Meet Our Faculty

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Britany Grubbs grew up in Garland, TX and began teaching dance in 1991.  She is a 1993 graduate of Garland High School where she served as a two-year officer of the Dashing DebsVarsity Drill Team.  After graduation, she attended Sam Houston State University where she received her Bachelor of Fine Arts degree in Dance and Business Administration degree in 1998.  In 2002 she founded and directed the City of Garland's Fine Arts Program, which led to her opening her own studio a few years later.  In 2009, her and her family moved to Rockwall and she decided to close her studio and take on a teaching position at Dance and Arts Connection.  In 2010, Britany received her certification with the National Academy of Sports Medicine and loved being able to train people in the fitness industry.  Britany began taking dance at 18 months old and continued training in dance, gymnastics, and cheerleading throughout her career.  While in college, Britany served on staff as an instructor for NCA Cheer & NCA Danz and continued to teach in a private studio setting in Huntsville, TX until graduating in 1998.  During her dance career, Britany has had the opportunity to dance as a member of the Choreography Dance Company, The Nutcracker with the Houston Ballet, Dance Repertory and many more. Throughout her teaching career she has been privileged to instruct many students that have competed to win National Titles over the past 31 years.  The Art of Dance is very much a passion that Britany loves, not only as a dancer herself but also as a choreographer and instructor.  She looks forward to many more years of sharing her knowledge of dance with her students.

William Agliata received his early ballet training in his native home, Rome, Italy, at the Renato Greco Dance Studio and The Rome Opera School of Ballet, under the guidance of Victor Livtinov, Ivana Gattei and Anton Kalinov (Sophia Opera and Ballet). During William’s dance education and subsequent professional career, he studied with eminent artists, choreographers, directors and composers.

Some highlights from William's Italian resume:

William’s professional dance career began at the Rome Opera with roles in Raymonda and other full-length ballets, as well as in the ballets of Faust and Aida at the Rome Opera. He danced in the worldwide telecast of the World Youth Fair for John Paul II, the world premiere of The Seven Deadly Sins and Lindbergh’s Flight at the Arena Sferisterio of Macerata, commercials and variety shows for RAI, the Italian National TV Network, the private TV Network Channel 5, and Coppelia for the Rome Summer Festival.

William moved to New York permanently in 2004 to dance and deepen his ballet training, studying with great teachers in the American ballet tradition: Wilhelm Burmann, Nancy Bielski and David Howard.

Highlights from William’s New York Resume:

Dancing and stage combat in Otello and other operas at the Metropolitan Opera; The Saints of Bleecker Street at Di Capo Opera/New York City Opera, Rebecca

Kelly Ballet, the 20th Century Fox film, Little Manhattan, with Pat Birch, choreographer, he danced in Across the Universe, directed by Julie Taymor, In spring 2017, he danced in the Eightieth Anniversary Recital of Ballet Arts and continues to work with several contemporary choreographers in New York.

William strives to teach perfect posture and form to reveal each student’s maximum potential. In 2016-2017, he worked as Ballet Master for Di Capo Opera/New York City Opera.

He began teaching and coaching in 1991 and ceaselessly incorporates his comprehensive knowledge of dance and singing techniques into his coaching and rehabilitation work.

Since 2015, he’s been training Robert De Niro and Stings families. Breathing techniques, weightlifting and ballet floor and barre exercises helped them to achieve their goals rapidly. In 2016, he trained polio and cancer survivors to achieve greater postoperative strength and flexibility.

With William’s extensive stage experience, he’s also coached actors to prepare for their performing challenges.

Paige started her dance career at the age of two. She is a Dance and Arts Connection Alumni where she spent nine years mastering her craft. After graduating in 2018, she attend Mary Hardin-Baylor where she was a member of the dance team. She graduated in 2022 with a BS in Applied Psychology. After graduation, she found her way back to the studio and is excited to be a part of the team, doing what she loves.

Victoria began dancing at the age of two and began her classical ballet training at five with Anna Ward and world famous Prima Ballerina Mme. Nathalie Krassovska. Ms. Dolph was Krassovska's last protege and enjoyed performing many ballets while with Krassovska's Ballet Jeunesse including: Paquita, Les Sylphides, Chopiniana, La Bayadere, The Nutcracker, Giselle, Raymonda and Pas de Quatre. Most of these ballets were taught to Krassovska directly from the original choreographers and passed down to Ms. Dolph. While under the mentorship of Madame Krassovska, Victoria received the Nadine Nicolaeva-Legat scholarship to the Russian Ballet Society in Scotland. In Scotland, Ms. Dolph received extensive training in classical ballet, pointe, pas de duex, character danse, and modern. Ms. Dolph was also awarded full scholarship to attend the Ballet Magnificat summer intensive and was the 2001 Dance Council of North Texas' Nathalie Skelton Scholarship recipient for the Glenda Brown Choreographer's Conference in Austin. Ms. Dolph attended the Rockette Summer intensive in NYC and danced at Radio City Music Hall and Madison Square Garden. She has danced professionally with Krassovska's Ballet Jeunesse, Irving Ballet Company, Fort Worth/Dallas Ballet, and Contemporary Ballet Dallas. Ms. Dolph also performed as a guest artist with The Ballet Foundation XXI and partnered with Silver Medalist Norbert Nirewicz. Throughout her 25 years of teaching, Ms. Dolph has coached students for classical ballet competitions and each year her students have earned esteemed awards.. Victoria serves as an adjudicator with the Ballet Foundation XXI, World of Dance, ballet instructor with Beyond Belief Dance Company, and LV3 Ballet Conservatory

Since retiring from performing, Ms. Dolph began to study yoga and became a certified yoga instructor in 2009 through Gaia Flow Yoga. In 2013 she opened a yoga studio and created a successful healing school with yoga therapies. During the past 14 years Ms. Dolph has continued studying yoga therapy and text at Loyola Marymount University in California. Some of her teachers include Srivatsa Ramaswami who was the student of the grandfather of modern yoga, Krishnamacharya, Dr. Siva Mohan (Ayurveda), Dr Eden Goldman (sport's chiropractor/ yoga therapist), David Swenson (ashtanga yoga), Shelley Washington (ashtanga yoga and former professional dancer), Maria Villella (ashtanga yoga/Chinese medicine/former ballerina) and Kumar Pallana (yoga teacher and actor in Wes Anderson films). In 2017 Ms. Dolph became certified in progressing ballet technique.

Currently, Ms. Dolph is in her final semester to earn her Bachelors in Liberal Arts and then will go on to pursue her MFA in Dance/Choreography which she will begin summer 2025

Ms. Dolph is also a mother to one adorable daughter and both are active members in the dance community.