2024- 2025 Faculty

Laura Giacomelli

Owner, Artistic Director, Teacher, & Choreographer

Laura Giacomelli is a native of Philadelphia and received her early training from Anna Maries Academy of Dance where she was an Elysian Dance Company member. Laura received the Elizabeth Ann Pulaski Memorial Scholarship in 2003. She was later accepted to The Ester Boyer College of Dance at Temple University. Laura performed in numerous student concerts and senior concerts, as well as having her own work featured in the Student Concert at Temple University. She received a Bachelors of Fine Arts in Modern Dance with a concentration in Ballet, Modern, and Choreography. She also received extensive Hip Hop and Jazz training there as well. While at Temple University Laura received two full scholarships to participate in the Illadelph Hip Hop Festival ran by Rennie Harris's Pure Movement Hip Hop Company based out of Philadelphia.

Over the years Laura has taught at numerous dance studios, ran high school dance teams, studio competition teams, and choreographed for high school musicals in Pennsylvania and New Jersey. She was also a Master of Ceremonies, Event Coordinator, and Dance Company Director for one of the leading entertainment companies on the east coast, A Sharp Production for 12 years. Laura was a member of the Modern/Jazz/ Tap Company, Eclipse Dance Company based out of Fairless Hills, Pa. She is currently dancing for The Blind Faith Project under the direction of Tiffany Delio and Daniela Galdi, which is based out of Philadelphia, Pa. Laura most recently started dancing with Sammy Reyes’s SANBROOKA Productions with work featured in the Philadelphia’s “Come Together Festival”. She is so proud to be sharing the stage with The Koresh Dance Company, Pure Movement, Philadanco, Ballet X, and many other respected Philadelphia Dance Companies.

Laura's choreography and dancers have been recognized with many Platinum Placements, High Gold Placements, Numerous Judges Awards, Choreography Awards, and Top 10 Score Placements in Pennsylvania and New Jersey. Laura continues to educate herself with taking classes at Koresh Dance Studio in Philadelphia and Steps On Broadway, Alvin Ailey, and Broadway Dance Center in New York throughout the year.

In August of 2011 Laura Giacomelli fulfilled her life's dream when she opened up Libra Dance Studio in Warminster, Pa. She is the sole Owner and Artistic Director of Libra Dance Studio today. She is a member of the International Dance Entrepreneur Association (I.D.E.A.) since 2016 and a Leader of the "Gold Alliance" since July 2019. She most recently starting helping to train other studio owners and presents at the Dance Life Teacher Conference hosted by Rhee Gold.

Dance is Miss Laura’s passion. She is one of the few people in this world who can honestly say “She LOVES her job!” Libra Dance Studio has been one of the biggest joys of her life and she is looking forward to the many years ahead watching your children make and share many lifelong memories at Libra Dance Studio.

Brittany Stanger

Libra Dance Company Director,Teacher, & Choreographer

Brittany Stanger was born and raised in Philadelphia where she started her earliest dance training at Anna Marie’s Academy of Dance for ﬁfteen years. While in high school, she received the Elizabeth Ann Pulaski Memorial scholarship for dance, performed in numerous plays and held leading roles in several ballets put on by En Pointe school of dance. In 2008 she was accepted into The University of the Arts, as a Dance major. During her college career, Brittany performed in works choreographed by Philadanco’s Tommie Waheed-Evans, world-renowned dancer and artistic director of Smoke, Lilies, and Jade Arts Initiative Zane Booker, Flamenco del Encuentro’s Anna Rubio, Philly PARD’s Curt Haworth and Frankfurt Ballet’s Douglas Becker. Her training at UARTS allowed her to learn from artists such as The Martha Graham Dance Company’s Jennifer Binford Johnson, Ballet X's Christine Cox, Philadanco’s Kim Bears-Bailey, JUNK’s Brian Sanders and Rennie Harris Pure Movement’s Dinita and Kyle Clark, among others. Also at this time, Brittany performed with The Blind Faith Project, a jazz and modern based company out of Philadelphia under the direction of Tiﬀany Delio and Daniela Galdi for six years. In 2012, she graduated with a Bachelor’s degree in Fine Arts with a focus in Modern Dance Performance. Soon after graduation, she was selected to be a part of the then-emerging company JustSole! Street Dance Theatre under the direction of Kyle and Dinita Clark, formerly of RHPM. Brittany has been a principal dancer for the company for the past ﬁve years, performing in multiple places in Philadelphia as well as on the east coast including Koresh’s Come Together Festival, Philadanco’s Beneﬁt Concert, Project Moshen’s Reinventing the Standard, and many others. In 2016, the company performed at Jacob's Pillow in Massachusetts. In 2017 JustSole performed in New York at the Lincoln Center for The Association of Performing Arts Presenters (APAP) and at the Summer Stage festival NYC.Dance has always been a part of who Brittany is and she loves teaching that passion to her students.

Allison Kelly

Teacher & Company Choreographer

Miss Allison has been formally dancing since the age of 7. She graduated from Holy Family University with a Bachelor's in Arts and Education and earned her Master's in Reading Instruction from the University of Phoenix. She has been an educator for eleven years and a dance instructor since she was 16. Miss Allison has danced in the 6ABC/Dunkin Donuts Thanksgiving Day Parade in the FanTAPulous production. Her choreography has been featured at Nationals in the Starbound competition circuit, winning numerous awards. She is the proud mother of two and is currently a teacher in the Tacony section of Philadelphia. She is excited to be on-board as an official part of the Libra family and cannot wait to share her excitement with all of you in her classes!

Cynthia Matos

Teacher & Choreographer

Miss Cyndi began taking dance lessons at the age of 3. She joined Anna Marie’s Academy of Dance when she was 13 and was an Elysian Dance Company member for 4 of her 5 years there. She has studied and trained in many forms of dance from Classical ballet to Cha-cha. Cyndi has performed and competed locally in places such as NBC 10 and the Philadelphia Fringe Festival. She has also performed with The Blind Faith Project, a jazz and modern based company and the Philadelphia All Star Salsa Team, a traveling salsa competition team. In 2015 she graduated with her Bachelor’s Degree in Elementary Education and received her Master’s Degree in Special Education soon after. Combining her passion for both education and dance, Cynthia has taught consistently since 2011. She has choreographed performances for parades, dance teams, and private parties. She looks forward to joining the Libra family in the Fall of 2022.

Isabelle Ditullio

Teacher & Choreographer

Ms. Isabelle is a dancer from Northeast Philadelphia. She has been dancing for 18 years and she graduated from DeSales University in 2023 with a B.A. in Dance. During her time there, she studied under renowned artists in modern, ballet, and jazz, as well as many guest artists. She also was a member of the DeSales Dance Team. Growing up, she trained at En Pointe in Philadelphia, PA, where she performed in many ballets, was a part of the competition team, and was offered many performance opportunities. She has taught Dance and Acrobatics to studios in the Lehigh Valley, South Jersey, and greater Philadelphia areas. She’s looking forward to this upcoming season and joining the team!

Regina Affatato

Teacher & Company Choreographer

Regina Affatato began her dance training at Anna Marie’s Academy of dance at the age of 4 with focus in ballet, tap, jazz and modern. She holds a Bachelor of fine Arts degree in Dance from the University of the Arts in Philadelphia, PA. She has performed at the Painted Bride Theater, Merriam Theater, as well as local theaters throughout the state. Her choreography has been awarded 1st place and received special recondition for dances at state/local dance competitions. Regina is very excited to share her knowledge and love of dance with the students at Libra.

Erin Fox

Teacher & Choreographer

Erin began taking dance classes at the age of 3, and she joined the Libra Dance Company when it began in 2011. She has trained in tap, jazz, ballet, lyrical, modern, hip hop, and acro. She recently received her BS in Middle Grades Education-Mathematics from Temple University in May 2024. She is excited to begin her teaching career as a 6th grade teacher in the Bucks County area this school year. Erin was a part of the Reflections Dance Company at Temple University, where she both choreographed pieces and performed in several shows at Temple and venues in Philadelphia. She is very excited to be back and teaching at Libra as an alumni beginning in Fall 2024, where she can continue to share her passion for dance.

Maria Murray

Teacher & Choreographer

Maria is a native of Philadelphia. She started her training at Anna Marie’s Academy of Dance at two years old. She received her BA in Dance and minor in Business at DeSales University, in May of 2020. During her time at DeSales, she choreographed pieces for both the 2018 and 2019 Emerging Choreographer’s Concert. Her work, Supernova, was selected to be performed for The American College Dance Association in Plymouth, New Hampshire. She has also participated in previous DeSales Dance productions including a reconstruction of Donald McKayle’s Rainbow Round My Shoulder and work by Timothy Cowart, Tiffanie Carson, and Lora Allen. Maria has been teaching dance for six years and is enthusiastic to be joining Libra and share her love of dance with the next generation of dancers.

Alaina Fasano

Teacher & Choreographer

Alaina Fasano’s love for dance began at the age of 2, and by 8 years old, she was competing and became one of the first members of Libra Dance Company. A proud alumna of Libra Dance Studio, Alaina has spent many years training in ballet, pointe, jazz, hip hop, contemporary, and modern dance. During high school, she also co-taught creative movement classes, nurturing her passion for both dance and teaching.

Alaina furthered her dance education at the University of South Carolina, where she minored in dance and was an active member of the UofSC Dance Company. She is thrilled to return to Libra Dance Studio for its 14th season and can’t wait to inspire the next generation of dancers!

Abby Shore

Teacher & Choreographer

Abby has been dancing since she was 8 years old and competing since she was 10. She has been trained in ballet, pointe, hip hop, jazz, acro and lyrical. Growing up she has performed in numerous high scoring dance productions and had leading roles in The Nutcracker, The Wizard of Oz and Aladdin. She also has attended many dance conventions growing up. She has training in acrobatic arts and plans on furthering her training and knowledge in the future. All throughout high school she has studied the art of theater and performed in multiple theater productions. Post graduation she has performed in the Flair Dance Festival and taken classes at Flair dance studio and Powerhouse. Abby has taken classes at Montgomery County Community College for educational development and is currently enrolled in The Community College of Philadelphia. Her future plan is to attend Penn State University and pursue dance along with continuing her degree in Psychology. Abby’s goal is to inspire dancers and hopefully pass on her knowledge and love for dance, along with showing the students at Libra how much dance can positively affect their lives!

Devon Greene

Teacher & Choreographer

Devon Greene, born and raised in Doylestown, PA, is a Libra Dance Studio Alumni. Taking her first dance class at the age of 2 and competing by the age of 8, she has over 15 years of formal dance training, with a primary focus in hiphop.

After graduating from high school, she attended Arizona State University, where she lead the Dance Society at the Downtown Campus. While at ASU, Devon unexpectedly discovered a talent for ballroom dancing, training under some of the best in the industry and ultimately competing in open-level American Smooth.

Soon after, she returned to the world of hiphop, where she trained, performed and competed with Elektro Dance Academy, one of the top hip hop studios in the US. Devon is so excited to be back at her home Studio helping the next generation on dancers reach their goals!!