FACULTY

BALLET, POINTE, VARIATIONS Originally from Taylor, Michigan, Megan Coleman Stuart began her training with Ballet Americana. She continued her training at The David Howard Summer Intensive, The Bolshoiat Vail, American Ballet Theatre, Joffrey Midwest, and on scholarship with Ballet Met. While studying on dance scholarship at Eastern Michigan University, she won The National Society of Arts and Letters Career Award for ballet and represented Michigan at the nationals. She performed one season with Detroit Opera House Civic Ensemble before beginning her professional career with Ballet Theatre of Ohio.Megan had the opportunity to dance the roles of the Sugar Plum Fairy and Snow Queen in The Nutcracker, Wicked Witch of the West in the premiere of The Wizard of Oz, Lilac Fairy in The Sleeping Beauty, and contemporary works in the Heinz Poll Summer Dance Festival. Mrs. Stuart was invited to perform with Verb Ballets for their 2009 winter season before moving to KY to dance for the Lexington Ballet Company. Her repertoire with LBC included Sugar Plum Fairy, Snow Queen, Dew Drop, Don Quixote Pas de deux, Fairy Doll, Swanilda in Coppelia, The title role in Cinderella, Evil Witch in Snow White, The Queen of Hearts in Alice in Wonderland, and many original works.Megan freelanced for several years throughout the Midwest appearing as a guest artist Sugar Plum Fairy for several companies' performances of The Nutcracker as well as the title roles in BTO's Cinderella and for the premiere performance of The Little Mermaid. ​ Megan has had the pleasure of guest teaching for The University of Michigan's Musical Theatre Department, Eastern Michigan University, Cecchetti Council's Eastern Michigan Committee, among others and has been on faculty for Lexington Ballet School and Toledo Ballet, along with many schools nationally. She has been invited for choreographic residencies at Eastern Michigan University and Hillsdale College. Mrs. Stuart holds a BA in Dance from Eastern Michigan University. Megan Coleman Stuart is an ABT® Certified Teacher, who has successfully completed the ABT® Teacher Training Intensive in Pre-Primary through Level 5 of the ABT® National Training Curriculum.

TAP & JAZZ, DANCE KRAZE DIRECTOR Kim Sulek loves teaching dance. The Ohio born native started at the age of 3 and has never stopped. She attended the University of Akron where she earned a B.A. and a B.F.A. in dance (cum laude). She has studied with Jacques D’Amboise, Paul Taylor, Billy Sigenfeld and her favorite teacher of all time, the world renowned Jerry Burr. She has danced professionally with the Cleveland Cavalier’s dance team and Ballet Theatre of Ohio. She’s been teaching for over 40 years including 33 years in the Akron area where she founded Dance Kraze a student dance competition team in 1994. Those dancers have received many awards including “Best Technique, Best Emotional Execution, Highest team scores, Best precision, Best Choreography, Best storytelling” and many more. Kim has also judged dance/show choir competitions and choreographed over 28 musicals for Cuyahoga Falls and Stow High School. She was also fortunate to be a part of Ballet Theatre of Ohio for 30 years where she performed many fun character parts as well as rehearsed and choreographed small portions for many of their productions. Lastly, she is a very happy wife and mother of 4, all of which seem to have her same energy.

BALLET A native of Northeast Ohio, Victoria Fraumann, began her ballet studies at the age of 2. Her range of dance training consists of Tap, Irish, Lyrical, Jazz, Contemporary, Character, Pointe, and Classical Ballet. As a student, Victoria studied 4 years of creative movement/beginner ballet, 6 years of intensive Vaganova Technique (Russian Training) and 6 years of intensive study with the American Ballet Theatre (ABT) which culminated to Victoria reaching her accreditation as a professional dancer thought ABT after passing her Level 6 testing with Honors in New York City in 2018. Victoria has been trained and/or participated in master classes with the following professional artists: Nurzhan Kulybaev, Natalya Vyashenko, Inna Stabrova, Misty Copeland, Paul Boos, Zippora Karz, Ivan Zaytcev, Joshua Beamish, Amar Ramasar, Ashley Bowder, Julia Erickson, Allison DeBona, Rex Tilton, Christopher Ruud, Carlo Lopez, Aaron Ingley, Phil Chan, Amelia Lowe representing the following companies: ABT, New York Ballet, Ballet Magnificat and the New York City Rockettes. Victoria has attended classes at the Steps on Broadway school of dance in New York City and has also received the honor of performing several dances protected by the Balanchine trust. Victoria Fraumann is an ABT Certified Teacher, who has successfully completed the ABT Teacher Training Intensive in Pre-Primary through Level 3 of the ABT National Training Curriculum. Victoria is also a Certified Character Dance Instructor, who has successfully completed the ODI Strabrova Character Curriculum for Professional Instructors. Victoria has received her Bachelors degree in Exercise Science. Victoria’s energetic and fun-loving attitude, along with her classical training, helps makes dance challenging and fun for her students while giving them a firm technical foundation to aide them as they pursue their love of dance.

BALLET Hailey Molchen is a Stow, Ohio based performer pursuing a Bachelor of Fine Arts Degree from Point Park University. Throughout her time at Point Park she has performed works by Christopher Huggins in “What I Think” and Michelle Van Dorren as Violet in “Violet Deconstructed” Additionally she has been recognized as a dance model with Easley Visuals by Ezra Easley II. Hailey is excited to begin her journey in the dance industry following graduation in 2024.

BALLET, PILATES Brian Murphy has been a professional dancer for three decades with acclaimed dance companies throughout the United States. In his career, he has danced with Ohio Ballet, Cleveland San Jose Ballet, Verb Ballets, GroundWorks Dance Theater, Nashville Ballet, Richmond Ballet, BalletMet, and New Orleans Delta Ensemble. He has danced in works by Paul Taylor, Merce Cunningham, Martha Graham, and Lester Horton, and has performed lead roles in major ballets including Sleeping Beauty, Cinderella, Romeo and Juliet, and Hamlet. For over 25 years of his professional career, he has had the great joy of working with artists from all over the world by producing programs and choreographing works. He is co-owner of Pilates by Murphys. Brian has danced as a guest in performances in Cleveland and on tours with the Dancing Wheels Company since the 2021-22 season.

MODERN Lauren Satink was raised in Wadsworth, Ohio and started dancing at Northeast Ohio Dance when she was five years old. Lauren took all forms of dance including ballet, jazz, modern and hip hop. She was part of NEOD’s pre-professional company under the directorship of Brenda and Christopher Stygar for six years. During her years with the company, she performed many lead roles in NEOD’s annual production of the Nutcracker. To further her training Lauren attended summer intensives at the Dance Institute (Akron, OH), BalletMet (Columbus, OH), Ad Deum (Houston, TX), Inlet Dance Theatre (Cleveland, OH) and Ballet 5:8 (Chicago, IL). After graduating high school in 2020, Lauren continued her dance training with Ballet 5:8under the direction of Julianna Rubio Slager for their 2020 - 2021 season. She performed in some of Rubio Slager’s various works including Strangers and Angels and Beyond the Nutcracker. After leaving Chicago, Lauren decided to switch her focus from ballet to modern. Lauren joined Inlet Dance Theatre under the directorship of Bill Wade in 2021. She is trained in Erick Hawkins’ release technique and Alison Chase non-traditional partnering. She has performed some of Wade’s various works including Cohering (2023) with the Cleveland Orchestra and What Do You Do With An Idea? (2024) at the Civic Center in Des Moines, IA.      She has been teaching jazz, hip hop, modern and ballet at Northeast Ohio Dance since 2021 and performed the role of Sugar Plum Fairy as a guest artist in their 2023 production of the Nutcracker. Outside of the studio, she loves spending time with her family, hiking, reading and playing with her dog, Savannah

HIP HOP Julia Webb was born and raised in Lodi, Ohio and started dancing at Northeast Ohio Dance when she was three years old. Julia has studied many forms of dance including but not limited to Ballet, Pointe, Jazz, Modern, and Hip-Hop. She was also a part of NEOD’s company under the directorship of Brenda and Christopher Stygar for four years. Julia decided to further her career at Kent State University not only to obtain a BA in dance studies but also a BFA in photography with a study in graphic design. She has performed in many productions at Kent State including Fall Faculty Concerts (2019, 2020, 2021, and 2022), Student Dance Festival (2021, 2022, and 2023), Kent Dance Ensemble (2022 and 2023), and Kent State 8. Julia has worked with many Choreographers for staged pieces throughout her college career including Catherine Meredith, Barbara Allegra Verlezza, Jennifer Black, Samuel McIntosh, Jeffrey Marc Rockland, Alice Blumenfeld, Micaela Taylor, Lisa Viola, and Amy Hall Garner. In the 2022-2023 season she joined the Hip-Hip company Levitated (the training group for Elevated) performing/competed at the World of Dance in Chicago (2022) and The Elevated Gala (2023). Julia Performed at the Lords Of The Land II (2022) put on by the 10kMovement and still trains/works with the organization today under the directorship of Samuel McIntosh. She most recently competed in the Red Bull Dance Your Style Audition (2024). Julia currently teaches at Jillian Rian’s Dance School and Northeast Ohio Dance. Outside of teaching she is a freelance photographer and a photographer/graphic designer for the photography company Ripcho in Cleveland. In her freetime she enjoys exploring other art forms such as painting, drawing, and exploring with photoshop. She is looking forward to continuing to learn and grow throughout life’s adventures. Julia loves spending time with her family, friends, and her many pets at home! She is looking forward to continuing to learn and grow throughout life’s adventures while helping others through their dance journey along the way!