Tara Hetsko

Tara has been teaching for Dave since he opened the studio in 1989. She has been dancing for 33 years, and cannot imagine a life without dance. She has appeared in many full-length ballets, and has had extensive dance training in Pennsylvania and New York City. She is a certified member of Dance Educators of America. In addition to teaching at the studio, she has choreographed productions for The Corner Bistro Dinner Theater, The Act, and Standing Room Only Theater Company. She has also served as dance instructor for the NYSP camp at the University of Scranton. In addition to the studio, she is very active in local community theater. She resides in Scranton with her daughter, Alexandra, and will dance and teach for Dave until the end of time.

Kevin Stevenson

Kevin has been involved with the Dave Ragnacci School of Dance since 2000 acting as the studio's art director and office manager. In addition to prop and set design Kevin's responsibilities include advertising, programs and music. Kevin has studied art, photography and design at The Savannah College of Art and Design and The Art Institute of Pittsburgh. He has art directed such shows as "Harvey" and "Romeo and Juliet." Kevin has also appeared on stage at The Corner Bistro Dinner Theatre.

Rachelle Macavage

Born and raised in Virginia, Rachelle began dancing at the age of 4. She danced with the city dance academy and placed in numerous competitions for tap and toe dance in ballet. She continued dancing through the years and graduated from James Madison University with a BS in Special Education and a minor in dance. After moving to Pennsylvania and attending one of Dave Ragnacci's dance recitals, she then knew she had to join the studio. She has been dancing with Dave for 8 years and has been a teacher/choreographer at the Dave Ragnacci School of Dance for 4 years. Rachelle resides in Old Forge with her husband and 2 children.

April Goldberg

April Goldberg has been dancing since age three, primarily under the direction of Alexi Ramov and James Sutton.  She has studied with the School of American Ballet where she danced with the New York City Ballet.  As a member of Ballet Theater of Scranton, Civic Ballet Company, Scranton Ballet Guild, and Ballet Guild of Lehigh Valley, April was featured as soloist in many lead roles.  Ms. Goldberg has performed with and trained under members of Pittsburgh Ballet Theater, San Juan Ballet, Los Angeles Ballet, the Rockettes, and Martha Graham School of Modern Dance.  Skilled in many varieties of dance including ballet, pointe, tap, jazz, modern, flamenco, ballroom, and aerobics, April has instructed and choreographed for many local dance companies, schools, and competitions.  Ms. Goldberg has taught dance for Marywood College for Kids, University of Scranton, Scranton State School for the Deaf, Keystone City Residence, and Tiffany Falls Performing Arts Workshop.  April is proud to now be part of the Dave Ragnacci School of Dance.

Amy Welcome

Amy has been dancing since the age of five. She began her dance training at Dansation Dance Studio in Clarks Summit under the direction of Ellen Szymaszek. She studied there for seven years and then a year at David Blight still under the direction of Ellen Szymaszek. Amy then continued her training with Dave Ragnacci, where she still continues to dance and learn. She has also taken classes at Broadway Dance Center in New York and attended many dance workshops throughout the area. She is currently pursuing a degree in English/Secondary Education with a minor in dance at Marywood University.

Holly Schovitz

Holly has been dancing since the age of 3.  She has taught dance and choreographed tap, jazz, and ballet at a local dance studio for the past 7 years.  She has also choreographed hip hop routines for the Pocono Mountain School District for the past 3 years.  Holly has taken master dance classes out of New York City and Pennyslvania in hip hop, tap, jazz and ballet.  She earned her Bachelor’s Degree in Elementary Education from the University of Scranton.  While she was there, she was on the dance team for 4 years.  She has just completed her Master’s Degree in Education from Wilkes University and looks forward to her 2nd year of teaching at the Dave Ragnacci School of Dance.

Jenny Magistro

Jenny has been dancing since the age of four and began dancing at the dave ragnacci school of dance when she was six years old. She was always involved in  the studio, being a demonstrator for four years and then moving up to become an  assistant teacher. Her senior year she was featured in the recital as sleeping  beauty. Last year, dave gave her the opportunity to become a teacher and she would like to thank him for this. Jenny looks forward to teaching for many years.