Mary Vadala About Mary Mary is starting her 30th year as a faculty member of KDGC. She began her dance training at 5 years of age under the direction of Ken & Jean Phifer in North Versailles, Pennsylvania. Mary has studied with the Pittsburgh Ballet Theater, the Pittsburgh Youth Ballet under the direction of Jean…
Renee Rogers About Renee Renee Rogers has had the pleasure of having the art of dance a part of her life for as long as she can remember. Enrolled in classes at a young age, Renee found her way to KDGC in need of a stronger foundation in Ballet technique. Here she fell in love…
Taryn Patterson About Taryn This is Taryn’s fifth year teaching at Kathi’s Dance and Gym Center, and her fourth year as the lead choreographer for the Hip Hop program. As a student, Taryn danced at Kathi’s for 16 years where she received training in all styles of dance including Hip Hop, Jazz, Tap, Ballet, and…
Macy Metzger About Macy This is Macy’s 7th year as a teacher at Kath’s Dance & Gym Center after fifteen years as a student. In 2017, Macy performed the role of Bert in KDGC’s production of “Mary Poppins”. Macy also passed her Cecchetti VI professional level student exam and her Cecchetti I teacher’s exam. She…
Megan Cleland About Megan Megan is happy to be home in Youngstown and teaching at Kathi’s again. She graduated from high school in 2006 playing one of the lead roles as Don Lockwood in “Singin’ in the Rain”. During her years dancing at Kathi’s, Megan took many gymnastics and dance classes including hip hop, completed her…
Kathi Halbert Director About Kathi Kathi has owned and operated her own dance and gymnastics program for the past 57 years. She teaches all major disciplines of dance and is a certified Women’s Cecchetti Level VII ballet instructor. Her studio also offers a full acro/gym program with competitive teams through AAU and USAG including levels…