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Elizabeth Scro has studied ballet and modern dance for 23 years. Her early training was in the Royal Academy of Dance method of ballet instruction. Before going off to school, Elizabeth participated in formal examinations given by the Royal Academy .Her high marks earned her the privilege to become a full member of the Royal Academy of Dance. Miss Scro graduated high school from the Walnut Hill School of Performing Arts in Natick, Massachusetts which she attended on scholarship. While there she studied under the direct supervision of Michael Owen, former pricipal dancer at American Ballet Theater. Her instructors at Walnut Hill also included Tamara King and Samuel Kurkjian, of Ballet West and the Boston Ballet. While at Walnut Hill she also had the opportunity to study throughout the years with instructors and dancers with the Boston Ballet. Elizabeth studied for a summer in Yorkshire, England with the National Ballet and at the Princeton Ballet School. Elizabeth also spent two summers at Royal Academy of Dance Summer Intensive Workshops. She was also accepted to the prestigious Boston Ballet Summer Dance Program. After graduating, she went on to dance as an apprentice with the American Repertory Ballet in Princeton, NJ. While dancing with American Repertory Ballet, Miss Scro performed in many ballet performances throughout the state of New Jersey and Pennsylvania. These included roles in the ballets Romeo and Juliet, A Midsummer Night's Dream and the Nutcracker. She then decided to return to school and received her Bachelor of Arts in Dance and Arts Management at the Richard Stockton College of NJ, where she was an Adjunct Professor in ballet and modern dance. She has also taught ballet classes at Georgian Court University. Ms. Scro has been teaching at Ocean County College's Kids On Campus program for several years, where she developed the Summer Ballet Camp for children.
Elizabeth has a true passion for dance and the arts and is committed to promoting the arts in our community.She has provided free programs for several community organizations and is generous in donating dance instruction to various organizations such as PTO's and other local community events.
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