Marissa Miller, B.A.
Assistant Director

Marissa has been dancing across the seacoast since the age of 6. Starting out at Sole City Dance, she has worked with Northeastern Ballet Theatre, Sole City Dance, Franklin Pierce University, University of New Hampshire, The Dance Annex, Safe Haven Ballet, Joy of Dance, and Lila Dance Festival. She is a UNH alumni with a Bachelor’s of Arts in English Literature with a minor in Dance and danced in their Ballet Company for 3 years under Assaf Benchitrit and Susan Endrizzi. She has been teaching on the Seacoast for 15 years and specializes in Ballet, Pointe, Lyrical, Musical Theatre and Young Children’s Dance.

While her favorite style has always been Ballet, Marissa also dances and teaches in Pointe, Jazz, Lyrical, Contemporary, Modern, Tap, Musical Theatre, and loves teaching the littlest dancer all the way to adults.She has performed in many a Nutcracker, Don Quixote, Cinderella, How the Grinch Stole Christmas, Beauty and the Beast, Romeo and Juliet, and Aladdin. Her favorite roles have been Clara, English, and Spanish (Nutcracker), Gypsy Princess (DQ), and Winter Fairy and Euphronia understudy (Cinderella).

While her main passion is dance, her first love is stories. An avid reader, Marissa has also co-authored a book with her grandmother, Sandra Dodge, called “Charlie Ballerina”. Marissa has also helped create themed dance shows by writing the stories behind the dancing. Always creative, she enjoys painting, crocheting, gardening, writing, and photography. When she is not at the studio, she is enjoying cuddles with her cat and spending time with her husband, family, and friends.