Alissa has danced for the last 25 years. She began her training with Ilene Danek and was successful in many regional and national competitions throughout her adolescent career. Alissa went on to attend SUNY Geneseo where she received a B.S. in Biochemistry with a minor in dance. While at Geneseo, she discovered a love of modern dance and trained with Jonette Lancos, Melanie Aceto, and Kim Neal Nofsinger. She was the recipient of the Nona Schurman Scholarship for Excellence in Dance Composition, and the Sue Ann Kreuter Dance Award. Alissa also received a variety of undergraduate research grants for dance performance, and eventually went on to produce, choreograph, stage, and perform a senior thesis in dance.
Alissa attended the American Dance Festival in Durham, NC on scholarship and while there studied with Douglas Nielson, Jeffrey Bullock, Lisa Race, David Dorfman, and “Bopi” Patterson with whom she performed repertory from Mark Morris’ “The Hard Nut”. She was also selected for a master class with Twyla Tharp.
Alissa’s professional credits include company member for Shelter Repertory Dance Theater, MN, an athletic, versatile, and intriguing dance company (www.shelterdance.com). She was also a company member with Ko-Motion Movement Theater, NY. This company combined mime, dance, and clown theater, and in addition to regional performances, participated in the Arts in School Program. Alissa was also Co-Captain/Choreographer of the Albany Attack Professional Lacrosse League Dance Team.
Alissa's teaching credits include teaching locally for Upstate New York Ballet, Tawn Marie's Dance Center, and The Dance Studio of Fairmount and Manlius. She performed and taught as a visiting alumni artist for the 40th celebration of dance at SUNY Geneseo in 2008. In addition, while a company member of Shelter Repertory Dance Theatre, she taught as an “artist in residence” at a variety of colleges and universities.
Alissa has repeatedly attended the Dance Teacher Summit in NYC where she has taken classes with Finis Jhung, Bill Evans, Sean Curran, Sheila Barker, Mandy Moore, Zena Rommett Deborah Vogel, Frank Hatchett and many more! She tries to continually enrich her own technique, and be inspired, so that she may pass these attributes on to her students.
Alissa’s approach to teaching is one of discipline, history, body awareness, and proper technique. She incorporates dance fundamentals with kinesthetic sense, and combines her science background with dance technique, to teach body placement, alignment, and injury prevention. Most of all she tries to inspire through passionate teaching, pushing students to aim for their highest potential, and embracing all that dance has to offer!

Katie Williams-Fuller has been dancing for over 20 years. She began her dance education locally in Liverpool, NY under the direction of Dayna Williams of Step-N-Time Dance Studio. While dancing for Step-N-Time she was a winner of numerous awards for her solos and group numbers in such styles as jazz, lyrical, and tap. A 1998 graduate of Liverpool High School, Katie moved on to the University of North Carolina at Greensboro majoring in dance. While at UNCG Katie took numerous classes daily in ballet, modern, tap, jazz, and choreography. She was also a member of the UNCG Spartan dance team performing at numerous college games and events throughout her college career. At the same time as attending college she also taught at DANCE USA Dance Studio in Ashboro, NC.
In 2003, Katie returned to Syracuse and taught for The Dance Studio of Manlius and Fairmount, and later became the studio’s assistant director. During her years of teaching her choreography has won numerous awards including high scores among the competition circuit of central New York. Katie was also the choreographer for the “Radio Disney Wolfpack Dance Team” for 3 years.
Since opening TMB in 2009, she has continued winning choreography awards and special recognition awards with numerous routines. Teaching classes from creative movement to hip-hop to tap and many more, Katie continues her dance training by attending numerous workshops and classes. Recently she attended the Dance Teacher Summit in NYC. Taking class with amazing artists such as Greg Russell, Desiree Robbins, and Mandy Moore of SYTYCD!
“You will never know everything when it comes to dance because there is always something new to learn. I take this to heart and as long as I can move I will always be in search of new things to bring back to my students. This journey has been a dream of mine for as long as I can remember and to be able to share my passion with so many is an incredible feeling. I look at myself as a role-model for your child, and I thank you for allowing me to be in their lives. I am completely blessed to have a job I absolutely love, what more can I ask for ?! “