(Ballet, Pointe, Tap & Theatre Jazz)
Susan Nachtrab has had over fifty years teaching experience and has studied and taught at various schools in New York. For the last forty years she has devoted and dedicated herself to her students on Long Island.
Susan has been a participating member of The Professional Dance Teachers Association, as well as The National Association of Dance and Affiliated Arts, The Brookhaven Arts and Humanities Council and The Greater Port Jefferson Arts Council.
Dance Sensation students have had the opportunity to compete in regional and national competitions. Her students have received various gold, high gold, platinum, diamond, and other first place awards, along with special “reputation” awards that have honored her students’ enthusiasm and potential.
Dance Sensation students have appeared in productions of “The Nutcracker”, “Sleeping Beauty”, “Peter and the Wolf” and many other local theatrical productions. Her students have auditioned and received scholarships to prestigious ballet summer intensives, such as The Earl Mosley’s Institute of the Arts, Brigham Young University Summer Dance Program, Pittsburgh Ballet Theatre, The Rock, ABT, Joffery, Kirov Academy, Chautauqua, The Dance Place, NYSSSA, Miami City Ballet, San Francisco Ballet, Nutmeg Conservatory & USDAN.
Dance Sensation students have been accepted to prestigious dance and theatre programs at such top tier colleges as: Hartford University (dance), University of the Arts (dance), Indiana University (ballet), SUNY Buffalo (theatre) and SUNY New Paltz (theatre), Adelphi University (dance), Fairleigh Dickinson University (theater arts), Belhaven University (dance), La Roche University (ballet) & Mercyhurst University (ballet). Students have also received apprenticeships and trainee positions in their artistic fields and have also gone on to pursue their passion as their professional career. Students of the past and present relay much of their gratitude toward Miss Susan’s overwhelming encouragement, enthusiasm, love, and unforgettable friendship, which is apparent in today’s performance.
In 2008 Susan founded the Elite Corps de Ballet of Long Island, a not-for-profit ballet organization offering students across Long Island the opportunity to perform in an annual production of "The Nutcracker". Susan produces and directs the performance that is given at the end of each dance year, which is a grand showcase – reflecting the efforts of the Dance Sensation students, parents, and staff.
(Hip Hop, Jazz, Acrobatics, Combo Classes)
Brendan's youthful personality and enthusiastic approach to dance has helped create a foundation of relaxation, fun and respect within his students at Dance Sensation. He began his dance studies at the age of four, with his mother as his first dance teacher. He is a graduate of Ithaca College, where he earned his Bachelor’s of Health Sciences and advanced his certifications studies through LI University.
Christopher B. Nachtrab
Christopher began his dance training under the guidance of his mother. In his youth he excelled in all areas of dance yet dedicated much of his training toward ballet and spent summers studying on scholarship at various summer ballet intensives around the country.