LAURA CHEVALIER is the Fitness Director of Wave Health & Fitness at the Seaport Hotel in Boston, MA. Her early dance training was in classical ballet and she received her A.R.A.D. under the Royal Academy of Dance system and was a company member of the Granite State Ballet. Laura attended the University of Massachusetts, Amherst where she received The Chancellor's Talent Award for Dance scholarship and earned a BA in Dance. She then moved to New York City and performed with contemporary modern dance companies Dance Council Movement Theater, Orquidea Dance, Anandance, and various independent choreographers. In Boston, she has performed with BoSoma Dance Company. Laura is a Certified Mat Pilates Instructor under The Kane School of Core Integration, a Certified Personal Trainer, and carries several other group fitness certifications.
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MEGHAN MCLYMAN is a dance professor at Salem State College in Salem, MA. She graduated with a BA in dance from Point Park University and received an MA in dance and arts management from American University. Recently, she continued her studies in the Hollins University MFA program in partnership with the American Dance Festival. Meghan has taught courses at various dance programs including The Colleges of the Fenway, The College of the Holy Cross, James Madison University, North Quincy High School, Green Street Studios, and Avery Ballet. She has held master classes at the American Dance Festival, the American College Dance Festival, and at the Massachusetts Association for Health, Physical Education, Recreation and Dance. Her choreography has been presented in Boston, Washington, DC, Pittsburgh, and throughout Virginia. Her work has received recognition in Crash Arts/World Music's Ten's The Limit concert, from Green Street Studios Emerging Artist and Space Grant programs, from the Somerville Arts Council's Somerville Struts and Art Beat Festival supported by the Massachusetts Cultural Council, at Concord Academy's Summer Stages and at the American Dance Festival in NC. She has performed with The Caitlin Corbett Dance Company, The Falling Flight Project, Digby Dance, The Moving Laboratory, Flip Side Dance Theatre, Sister's Trousers, and with The Avery Ballet.

KRISTEN DUFFY YOUNG is the Director of The Colleges of the Fenway Dance Project in Boston, MA. She earned a BA in Dance and BBA in Marketing from the University of Massachusetts, Amherst, and is currently pursuing an MFA from Goddard College. She became a Certified Movement Analyst from the Laban/Bartenieff Institute of Movement Studies in NY, as well as a Certified Mat Pilates Instructor under The Kane School of Core Integration's anatomy-based program. Kristen has danced with Bosoma Dance Company, Weber Dance, Influx Dance, and The Turnpike Project/Julie Pike Edmond. She has also instructed master classes at Fairfield University, Salem State College, and the American College Dance Festival, and has served as a Board Member of the Boston Dance Alliance.