MEET THE FACULTY
Karrisa Filiault
Director & Instructor
Miss Karrisa is a Western Massachusetts native, where she began dancing at the age of two, training and competing at a high level for ten years. After High School she continued her dance training taking classes in Boston and acquiring her Bachelors Degree from Dean College in Dance Education with a concentration in Exercise Science. She has trained extensively in Ballet, Jazz, Tap, Contemporary & Horton technique Modern. She performed with various companies and was a select member and soloist of the schools Contemporary Ballet Company. Under the leadership of Miss Karrisa, TDL has earned numerous choreography awards, studio awards- including multiple Industry Dance Awards nominations, the ADCC Studio of Excellence, and numerous awards for technique. Karrisa continues her education taking classes in the Boston/North Shore area and recently became Acrobatic Arts Certified (Adult & child CPR & AED Certified).
Hailey Beaudette
Hiphop & Jazz
Miss Hailey recently graduated from Roger Williams University where she majored in dance performance and education. There she trained in ballet, jazz, hip hop, team dance, lyrical, modern, contemporary and choreography. Since college she has been teaching and choreographing at numerous studios in the Boston area, earning herself a several choreography awards along the way. Hailey is an talented and important part of the TDL family.
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Carol Schneider-Sereda
Ballet & Pointe
Ms. Sereda has an extensive background in ballet in addition to having been a scholarship student at The Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater. This launched her career as a professional contemporary dancer and choreographer.
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After performing in New York, Philadelphia, Portugal and England she permanently relocated to Boston to attend the Harvard-Radcliff Summer Dance program. In Boston she produced works at Mobius, the Cambridge Multi-Cultural Art Center, The Dance Complex, and was a member of Boston University’s Dance Collective, Peter Dimuro, and Paula Josa-Jones. Ms. Sereda taught for the Walnut Hill School of Performing Arts and was on faculty at Boston Ballet for 20 years where she developed her comprehensive children’s syllabus for ages 3 to 8 uniquely incorporating American Sign Language.
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Ms. Sereda actively continues her teacher training at Central Pennsylvania Youth Ballet, American Ballet Theatre and most recently by using the Royal Academy of Dance pedagogy. As a teacher, she pulls from each of those syllabi to help dancers understand how to turn raw material into a solid technical form. Miss Carol enjoys guiding students to push their boundaries of expression and range of motion and/or to consider pursuing their dreams of dance professionally. Since free lancing Ms. Carol loves having more time to “micro-garden”, study American Sign Language and travel with her husband to visit her two daughters in Washington, D.C. and Ireland.