Donna Frech
Donna Frech began her dance training at age 4 in New York and continues to study at workshops and conventions in between being the owner of 3 dance studios. She has studied with many well known teachers including Frank Hatchett, Finis Jhung, Germaine Salsberg, Ben and Miller, Bob Rizzo, Janice Barringer, Mary Brienza, Brian Foley, Sherry Gold, Beverly Fletcher, Anthony Ferro and at the Eglevsky Ballet School to name a few.
Donna was a student assistant for several years at her studio where she trained and was the choreographer for the East Meadow Rockettes when she was a member of the troupe in high school. Donna is past president of the Binghamton Chapter of NADAA, a former board member and is currently a National Vice President and Life Member. In addition to owning the studio, Donna has choreographed numerous theater productions, including The Wizard of Oz, Alice in Wonderland, Guys and Dolls and The Music Man to name a few.
She has taught at conventions and workshops throughout her career and has been an adjudicator for Talent Olympics for the last 7 years. Donna’s students have won numerous awards and titles, and many have gone on to pursue prestigious careers in dance, including teaching dance and owning their own successful dance studios. She has won choreography awards and many studio awards, including the High Energy Award, the Technique Award, and the Personality Award.
As a youngster, she performed at The World’s Fair in New York, the Steel Pier in Atlantic City, and at the New York Met’s World Series Celebration in Flushing Meadows Park in NY, under the direction of teacher Marge Williams. Donna is celebrating 34 years as a dance studio owner and has made dreams come true for thousands of children throughout her teaching career.

Kathleen Cragle
Kathleen Cragle began her dance training at the age of two, under her mother’s direction at the Donna Frech School of Dance. She has studied several forms of dance, including tap, ballet, pointe, jazz, lyrical, modern, music theater and acrobatics. Kathleen attended many workshops and conventions with master teachers such as Anthony Bradford, Reggio “The Hoofer”, Chuck Kelly, Bob Rizzo, Joe Tremaine, Gregg Russell, Ben and Miller, Joe Lanteri, Frank Hatchett and Finis Jhung just to name a few.
Kathleen has been on staff at the Donna Frech School of Dance for the past 12 years. Her students’ have won numerous awards for their dance and acrobatic routines. Kathleen herself has won several dance and acrobatic awards including Teen Miss and Miss NADAA. She has also taught at the Salt City Moving Company under the direction of Susan Hughes, in Syracuse N.Y.
She is currently Treasurer of the Binghamton chapter # 60 of NADAA and has been a member for 10 years. Kathleen received her Masters Degree in Physical Education from SUNY Cortland and is a Physical Education teacher at the Oxford Primary School. She has choreographed several school musicals including the The Music Man, The Wizard of OZ, and You’re a Good Man Charlie Brown just to name a few. Kathleen has also been a competition judge for Talent Olympics for the last 6 years.

Kristen Miller
Kristen Miller began her dance training at the age of 2, under the direction of her mother, Donna Frech. Kristen attended many master classes throughout her dance training, studying with Bob Rizzo, Frank Hatchett, Gernaine Salsberg, Mary Brienza, Joe Tremaine, Gregg Russell, Ben and Miller, Joe Lanteri, Frank Hatchett and Finis Jhung to name a few.
While attending SUNY. Oneonta, Kristen was a member of the Oneonta State Terpsichorean Dance Company and choreographed many pieces, one of which was selected to perform for a special SUNY Oneonta President’s Breakfast. In addition to being on staff at the DFSD, Kristen has taught at the Southern Tier Academy of Dance in Binghamton, N.Y. and as a guest teacher for many National Association Of Dance and Affiliated Arts, Inc. workshops.
As a choreographer and teacher, Kristen has received many awards, including choreography awards for several of her dance pieces. In addition to being on faculty for NADAA, Kristen has been a competition judge for Talent Olympics for the last 6 years.

Andrea Wilson
Andrea Wilson started dancing at the age of three for the Donna Frech School of Dance. She is a previous member of the Donna Frech School of Dance Company dancers, performing at various venues including Disney’s Magic Music Days. Throughout her high school career she performed in various musicals including Annie, Oklahoma, Guys and Dolls, South Pacific, The Wizard of Oz and The Music Man to name a few.
She went on to study dance at SUNY Brockport and then transferring to Hartwick College where she was a teaching assistant for the Ballet program, under the direction of Janet Bresee. She currently holds her Bachelors of Arts degree from Hartwick College, studying abroad in France and Italy. Andrea also recently completed her Bachelors of Science Degree in History, recently studying abroad in Ghana. She has been teaching dance for the Donna Frech School of Dance for five years for students of all ages.

Kayla Stage
Kayla Stage began her training at the Donna Frech School Of Dance where she studied Tap, Ballet Jazz, Acro, Lyrical, Modern and Hip Hop for 15 years. She has studied with many master teachers including Bob Rizzo, Frank Hatchett, Janice Barringer and Jason Worley.
She has been attending NADAA workshops and seminars for dance since she was 11 years old. She was an apprentice in the DFSD teacher training program for 4 years and was an assistant at the studio for several years. While attending SUNY Morrisville, Kayla began her teaching career at DFSD.
Kayla has been a part of many DFSD award winning competition groups and has danced several times in Disney as a DFSD company dancer. Kayla’s love and dedication for dance shows through her teaching and she enjoys working with children of all ages.

Breanne
Breanne began her dance training at the age of 4, under the direction of Donna Frech, where she completed 10 years of training. Within those 10 years she attended many master classes with, Savon Glover, Bob Rizzo, and others while in attendance of NADAA workshops. She then continued her training with the Amber Perkins School of the Arts. While with Amber Perkins School of the Arts Breanne began instructing several dance classes. In 1999 she went onto college to minor in dance at SUNY Brockport where she studied several different forms of dance including, Modern, Tap, Irish, African and Ballet. While at SUNY Brockport Breanne studied with various artist, Clyde Morgan, Garth Fagan, Eddie Murphy and The Limón Dance Company to name a few. Breanne traveled locally with SANKOFA (an African Dance and drum ensemble) as well as with Eddie Murphy's Irish Dance Company. In her free time she was the captain of the SUNY Brockport Dance Team for both the football and basketball seasons. After completely her school Breanne has continued to teach on the recreational level at a community center in Brockport NY. Breanne is very excited to be joining the Donna Frech School of dance family and looks forward to sharing her knowledge and love for dance with the students.