Symphony Dance welcomes students of all ages, sizes, and talents

At Symphony, we strive for excellence but accept the fact that not everyone is perfect. We welcome dancers of all levels and abilities into our studio family with open arms and see everyone as individual stars.

Symphony Dance features staff have a wide range of experience as performers, teachers, and competitive dancers. It is our hope that this studio builds on the wonderful things we’ve experienced.

Katrina, the studio owner, didn't always have positive experiences as a young dancer. This is something that we want to change for the future generation of dancers and for the students that will become our children, friends, and success stories. Symphony Dance aims to never limit dreams, to find a way for our students, to support, to promote, to adequately build and prepare our dancers, and to embrace whatever their goals or hopes are in dance and in life.

If you’d like to learn more, drop by our Irondequoit studio at 2201 N Clinton Ave, Irondequoit, NY  14617. You can also shoot us an email at katrina@symphonydance.com , text or call us via 585-713-9127, and/or like us on social media. Our staff would love to see you or hear from you!

Owner, Director, Lead Instructor

Miss Katrina is a Dance Masters of America Certified teacher of all core dance subjects, Certified Clogging Instructor, & an award winning choreographer. She also has training in multiple styles of dance, modeling, pageants, various instruments and forms of music, and in acting. She grew up in South Carolina, but relocated to the Rochester area in 2012 to be closer to family.  She has been in a dance class since she was 2; on competitive teams; part of dance companies; coach for numerous teams;  a paid performer; on television specials; in a dance store commercial, a movie, and a television show pilot. She was also part of a group asked to represent the United States in an International Folk Festival in Brazil in 2018.Miss Katrina enjoys taking care of people, teaching, and promoting health so much that she is also a School Nurse and Health teacher with a BSN & MALS--concentration in "teaching the whole child." She loves to see people enjoying good music, having fun, being healthy and happy, & of course--dancing. Her number one goal is to share the love of dance with everyone she is around. 

Office Administrator 

Mackie has extensive theatre experience on stage and off with numerous local theatre companies, and has served as a past Secretary on the Gatesinger Board of Directors.  She has been a part of over 25 local theatre productions (youth & adult) as lead; featured or named role; cast; assistant director; and stage manager (/theatre queen). She also has experience in childcare. Mackie has been a part of the Symphony Dance Family as a student since the 2016-2017 season and started working in the office in Summer 2021. She works as an inspection tech during the day and is a cat and plant Mom. When she is not in a show; part of the director team of a show; at the dance studio; or supporting/watching performing artists, she finds ways to enjoy other forms of creativity, art, and expression including knitting, painting, and being an advocate. 

Instructor 

Miss Kathy started dancing at 6 years old, has been teaching dance for over 50 years, and is also a Dance Masters of America Member. She owned a well known dance studio in Webster for over 25 years and has previous students who are now or who have been dance teachers, in professional dance companies around the world, on Broadway, & as finalists on So You Think You Can Dance. Being a mother of two children (who were/are both dancers), she is fully aware of the uniqueness of each and every child and aims to assist each student individually throughout their training.

Instructor 

Miss Margaret taught in this same building before it was Symphony Dance. She is certified to teach through Dance Masters and is also a certified Zumba instructor and has been teaching dance for over 40 years. She is also a dance Mom and works during the day as a technical associate to the Departments of Otolaryngology and the Center for Vaccine Biology and Immunology at the University of Rochester.  We are happy to have her joining our team in the 2021-2022 season--more info & a photo to come! 

Instructor 

Katie grew up as a competitive dancer and has been dancing since she was 4. She has been trained in a wide variety of dance styles and competed on both the local and national levels. She was even a former student of Miss Kathy’s! While receiving her undergraduate degree, Katie continued to be active in the dance department at Ithaca College; her coursework included both dance technique (ballet, modern) and theory (dance history, dance composition). She also was a member of several collegiate dance organizations, which allowed her to continue to compete nationally. Currently, Katie works full time as a school-based pediatric physical therapist for students with complex disabilities. She is passionate about supporting students of all backgrounds and abilities in their dance educations!