Our Team

Studio Owners - Amanda & Nate:   Amanda and Nate became studio owners in July 2018 and purchased the studio @ 567 Elm Street in Biddeford in 2019.   They have been involved with AOD for over 14 years - when their oldest Brianna started dance!  Their involvement grew as Danika and Alexis started dancing too.  Mommy and Me classes turned into Daddy and me ... As Mr Nate was seen Dancing on stage!  Amanda was involved in leading fundraising actives, helping with Nutcracker and Managing AOD, before becoming Owner.  Prior to Owning AOD - Amanda ran an in-home daycare and has a degree in Child Development.  Amanda's passion for children and teaching can be seen and felt in the studio!  She continues to find new ways to keep dance fun and exciting while pushing the dancers to their full potential.  Mr. Nate is also an Engineer for Linde, while not at the studio.  Amanda & Nate welcome you to our Dance Family!

Tracey Garland: Tracey has danced for as long as she can remember whether it be in formal classes or just dancing around the house. Music and movement has always run through her veins. Tracey has taught for a few local studio over her 15 year teaching career and has also choreographed for local high school’s musical productions as well as for Schoolhouse Arts Center. This will be Tracey’s 14th year at Academy of Dance. She has also been a part of the Children’s Nutcracker since its inception. You may recognize her as Mother Ginger or Grandma. Tracey is so excited to be back this year as a studio manager to share her love and passion for dance with all her students!

Liana Constance - Liana began her dancing career at the young age of 2 at a small studio in Burlington, MA.  Her passion for dance flourished as she continued to grow and began dancing competitively in 2002 in various styles including jazz, tap, lyrical, ballet, hip hop, contemporary, and pointe.  While in college working towards her degree in English and Elementary Education, she went back to her roots and taught dance at her home studio.  Liana also participated in Dance Company and Kinetic Edge Hip Hop team at Bridgewater State University.  In her time at BSU on the Hip Hop team, she took the role of secretary of the team and competed at local competitions and at the national collegiate level in Dayton Beach, Florida where her team took 5th place overall!  Of all the styles she’s been trained in, hip hop and contemporary are her two favorites.    

Megan Spooner - Megan began her dance career at the age of three at a studio in Tyngsboro, Massachusetts, and dance has remained a huge part of her life ever since . She is currently in her first year at the University of New England where she will be studying Psychology. She has been trained extensively in tap, ballet, jazz, lyrical, and contemporary. As of this past summer, she is a certified dance teacher through the Dance Teacher’s Club of Boston.  She has been a class assistant for many years, but this will be her first year teaching and she is very ready and eager to begin this new season!  

Maddy Stevens - Maddy started her dancing career at age 5, right here at Academy of Dance! She joined the competition team when she was 8, and danced a total of 13 years before graduating. Maddy competed in Hip Hop, Lyrical, Jazz, Contemporary, and Musical Theatre. Maddy was a teachers assistant for many years, and has been teaching her own classes for 2 years. She has taught Ballet, Lyrical, Hip Hop, Tap, Jazz, Tumbling, and Mommy and Me classes. Maddy is taking a step back from teaching this year and will be in the studio only subbing classes. Maddy is currently going to school at Saint Joseph’s College of Maine in the nursing program. Her goal is to stay working with kids and go into Labor and Delivery or Pediatrics once she graduates as a nurse!