Darlene Stephens

Is the Director of Music in Motion® and has a B.A. in Dance from the University of Maryland, 1975. Former Director of Dance and Program Coordinator for Sign of the Times Cultural Workshop and Gallery, Inc., in Washington D.C. She has studied, taught, choreographed, and performed in Maryland, Florida, New York, North and South Carolina, Texas, and Connecticut totaling over 30 years of experience. She is the Artistic Director of Music in Motion® Dance Company and has been teaching at Music in Motion® for over twenty-five years. Darlene has trained and taught several dancers, who have gone on to professional careers in major dance companies, and have traveled to every continent in the world except Antarctica.

Sally Robinson

Sally started her dance education with Andre Eglevsky and The School of American Ballet in New York.  She then continued with The Cape Cod Ballet Co., Boston Ballet and Hartford Ballet.  She then did her teacher training with Hartford Ballet and received her degree from Hartford College for Women. Sally took time off from dancing to start a family. Sally and her family moved south to Virginia Beach and she has been teaching at Music in Motion® since 1991. Sally teaches a beginner Modern class and Pre-ballet through advanced levels of Ballet and all Pointe classes.

Jessica Haynes

Jessica is a recent graduate of Old Dominion University. She received her undergraduate degree in Dance and was also named the Outstanding Student of the year. Jessica currently dances for several local dance
companies including Second Wind Dance Company, Dancers and Mina Estrada, and TRdance Ensemble.Jessica has been performing in various shows throughout the area and recently performed in the Piccolo
Spoleto Festival in Charleston, SC. She has also performed and choreographed for University Dance Theater, To The Nines Productions, The Granby Theater, and The Miss VA Pageants.

Shaye Arluk

Shaye Arluk began dancing at Music in Motion at the age of five, studying ballet, Pointe, modern, and jazz.  She was a member of the Children’s Dance Theatre and later the Music and Motion dance company throughout high school.  She continued her dance training in contemporary, jazz, and hip hop at Cornell University in New York and in Richmond , VA both studying and performing in many local venues.  Since moving back to Virginia Beach she has been teaching children’s and adult Hip Hop dance classes at the Simon Family Jewish Community Center in Virginia Beach.  In addition, Shaye has her Masters of Science in Exercise Physiology from Old Dominion University .