Dance Instructors

Jennifer Nobiletti

Mrs. Nobiletti has been dancing under the watchful eye of an instructor since she was 3 years old. During her young training she attended competitions with her dance school. She attended Harrison School of Performing Arts Center for 2 years and was a Lakeland High School Anchorette for 3 years. She has been teaching dance for 11 years. In 2010, she was a cast member in the Lakeland Rocky Horror Picture Show. In 2011, she was a principle dancer in the With Love Productions: A Michael Jackson Tribute Show. She continues to further her dance education by attending dance seminars and conventions with prominent choreographers all over the United States.

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Ron Hankey

Ron is originally from Fort Wayne, Indiana. The majority of his training was taken at Fort Wayne School of Dance for 12 years. Ron pursued and graduated in 2005 with a BA in Dance Performance and Business Management at Ball State University in Muncie, Indiana.

While attending Ball State University, Ron was a 2 year company member for Ball State Dance Theater. He also taught tap, jazz, and lyrical to the performance company at Dazzle Dance Academy in Muncie, Indiana for 4 years. In 2002, he had the opportunity to dance at the Kennedy Center in Washington, D.C. for the Celebration of College and University Dance. Ball State Dance Department was selected one of the 12 dance programs to be featured for this honor. Ron performed an Isadora Duncan piece named, “Varshavianka” which is a “moving piece from 1921 that the modern dance pioneer dedicated to the victims of the 1906 “Bloody Sunday” massacre in St. Petersburg, Russia.” In 2011, he was a principle dancer for the With Love Productions: A Michael Jackson Tribute Show.

Ron had multiple opportunities at Ball State to perform in student/faculty projects, showcases, choregraphed several original pieces and was able to attend many master classes. Some of the master classes he took through Ball State or local/state conventions were with the following choreographers: Micaya, Charlotte Adams, Bill Evans, Alan Sener, Elena Comendedor, Mia Michaels, Mandy Moore, Black McGrath, Nick Lazzarrini, Kasper, Napoleon and Tabitha D’umo, Tina D’Amato, Charles McGowan, Cory Finn, Gregory Hines, Ray Leeper, Joel Sluyer, Mark Meismer, Robert Garnder, Justin Giles, Andre Megerdichian, Lori Belilove, Jennifer Sprowl, and Pilobolus.

Ron started working for Art In Motion in 2011.

Daniel Z. Smith, Jr.

Daniel is a performer from Calumet Park Illinois. His original dream was to become one of the world’s greatest martial artists. Other well-known martial artists informed him that ballet would improve his martial arts skills. So in February of 1998, he enrolled in a ballet class at Dancin’ Feet Dance Studio in Tinley Park. His first real performance came to him in July of 1998 in Walt Disney World, where his love for dance began to blossom. He has training in Ballet, Tap, Jazz, Swing, and Hip-hop. He has taught and choreographed for companies and schools throughout Illinois. Since then, Daniel has gone on to dance with the Walt Disney World Company which led him to the lead role as Chad in Feld Entertainment’s High School Musical Summer Celebration which toured around the world. He now resides in Tampa, Florida where he is dance captain at Busch Gardens for their Cirque Dreams Jungle Fantasy show, a show that played Broadway. Daniel has been with Art In Motion since 2010.