MFA Studios

07/01/2025

Happy Birthday to you!!

06/30/2025

Our cheer team is looking for a few athletes to join their amazing team! ❤️🖤

We WANT YOU! ❤️🖤

06/30/2025

Meet Mr. Andrew! He teaches our Lil Dragons and Junior Karate classes 🥋

Hi! I am Andrew Trementozzi and I will be teaching your children martial arts at MFA studios. I am trained in Tae Kwon Do up through the advanced belts and have experience teaching children a variety of subjects. I am super stoked to be working with your kids and hope they have a fantastic time!

06/30/2025

💚 Wicked Dance Camp starts next week! 💗

Dive into a week of fun as we explore magical choreography and music inspired by ✨Wicked✨

Campers ages 5-10 will develop their ballet, jazz, and hip-hop technique, unleash their creativity, and put on a dazzling end-of-camp showcase!

Locust Grove Location:
July 7th - 11th

10:30 AM - 12:30 PM
$250 per week

Sign up while spots are still available: https://app.gostudiopro.com/apps/api_classes_resp.php?id=zaqlxajd29jd25d14f1db70c4909jasdklj21dx5d14f1db70c8a&s=104582

06/29/2025

A few of our company dancers are at Power Pak this week! Power Pak is an exclusive dance intensive where participants are hand selected and receive invitations at Star Dance Alliance events. Have fun girls 🤩 and work hard!

06/29/2025

Meet Miss Melissa!

Melissa Morneault began her ballet training locally at the Fredericksburg Ballet Centre. Her training continued at the Boston School of Ballet, Central Pennsylvania Youth Ballet, and North Carolina School of the Arts year-round high school program. Melissa began her professional career at the Ballet Theatre of Pennsylvania under the direction of Mary Hepner. She has taught ballet for twenty years and is happy to join the MFA Studios team.

06/28/2025

Meet Miss Emily!

Emily Critchfield began dancing at the age of 3 with the Orange School of Performing Arts (OSPA). At OSPA, Emily trained in Jazz, Tap, Ballet, Lyrical, Modern, and Pointe. She has attended dance conventions and master classes with world-renowned dancers and choreographers, including classes at The Broadway Dance Center in New York City. At OSPA, Emily competed on the company team for 7 years, where she traveled to regional and national dance competitions throughout the east coast. She discovered her love of teaching when she became an assistant teacher at OSPA.

Since joining MFA Studios in 2011, Emily has made the studio a central part of her life. She’s not only dedicated to teaching but also plays an active role behind the scenes, helping to guide the studio’s growth and future. She is committed to nurturing the same love of dance and acro in her students that she holds dear.

Emily continually invests in her own education through master classes, workshops, and certifications to provide the best training possible. She is certified in Acrobatic Arts, Alixa Flexibility, Giordano Jazz Technique, and Tap Roots, ensuring safe, effective, and inspiring instruction for her dancers.

Emily looks forward to sharing her passion and expertise at MFA Studios for many years to come.

06/27/2025

Meet Miss Ashley!
She teaches Junior, Teen, and Company dance classes and choreographs for our company team. Take a moment to get to know her better with her bio below!

Ashley McCullough has over 30 years of dance experience, specializing in tap and contemporary dance. She has extensive training in ballet, jazz, lyrical, and modern, while also dipping her toes into musical theatre, acrobatics, hip hop, folk dance, and ballroom, plus she is a Registered Yoga Teacher. In 2011, Ashley earned her Bachelor of Arts in Dance at Brigham Young University. While at BYU she toured with International Folk Dance Ensemble, as well as performed and choreographed for the student based modern dance company. In college, she had the opportunity to perform with the Martha Graham Dance Company. Post-college, she has performed and choreographed professionally in Baton Rouge, Philadelphia, Chicago, North Carolina, Virginia, and Washington D.C. She has taught as a competition team instructor at several studios, winning various special judges awards and invitations to be part of dance battles at National competitions.

In 2019, Ashley co-founded Ash & Elm Dance Co., a non-profit professional dance company, which she continues to co-direct, choreograph, and perform with regularly. She also loves tap dance history and continues to grow in tap knowledge and skills by studying the history, taking online courses, and attending tap festivals. When she’s not dancing, she’s spending her time with her family, homeschooling her school age daughters and chasing around her baby boy. She’s grateful to have the opportunity to be a “stay at home mom” while also being a “working mom” by doing what she loves!

06/26/2025

Meet Miss Bluann!
Check out her bio below:

Bluann's passion for dance began with her love of music. At the age of 5 she began piano lessons and from there has studied the guitar, organ, violin, and flute. Her enjoyment with music led her to take her first dance lesson at the age of 12. Since then, her dance education has continued from Ballet (Vaganova and Cechetti), Lyrical and Contemporary to Hip Hop as well as Ballroom Dance and her favorite style of social dancing - Lindy Hop.

She also enjoys taking fitness classes and learning various types of exercise programs, such as strength training and swimming.

Bluann aims to teach her students not only the enjoyment of dance and correct dance techniques, but also help them deepen their appreciation for the music as well.

06/25/2025

It’s Miss Dinah’s turn!
Get to know one of our amazing instructors in the bio below!

Dinah McKemie first started dancing at MFA Studios in 2013, and her love of taking class has translated into a love of teaching it. Over the years she trained in ballet, jazz, lyrical, and tap, and competed in numerous dance competitions. In 2019 she joined Company 360 Dance Theatre, a professional contemporary company, to fulfill her love of performing while still being able to teach. Dinah is excited to pass on her knowledge of dance, and hopes to help her students find their passion for it the same way she did.

06/24/2025

Next up in our Meet the Teacher series…
New to our teaching staff this season is Miss Mia! We’re so excited to welcome her to the MFA family. Read on to learn more about her and help us give her a warm welcome in the comments! ✨

Hi I am Mia. I am finishing up my Bachelors of Science in Psychology at the University of Mary Washington in Fredericksburg. Originally I lived in Wi******er VA, where I grew up dancing at Shenandoah Conservatory Arts Academy for 14 years. I have a background in ballet, point, lyrical, contemporary, and musical theater. I assisted and subbed Musical theater dance classes during my later years there, and have choreographed many pieces. Dance has become something special to me as it really helps with my overall mental health. I hope to work with everyone to not only inspire, but also help students find a love for the art. I am so excited to join the MFA team and cannot wait.

06/23/2025

Friendly Reminder: The studio is closed this week for Dance, Acro, Tumbling, Karate, & Cheer.

Reach out to our front desk to schedule your make-up class [email protected]