Faculty | Hackworth School

FACULTY & STAFF

RESIDENT FACULTY

ALISON FORANCE

Director/Owner

Alison Hackworth Forance is the co-owner/director of HSPA alongside her sister Lisa Anthony, and proudly part of the studio's third generation...

LISA ANTHONY

Director/Owner

Lisa Anthony and her sister, Alison Forance, took over the reins from their mother as Owners and Directors of HSPA in 1990...

LISA HEATH

Assistant Director

Lisa Heath has been teaching at the Hackworth School of Performing Arts for over 35 years...

DEBBY BEAN

Debby Bean is entering her 47th year of teaching! For the past 27 years, she has taught at HSPA, specializing in acrobatics and tumbling...

IVY BELTRANDI

Ivy Harman-Beltrandi has been teaching dance for over 25 years and has been a member of the HSPA dance family for over 45 years...

JILLIAN DIETZ

Jillian Dietz danced at HSPA for 16 years and graduated with the class of 2021. This is her fifth year teaching and assisting at HSPA...

DIANA FRINK

Diana Frink is currently on head staff at the Hackworth School of Performing Arts where she is in her 37th year of teaching...

ALLISON FURKEY

Updated bio COMING SOON!

CASEY GONZALEZ

Casey Gonzalez, an Arizona native, has always had a passion for movement. She graduated from The Ailey School Certificate program in 2012...

AMANDA LABRIE

Amanda Labrie grew up dancing at HSPA where she found her passion not only for dance, but for teaching dance as well...

MARIYA LaFLEUR

Mariya LaFleur graduated from Point Park University with a B.A. in Dance Performance. A choreographer, adjudicator, and convention teacher...

ANDREA LAUZIER

Andrea Lauzier grew up dancing at Kathy’s Dance Studio in Holyoke alongside her sister Kate Netkovick...

KATE NETKOVICK

Kate Netkovick has been a dancer for the past 43 years and a dance teacher for the past 25 years...

CAITLIN O'DELL

Caitlin O'Dell is an alumni from HSPA (Class of 2014). She began dancing at HSPA at age three - she essentially grew up at the studio...

KRISTINA PISE

Kristina Pise has been dancing for over 30 years. She began teaching on the faculty at HSPA in 2010...

ABBY SPEETER BIELSKI

Abby Bielski began her dance journey in Massachusetts. She was part of the first graduating class at Pioneer Valley Performing Arts High School...

ISABELLA WOOD

Isabella Wood grew up dancing at HSPA and graduated in 2024. Prior to graduating, she began assisting and choreographing...

STAFF

DIRECTORS & OWNERS

Lisa Anthony

Alison Forance

ASSISTANT DIRECTOR

Lisa Heath

OFFICE STAFF

Lisa Anthony (Manager)

Christine Kicza

Lori Labrie

Ann Trytko

PARENT PORTAL ADMINISTRATOR

Christine Kicza

WEBSITE ADMINISTRATORS

Alison Forance

Amanda Labrie

EJ Lafleur

EMAIL & COMMUNICATIONS

Lisa Anthony

Alison Forance

Christine Kicza

Amanda Labrie

SOCIAL MEDIA ADMINISTRATORS

Alison Forance

Amanda Labrie

FACILITY CREW

Lisa Anthony

Todd Anthony

Nick Boisjolie

Ashley Donovan

Ted Forance

Jen Pasquini

Jen Santos McGeoghan

GUEST FACULTY

Explore our many guest teachers, choreographers, and faculty members we have proudly hosted through the years here at HSPA:

Kurt Adametz

Brooke Anthony

Nick Anthony

Jacqueline Ashley

Chloe Balch

Hailey Beman

Amy Benedetto

Chaz Buzan

KC Castellano

Albert Cataffi

Channing Cooke

Sandi Duncan

Teddy Forance

Jonny Forance

Scott Fowler

Gretchen Garnette

JoJo Gomez

Megan Goldstein

Billy Griffin

Jen Hackworth

Luke Hickey

Molly Horne

Kelly Kaleta

Leah Katz

Katelyn Labrie

Jeff Lapes

Corbin LaPlante

Haley Lawton

Madison Marney

Kaia Masenior

Jacob Matthews

Alyssa McMenemy

Mary Grace McNally

Electra Neary

Catherine Nicholson

Nate O'Dell

Kate Rackley

Yoshi Sanders

Courtney Schwartz

Erin Serio

Jen Pinard Snyder

Casey Shae

Stephanie Shumway

Julian Smith

Angelica Stiskin

Erin Stomski

Emily Stomski

Minh Sullivan

Travis Wall

Sarah Whitely

Lucy Vallely