Our Faculty

We are proud to have with us the following faculty who represent dance and performance studies with integrity and outstanding character.

Thank you for trusting us with your education in the performing arts!

- the Board of Directors and Executive Team

Laren Cavicchio

Board President & Instructor

Laren brings a wealth of knowledge in dance, movement, and pedagogy as well as production management, business, and leadership.

New Concept Dance Co. has been her vision and intention since 2001 when she was working at a non-profit dance academy in downtown St. Petersburg, Florida first as a teacher and choreographer, and then also as an administrator and business manager.

She has temporarily stepped away from teaching regular classes to complete her degree in echocardiography, but still coaches dancers of all backgrounds, and helps adults reach their goals in fitness and flexibility. For more information on the program that inspired change in how dance is offered, click/tap here Continuous Dance Training & Coaching

In addition to her professional work, Laren has volunteered more than 5,100 hours of service and leadership in public schools, charter schools, senior centers, non-profits, and animal shelters, and has been honored with the Presidential Service Award for years 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, and 2024.

If you are interested in working with us, please read and then browse through our website to get to know us. Then send your resume!

PS, We hire and pay instructors for different performances and programs, and our pay is very competitive.

What we do for instructors:

At this time, we hold classes in magnet and public schools and rely on our instructors, school administrators, and parents to keep our program going. We are a dance studio that goes to the students so that parents don't have to figure out how to get their kids to our classes while they are working during the day.

We are not a for-profit competitive studio, but we have a path for competitive dancers and offer exceptional training (with a required dress code), respectful communication, and powerful examples of character and integrity.

We require our students to take this opportunity seriously. We want our instructors to provide an honest assessment of engagement so that we can make sure that we are placing you where you will feel most successful.

We are fee-based and offer discounts. Our fees will vary depending upon community involvement and the support we need to keep our program active.

Our instructors are only responsible for entering the space 5 min early so class starts on time, taking attendance, and providing a suitable warm up, instruction with direction, and short phrases of choreography.

Our instructors do not manage the business side of our program and parents understand that our instructors are there to teach and cannot answer any questions about fees, scholarship opportunities, etc...

Who we seek:

We seek instructors who want to keep their classes going by building relationships while providing a solid warm up, instruction, and short phrases of choreography (also known as a regular dance class).

If you are an acting instructor, we will ask that you offer a warm up (voice and body), acting technique or improv, and then scene work.

We seek honest instructors who are properly trained in any one or all genres of dance, voice, or acting. We do not offer gymnastics/acro at this time, however, if you specialize in gymnastics/acro please let us know.

We seek instructors who have a strong work ethic, are kind, and have a minimum of five (5) years experience working, at minimum, part-time in a professional environment outside of dance studios and outside of immediate family-owned businesses.

We prefer instructors who have a college degree (any subject), and require all dance teachers to hold a current certification in fitness, personal training, or coaching from an accredited organization. We do not reimburse teachers for their training.

Please note that PBT is currently not an accredited program, however, we recognize certificates from the RAD teacher training program, DMA/FMA certification, and/or ABT teacher training.

We require our instructors to hold a current BLS/CPR certificate from the American Heart Association or the Red Cross, with at least half that course being in person and ask that you complete this before sending in your resume. We do not reimburse teachers for this certificate.

We conduct name-based Level 2 background checks for every employee and every volunteer age 18+ every year.

We are a nonprofit and we ask our instructors to volunteer some of their time in an area of their choosing. We also do not require this. Our instructors have the option to be their own boss and create productions, dance concerts, and choreograph, and we provide the support to make this happen!

We are trying to make dance and the performing arts affordable for all middle and working class families, all ages, and we are succeeding, but need ethical, honest instructors and creatives to make it happen.

We hope this is you!

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Our Faculty