Jennifer Agbay (Artistic Director, Dance) has returned to PASOW as the Artistic Director for our dance program. Jennifer is an alumnus of New York University and received her Bachelor of Science in Dance and Dance Education. She is also an alumnus of the PASOW Dance program and previously served on the faculty. Jennifer's professional repertoire includes: The Washington Square Reparatory Dance Company and a New York based Ballet Company, "Ballet for Young Audiences". She is also on faculty at the Boston Ballet school, has taught and choreographed in numerous private and public schools as well as, Assumption College in Worcester. She was the former Artistic Director and Upper School Coordinator at Dance It Up! Dance Center in Grafton and has served as one of Lincoln Center's National Educators in Dance. As Artistic Director, Jennifer will be working with the Director of Curriculum to create and develop continuity in the Dance program.

Jolanta Valeikaite (Ballet) Jolanta Valeikate will be returning for her second year at PASOW. A graduate from the Vilnius Ballet School, Ms. Valeikaite received recognition as a laureate of international ballet competitions, wining the Silver medal at the Ballet Competition in Moscow, the Bronze medal at the International Ballet Competition in Moscow, the Bronze medal at the International Ballet Competition in Varna, and the Prix Ohya at the 3rd International Ballet Competition in Paris. She was a principal of the Lithuanian National Opera and Ballet Theater for 10 years. Ms. Valeikaite joined the PASOW faculty in the fall of 2003.

Deborah Lucivero (Ballet) had her classical ballet and modern dance training from Eleanor Thompson and also studied in Boston, New York city and at Jacob's Pillow. She has performed with the New England Dance Ensemble in various classical, contemporary and modern dance pieces throughout the Northeast. After receiving a Masters Degree in Special Education from Assumption College and teaching in the Worcester Public Schools, Ms, Lucivero returned to ballet when she joined the PASOW faculty in 1995. As a faculty member, she performed in several productions of The Nutcracker with the Worcester Youth Ballet.

Elisabeth Anne Hughes (Ballet) is the former Owner/Artistic Director of the Performing Arts Theatre in Sterling, which she owned for over 18 years. She is certified to teach dance through Dance Masters of America, Chapter #5, and has taught ballet, tap, jazz and modern to students ages 2-adult for over 25 years. She has studied in New York, Boston and Cambridge with Gus Giordano, Frank Hatchett David Howard, Charles Kelley, Luigi and Ann Reinking.

Judie Clark (Modern Dance Instructor)Judie Clark's early dance training began in upstate New York studying with Kathy Hansen, Judy Bloom and in Toronto, Canada with prominent teachers from The National Ballet of Canada and Christopher Donovan from Les Ballet Jazz de Montreal.

She is a 2002 graduate of the National Dance Institute teacher-training program. N.D. I. was founded by Jacques d'Amboise, led by Ellen Weinstein. Ms. Clark taught children using the NDI methods at PS1 and at LaGuardia High School, (the High School of Performing Arts), in New York.

Ms. Clark has performed in Japan, Summer Stock Theater, with The Tri-Cities Opera, and Sonia Dawkin's Prism Dance Theater. She has trained with Garth Fagan, Milton Myers, Timothy Draper, founder of the Rochester City Ballet, Judith Jamison, Pearl Lang, Philadanco and the Limon Institute.

Ms. Clark has her associates in Dance from the University of the Arts in Philadelphia, a Bachelors of Science in Dance from SUNY Brockport, currently on faculty in the dance departments at Dean College, Nichols College and summer faculty at Cushing Academy.

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