Meet Our Staff
Sara DiPasqua-Owner/Instructor
Sara has been training extensively and performing for over 35 years in Lyrical, Ballet, Pointe, Jazz, Pilates, Barre Fitness, Modern, Musical Theater, Hip-hop, and Tap. She has taught at studios in Chester and Delaware County. She has also choreographed for different theater groups including Upper Darby Summer Stage. She attended Rider University as a Fine Arts Major for Dance. Sara has performed in the 2015, 2016 and 2018 6ABC Thanksgiving Day Parade, Disney World and Hershey Park, as well as other local parades and Nutcracker performances. Sara is certified by The Pulse Teacher Workshop. Sara was fortunate to train under famous choreographers such as Wade Robson, Chris Judd , Dave Scott and Dee Caspary. Her passion for dance has lead her to pursue a career in teaching where she wants to show her love of dance to students of all ages. She instructs children to adults in all styles of dance for leisure, competitions, performances, weddings and other social functions. Her passion for dance is contagious and she keeps her dancers moving as a creative and innovative choreographer, Sara encourages her students while inspiring them with her enthusiasm and dedication.
It has always been Sara’s passion to own her own studio. She thought her dreams where over when she had spinal fusion due to scoliosis. She was jokingly called the bionic dancer. Her dedication and perseverance shows that if you put your heart and mind to it then you can achieve it!
When she is not living at the studio, she enjoys spending time with her children Gianna, Madelyn and Maclin as well as her husband Rick!
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Rosemarie- Sub
Rosemarie has taught all over Chester and Delaware County for over 20 years. She has taught many award winning routines at various competitions. She is a certified instructor and member of Dance Masters of America, and has also served on the Board of Directors with the Pennsylvania Association of Dance Teachers. She has performed in many dance productions, competitions,TV infomercials and charity events. She enjoys watching her dancers technique thrive. Sara calls her the "Tap Guru".
Becky- Instructor
Becky is a Philadelphia-based dancer, choreographer and instructor with extensive training in classical ballet, tap, Jazz, Hip-Hop, Musical Theater and ballroom & latin styles. She has experience teaching dancers from age 3 through adult and is passionate about sharing her love of dance with students of all levels. Most recently, Becky has been touring nationally with KAR Dance Competition & Convention Brands, connecting young dancers all across the country. Prior to that, she performed as a dancer and character performer with Disney Cruise Line. Becky grew up as a competitive dancer and continued to dance and choreograph at Villanova University, where she earned degrees in Neuroscience and Communications in 2024.
She is thrilled to join Innovative Performing Arts Center and looks forward to helping students grow both technically and artistically while fostering a lifelong love of dance!
Gabby - Instructor
Gabby has been dancing since the age of four and has taken a range of classes from Ballet and Contemporary to Hip-Hop and Bollywood. She is a recent graduate of Kutztown University where she was a part of the dance team all four years.that she attended. Gabby took part in a number of halft time performances for basketball and football games at Kutztown University but she also performed at multiple Philadelphia 76ers games. She has multiple years of teaching under her belt and she looks forward to being able to foster excitment for students through dance and IPAC!
Hannah- Instructor
Hannah is a 2025 West Chester University graduate of the College of Education and Social Work, where she majored in Early Grades Prep PreK-4 with a 4-8 English Language Arts certification and minored in Spanish and dance performance. She is an alumna of the WCU University Dance Company, for which she performed and choreographed through college. Hannah has been dancing since she was five, receiving twelve years of dance education from All For Dance studio in Robbinsville, New Jersey, where she studied classical ballet, lyrical, jazz, tap, contemporary, improv, and modern. She also worked with several youth theatre organizations before starting college, training in various musical theatre forms. Now a full-time elementary teacher, Hannah is excited to continue her dance career through teaching and mentoring opportunities at Innovative Performing Arts Center
Lena-Instructor
Elena started her dance journey at the age of 3 in her hometown, about 10 miles outside of Philadelphia, Pa. She quickly began expanding styles, and has trained in ballet, contemporary, jazz, lyrical, tap and hip-hop. She was incredibly active at her studio, performing in several numbers at every show, and promoting her team to participate in as many performances as possible. In 2015, the Company began an annual Nutcracker show, where Elena was a lead soloist for 4 consecutive years, while also taking on as many backstage and other roles as possible. Elena has a passion for the discipline of ballet but also discovered her love for contemporary and modern dance, and she quickly began choreographing. She was the first student under 18 to choreograph for her studio's annual recital and soon after began as a Resident Choreographer for Poetico Dance Collective, a nonprofit organization in Philadelphia. IN 2021, she became Co-Founder of Poetico Dance Collective's Youth Performance Program, and taught a variety of classes and choreography to all ages and backgrounds in dance. Elena lived in Denver, Colorado from 2023-2025 where she continued teaching for multiple youth dance studios. While she continues to explore her love for all dance and creative movement, Elena has fallen in love with teaching other passionate dancers and challenging them with out-of-the-box performances and choreography.
Leara - Sub
Leara has been dancing since a young age. Her main background is ballet and pointe but she also loves to teach lyrical. After college she started to take classes again and even had Mrs.Sara as a teacher. She decided she wanted to teach dance and pass on her passion. Leara is excited to be a part of IPAC and watch her students grow as dancers!
