Dance Faculty-
Donna Havranek teaches Classical Ballet, Pointe, and Adult Ballet at Center Stage Dance and Creative Arts.
Ms. Havranek has studied with Debra Punzi and Trutti Gasparinetti at the Long Island Ballet Center, at Ballet Arts in NYC, and with noted dancer Raoul Gelabert (author of Anatomy For the Dancer).
In addition to her work at Center Stage DCA, "Miss Donna" has taught Master Classes in numerous local public and private schools. She is also a member of the Music Ministry, the Liturgical Dance Ministry, and is a Cantor at St. Mary's RC Church.
In 2000, she served as the ballet coach for the NYS Empire Games' Women's Junior Figure Skater 'Gold Medalist'.
"Miss Donna's" recent roles include:
- The Nutcracker (Snow Queen, Queen Rat, Ballerina Doll, Flutes, Chinese, Arabian, Spanish, Waltz of the Flower)
- Cinderella (Cinderella, Stepsister, Stepmother)
- Midsummer Night's Dream (Helena)
- Peter and the Wolf (Bird, Duck, Hunter)
- Snow White (Butterfly, Dwarf)
- La Botique de Fantastique (Can Can Doll, Ballerina Doll)
- several contemporary/ modern works (Opus 1, Adagio in G, Ocean Waters, Cole Porter Celebration, Irish Fantasy, Folkways, My Name is Gypsy, Blue, Suburban Mall Women)
She has performed and/ or choreographed productions of Carousel, The Sound of Music, and Annie Get Your Gun.