Studio of Creative Movement Instructors

Meet the director!

Katie Paul Anderson grew up taking dance lessons at the Studio of Creative Movement and is proud to be its new director. Katie graduated from the University of New Hampshire with a major in Communication and a minor in Dance, and where she was captain and choreographer of the school’s award-winning dance team. She earned a post-baccalaureate degree from Bridgewater State College in Dance Education K-12. Katie also teaches dance at Bedford High School, where she developed and implemented the dance curriculum, and produces several shows each year. Katie is also involved in instruction and choreography at Waltham High School’s “Dance Theatre” and A+ Dance Camp.

Amy McCue Chiasson is entering her 28th year with the Studio, her 11th year as a hip-hop instructor. She is excited to start her third year as the “coach” of the Studio’s award winning dance team. Amy was recently awarded “Best Choreography” at Nationals for “I Missed the Bus." Amy is a choreographer for various dance and cheer teams in the area and, in 2005, won a National Title with her Pop Warner cheerleading team. She is also a sixth grade English and Reading teacher at the McDevitt Middle School in Waltham. In her free time, Amy loves hanging out with her family and playing with her two sons, Tyler and Connor.

Deborah Peros-Finnell received her BA from Northeastern University majoring in Theatre Arts/Performance, minoring in Dance and Education. She is certified and licensed by the Massachusetts Department of Education and has been teaching, directing and choreographing both at the Studio and in the Waltham Public Schools for the past 26 years! Deb has pioneered a Dance/Movement curriculum at WHS that is available to all students during their Academic day. Strongly influenced by her sister Joanne’s love of Theatre and Dance, she followed in Joan’s footsteps performing with Reagle Players, also assuming Artistic Director for Reagle’s Summer Youth Theatre. Her past teaching experience also includes the towns of Reading, Westford, Lincoln Sudbury and Bedford. Deb is most noted for her creation of “WHS Dance Theatre” now entering its 24th season. This production helped nurture most of our staff’s passion for choreography and dance excellence.

Korinne Robertson has been studying dance in the areas of Jazz, Tap, Ballet, Lyrical, Modern, Hip-Hop and Musical Theater for the past 17 years. She grew up dancing at the Studio of Creative Movement. She has since taught at Reagle Player's Musical Theater Camps and The Waltham Boys and Girls Club. She currently teaches numerous classes at Miss Michelle's Center for the Performing Arts in Wellesley, MA.This past summer she was accepted into and attended a week long intensive held in New York City with the Radio City Rockettes. She attended Franklin Pierce University for a year where she majored in Dance and studied alongside Boston Ballet's Reagan Messer and Wendy Dwyer. She has worked aside numerous professional as well as Broadway choreographers. Her recent credits include: No, No, Nanette, 42nd Street, A Salute to Rogers and Hammerstein, Mame, La Cage Aux Folles and Dance Captain of Reagle Players It's Christmas Time.

Jesse Sinerate holds a degree in Theatre Education From Emerson College and is currently teaching drama at the McDevitt and Kennedy middle schools in Waltham. No stranger to Creative Movement, she has been dancing here since she was two years old. For the past six years she has choreographed the Kennedy Middle School spring musical, and currently runs the McDevitt Middle School drama program, directing and choreographing both of their annual shows. For two years, she was the director of performing arts at the Waltham Boys and Girls Club, where she taught jazz, tap and hip hop during the year and directed and choreographed their summer youth theatre shows. She is currently directing and choreographing the Waltham Summer School’s new youth theatre program.

Shannon Orifice has an Associates Degree in Dance from Dean College and a Bachelors Degree in Dance Arts from the University of Nevada, Las Vegas. She has trained in ballet, jazz, tap, modern, and hip hop since she was 3 years old. Shannon has also taken many master classes with notable dancers and choreographers, including tap extraordinaire Savion Glover. After growing up dancing at the Studio, Shannon is excited to return and share her passion of dance with our many students. Shannon also teaches for A+ Dance Camp and dances with the Creative Movement Dance Company.

Cathy Jones has danced for 35 years, the past 14 at the Studio of Creative Movement. She also performs and choreographs with many local community theatre organizations, and has choreographed for the Waltham HS Dance Theatre program since 1997. Cathy holds a BA in Drama with a minor in Dance from Ithaca College, and an MA in Theatre Education from Emerson College. After many years of teaching and training professionally, Cathy followed her passion for baking to the Cambridge School of Culinary Arts, and now works as a pastry chef, in addition to teaching tap here at Creative Movement.