Larry Cervi Larry has been training teenagers in the Arts for 48 years. He earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in education, and a Master's in Theatre at the University of Pittsburgh. He taught English at Swissvale High School, and then Speech and Drama at Churchill Area High School for 21 years (where he also directed the school's theater productions), and at the Community College of Allegheny County Boyce Campus. He served as choreographer for two major university marching bands, and directed competitive drill teams. He founded the Larry Cervi School of Performing Arts in 1986, and the East End Kids, a professional teen song and dance ensemble, in 1990. Larry's artistic direction of high school musicals at Gateway, Riverview and West Allegheny High Schools culminated in numerous CLO Gene Kelly Award nominations. He has also directed at North Hills, Montour, and the Jewish Community Center. With over 100 dramatic and musical productions to his credit, Larry continues to share his love of the arts with teens. He currently teaches acting at the Larry Cervi School of Performing Arts, he is the artistic director for the East End Kids, and he directs theater for East End Productions, the most recent of which was "Fame."		Kim Meyers Merge Co-owner of the Larry Cervi School of Performing Arts in Monroeville, Kim is a summa cum laude graduate of Point Park University and has been teaching dance for more than 20 years. She danced on Broadway in "The Tap Dance Kid" and with many touring companies, dinner theaters and summer stock shows across the United States. Rob Marshall (director of the movies Chicago and Memoirs of a Geisha), Christian Slater, Ben Vereen, and Lynn Swann are some of the celebrities with whom she has performed. Locally, Kim has danced with the Pittsburgh CLO, the Pittsburgh Ballet Theatre, and the Pittsburgh Opera. Her energies are now directed toward teaching and choreographing. In addition to teaching with Larry Cervi, Kim taught at the CLO Academy for 10 years, the Ellis School, and at Centerstage in New Jersey. She currently choreographs musicals at Gateway High School, Franklin Regional High School, and Franklin Regional Middle School. Her choreography for Gateway's "The Boyfriend" won a Gene Kelly Award which honors excellence in musical theater. Larry Cervi was Kim's teacher at Churchill Area High School. She credits his professional approach while directing musicals for instilling in her a love of the performing arts and ultimately choosing dance as her career.		Jennifer Probola Co-owner of the Larry Cervi School of Performing Arts in Monroeville, Jenn earned a BA in dance from Point Park University. She has performed with many entertainment companies including American Entertainment, Osbourne Productions, and Latshaw Productions. Jenn began her teaching career as assistant director of the dance department at Nazareth Academy in Rochester, New York. She has taught for The Dance Company, Wilkins School of Dance, Gateway High School 's marching band and indoor colorguard, and Larry Cervi 's East End Kids.  Her musical choreography credits include "Grease" for Valley High School, "Fame" for East End Productions, and " Godspell " for Nazareth Academy, which earned her Rochester's "Stars of Tomorrow" award.  Jenn also lends her talents to Penn-Trafford High School 's colorguard,  Franklin Regional School District 's "Discovery Program", and Edgewood Daycare's outreach classes. She currently choreographs Kiski Area High School 's show choirs, Centerstage, and Kandescence, as well as the Franklin Regional's Pantherettes dance team who recently performed in the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade.
Kristin Brandt Kristen has been teaching professionally for 28 years. She has served on the faculties of The Hartford Ballet, West Virginia University, The Civic Light Opera, and most notably, 12 years at Pittsburgh Ballet Theatre School, where she was the lower school principal, children’s ballet mistress, and was heavily involved in community outreach and arts education programs throughout the tri-state area. From 2003-2009, Kristen was the owner and director of The Yough River Ballet Academy in Elizabeth Township. Her students attended several prestigious summer programs, including the PA Governor’s School for the Arts, Pittsburgh Ballet Theatre School and American Ballet Theatre School. Several YRBA graduates went on to pursue dance degrees at Point Park University and Slippery Rock University. Kristen has also served as a ballet instructor at Penn State/Altoona and most recently as an adjunct professor at La Roche College, where she taught Ballet Technique, Dance History and Dance Pedagogy. Kristen holds a BA in Dance from Point Park University and a teaching certificate from the School of the Hartford Ballet Teacher Training Program. She currently teaches at various studios in the Pittsburgh area, and guest teaches frequently throughout the tri-state area. Brittany Fisher Brittany began dancing at the age of three and has performed at dance competitions and conventions around the nation. During her years at Franklin Regional, she was a four-year squad leader of the Pantherettes Dance Team and a featured dancer in the high school musicals. She has performed in the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade, the Citrus Bowl Parade, at Walt Disney World and in local dance studio commercials. Brittany is a proud graduate of Ohio University where she received a B.S. in Communication Studies with a minor in Dance. She was a member of “The Movement” organization and performed in the School of Dance concerts. After teaching tap, ballet, pointe, jazz and gymnastics in the Pittsburgh area, Brittany is excited to have joined the faculty of the Larry Cervi School of Performing Arts.		Trisha McCarthy Trish began dance at age 12 in a local dance studio. She has performed at many dance competitions and festivals including the Sons and Daughters of Italy, and the Pittsburgh Summer Dance Festival at Point State Park. Other performances include a local production of “Jesus Christ Superstar”, the Pittsburgh Symphony's Tiny Tots Program at Heinz Hall, and performances with the Pittsburgh Performing Arts Theater and the Pittsburgh Community Ballet Company. Trish attended classes at LaRoche College and the Conservatory program under the direction of Kenneth Nickle, and went on to attend Point Park College as a ballet major. She earned a B.A. in Performing Arts from Point Park College. Trish has been teaching at the Larry Cervi School of Performing Arts since 1994. She has choreographed for the Burgettstown High School musical “Once Upon a Mattress” and for Pittsburgh's East End Kids. Trish also taught at Carnegie Mellon University for the Dance Alloy. She and her sister Erin founded the Burchfield Elementary School. Amy McDaniel Amy is a private vocal instructor for the Larry Cervi School of Performing Arts. She is also a vocal instructor and Artist in Residence at the Community College of Allegheny County, Boyce Campus, and she serves as the music director for Larry Cervi's East End Kids and various music ministries. A mezzo-soprano, Amy received most of her training at Duquesne University, where she studied vocal training with the late, world-renowned opera singer, Mija Novich, former head of the Vocal Department and Opera Workshop at Duquesne University. Patti Arthur McGowan Patti hails from North Carolina where she attended N.C. School for the Arts and performed with the Greensboro Civic Ballet and North Carolina Dance Theatre. After a serious knee injury, Patti came to PIttsburgh where she graduated from Point Park College with a BA degree in Fine Applied and Performing Arts, and did post-graduate work in Arts Administration. She continued to perform with the American Dance Ensemble, the residence dance company of the college, and taught ballet and pointe in their Community Class Division. Patti has taught dance at various dance schools in the Pittsburgh area. She was the Artistic Director of Laurel Arts for six years in Somerset, Pennsylvania. She is currently the Director of Dance Ministry at the First United Methodist Church in Irwin, and she is in her ninth year with the Larry Cervi School of Performing Arts. Patti also works part-time for PaTTAN a a Family Liaison for the Pennsylvania Deaf Blind Project. She, her husband and three children live in North Huntingdon. She continues to love and promote the arts and enjoys supporting her students in all that they do.		Jessica Stanley Jessica began her classical training in Binghamton, NY, at Ballet Arts Theater, under the direction of Tina Christina Price. She furthered her training at numerous summer intensive programs including Central Pennsylvania Youth Ballet, Ballet West, DanceAspen, and Point Park University. Jessica received a B.A. in Dance and Communications from Mercyhurst College where she was featured in A Midsummer Night’s Dream as Puck, and as a soloist in numerous contemporary works. She also performed in Balanchine’s Serenade, staged by Judith Fugate. Prior to moving to Pittsburgh, Jessica performed in all four of Walt Disney World’s theme parks in various parades and shows. She has danced professionally with Ohio Dance Theater and Chambersburg Ballet Theater, performing the title roles in both Cinderella and Snow White.  She also performed lead roles in The Nutcracker and Firebird. Jessica later earned a M.A. in Corporate Communication from Duquesne University and is now enjoying sharing her passion and knowledge for the arts with all of her students.   Aimée Voegtle Aimée has been dancing since she was seven and has been teaching in Indiana, Ohio, and Pennsylvania for the last twenty years. She first took class and taught at the Anderson Young Ballet Theatre (AYBT) where she performed leads in such ballets as Cinderella, Coppelia, Giselle, Nutcracker, The Red Shoes, and Sleeping Beauty as well as many original works. As a company member she attended many Regional Dance America Dance Festivals. During this time she also worked with the Indianapolis Ballet Theatre as a trainee, performed in the 10th Pan American Games Opening Ceremonies as a professional dancer, and competed in several ballet competitions including the Association of Arts and Letters National Competition in Dance. Aimée later studied dance at Ohio State University. From there she resumed teaching and performing once more with the Harrisburg Dance Conservancy and Harrisburg Dance Ensemble. Upon moving to State College she served on the faculty of the Arts Conservatory of Central Pennsylvania for six years and performed with the Ballet Theatre of Central Pennsylvania. Aimée has extensive training in ballet, modern, tap, jazz, and musical theater dance and over the years has been involved in a number of theatrical productions.