Faculty

Director: Holly Simpson Costa, trained at HBS and the Boston Conservatory and has a degree in education from the University of Massachusetts. She has won awards as a Tap and Jazz soloist and judges local and national dance competitions. She is an active member of the Dance Teacher’s Club of Boston (DTCB) and Dance Masters of America.

Allison (Cahill) Burke is a graduate of Boston College and received her Masters Degree in Clinical Exercise Physiology from Northeastern University. She has been a member of the DTCB since 2003. For the past two years, Allison's choreography has earned high gold medals at Dance Ovations Competition. This is Allison's 6th year of being on the faculty of the Hazel Boone Studio.

Maggie McCarey is celebrating her 20th year as part of the HBS family! A graduate of Northeastern University, she choreographed and performed with the University Dance Company. Maggie has been choreographing, teaching, and coaching for over nine years. Maggie is a proud member of the  DTCB.

Kayla Costa and Miranda Leoni are the Coaches for the Hazel Boone Junior Dance Team. The Team earned a gold medal at their first dance competition in the large group tap category. Kayla is a sophomore honor student at Dedham High School where she is on the volleyball team and a member of the student council. Kayla has been dancing for 12 years. This past summer she attended the Dance Education Training Course sponsored by the DTCB where she was awarded a scholarship for achieving the highest performance and written test scores in tap. Miranda is a senior honor student at Canton High School where she is a member of the National Honor Society, an editor of the school newspaper, and a member of the Math Team. She has been a student at the Hazel Boone Studio for the past 15 years.