Apprentices


Jackie Kelly

Jackie has been a student at Dance Arts Collaborative for four years now, where she is training for her new apprentice position for Air. She is studying Ballet, Pointe, Jazz and Lyrical. She is a member of the DAC Competition Team where she has gone on to win, gold medals and special awards and performed for the MS Walk at the Philadelphia Art Musuem. This summer she is attending the five week summer Ballet Intensive at Central Pennsylvania Youth Ballet in Carlisle Pennsylvania under the direction of Marcia Dale Weary. She is looking forward to performing with Air II and the Air Company.


Rachel Serafini

Rachel has been a student at Dance Arts Collaborative for the past three years where she is training for her new apprentice position for Air. She is studying Ballet, Pointe, Jazz and Lyrical. She is also a member of the DAC Competition Team and this year won the Junior Title and Scholarship Winner at New York City Dance Alliance in Philadelphia. She has gone on to win Golds and Platinums for her Ballet variation Le Belle Fille choreographed by Mary Anne Hoffman, former Ballet Mistress for Pennsylvania Ballet Guild. Rachel has been seen as the "Little Doll" in Babes in Toyland for Pennsylvania Youth Theatre choreographed by Reina Faith. She has also been involved in productions of The Nutcracker for Dance Theatre of Pennsylvania as well as Dance Elite at the Keswick Theatre. This summer Rachel will be attending Walnut Hill School for the Performing Arts for Ballet under the direction of Michael Owen, former dancer and teacher of the American Ballet Theatre. Rachel is very excited to be performing with Air II.