MK Tap

Miss Kristin - Director
The magic of dance began for Kristin at the tender age of 4 with tap at Carol's Academy of Dance in Lancaster. While she thought it made too much noise and wanted to stop, her mother convinced her to persevere, and today her feet won't stop tapping.

She soon added to ballet, jazz, lyrical and tumbling to her resume and continued to study at Carol's until 1994. An original member of Dance Inc., Kristin competed for many years earning numerous regional and national awards for groups and solos alike. She performed on WGAL's News 8 Live at Noon and cheered with the Central Penn Piranha. She continued her dance education at Betsy Daily School of Performing Arts in Berwyn, PA where she also competed and performed.

With years of training under her belt, Kristin joined the staff of Willow Street Dance-Steps in 1995 teaching all techniques. Soon thereafter, she formed a dance company, and graciously watched it grow from 10 to 60 amazingly talented dancers. Kristin's choreography and technique classes have taken her competition students to win national titles, and many awards including the Tap Excellence award and top group awards at both the regional and national levels.

Kristin has furthered her education with classes at Broadway Dance Center, and numerous conventions including Manhattan Dance Project, Wild, Tremaine Dance Conventions, NYC Dance Alliance, West Coast Dance Explosion, Dance Olympus, and Dance Power Express. She has completed two years of the Broadway Dance Center's Teacher Workshop and a year of the winter intensive classes. She has had the pleasure of training with tap masters Jason Janus, Danny Wallace, and Gregory Hines and looks forward to furthering her dance training in the future.

Kristin is a graduate of Conestoga Valley High School and Millersville University with a BS in Speech Communication and International Studies. Her career ventures have landed her at Willow Valley Resort as the Marketing Specialist. In addition to MK Tap, Miss Kristin teaches at both Cricket's Performing Arts and Carol's Academy of Dance. "Whoever says sunshine brings happiness, has never danced in the rain.

Heather - Adult Company
Heather began dancing at the age of four with Body Language Dance Studio in her hometown. She stayed there for 15 years before giving up dance to pursue a degree in Forensics at West Virginia University. After college graduation, she joined Sherry Foor Dance Studio for a year before moving to the Lancaster area. Now she dances at Cricket’s Performing Arts studio. Heather works as a senior chemist at Lancaster Labs. In her spare time she enjoys reading, traveling, and her ferrets. “When you get the choice to sit it out or dance…DANCE.”

Julie - Senior Company
Julie has been dancing for nine years and goes to Penn Manor High School. She curretly studies at Carol's Academy of Dance and is a member of their competition team. Julie loves pointe, lyrical, ballet, and jazz, but tap is her favorite! “Dance is a science that many pursue, but few master."

Hannah - Junior Company
Hannah took her first dance class when she was three, and her feet won't stop moving. She is in third grade at Kraybill Mennonite School in Mount Joy and loves to read, do crafts, and DANCE! "Dancing is like dreaming with your feet!"