Laurie Flaherty

Co-Owner One Studio Dance and Yoga

Dance Instructor and Dance Program Director

Laurie's passion for dance started as early as she can remember and she has been dancing ever since. She started her training in ballet and gymnastics at 4 years old and started dancing competitively at 9 years old. While growing up right outside of Boston, Laurie had had the opportunity to study dance and train with many outstanding teachers, but she received most of her inspiration from talented dancer and choreographer, Kerry Smith at the Academy of Performing Arts. Laurie went on to perform with an award winning jazz dance company directed by Smith for 6 years. She has studied many forms of dance but has extensive training in jazz, hip hop, ballet and creative/modern dance. In 2005, Laurie was finally able to combine her two passions in life, dance and working with children, into her full-time career. She taught over 80 students through her private dance program "All That Dance" and she also taught dance at Harwood Union High School. Laurie continues to further her own study of dance by taking master classes from well known choreographers around the country, attending teacher training workshops and working on developing and writing her own syllabi for classes. She loves to teach and she enjoys working with students of all ages and abilities. Laurie strongly believes that dance in all its forms is incredibly beneficial to the body, mind and spirit and that the study and mastery of movement can help children and adults to feel better and gain more confidence in their daily lives. Laurie lives in Waterbury with her very supportive husband and their four wonderful children. 

Indy Ewald

Co-Owner One Studio Dance and Yoga

Yoga Instructor and Yoga Program Director

Worksite Health Promotion Specialist

Indy has been a student of yoga for over 20 years and an instructor for 11 years. Her yoga training is an eclectic mix of Iyengar, Astanga, Vinyasa, and Ana Forrest yoga. Indy's teaching began with pre-natal yoga. She developed a unique class blending her background in homebirth midwifery, her own personal homebirth experiences and her yoga practice that helped to empower and prepare women mentally and physically for childbirth and motherhood. This teaching experience was so satisfying that it naturally led to teaching adults of all ages and abilities. Indy loves connecting to people through yoga. The focus of her instruction is helping students use the mind body techniques of yoga to release tension, connect with their true spiritual selves and strengthen their mind and body. Her classes are a mixture of centering techniques, stretching and strengthening postures, breathing and core development. The atmosphere in Indy's classes are relaxed, non-competitive, supportive and fun. Beginners and experienced students both will benefit from her yoga classes. Recently, Indy has become a Certified Worksite Health Promotion Specialist.  Indy is happily married to Mark and together they have two children, Will and Mimi.

Laura Goodman

Ballet Program Director & Instructor

Laura has been teaching classical ballet for over 10 years at acclaimed ballet schools around the country.  She has studied with the School of Minnesota Ballet, the Royal Winnipeg Ballet School, the North Carolina School for the Arts, and the American Ballet Theater in NYC.  She has studied with renowned ballet dancers David Howard, Melissa Hayden and Wilhelm Burmann.  Laura has danced professionally with the Minnesota Ballet, the City Ballet of San Diego, Canyon Concert Ballet of Colorado and the Metropolitan Ballet of Minnesota. She was also a finalist in the New York International Ballet Competition in 2003. Throughout Laura's professional career she has taught and coached ballet dancers of all ages and skill levels. Laura is excited to have the opportunity to share her passion for ballet with the students of One Studio Dance and Yoga. Her teaching style encompasses the art of ballet while instilling confidence, discipline and respect through a positive learning environment believing every child is a capable dancer.

Faith Bieler

Yoga Instructor

Faith is a Kripalu certified and YogaKids certified instructor and teacher trainer. She has many years of experience in teaching yoga to children and adults.  Faith is passionate about bringing personal health and well being, strength, peace and loving kindness to all through yoga.  In addition to the physical and spiritual benefits of yoga, she wishes to bring the happiness, joy and fun of yoga to all participants.  Faith loves guiding students into a deep connection with themselves as well as a deep connection with nature.  Faith lives on a farm, has 3 children and 4 grandchildren.

Bob Brookens

Music Instructor

Bob is a performer, music educator and music therapist.  He attended West Chester University in PA where he studied music education and then performance, earning a BA in music performance.  Bob also attended Temple University in Philadelphia, PA studying music therapy.  He earned a second Bachelor’s degree and a Master’s in music therapy at Temple.  Bob has been teaching privately for 20 years on an assortment of instruments including guitar, cello, bass, percussion, piano, saxophone, flute, clarinet, mandolin and voice.  He has been practicing music therapy for 9 years and is currently starting a private practice in Vermont.  Bob has performed and recorded with many local bands in the Pennsylvania region and has toured nationally and internationally with Cubby Checker.  Bob and his wife, Colleen, created "Kids Creating Music" over 8 years ago and have brought music to young people all over PA and now to VT for the past year.  Bob also created and has been facilitating "Music Explore" for several years, which is a more hands on approach to exploring musical instruments for older children.  Bob is now offering both of these classes at One Studio for the first time.

Sidra Hoffman

Ballet Instructor

Sidra began her ballet training at the age of five at the Adams School of Dance in Rutland Vermont. At the age of twelve she began as an apprentice with the Vermont Chamber Ballet.  After attending the 2001 Summer Program at the Jose Mateo Ballet Theatre in Cambridge Massachusetts, she was promoted to the rank of principal dancer with the Vermont Chamber Ballet at the age of fourteen. She performed featured roles in Tchaikovsky’s the Nutcracker and originated feature roles in multiple other ballets. In 2004 Sidra competed in a regional Dance Educator’s of America (DEA) competition and after winning a gold medal and an award for an exceptional performance, she advanced on to the National competition in New York City where she was awarded gold medals for both solo and group performances. During the years of 2002 and 2005, she spent her summers training under Marcia Dale Weary of the Central Pennsylvania Youth Ballet. Sidra attended the University of Utah in Salt Lake City, and continued to perform with the Mountain West Ballet. She graduated in May of 2009 with a Bachelors of Science and is currently pursuing a graduate degree in Pathology at the University of Vermont.  In addition to teaching ballet, Sidra also headed up the dance program for U-Fit, a Utah based adaptive dance program. 

Hailee Laidman

Dance Instructor & Studio Manager

Hailee grew up in St. Albans, Vermont and danced from the time she was three years old, first with Debbie White's Dance Academy, then with Electric Youth.  She was also a member of the BFA Dance Team.  Hailee was first trained in ballet, tap, and jazz and became interested in hip-hop and modern dance while in her teens.  She has been teaching dance for six years.  Hailee graduated from Johnson State College with a degree in Early Elementary Education and was a member of the JSC Dance Ensemble throughout her four years of college.  While at JSC, she also gained experience in Irish Step and in many traditonal cultural and religious dances from around the world.  In 2005, Hailee brought hip-hop to the Johnson After School program (JASP) where she taught after school dance for 2 years, as well as summer workshops.  In addition to teaching ballet, jazz and hip hop, Hailee loves to teach Creative Dance and Movement to preschoolers.  Dance is something that has always brought Hailee a lot of happiness and she is very excited to share that passion with younger students now as a dance instructor at One Studio.  

Lindsey McNamee

Tap Dance Instructor

Lindsey McNamee started dancing when she was 3, starting with tap and ballet. Lindsey competed in tap for 3 years while continuing to study ballet, tap, jazz and lyrical. Lindsey is currently a Junior at Johnson State College where she has been an active member of the JSC Dance Ensemble and a dance co-captain for 3 semesters.

Annelies McVoy

Tap Dance Instructor
Sharing the joy of dance and music is a passion for Annelies. Tap, modern, jazz, ballet, folk-dancing, body percussion and Music Together round out her world of movement and song. She studies dance as avidly as she teaches, and loves to share what she learns with people of all ages and abilities. Essential to her teaching is the desire to help develop strong, musical bodies while avoiding injury. She is thrilled to be developing the tap program at One Studio. Improvisation games are included in all of her teaching, as are opportunities for each student to share what they have discovered. 

Heather Morris

Celtic Dance Instructor

Heather has studied many forms of dance since the age of 4 but has a particular affinity for Celtic dance. A Scottish Highland dancer since the age of 7, she decided to take up Irish Step dance as an adult and is now instuctor of both dance forms. For the past 11 years Heather has been developing programs in Celtic dance across the state of Vermont, from Chittendon County to the Northeast Kingdom. She trains her students to participate in local performances, national and international competitions and examinations. Heather is a Fellow with the British Association of Teachers of Dancing (BATD) and a Member of the Scottish Dancer Teachers' Alliance (SDTA). 

Taryn Noelle

Dance/Theatre/Vocal Instructor

Originally from Toronto, Canada, Taryn studied dance and gymnastics from an early age. After relocating to Vermont for high school, she included theater, theater dance and music to her repertoire. Taryn spent two years studying in New York City at the Circle in Square Theatre School, furthering her studies in dance, acting, music and movement. Taryn returned to Vermont in 2005 and since then she has been performing  and choreographing for musicals, teaching Latin and Ballroom dance, and teaching modern and lyrical dance. Taryn also teaches private Jazz/Pop/Broadway style vocal lessons in the area. 

Stephanie O’Flaherty

Ballet Program Director & Instructor 

Stephanie was born in Stuttgart, Germany and moved to Vermont as a child.  She received her early training with Maureen Asher at the Champlain Academy of Ballet, and later at the Vermont Conservatory of Ballet.  Stephanie continued her studies at Mount Holyoke College under the tutelage of Rose and Charles Flachs.  There she was introduced to the Vaganova method of dancing and teaching, and received her B.A. in Dance in 2000.  Stephanie is a graduate of John White’s Vaganova pedagogical technique and theory seminars (years 1 – 6) and has been teaching ballet professionally since 2001.  She teaches all levels and is committed to providing every student - from child to adult - with the same high quality training.  Her goal is to share with dancers the joy and the rewards a positive approach to the challenges inherent in classical dance brings.

Martina Price

Ballet Instructor

Martina taught ballet at the Vermont Conservatory of Ballet in Essex for 7 years. She enjoys sharing her love of dance with children, teenagers, and adults alike. Trained in the Vaganova technique, Martina adds her love of life and joyous nature to her classes. She resides in Jericho where she and her husband Tom home school their daughters. In her spare time she gets involved with as many theatrical, musical, or dance performances as time permits!

Liam Shannon

Breakin' Dance Instructor

Liam Shannon or "Bboy Display" started dancing at the age of 14.  Inspired by the movie "Beat Street" as a freshman in high school, he
and his brother began teaching themselves the art of breakin in the basement of their parent's house. Since then he has dedicated himself
to growing both as a dancer and a person through hip hop. He enjoys teaching and is committed to sharing his knowledge of the entertainment, style and values of the vibrant hip hop culture with his students.

Kelly Sturgis

Dance Instructor

Originally from Vermont, Kelly Sturgis has spent the past six years dancing professionally in the Washington, DC area, where she was a member of the X Faction Dance Company.  She has appeared on BET and worked with Grammy-winning recording artist Mya.  Kelly currently teaches hip hop, street jazz, and gymnastics throughout the state of Vermont, and enjoys sharing her passion for dance with students of all ages.

Scott Weigand

Musical Theatre Director

Scott is a native of Pittsburgh, who moved to Vermont in 2007. He studied theatre at California University of Pennsylvania. A veteran of children’s theatre, he toured nationally with Story Salad Productions "Amelia Bedelia 4 Mayor". With the Pittsburgh Civic Light Opera, he toured for two years performing all over Pennsylvania, Ohio and West Virginia. He has been seen in or directed over 75 productions, community, college and professional theatre He is a founding member of Tip My Cup Productions, in New York City, a theatre company dedicated to the production of new works. Scott is also the Director for Harwood Unions spring musical, and is the Director of Montpelier High Schools Theatre program.  Favorite roles include: Jesus (Godspell), Tony (West Side Story), Judas (Jesus Christ Superstar), Freddy, the American (Chess), and Jason (Medea). He began Café Noir productions, with the goal of bringing professional theatre together with community members and students to create an educational theatre experience in the Mad River Valley.   For Cafe Noir he has been seen in Miss Saigon in Concert as the Engineer, Judas in "Godspell", Charlie Brown in "You're a Good Man Charlie Brown", and Forbidden Xmas –3 in the role of Hersh. He created and starred in Sentimental Guy, the Songs of Ben Folds, as well as creating "Murder on Mascara Mountain" the murder mystery spectacular. He has had a hand in creating, performing or directing all of Cafe Noir's cabarets, and is an acting coach and Director for their summer program, "Side By Side".

Becky Widschwenter

Fitness Instructor

Becky has 6 years of experience teaching group fitness classes. She is a former tri-athlete, aerobics instructor and personal trainer with a Bachelor's Degree in Health Science and a special interest in body/mind connnection fitness. 

One Studio is always looking for inspiring teachers to join our team. If you are interested in teaching, please call us at 802-244-8600.