Great Additions to our Faculty!

Maria Majors - Master Teacher
Erin Donnelly - Captain - Rams Cheerleaders

We are very pleased to welcome our new instructors to Wildwood Dance & Arts.

A native of St. Louis, Missouri, Maria received her dance training at Performing Arts Centre, Inc. She has also trained in New York City at Broadway Dance Center and received a full scholarship to study at STEPS On Broadway. Maria has been teaching and choreographing rhythm tap, jazz, and contemporary dance to students of all ages for over 12 years. Maria was a full-time dance faculty member at COCA (Center of Creative Arts) for nine years. During that time, she held the positions of COCA's Tap Program Coordinator, Co-Artistic Director of the COCAdance student dance company, and Assistant Director of COCA's Pre-Professional Program. Maria has been awarded several first place titles for her rhythm tap and jazz choreography in competitive dance. She has instructed master classes all over the Midwest. Many of Maria's students are currently studying to earn degrees in dance and art in prestigious programs offered by such universities as New World School of the Arts, State University of New York at Purchase, Pointe Park University, George Mason University, and University of Missouri at Kansas City. Her students have gone on to dance professionally with acclaimed companies including Tap Dogs, Break The Floor, Jump, St. Louis Black Repertory Company, and the Municipal Opera of St. Louis. In addition to her teaching career, Maria has performed and toured internationally with Manhattan Tap, under the instruction of Artistic Director, Heather Cornell.

Erin Donnelly comes to us from a strong classical ballet background, Kansas City Ballet School and Somerset Ballet Company, and as the current Captain of the RAMS Cheerleaders! Her training ranges in styles from Ballet, Pointe, Variations, Jazz, Modern, Lyrical, Hip Hop, Swing, Latin, and Ballroom. As a Senior Company member in the Somerset Ballet Company she performed as a soloist and principal dancer in major performances such as; Nutcracker, Cinderella, Sleeping Beauty, Swan Lake, and Paquita. She was accepted world renowned summer programs such as; Alvin Ailey, American Ballet Theater, Ballet Midwest, Boston Ballet, Joffrey Ballet, Kansas City Ballet, and Pittsburgh Ballet Theater. Erin enhances Wildwood Dance's strong poms/jazz instruction with her experience as a RAMS Cheerleader for the past three years and a state competitor and dance team judge. Erin is a wonderful addition to our WDA staff. She also holds a BA in Biology and Psychology, and a Minor in French from Saint Louis University. Erin will be filling the role of our Ballet Mistress.