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Owner/Artistic Director: Miss Amanda started her love of dance very early in life. She studied dance at Fabulous Feet in Metuchen and NJ School of Ballet. In high school she was selected into Arts High School for two consecutive years. She then went on to college and received a Bachelor of Fine Arts in dance from Montclair State University in 2001. At MSU, Miss Amanda worked with many teachers and choreographers such as Maureen Glennon, Lisa Grimes Van Sickle, Lori Katterhenry, Nancy Lushington, Joanna Mendel Shaw, Lonnie Mooreson, Donna Scro Gentile, Maxine Steinman, and Paul Sutherland (to name a few). While at Montclair, Miss Amanda was an intern for Freespace Dance Inc. where she was able to learn the skills to managing a professional dance show as well as performing for the company for various festivals throughout New Jersey. Immediately after graduating from Montclair State University, Miss Amanda relocated to Orlando, Florida, and was a member of the prestigious Entertainment Department at Walt Disney World for 2 years. She performed in stage shows and parades throughout the Walt Disney World Resorts. This included the Mickey's Very Merry Christmas Parade hosted by Regis Philbin and Kelly Ripa of Live with Regis and Kelly, on Christmas day, The Storytime with Belle show, and Spectro Magic night parade. Throughout Miss Amanda's professional dance career she has performed at/with Six Flags Great Adventure, Prime Time Entertainer’s DJ Company, the Middlesex County Beauty Pageant, and Freespace Dance Inc., a modern dance company based out of Montclair, NJ. She always had a love of teaching dance and and spreading the love of dance to children. She has taught at numerous dance studios in New Jersey and has choreographed many award-winning routines for competitions throughout the Tri-State area. In September of 2005, she founded Destined to Dance and the rest is history. Miss Amanda stays current with her dance education by regularly attending yearly workshops and conventions for dance instructors. In addition to all of her dance accomplishments, Miss Amanda is a certified Pilates Mat instructor and a licensed Zumba Instructor. She welcomed a her son Tyler James into the DTD family in July of 2015.
