KATRINA B. BROWN
OWNER & DIRECTOR OF DANCE
Katrina B. Brown, or Miss Katie, has been dancing for over 28 years. Growing up in Long Island, NY she has been trained in Classical, Vaganova Ballet Technique, and Ceccehetti Technique. She then began training in Jazz, Hip Hop, Lyrical, and Modern, and Tap as well as performing in several competition teams. Discovering her true passion through dance, she ventured through Eastern University as a Dance Major. After completing her higher education, she received acclaim as a teacher at School of Dance Arts, Haverford Recreation Center, and now as the owner of Inspirations Through Movement. Her choreography has been seen in musical theater productions such as Legally Blonde, A Christmas Carol and Hair, as well as being featured in several dance recitals. She also has a passion for performing, and has most recently been seen as Veronica in Chicago, Sally in A Christmas Carol, and Connie in A Chorus Line. She is ecstatic to have realized a dream and to help others realize their true potential and creative selves.
Bara Burden
Tap Teacher
Bara Burden is originally from Prague, Czech Republic. Her dance career started at the age of 5 in ballet and gymnastics class.
Her own tap dance company "Tappy Dancers," was established in January 1999 after her first “tap dance visit” in the USA. Her competition success includes 2 Czech Tap Dance Championship titles {2000 in Adult Dou and 2001 Adult small groups}. In December 2001, Tappy Dancers took 7th place during the World Tap Dance Championship in Germany. Her partnership with US Tap dance community started in 1998 and lead into international Tap Dance Festival Praha-DC-Philly, which took place in Prague four times between 2001 and 2006.
For the past 20 years, Bara has been living, teaching, and performing in the USA. She became a member of Tap Team Two & Company and had been performing for Young Audiences of PA, NJ, MD, VA, TX and IN {2003-2013}. Tap Team Two & company has been part of Philadelphia area dance community for over 30 years and still participates in local dance and music events. Bara also has been teaching Tap to all ages and levels at local dance studios past 13 years.
Gianna Maurer
Assistant Teacher
Gianna Maurer or Miss Gianna is a senior in high school and coming up on her 3rd year of dancing at Inspirations Through Movement! Along with taking lyrical and jazz classes, she can also be seen performing in musicals at her high school and other companies. She is so excited to be assistant teaching the Musical Theater class this year! Musical Theater and Jazz are her favorite styles of dance.
Robert Tricarico
Head of Media and Marketing
Mr. Robert or Magic man, as some of the students have nicknamed him, has been working with Inspirations for the past 2 years. From videos to our website, Robert has worked to not only help promote our company, but highlight your students in the material we put out. He has been working with children and teens for the past 5 years, and is passionate about them continuing to grow be develop in their passions in life.
