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ABOUT US
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Thurmont Md Dance and Music School continues a 41 year history of community development and a tradition of national success.
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Elower-Sicilia Productions (ESP) of Dance and Music, LLC located at 15 Water Street in Thurmont, Md, is a family business founded in 1970 by Linda Elower-Sicilia.
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Elower-Sicilia has dedicated her life to sharing her passion for dance and educating dancers in the art form, and providing a positive influence on students’ lives. Linda also founded the ESP Performing Company – a non-profit, touring performing dance company. Kara Sicilia is the current ESP Performing Company Director.
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ESP’s dance education, as created and designed by Linda, and as developed and evolved with her three daughters Kela Sicilia-Marceron, Kyra Sicilia-Fry and Kara Sicilia, focuses on technique, positive attitude, and respect.
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ESP has a history of training outstanding dancers. Many ESP students have gone on to pursue successful dance careers as teachers, directors, and performers with agent representation including performing in movies and on cruise ships.
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Many more students have received scholarships to professional dance schools such as Alvin Ailey American Dance Center, Point Park Intensive, Broadway Dance Center, Millennium, Edge, and Tap Kids. Still others have received scholarships and performed with Choreographers Carnival and in Debbie Allen’s productions at the Kennedy Center.
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Some students now dance with professional dance companies including the Arsenale della Danza dance workshop in Venice Italy and the Odyssey Dance Theatre in Utah. And one student is now a Washington Redskin cheerleader – a Redskinette.
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ESP’s Performing Company, as created by Linda and as developed with the help and her three daughters, is recognized for its excellence and technical training nationwide. In 2005, the ESP Performing Company qualified and was selected for Team USA to represent the United States in the "World Showdance" and hip-hop championships in Germany. In 2009, the ESP Performing Company was the only Maryland dance school invited to represent the State of Maryland with other States and 35 foreign countries in the International Dance event.
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ESP faculty includes an extremely talented and nationally respected staff as follows:.
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Kela Sicilia-Marceron graduated from the visual performing arts program at Thomas Johnson High School and Frederick Community College before transferring to Mount Saint Mary’s University. Kela’s performances as a dancer and singer include among others performances, performing with the Tap Sounds Underground and the Clifton Drum Trio in a show at the Valentine's Theater in Ohio, and performing in the National Institutes Production "Phat City” at the Kennedy Center for President Clinton. Kela has received numerous voice and dance scholarships and has studied in Los Angeles and New York. Kela also was a member of a Washington DC professional dance company and is a Power Pilates certified teacher. Nationally, Kela is known and respected as an award winning choreographer with numerous national choreography awards.
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Kara L. Sicilia graduated from Frederick Community College, is the Director of the ESP Performing Company, and directs ESP’s tap program. While Kara’s dance foundation was built at ESP, she continued her dance education with some amazing dancers such as Rhonda Miller, Yvonne Edwards, Baakari Wilder, Vincent Bingham, Mike Minery, Gregg Russell, Keith Clifton, Mark "Biz" Burke, and Mark Goodman. Kara was a member of two the professional dance companies: "Step Aside" and “ARA Tap”; both in Washington DC, and received numerous scholarships and awards including a scholarship received directly from the dance legend Al Gilbert. Kara also studied in Los Angeles and New York and she too is known and respected as an award winning choreographer with numerous national choreography awards.
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Kyra Sicilia-Fry graduated from Frederick Community College, and received her undergraduate and graduate degrees from Towson University and Hood College.
Kyra is a Carroll Manor Elementary School Teacher and at the studio, teaches ESP’s 2-3 year old pre-dance class. For many years, Kyra was the ESP Office and Operations Manager and Business Director. Before becoming a full time school teacher, Kyra excelled in ballet and acrobatics.
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Ashley Trout-Boyer has been a member of ESP so long that like Kela, Kara and Kyra, you might say she was born into the studio family and always has been a part of the studio family. Ashley is ESP’s Performing Company Mentor and Coach.
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Joan Hane, acrobatics; Lauri Harley, pre-dance and lyrical; Maigan Torre, Hip-Hop and jazz; and Struther White round out the base faculty at ESP, and guest teachers: Megan Adelsberger, Katie Beliveau, Patrick Cubbedge, Becca Martin, Taylor Rice, plus an amazing group of Master Class Faculty from around the country complete the staff. New to our faculty is Shannon Doyle, who will be teaching “cheer dance” and other styles of dance.
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Registration for the 2011-2012 fall and spring semesters for new and current students at the Thurmont MD based Elower-Sicilia Productions (ESP) of Dance and Music, LLC. is on-going and can be accomplished on this site at the Classes/Registration Tab, or by calling the studio office at 301-271-7458, or via email at espofficemanager@aol.com, or by stopping by the studio at 15 water Street Thurmont during studio business hours Monday - Friday from 4:00 - 8:00 PM. |
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EMAIL: ESPDance
15 Water Street - Thurmont, Maryland 21788
PHONE: 1-301-271-7458
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