Stageworkz Theatre Arts Project

We are so pleased to announce that we will have Catherine Osikowicz teaching with us at Stageworkz this year!

Catherine is a recent graduate of Baylor University, where she earned a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Theatre Performance with a concentration in Musical Theatre. Now back home in Maryland, Catherine is excited to begin the next chapter of her career while preparing for a future move to New York City.

During her time at Baylor, Catherine received extensive training in acting, vocal pedagogy, and a variety of dance styles, while also building a strong foundation in the technical side of theatre. Catherine's favorite show at Baylor was Alice By Heart, where she played Red Cross Nurse/Queen of Hearts.

Catherine is thrilled to be back at Stageworkz as a teacher, where her love for theatre first began. Returning to the place that inspired her passion for performing is a full-circle moment, and she is excited to share what she has learned with the next generation of performers.

We are so excited to have Ellie Moser on our teaching team at Stageworkz this year!

Ellie began her training in classical ballet at Ballet Theater of Maryland at a very young age. She continued training with Maryland Youth Ballet from age 8 until age 16. While there, she was selected to participate in the Kennedy Center Master Class series, earning the opportunity to take class with artists and directors from American Ballet Theatre, Suzanne Farrell Ballet, New York City Ballet, San Francisco Ballet, Mariinsky Ballet, and Alvin Ailey American Dance Theatre. She also spent her summers training at the School of American Ballet, Houston Ballet, and Orlando Ballet. Ellie later moved away from home to continue her training at Houston Ballet Academy, where she had the opportunity to perform wroks by Stanton Welch AM, Ben Stevenson OBE, George Balanchine, and Claudio Muñoz. From threre, she joined Orlando Ballet's Second Company, performing corps and demi-soloist roles in the company's productions. In 2022, Ellie joined Alabama Ballet as an apprentice, where she performed featured and corps roles in George Balanchine's The Nutcracker and Serenade, Roger VanFletern's Coppélia, Swan Lake, and Bonnie and Clyde, as well as in numerous contemporary pieces over the course of her four seasons there.

In 2022 Ellie found her passion for teaching through Alabama Ballet's outreach program, which brought dance to children in public schools. She then began teaching at The Alabama Ballet School in addition to several other schools in the Birmingham area in 2023.

Ellie is a certified personal trainer through the National Academy of Sports Medicine and enjoys applying this knowledge to help the next generation of students improve their technique and prevent injuries through thoughtful technical placement, body awareness and proper cross-training.

We are absolutely thrilled to have Natalie teaching with us this year!

Natalie Dixon is from Annapolis and grew up dancing at Stageworkz and performing with Talent Machine. She recently graduated from Elon University with a B.F.A. in Dance Performance & Choreography and a B.S. in Dance Science. During her time at Elon, Natalie performed in numerous dance concerts, choreographed for Dancing in the Landscape, and conducted undergraduate research with Dr. Matthew Wittstein exploring how different imagery techniques can enhance the way young beginner dancers learn.

She is also a certified Pilates Mat and Reformer instructor through Balanced Body and plans to attend physical therapy school to become a performing arts physical therapist. Natalie is so excited to be back at Stageworkz!

Interested in signing up for one of Natalie's classes? Check out our website at www.stageworkz.com or email us at [email protected] for help with custom scheduling!