Our Talented Dance Educators




As educators we understand that learning never ends and we pride ourselves in continuing our dance educationthrough conventions and seminars. We are also certified through CLI Studios where we virtually take classes monthly, with not only the best choreographers in the country but internationally as well.



Miss Amanda
Owner/Educator



Miss Amanda began dancing at the age of 2 and has been teaching for over 15 years. She moved here from Pennsylvania where she owned and directed a studio for 10 years that rapidly grew from 70-500 students and was voted Best Dance Studio in the Lehigh Valley several years in a row! Her passion is dance and passing that on to all. She has trained in NYC with Mia Micheals, Teddy Forance, Bob Rizzo, Andy Blankenbuehler, Doug Cadwell, Gregg Russell, Katy Spreadbury, Luigi, & cast members from Wicked, Chicago & A Chorus Line to name a few. Miss Amanda is excited to be pairing up with her sister Miss Aysza to bring their passion for the arts to the Apollo Beach area.



Miss Aysza
Owner/Educator



Miss Aysza has been dancing for over 24 years and teaching for over 10 years. She moved here from Pennsylvania were she graduated from Lehigh Valley Charter High School for the Performing Arts in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania in 2013 as a dance major. She has gained much of her dance education, artistry, and passion from Armetta’s Grand Jeté Studio of Dance in Macungie, Pennsylvania and by attending the following dance conventions with a Teddy Forance, Katy Spreadbury, Randi & Hefa, Misha Gabriel, Kyle Robinson, Nick Lazzarini and Sheila Barker to name a few. She has performed in and created pieces for LVPA’s student choreographed shows and has danced in annual Quilt faculty concerts. Aysza has also danced at Iron Pigs and Scranton Wilkes-Barre Yankees games, the Harlem Globetrotters, as well as the American Diabetes Walk. Aysza Armetta has also dance professionally for the Lehigh Valley Steelhawks PIFL with the Precious Metals Dance Team in 2014. Miss Aysza is filled with joy to be working with her sister Miss Amanda as partners at Armetta’s Grand Jeté Studio of Dance in the Apollo Beach area. Miss Aysza is looking forward to meeting all of her students and parents for another successful year of dance!



Miss Nicole
Dance Educator



Miss Nicole has been dancing since she was two years old and has performed in over two dozen musicals throughout her life. She has danced competitively since she was 6 and has won many regional and national titles. Her favorite styles of dance are jazz and musical theatre. Nicole is very excited to be working with children to guide them on their journey and help them pursue something that she loves.



Miss Milly
Dance Educator



Miss Milly has been dancing for several years and has a true passion for working with children. Miss Milly competitively danced throughout middle and high school and continued her dance career at Florida Gulf Coast University as a Dancing E' Gal. Miss Milly's favorite styles of dance are Jazz and Lyrical because she loves watching her students express their creativity through movement and style. She can not wait to work with the students at Grand Jete to help them grow into beautiful and strong dancers.



Miss Kelly
Dance Educator



Kelly Powers-Figueroa holds a B.F.A. in Jazz Dance Performance from the University of the Arts in Philadelphia. She has trained with David Parsons Dance Company, Philadanco, Koresh School of Dance and The Briansky Saratoga Ballet School. Her professional career as a dancer, singer, actor, aerialist and teacher has taken her around the world with the cruise ship industry, to musical theatre and the entertainment industry. She has performed in well known venues such as The MGM Grand, The Taj Mahal, The Troubodor, Disneyland and The Fox Theatre. Kelly is excited to share her passion for movement and the arts with Armetta's Grand Jete School of Dance.



Armetta's Grand Jete Studio of Dance



Where the passion of the earliest form comes to life


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