REBECCA WARD

**FOUNDING OWNER AND DIRECTOR**
Ms. Becky grew up in Woodbridge, VA, where she studied ballet with Linda DelMonte of Linda's Ballet Workshop Inc. She became a founding member of the studio's performance group, Fifth Position, and was appointed assistant teacher for the school's Adapted Ballet class for children with special needs.
Becky was awarded a teaching internship with Maryland’s Ballet Petite in 1999, and soon after, became a full-time teacher in the areas of Ballet, Creative Movement and Musical Theater-style Jazz. She served next as the Artistic Director for Dance Upon a Dream in Potomac, MD, from 2004-2006. Becky has choreographed numerous pieces for performance groups and dance competitions along the east coast with notable stops at Walt Disney World, FL, and the Smithsonian National Zoological Park in Washington, D.C.
Certified as a Level II Member of The Dance Educators of America, Becky has taken classes with world-renowned teachers such as Luigi, Twyla Tharp, Charles Kelley, Raymond Lukens, and Nan Giordano. Her 20+ year career teaching in the DMV area has culminated in her founding of Studio One Dance.
Becky is certified by the American Red Cross in Adult and Pediatric First Aid/CPR/AED.

TANNER FANT BRYAN

**ASSOCIATE DIRECTOR AND INSTRUCTOR**
Ms. Tanner is a Mississippi native who has devoted her life to advocacy through dance and the performing arts. She graduated summa cum laude from the University of Alabama with a Bachelor of Arts in Dance and minor in psychology. During her collegiate career, Tanner trained on scholarship with Giordano Dance Chicago and Visceral Dance and served as the co-director of Dance Alabama Film Festival. Upon graduation, Tanner performed internationally with Creative Studios by NCLH on Regent Seven Seas Cruises and was featured in works by Patti Wilcox, Chase Benz and Brittany Stewart. She then went on to serve as Assistant Cruise Director, performing with world-renowned guest entertainers and choreographing works on the onboard entertainment team.
Tanner’s teaching and choreography experience has earned her success both nationally and internationally, and many of her former students have blooming careers in the performing arts industry. In 2011, she helped launch Let’s All Dance: a dance program for individuals with multiple abilities. Let’s All Dance has inspired programs across the southeastern United States and Belize. Tanner believes that dance is for all and strives to make dance accessible to all ages and abilities. Dance provides a creative learning path of self-discovery, discipline, and world perspective that Tanner hopes to share with her students each class.
Beyond the world of dance, Tanner is the Special Events Coordinator with Wolf Trap Foundation for the Performing Arts. She recently moved to the D.C. area and looks forward to embracing all the DMV has to offer.

MAZARINE HARRIS

**STUDIO MANAGER AND INSTRUCTOR**
Originally from France, Maz began her ballet journey at the age of 4. What started as a fun activity with friends eventually blossomed into a professional passion. Maz trained pre-professionally with the Ecole Nationale de Danse de Cannes, Boston Ballet School, and Alonzo King LINES Ballet's Training Program. She supplemented her training with summer programs all over the UK and continental Europe. Her rigorous ballet training allowed her to explore and express greater freedom in contemporary repertoire.
Injury unexpectedly ended Maz’s dancing career earlier than she had hoped. She went back to school to study Kinesiology at William & Mary. Alongside her academic study of movement, Maz became a certified GYROTONIC® and GYROKINESIS® Trainer, further deepening her understanding and passion for functional movement education.
Maz is profoundly grateful to the teachers and mentors who have guided her along the way; their influence remains significant in her life today and she aspires to make a similar positive difference in the lives of her students at Studio One Dance.

CANDACE GIBSON

**INSTRUCTOR**
Candace began taking barre classes to cross-train for long-distance running. She found a workout that was efficient, effective, kind to her joints, incredibly social, and sweetly reminiscent of her youthful dance days. When she began teaching barre in 2015, she knew she'd never return to a desk job -- at least not full-time. She simply loved being back in a studio; what's more, her background in communications translated seamlessly to planning classes and cueing exercises. Candace has witnessed the power of positive movement in her clients' lives and believes that every body (not a typo; her part-time work is writing!) can practice barre. She taught through two pregnancies, and she's aging into an even deeper appreciation of barre's infinite variety and gentle strength-building. Candace also teaches barre in the park and enjoys walking absolutely everywhere. She hopes to see you in her class or chat with you in the lobby while her daughter dances with Ms. Becky!

ELIZABETH CHAILLÉ

**INSTRUCTOR**
Ms. Elizabeth is a modern/contemporary dance artist, performer, choreographer, film-maker & teacher. She’s trained in multiple dance genres including; creative, modern, contemporary, jazz, hip-hop, West African, ballet & somatic practices, all of which have influenced the mover she is today. Elizabeth attended and received her BFA, dance degree from Peabody Conservatory of the Johns Hopkins University. After graduating Elizabeth moved back to her home, Salt Lake City, Utah where she began her professional dance career dancing for Wasatch Contemporary, Fem Dance, Altitude Dance Company and Allure Creative. After two years she moved back to Baltimore to be a part of their arts community through teaching and in the future start a professional touring dance company. Aside from dance Elizabeth is a barre instructor, loves painting, reading & road trips.

ERIN SULLIVAN

**INSTRUCTOR**
Ms. Erin is a dancer and choreographer from Montpelier, Vermont. She has been dancing since she was 3 years old, starting with ballet and tap. Eventually, she found her way into a breaking class and fell in love with the groove and the beat of hip hop. In high school she was a member of her studio’s only audition based, pre-professional, troupe where she honed her skills in all genres of dance. She graduated in 2023 with a bachelors of the arts in dance from the University of Vermont; her college career was primarily focused on the modern/contemporary styles and continuing her education on Hip Hop as a culture. Erin is so excited and grateful for the opportunity to bring Hip Hop to Studio One Dance, and she can’t wait to start grooving with everyone!

ABIGAIL FEHLNER

INSTRUCTOR

Ms. Abigail is a dancer, instructor, and choreographer originally from Newburyport, Massachusetts. She started dancing at the age of 5, training in ballet, modern, contemporary, tap, lyrical, and jazz. She earned her BA in Dance from James Madison University in 2024, where she mainly studied ballet and modern/ contemporary. During her college career, Abigail flourished as a performer in the dance programs audition based pre-professional company, where she had the pleasure of working with notable artists & companies such as Norbert De La Cruz III, Ballet Hispánico, Rubén Graciani, Lucinda Childs, Monique Haley, Brandi Coleman, and Katherine Helen Fisher. She gained confidence as a choreographer as well at JMU, where many of her pieces were selected to be performed in different shows. She was also a co-director of the Associate Dance Ensemble, where she choreographed on and served as a mentor for the first year dance majors.

Since graduating, Abigail has had the pleasure of being a dance teacher of many styles for students of all ages, as well as a choreographer for dance competition routines that have received multiple choreography awards. Aside from teaching dance, Abigail also has experience as a long term nanny and indoor cycle instructor. Combining her passions — dance and inspiring young children — has been such a pleasure and she is pleased to continue spreading her excitement with the students at Studio One as she starts her next chapter here in the DC area.

Abigail is certified by the American Red Cross in Adult, Child, and Baby First Aid/CPR/AED.