About us.
Glen Roc has been a pillar in the community for 47 years! We strive to inspire our dancers to truly love and enjoy the art of dance. We create a place where dancers flourish both technically and artistically. Our goal is for every dancer to experience the joy that comes from expressing themselves through movement.
Laney Engelhard (Director) has been involved in the dance community for over 30 years. She graduated from the Washington Academy of Performing Arts School and trained on scholarship at Pacific Northwest Ballet, The Rock School, and Loc Conte Dance Studio. Laney’s professional career includes dancing for companies such as Oregon Ballet Theater, American Repertory Ballet, Lustig Dance Theatre, and Terpsicorps Dance Theater. She has performed in the Radio City Christmas Spectacular, guested for Hubbard Street Dance Chicago, worked with Choreographer Trey McIntyre on Michael Curry’s production “Spirits,” and has been an instructor for Universal Dance Association. As a choreographer, Laney has created many works for companies and schools nationally. She has created pieces for professional companies like American Repertory Ballet, Lustig Dance Theatre, Body Hype Ensemble, Rider, ComeUnity, the Outlet Project, and Ballet Northwest. Laney has trained and coached many dancers in the tri-state who have continued on to college dance programs and professionally. Laney is also currently an adjunct professor teaching ballet at Rider University.
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Our Amazing Faculty
Our dance educators are highly experienced and well-versed in a variety of dance areas. Trust in our expertise to achieve the best outcome for your child.
Ellis Foreman
Hailing from Union, New Jersey, Ellis Foreman has been tap dancing for 13 years as one half of the Foreman Brothers. He’s had the opportunity to dance with some of the most influential dancers and dance companies in the art form, such as Savion Glover, Maurice Hines, Maurice Chestnut’s Dance Therapy, Chloe and Maud Arnold and The New Jersey Tap Dance Ensemble. He has had the honor to dance on the Apollo Theatre stage while portraying Gregory Hines on Season 3 Episode 8 of The Marvelous Mrs Maisel, as well as playing Willie at NJPAC’s production of The Tap Dance Kid in 2019. When not lighting up the stage, Ellis serves as a Production Education Assistant at NJPAC Arts Ed, is a film Major at Rider University, and is one of three production directors at 107.7 The Bronc WRRC FM.
Arick Brooks
Arick is excited to start with Glen Roc Dance Shoppe. He is a musical theater major at Rider University. He danced competitively for 10 years and holds multiple National Awards for different styles of dance. He is very excited to help students learn and unlock their capabilities, so that they may feel fulfilled both inside and outside the studio.
Lauren Maguirre
Lauren Maguirre participated in a year of study at Mercer County School for the Performing Arts. Lauren danced at Glen Roc for twelve years in ballet, tap, jazz, lyrical, hip-hop, and pointe. She was a member of the Glen Roc Competition Team for three years and spent several years as a student teacher. Lauren completed a senior internship at Glen Roc Dance Shoppe under the supervision of Miss Alma and Miss Barbara. She graduated from Rider University with a degree in Business and Dance Education.
Alea Pinho
began dancing when she was 5 years old. She joined her studio’s competition team at 11 years old and competed in numerous competitions until she graduated high school. She then furthered her dance career at Rider
University, where she graduated in 2021 with a double major in Elementary Education and Dance with a minor in Special Education. She was also part of the Rider dance team for all 4 years of college and began choreographing for the
team as a freshman. Alea was elected President of the dance team 2 years in a row. While at Rider, Alea trained at Princeton Ballet School, where she was offered a job as a hip-hop teacher at a nearby studio. Alea began teaching here in 2018. Alea creates an exciting and fun atmosphere in all her classes to enhance her student’s confidence and ensure they are comfortable performing in the studio and on stage.
Joscelyn Hunter
Joscelyn Hunter is currently a full-time student attending Rider University. She is a psychology major with a minor in dance performance. Joscelyn has been dancing for over ten years and has studied all dance genres. One of her most significant accomplishments would be winning World of Dance, New Jersey, in 2019 and traveling to Los Angeles, California, to continue the competition. She has taken classes and broadened her technical education at Broadway Dance Center in New York City, Millennium in Los Angeles, Jump Dance Convention, and Monsters Dance Convention. During her time at Rider University, she was invited to Florence, Italy, to perform at META 2023, the Meeting of European Theatre Academies, where she performed in one of the most famous theatres in Italy. Joscelyn was also invited to Boston, Massachusetts, to perform that same piece with six other dancers. In addition to this, she put on an original piece at her University, which received plenty of recognition. Joscelyn created a dance piece that was asked to be performed at the NJAHPERD Dance Gala Convention 2024.