Our Instructors

Mayla Paquette

Mayla teaches Tap Dance

Mayla started her dance journey  at the age of 4 and was drawn to Ballet, Tap and Jazz. In 2023 she began student teaching at Kingdom Community Ballet and will be teaching Adult Tap Dance this Summer 2025, stating “I am so excited to get the opportunity to share my love for dance” in the Northeast Kingdom community where she grew up.  At the age of 17, and entering her senior year at Lyndon Institute, she also enjoys alpine and nordic skiing, and participating on her high school’s track and field team.  

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Michelle Piluso

Michelle teaches Stay Strong

Michelle, like many of us, wears many different hats. She is a mother of six children, a voiceover actress, and a nationally certified personal trainer (NASM CPT)  and corrective exercise specialist (CES) with over ten years of professional experience in the fitness industry. She is a lover of movement, music and people — and her class combines all three!

The following link shares a glimpse of Michelle’s talents beyond personal training, a website devoted to her voiceover work, where her natural ability to inspire and work hard is also highlighted: https://michellepiluso.com/

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Ollie Sozinova

Ollie teaches Vinyasa Yoga

Ollie loves all things fitness, but is particularly drawn to yoga because she believes that yoga is for everyone, and every BODY. She believes that it is more than a work out, it’s a life style and a way to self-healing. Ollie’s Vinyasa Yoga incorporates principles of alignment with power flows and bliss energy.

Ollie began dancing at the age of 3 in her native country of Russia. She discovered yoga when she was 18 and has been practicing ever since then. She moved to the US in 2009, and completed a 200 hr yoga teacher training in 2016 in South Burlington. In 2017, after a visit to the Northeast Kingdom, she fell in love with the area and decided to move here.

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Arcelie Reyes

Arcelie teaches SHiNE Dance Fitness

Arcelie (she/her) considers herself a ‘recreational dancer’. With very little formal training, she enthusiastically explores various dance styles. While she enjoys all movement and freestyle dancing, Arcelie fell in love with SHiNE Dance Fitness because it is as effective as it is FUN, accessible for all levels, and mentally as well as physically transformative. When she is not teaching, you can find Arcelie shuttling her 3 children between school and sports practices or games, or walking in the woods with her dogs.

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Diane Matthews

Diane teaches SHiNE Dance Fitness

Diane has a lifetime love of VT’s Northeast Kingdom, the arts and humanities. She believes in nurturing the music within, and that it’s never too late to follow your dreams. When she isn’t busy with Creative Healing & Fitness, she works as a licensed nurse practitioner APRN and looks forward to time spent with her family, friends, and her lovable mutt Matilda.

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Dean Corcoran

Dean teaches Monthly Yoga & Meditation

Dean started his hatha yoga practice in 1988. In 1992 he attended Sivananda Teacher Training in Woodbourne, NY. He taught continuously from 1992 to 2017. In addition to Sivananda, he’s studied with, and takes some style aspects from, Aadil Pahkhivala, Beryl Bender, Ana Forest and many others. His classes are accessible for both beginners and more advanced practitioners.

Dean holds a master’s degree from Antioch College and is a licensed alcohol and drug counselor, and mental health counselor. In 1992 he opened the Center for Well Being in St. Johnsbury where he began his private practice and yoga instruction.

You can learn more about Dean at  https://www.vermont-counseling-yoga.com/about-dean.html

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Magdalene Miller

Magdalene teaches Belly Dancing and Rhythm & Movement

Magdalene has found healing from movement in Middle Eastern and Oriental dance, popularly known as bellydance. She loves to share this experience with others by performing, dancing in community, and teaching. As a nurse and Ayurvedic counselor, Magdalene brings a wealth of knowledge about the human body, yoga, breathwork, and meditative practice to her dance and her classroom. She seeks to spark joy in her community by encouraging movement and bringing music appreciation to everyone she meets. Magdalene can be found dancing with her online community and in the beautiful Northeast Kingdom of Vermont.

Magdalene is also the owner and director of MagdaleneMoves. You can reserve a place and pay for upcoming classes by viewing: https://www.magdalenemiller.com/

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Elizabeth Perry

Elizabeth teaches Ballet, Pointe, Jazz and Contemporary Dance to many area children and teens throughout the year. She also holds periodic Adult Beginner Ballet classes.

As the owner and artistic director of Kingdom Community Ballet (formerly VT Tiny Toes Ballet), Elizabeth focuses on fundamentals of ballet techniques, applying these to contemporary and jazz techniques as well as classical ballet. Elizabeth believes that dancing is for everyone and that it is one of the most crucial art forms to keep alive. She has had opportunities to work closely with Lyndon Institute’s dance program, Creative Edge Dance Studio, and has led after school programs with Kingdom East School District. Within her work at Tiny Toes Ballet Elizabeth has been able to create many works for performance including “The Nutcracker” and various Spring Recitals.

You can learn more about Kingdom Community Ballet at: https://www.facebook.com/kingdomcommunityballet/

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