FUSIONWORKS
DANCE ACADEMY
1992 Louisquisset Pike
Lincoln, RI

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Deb Meunier, Artistic Director
(Ballet, Modern, Creative Movement) 
Deb serves as artistic director and primary choreographer for Fusionworks Dance Company and Fusionworks Dance Academy. She is a member of the Artists in Residence Educational Roster as well as the New England Foundation for the Arts Roster. In both 1992 and 1993 Deb received the Cirino Fellowship for her work in arts education in Rhode Island. She received a MALS and the Rulewater Prize from Wesleyan University for her work on an interdisciplinary choreographic residency with the Rhode Island School for the Deaf. Deb  received the 2003 Individual Achievement Award from the Arts and Business Council of RI for her significant contributions to the arts in Rhode Island.

Stephanie Stanford Shaw, Assistant Director
(Ballet, Modern, Jazz) 
Stephanie has been with Fusionworks Dance Company since 1992 and now serves as assistant to the director for the dance company and director and primary choreographer for Fusionworks II. Stephanie currently teaches at the Fusionworks Dance Academy and in public and private schools and studios throughout the area. Her formal study began with prima ballerina, Anamarie Sarazin at the Sarazin School of Dance, she then went on to perform as a principal dancer with Cumberland Company and receive her BFA in dance from the Boston Conservatory.

Nikki Carrara
(Tap, Ballet, Modern)

Nikki has a BA Dance and has studied tap and jazz dance for nearly 25 years. She teaches dance at Jenks Junior High School in Pawtucket. Nikki has studied with Wayne Stewarte (ballet) Daniel McCusker (modern) and Elaine Colaneri (jazz and tap) among many other wonderful teachers. Nikki is a member of the National Dance Educators Organization, and is trained to evaluate the Dance Proficiency Portfolios of graduating high school seniors in RI. Nikki continues to study many forms of dance, including Modern, Tap and Classical Ballet. She performs regularly and also presents her own choreography throughout the region.

Brooke Young
(Hip Hop, Jazz)

Brooke’s passion for dance began 26 years ago under the instruction of Jean DeLuca at Jean DeLuca Performing Arts.  Here she studied tap, jazz, ballet, lyrical, hip-hop, and gymnastics. In 1998 Brooke moved on to the Rhode Island College Dance Company where she studied modern dance under the instruction of Dante DelGuidice, Deb Meunier, and Melody Ruffin Ward.  After dancing for the company for 5 years, Brooke became part of the hip-hop troupe Dance Planet, which later transformed into Phaze II. Today, Brooke continues to share her love for dance with the students that she teaches at Fusionworks Dance Academy.