Dance and Drama Macy has trained extensively in tap, ballet, jazz, hip hop, and gymnastics at Showtime, School of Performing Arts and Champion. Macy was the assistant dance teacher for two years with Jackie’ s Junglenastics where she discovered her love for teaching young children. She takes private voice and placed 3rd in the NATS Vocal Competition. She has had many great opportunities to perform around town, including several conventions. Macy was a soloist in Home for the Holidays with the Orlando Philharmonic at the Bob Carr. She sang with the orchestra again in their holiday show performed at SeaWorld. Macy has been in many different musicals including High School Musical (Sharpay), Striking 12 (SADD Light Seller), Children of Eden (Aphra/Snake) and Annie (Bonnie Boylan). Macy leads worship for her youth group and sings in the youth choir at church. Macy is very excited for the opportunity to work with children and pass on her love for the performing arts. |
Executive Director has over 20 years experience as an Instructor, actor and choreographer and this year marks her 17th year owning Impact. She is a graduate of The Hotchkiss School and Carnegie Mellon University where she received her BFA in Musical Theater and Drama. She is originally from NYC where she began dancing at the age of 3 and continued on to dance professionally playing the lead role of Clara in American Ballet Theater’s studio version of the Nutcracker at the age of 10. After completing her education, she returned to NY and acted in a variety of classical and modern plays as well as TV commercials for Dristan and Budweiser, series for ABC Television- “Equal Justice” with Sarah Jessica Parker, the Independent Feature- “ZOO”, and Industrial Films for Lancôme Cosmetics. She has appeared on stage regionally in "Guys and Dolls" playing Adelaide opposite Barry Williams, Lola in Damn Yankees and other productions that included such names as Jane Curtain and Jill Clayburgh. You can also see her on line in the series for Prentice Hall "Mastering Business". Moving to Connecticut in 1993, she opened Impact Center for the Fine Arts where she and her talented staff taught theater, art and dance to over 300 aspiring artists of all ages. Her clients included the children of such celebrities as Meryl Streep, Jill Clayburgh, Michael J. Fox, Kevin Bacon, Kyra Sedgewick and Tracey Ullman. Ms. Shulman's students have gone on to professional careers on Broadway appearing in Annie Get you Gun, Steel Magnolias, Heartbreak House, and the National Tour of Annie. Since 2001 in Orlando , Ms. Shulman has been seen in National and Regional commercials for Disney, Universal Studios, Busch Gardens, Haverty's and Sonny's BBQ. She appeared on stage in Godspell at the Winter Park Playhouse for which she was also the assistant choreographer.She was also proud to choreograph the national TV commercial for Care plus Health Care . Ms Shulman has taught all over Orlando including at the prestigious Orlando Ballet School. She continues to teach at private schools, directs children's theater , and coaches voice and audition technique privately. |
Impact's staff is talented, friendly, nurturing, knowledgeable and wonderful role models for children. We have all taught together for several years and regularly spend time together brainstorming on class ideas and ways to bring the arts into the lives of children. You will find that we are always approachable and truly want the best for your children. All of our classes are carefully thought out and researched to allow the most artistic growth and maximum learning in all levels of study. We always teach to the best of our abilities and to all abilities of the class. We are now teaching on a set curriculum that we developed together! We are truly dedicated to providing children the artistic tools they need to make life's journey a success! |
Dance and Drama Alex Hartwig has been dancing since age 10. Some of her training includes hip hop, jazz, ballet, and tap. She also has been singing since age 7 and acting since 8. She has instructed dance classes at a local dance studio in Orlando. She is a two-year officer of Thespian Troupe 4564 at her school, one of those positions being presidency. She continues to train with dancing, singing, and acting. She continues to participate in shows at her high school and plans to create a "Glee" club at her school. She has been cast in many productions such as Gabriella in High School Musical, Shelly in Bat Boy, Ivy in Bare: A Pop Opera, and Lucy in You're A Good Man Charlie Brown. Performing has always been and will always be a huge part of her life and hopes to pursue this as a career for her entire life. She performed with Orlando Youth Theatre's O-Kids in several areas around central Florida. Along with Next Generation Kids performing at Sea World. Alex enjoys teaching children about performing hoping that they'll share the same passion for it that she does. The arts are such an important part of Alex's life and she hopes to inspire someone to be involved in it. She will continue her passion for the arts in college within a year! |
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Dance and Drama Annie has 14 years of dance instruction, focused heavily on ballet but also incorporating lyrical and jazz. The bulk of her training was received at Showtime Dance Studio, however she received three years of training from Central Florida Ballet where she reached her childhood goal of being on pointe. Every year with Central Florida Ballet she also was cast in their annual Nutcracker. Along with dance training she also has deep roots in theatre. She has preformed twice with Helen Stairs Theatre, now the Wayne Densch Theatre. She received Best Performance by a Young Actress at the Lyre Awards for her performance as Lucifer the Cat in Cinderella. She also was cast in Orlando Youth Theatre's production of The Beauty and the Beast. She is an officer of two years of Thespian Troupe 2329 of Lyman High School. She has participated in every show since she first came to Lyman and can't wait to continue on with the next show. Babysittiing since she was in middle school and being an older sister, she is so excited to combine her love of theatre and dance with her love of children. |
Dance and Drama Nicole Wormley began dancing at the age of four in Palm Desert, California. Her family shortly moved to Florida where she studied with top teachers at Orlando Ballet School and Central Florida Ballet. Throughout her training she’s participated in numerous workshops, student companies, competitions and live performances. Nicole now dances in various showcases with a local performance company. In her late teens, Nicole officially changed her focus to acting. She has appeared in music videos, film and theatrical productions. Nicole finds great joy in sharing her love for the performing arts and teaches dance and drama at local schools around town. |
