PSDC Staff Bios

Performance Sports and Dance Center Inc.

A unique studio featuring dance, fitness, baton and more!

Christine Zoll - Owner of Performance Sports and Dance Center, Inc.,
Director/Coach TwirlTasTix Baton Teams
Christine has a degree in Accounting from Loyola College in Maryland. She is an NBTA (National Baton Twirling Association) coach and judge, and has over 35 years of baton twirling experience. She also holds numerous fitness certifications including AAAI, ACE and AFAA in group fitness, personal training, yoga, aqua aerobics, step, and kickboxing. She has worked professionally at T. Rowe Price in International Mutuals Funds Accounting, and at MBNA Intl as a Financial Analyst. Christine is originally from Milwaukee, Wisconsin where she was a competitve baton twirler and won several state and regional awards and competed with the World Champion Daley Debutauntes, and was a captain and featured performer as the first 'leprechaun' . Christine also has experience in dance, gymnastics, soccer (at Loyola College), rowing (at Loyola College), and competitive running. She also runs a costume design business for competitive baton twirlers known as PerformanceWear.
Christine currently directs and coaches the TwirlTasTix baton teams and teaches other classes.

Angela DeBrigida - Manager of PSDC & Marketing Coordinator
Angela has a degree in Marketing for Business Management from the University of Baltimore. She lives in Bel Air with her husband, Paul, and two daughters, Bella and Gianna.

Eva Grove - Dance Director & Fitness Instructor
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Ginni Pippen - TwirlTasTix Coach & Color Guard Instructor
Originally from Pittsburg, Ginni performed with Sapphire Winter Guard, Spirit of America Performing Tours, Gateway High School Marching Band and the Blues Flames Baton & Drum Corps. Ginni has performed all over the country, including California, Florida, & Hawaii with the various groups, as well as, performing at the 1982 World's Fair in Tennessee. She has won numerous group and individual awards in Color Guard and Baton Twirling, inlcuding Miss Majorette of Pennsylvania while she was coached by former Miss Majorette of America, Nancy Jean Dolfi. Ginni currently resides in Abingdon with her husband Mark and her two sons, and she is a die hard Steelers Fan!

Alexis Reinhart - Dance Instructor

Alexis is orginally from Alabama but came to Maryland by way of NYC. She graduated from the University of Montevallo with a BFA in Musical Theatre. She has danced and performed for 18+ years. She danced as a principle dancer with the Huntsville Ballet Company and Images Dance Ensemble. She is excited to be here and to have a new home at PSDC.

Stephanie Smetana - Dance Instructor
Stephanie started dancing more than 30 years ago and has been teaching dance classes for 20 years. Stephanie's experience includes (but is not limited to) ballet, tap, lyrical, pointe, jazz, hip hop, creative movement, and theatrical dance. She has taught students as young as 18 months and adults of all ages and skill levels. Stephanie has choreographed several plays for local schools, as well as, an award-winning baton twirling routine.

Shannon G.

Shannon was a varsity cheerleader on the competition squad all 4 years in high school at North Harford HIgh. She has been a cheerleader for the Maryland Sting semi-pro football team for the past two years. Shannon has taught ballet, tap, jazz, and hip hop at Jarrettsville Rec., Emmorton Rec, and Dance Connection. Shannon has choreographed routines for the Bel Air High School Dance team. Shannon hopes to be dancing for the Eastern Elite open dance team starting this fall.
Shannon is in her third year of college at Harford Community College and plans to transfer to Towson next year. She is an early childhood education major and has completed her field placement yielding her 90 hour certificate.
"I have been teaching dance since i was 15 (its been almost 6 years). I enjoy working with children and have never had a job where i didn't work with children."

Dawn Smith - TwilTasTix Coach & Baton Instructor
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Michele Gallatin - Birthday Party & Administrative Coordinator
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Sheila Nesbit - Fitness Instructor
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Stephanie Saulsbury - Administrative Coordinator

Stephanie graduated in 2008 from Edgewood High School and is currently attending Medix School in Towson. She is training to be a medical assistant and plans to graduate from Medix in November 2010.