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FACULTY BIOS
PPAC takes a great deal of pride in the quality level of our instructors. All of our instructors have extensive professional and/or teaching backgrounds including a four-time Olympic gold medalist, a Radio City Rockette, a reality show star, and choreographers with international experience. This level of background knowledge with our instructors allows students to get a learning experience unlike any other.
Click on the photos below to get more in-depth biographies from each of Plumb's instructors.
OUR GUEST INSTRUCTORS:

Ricky Palomino

Top 20 finisher on FOX's "So You Think You Can Dance"

Tina (D'Amato) Sidoni

Dance choreographer with national and international acclaim

Duncan Cooper
Ballet with New York City Dance Alliance and Lines of San Francisco

Denise Wall

Dance Instructor and mother of Travis Wall and Danny Tidwell (No Bio)

Jeff Amsden

Choreographer with experience in films, TV shows, and music videos

Tokyo

Choreographer

OUR INSTRUCTORS:

Ryan Ingram

Hip Hop Instructor

Chris Compton

Ballet Instructor

Lisa Plumb

The founder of PPAC and instructor of the center's youngest dancers

Stacy Paydo

Radio City Rockette and Jazz / Pilates Training Instructor

Cassandra "Casey" Jones

Jazz Instructor

Dale Kuhn

Ballroom Dance Instructor

Gabriella Carbone

Jazz / Lyrical / Competition Routines Instructor

Harriet Carroll
Dance Fitness Instructor and Choreographer

Tammy Dyke
Ballet / Contemporary / Jazz Instructor

Alicia Cardoza
Jazz Instructor

Carissa Wong
Jazz Instructor

Amani Jae
Hip Hop Instructor

Megan Bormann
Jazz and Tap Instructor

Heather Harr
Ballet Instructor

Kelly Roberts
Ballet Instructor

Whitney Popp
Ballet / Contemporary / Jazz / Tap Instructor