Meet the Staff
Miss Dani Avery
Miss Maryssa Woodcock
Miss Maryssa Woodcock
Miss Dani is Belle Royale Dance Academy’s Owner/Director. She will be teaching all Recreational classes, co-teaching Ambassador classes, Private Lessons, Tumbling, and Pre-Pointe/Pointe. Miss Dani has dreamed of owning a dance studio for many years now, and she’s thrilled to finally be able to do it. She is so eager to share her love of
Miss Dani is Belle Royale Dance Academy’s Owner/Director. She will be teaching all Recreational classes, co-teaching Ambassador classes, Private Lessons, Tumbling, and Pre-Pointe/Pointe. Miss Dani has dreamed of owning a dance studio for many years now, and she’s thrilled to finally be able to do it. She is so eager to share her love of dance with anyone she can.
Miss Dani has been teaching for 7 years now, following 4 years of student teaching. But she has been dancing since she was young!
Outside of the studio, Miss Dani is dedicated to continuing her dance career. She is a part of the 'Cuse City Dancers talent agency. She was previously a member with the Deviant Dance Tribe performing group. Miss Dani trained with Syracuse City Ballet in the summer of 2017 and 2021. She also performed with a professional ABA dance team for their 2019-2020 season. She is also Preschool Acrobatic Arts Certified.
Miss Dani has studied a variety of different styles such as ballet, tap, jazz, pointe, hip hop, lyrical, contemporary, jazz funk, musical theatre/broadway, choreography, and more! Throughout her many years of dance, she has also been exposed to other styles such as Bollywood, flamenco, heels, and West African.
Her favorite style to perform is tap. (She has won multiple judge’s awards for her tapping!) Her favorite style to teach is ballet.
Miss Dani has her A.A Childhood Education and her B.A. in English with a minor in Dance and Sociology.
Miss Maryssa Woodcock
Miss Maryssa Woodcock
Miss Maryssa Woodcock
Miss Maryssa is the Assistant Ambassador Director at Belle Royale Dance Academy. She will be co-teaching all Ambassador classes. Miss Maryssa is so grateful for the platform dance has given her to teach the next generation of potential stars. She is so excited to embark on this journey along side her favorite dance partner to date, Miss
Miss Maryssa is the Assistant Ambassador Director at Belle Royale Dance Academy. She will be co-teaching all Ambassador classes. Miss Maryssa is so grateful for the platform dance has given her to teach the next generation of potential stars. She is so excited to embark on this journey along side her favorite dance partner to date, Miss Dani.
Miss Maryssa has been teaching both competition and recreational dancers for 6 years.
She has trained with many highly reputable teachers both locally, and nationally.
She specializes in technique, flexibility, lyrical, contemporary, tumbling, conditioning, and motivating students to be the best version of themselves.
Miss Maryssa’s favorite style to perform is contemporary, and she has even worked closely with a choreographer based out of LA to continue her training. She is the Director of the 'Cuse City Dancers talent agency.
Our past four seasons, Miss Maryssa has help lead our Ambassador team to many victories. Her choreography received numerous overall winnings, special judges awards, and invite-only scholarships. She is looking forward to another successful competition season with our incredible Ambassadors!
The most useful thing she’s learned is that no matter what size, age, or skill level, our passion is the same and we’re all beautiful in every way; we get to use our talent to light up our own personal stages everyday.
Miss Maryssa also has a 5 year old son, and he has a reputation of being a studio favorite.
