DANCER OF THE YEAR | marilynschneider

This award goes to a single student at the studio, who displays certain attributes that are deemed important at the studio. Primarily a student who is a great role model to all students, a hard worker, loves all aspects of dance, and always has fun!

Introducing, our 2024 Dancer of the Year

Sam Muscato

Age: 17

Been Dancing For: 14 years

Favorite Color: Yellow

Favorite Food: Tacos

Favorite Type of Dance: Ballet/Lyrical

Favorite Dance Convention: Tremaine

Favorite Convention Teacher: Suzi Taylor

Favorite TV Show: Stranger Things

Favorite Movie: Ballet 422

Favorite Musician: Taylor Swift

Reasons Why She Loves Dance: "It allows me to express myself in a different way. I get to be with some of my closest friends, and it allows me to push myself to grow as a person, and an artist."

"Success is not the absence of failure; it's the persistence through failure." - Aisha Taylor

Past Winners

2023 Kiera Moran

2022 Aleigha Morrison

2013 Miranda Potter

Alanna Ackert

2021 Victoria Baldassare

2020 Kristine Burns

2012 Katie Wawrzaszek

2019 Hannah Bardeen

2011 Rocco Bianchi

2018 Marina DiVasta

2006 Jacki Talbot

2005 Kayla Grass

2004 Lindsey Grinnell

2003 Angela Todaro

2010 Gabriella Francis

2017 Emily Dahrsnin

2002 Amy Campbell

2009 Lia Pizzicato

2016 Meghan Wido

2015 Nick Wawrzaszek

2014 Sabrina Sapor

2008 Shannon Bell

2007 Amelia Arrington

2001 Christina Pultorak

2000 Laura Petrazelli

1999 Allison Hyland