshops with Brenda Buffalino and has performed at the Kaatsbahn
Theatre and with Step In Time.
| Miss Meg Petrone |
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Miss Meg Buckland - Teacher
Miss Meg joined the In Motion staff at the beginning of our 2005 season and has returned again this year.
Miss Meg's comes to us with a B.A. in Mathematics and a M.A. in Education from Mount Saint Mary. She
has her NYS Certification in Elementary Education, Special Education, and Reading. She has taught dance (jazz,
hip hop, and ballet) throughout Dutchess county, was a member of the HipHop Clubhouse Dance Team and has performed in the
Nutcracker in the Manhattan Center. She is currently a Self Contained Special Ed teacher for the Poughkeepsie
Schools. We are very happy to have Miss Meg with us.
