Our Teachers.The Dance Forum South boasts some of the best dance instructors in the industry. With a wide variety of experience and educational backgrounds, our teachers offer technical guidance, discipline, and positive reinforcement which is key to building artistic ability and self confidence.
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CORI JACK, Owner and Director, attended Rutgers University and Point Park College as a Dance Major. She is a member and certified teacher of Dance Educators of America. Her performances include Revue shows in Las Vegas, Atlantic City, and the Caribbean. Cori has performed on national television. Her choreography experience includes has taken her all over and has been showcased at Disney World, Carnegie Hall and Broadway Dance Center, NYC. Cori has instructed all levels of dance from beginner to advanced for over 20 years.
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SHARON FESTA is a Boston native and a graduate of Dean College and the University of the Arts in Philadelphia, PA with a BFA in Jazz/Theater Dance. Sharon is a graduate of the Dance Teachers of America. She has performed and choreographed all over the world; including Singapore and Korea. Stateside, she was a principal dancer in “Tap Team Two”. Sharon has won numerous awards for her choreography and has been recognized nationally for these awards at numerous dance competitions. Sharon has also traveled throughout the country as a head judge for Starpower and Nexstar. Sharon is a very proud mother of two girls Angelina and Maggie.
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COURTNEY JACK is a Dance Forum South native and daughter of DFS founder, Cori Jack. She grew up at the studio studying ballet, pointe, jazz, lyrical, tap, hip hop, and more. As a student, Courtney performed and competed with DFS and studied at conventions and workshops throughout the tri-state area until she began working professionally. As a professional, Courtney has performed in New York City and Atlantic City. Courtney currently works for "Starpower", travels nationally on weekends with the company and has modeled professionally.
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DEVON LARCHER is a native of Pawtucket, Rhode Island where he graduated from the High School for the Performing and Visual Arts. Devon has worked for Royal Caribbean and has been a member of the Bill Evans and Urbanity Dance Companies. He currently dances for the world-renowned Koresh Dance Company in Philadelphia. He has been featured on the stage and in commercials. His choreography has won several awards in the states and abroad.
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ZAHARIA "JOHNNY" IONUT is a graduate of the Ballet High School from Bucharest. He has danced with numerous ballet companies in Bucharest and currently performs with the Atlantic City Ballet. Johnny has won awards in both national and international competitions. Johnny has performed in Cinderella, Giselle, Nutcracker, Sleeping Beauty, Dracula, Pase de Deux La Sylphide, La Bayadere, Le Corsaire, Swan Lake, Snow White, and Midsummer Night's Dream.
RINA YAMAGUCHI is currently a company dancer with the Atlantic City Ballet. She began dancing at 4 years old at the Sasa Chieko Ballet School in Japan. She has trained at various schools including the Soubi Ballet Academy, Japan; Goh Ballet Academy, Canada; and the PIttsburgh Ballet Theatre School where she was chosen and performed in Swan Lake, Dracula, and the Nutcracker. She won 1st place at the Surrey Festival of dance in Canada 2009.
MAYA FOWLER began her dance studies at age 4 at the Dance Forum South. She competed through age 18 and has won multiple awards and scholarships. She continued her dance education on the Stockton University Dance Team which is currently ranked 7th in the nation at UDA Nationals in hip hop and jazz. Maya has danced for Illusionist Joe Holiday for 2 summer seasons and other various shows on the East Coast. Maya also works with Layla Marie Princess Playtime where she portrays Disney characters Moana and Jasmine.
