Dance Northeast Beg/Int Master Class Instructors
Ballet
Jenna Demers
Jenna began her dance journey at Studio 109 when she was 3 years old. She was trained in the styles of ballet, pointe, jazz, lyrical, hip hop, tap, and pom. Jenna became a part of the performance troupe when she was 5 years old and did competitive dance until she was 15 years old. In 2019 Jenna began to transition from performance to technique and began dancing with Sole City while still competing. In 2021 she shifted her entire dance focus on technique at Sole City Dance where she also became part of the Solstice Dance Company. She continued to dance throughout high school.
Jenna grew up as a teachers assistant at Studio 109 and Sole City, which sparked her interest for teaching. Over the years, Jenna has choreographed group dances, and also a solo, which were performed by the Solstice dance company at Sole City.
Jenna is very excited to be a part of the SCD faculty and share her passion with the students. She hopes to inspire them to love dance as much as she does!
Tap
Caitlin Craven
Caitlin found her love for dance growing up at the Creative Dance Workshop of Bow where she trained in the styles of tap, hip hop, jazz, lyrical, and ballet. In high school, Caitlin attended the Dance Teacher Education Program at the Dance Teachers’ Club of Boston, becoming a certified dance instructor. Caitlin earned her undergraduate degree at the University of New Hampshire, dual majoring in Education and Psychology and minoring in Dance. She performed in the UNH Dance Company for four years where she trained in the styles of jazz, tap, and aerial. She served as co-captain of the company during her senior year (2022-2023). During her time in the UNH dance program, she was a part of the college’s first-ever certification course in becoming an aerial dance instructor.
For six years Caitlin has been a tap, aerial, and young children's dance teacher at Sole City Dance in Somersworth, NH. She enjoys igniting an excitement for dance in her students through improvisation, creative movement, and collaboration. Caitlin has choreographed for the Solstice Dance Company at Sole City Dance, The Creative Dance Workshop of Bow Dance Team, and numerous junior musical productions. In 2024 Caitlin co-founded Passion Dance Project, an advanced dance company created for adults on the NH Seacoast.
Contemporary
Danielle Coombs
Danielle is a graduate of the University of New Hampshire, where she received a Bachelor of Science degree in Mechanical Engineering and a minor in dance. During her time at UNH, she trained in jazz, tap, ballet, pointe and aerial. She was a member of the jazz, tap, aerial section of the UNH Dance Company, in addition, she performed in many dance and aerial showcases. Before dancing in college, Danielle danced at Adagio Dance Academy for 15 years training in styles of ballet, tap, jazz, hip hop, contemporary and pointe, as well as dancing competitively for 10 of those years. Danielle teaches at Sole City where she can continue her love of dance and inspire her students to share in her passion to keep dancing.
Jazz
Hannah Zaheer
Hannah grew up training in contemporary, ballet, modern, tap, and jazz around the Massachusetts and Southern Maine seacoast. She recently graduated from the University of Richmond where she received a B.A. in Politics, Philosophy, Economics, & Law (PPEL) and minors in Dance and Health Studies. At UR, she was a member of the performance-based dance company, University Dancers, where she performed original works by Peter Pucci, Charlotte Boye-Christensen, Stephanie Martinez, and Patrick Coker, among others. Additionally, Hannah choreographed two original contemporary works for University Dancers' annual concerts. She currently performs with Boston-based dance company, Fusion Dance Collective.
When she's not dancing, Hannah can be found reading, doing pilates, or studying for the law school admissions test. She loves to see dancers bring their own unique movement quality to choreography, and is excited to share her passion for dance with the students at SCD!