About us 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. 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. Our Staff "Miss Katrina" Kaplin 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. "Miss Kathy" Rudyj-Coon 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. |