About Us
Finding Inspiration in Every Turn
Precision Dance aims to serve performers seeking classes where they will have the opportunity to learn the skills they need to follow their dreams. Dancers will benefit from the personalized attention given by our award-winning staff of teachers with professional dance experience.
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Whatever star your dancer is reaching for, we're here to help them combine their passion with precision training & techniques tailored to meet their goals, dreams, and expectations.
Meet The Team
Jamie Lee Kowalczyk
Owner & Artistic Director
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From leading professional performances as a featured dancer on Carnival Cruise lines to mentoring aspiring professionals as a dance studio founder, Jamie boasts an impressive list of dance-world credentials. With more than 36 years of experience as an accomplished dancer and educator, Jamie loves sharing her passion for dance.
She started her professional career at just 18 years old performing in six production shows at The Fernwood Resort. Her impressive technical and artistic skills caught the attention of Morag Productions. The production company hired her to perform internationally on Cunard Cruise Lines.
Later, Jamie earned a top spot as a featured dancer in two production shows for Carnival Cruise Lines.
After a fulfilling on stage career, Jamie turned her focus to mentoring the next generation of professional dancers. She taught jazz, lyrical, ballet, musical theater, tap, contemporary dance, and more to students of all ages.
Jamie brings all she's learned both on stage and behind the scenes to her role as a dance competition judge serving at competitions throughout the US.
She is excited to continue inspiring dancers as they grow in the dance world!
Annina D'Agosto
Dance Teacher
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Annina began dancing at the age of eight studying in ballet, tap, jazz, contemporary, and hip-hop. She began competing and performing at the age of ten, and continued through the age of eighteen. Some of her performances include Hershey Park and Disney. In 2015, Annina took part in a training program at Broadway Dance Center, where she trained for twenty hours a week under working professionals and choreographers. She continues her dance education through workshops and classes.
Annina’s teaching experience includes three competitive dance studios in the Brodheadsville, Tannersville, and Lehigh Valley areas, Wind Gap Middle School for their production of “You’re a good man Charlie Brown”, and Northampton community college. She has also had the privilege of being a guest teacher at various summer intensives for studios in the North Eastern Pennsylvania area.
Annina has a B.A. in education from East Stroudsburg University. Her classes focus on musicality and rhythm, as well as teaching the fundamentals of technique within each style. It is also important that each student find his or her own unique style while, of course, having fun.
​Ruthann G. Ciszak
Dance Teacher
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Ruthann G. Ciszak (she/her) is a proud graduate of Shenandoah Conservatory, where she earned her BFA in Dance. Originally from the Poconos, Pennsylvania, Ruthann began her dance training at the age of three at Elite Dance Center, studying ballet, tap, jazz, lyrical, contemporary, acrobatics, musical theatre, and hip-hop. She furthered her training at Arts Academy Charter Middle School, where she refined her ballet technique and began pointe work. Ruthann was later accepted into The Lehigh Valley Charter High School for the Arts, where her passion for choreography blossomed.
In 2019, she was honored with the Excellence in Choreography award at Nexstar National Talent Competition. During her time at Shenandoah Conservatory, her original choreographic works Perception and Wilted Memories were selected by faculty to perform at the adjudication concert for the American College Dance Association in 2024 and 2025.
Ruthann plans to continue her journey in the performing arts by pursuing advanced studies in the Performing Arts Leadership & Management program at Shenandoah Conservatory, with aspirations of blending her artistry and leadership in the field of dance.
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