Teachers

PEDC teachers either have their B.A. Degree in Dance from an accredited university or have several years in the field of dance education. It is the philosophy of PEDC to have a well rounded staff that is fluent in the many disciplines of dance. We take pride in knowing that PEDC students become versatile in all styles of dance.

Miss Amie - Owner/Director

Teacher Profile

Miss Amie grew up in Tewksbury Massachusetts where she trained at the Donna Miceli Dance Center for fifteen years. In addition to her local training, Amie received a scholarship to study under the direction of many renowned choreographers at the Jeannette Neill Dance Studio in Boston. Amie went on to receive a bachelor of arts degree in dance from Point Park University in Pittsburgh, PA. After graduating college, Amie went on to perform for Disney Cruise Line, Sesame Street Live, and Walt Disney Entertainment. In 2003 Amie's childhood dream came true when she opened Performer's Edge Dance Center. She is so happy to bring dance to the Davenport/Four Corners Area. Amie loves to teach her own passion of dance and performing onto her students and she is so proud to see her dancers grow not only to be well trained dancers and performers but most importantly amazing individuals. Amie's choreography has won numerous awards at both the regional and national competitive level. Her students have won numerous scholarships, received specialty awards, performed on cruise ships and more. Amie resides in Davenport Florida with her husband Jim and they are the proud parents of Zoe Grace Hollborn.

Miss Alyssa - Tap

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MISS ALYSSA grew up dancing along with Miss Amie at the Donna Miceli Dance Center in Tewksbury Massachusetts. Alyssa danced with the "Kid Co." and "Youth Dance Company" during her training at DMDC. At the age of 16 she graduated from the Teacher Preparation Program and started her career as a teacher and choreographer at DMDC. Alyssa has trained with Tap Masters such as Gregory Hines, Brenda Buffalino, Barbara Duffy and Julia Boynton. She has traveled the country for Tap conferences to further her training on a number of occasions. Alyssa moved back to Florida in 2010 to teach for Miss Amie and has enjoyed every minute of it. She loves teaching at Performer's Edge because she can share her love of Tap with her students while dancing along side her sister again.

Patricia Blakeney is in her 26th year in the field of education where she spent 23.5 years as a classroom teacher of music to students in grades 4 through 12 specifically in the subjects of chorus, piano, guitar, band and music theory. She has taught both piano and voice privately to students ages 5 through adult. She has directed several choirs that have received superior ratings at festivals and has been selected as Teacher of the Year three different years throughout her career. Mrs. Blakeney has coached students in their preparations for voice auditions for arts high schools with the majority of students successfully accomplishing their goal of acceptance. She has a Bachelor's degree in Music Education with a Major in Piano and a Minor in voice, a Master's degree in Educational Leadership and currently serves as the Dean of Students at Westside K-8 School.

Mr Niko - Hip Hop

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Miss Allison - Combo Classes, Pre-School Classes

Teacher Profile

Miss Allison is a Florida native and has resided in the Four Corners area for 14.5 years. She was a PEDC student from Fall of 2006 to Summer of 2017. In the Fall of 2011, she began participating in PEDC’s Student Assistant Program, where she helped Miss Amie with classes ranging in age from 3-6 years old. Currently, she is still under Miss Amie’s training and helps her with Mom and Me, Creative Movement, and Combo Classes as well as Pre-Jazz.

In addition to her numerous years of training at PEDC, Miss Allison also graduated with her A.A. degree in Liberal Arts from Polk State College in December of 2017, where she was fortunate enough to be the youngest in her graduating class at 17 years old. She is now entering her senior year at Seminole State College of Florida, where she is pursuing a Bachelor of Science degree in Business Information and Management.

Miss Allison enjoys teaching at PEDC because of the ability to teach students not only proper dance technique, but also important life lessons and character qualities such as compassion and respect.