Teachers

Jordyn Spady, Lead Teacher

Jordyn Spady

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Jordyn Spady is a dancer, choreographer, educator, and entrepreneur from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. With training in concert dance, musical theater, and community-based arts education, she is passionate about creating inclusive spaces where students can explore movement, creativity, and self-expression. Jordyn has performed and choreographed throughout the Philadelphia region and is currently pursuing degrees in Dance and Entrepreneurship at Ursinus College. As a movement teacher with ZoomDance, she is dedicated to helping dancers of all ages build confidence, develop their skills, and discover the joy of movement.

 

Sarah Gladwin Camp, Founder & Director

Sarah Gladwin Camp

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Sarah has been leading dance adventures with young kids since 2002. They were a founding member and co-artistic director of Green Chair Dance Group in Philly for 10 years. Sarah has worked with FringeArts, Christ Church, and international artists helping bring to life large-scale performance projects such as 100% Philadelphia, Gala, Le Super Grand Continental, and Úumbal. She loves bringing people together to do spectacular and unexpected things. At home in South Philly Sarah spends time reading, imagining how she could be taking better care of her plants, and navigating the joys of raising an 11-year-old.

In 2026, they will be launching The Harmony School at Beth David Synagogue, a new preschool for kids 2-5 years old. 

This was hard to narrow even this far, but a few of her favorite children’s books include The Big Ugly Monster and the Little Stone Rabbit by Chris Wormell (also The Wild Girl by C.W.), Now by Antoinette Portis, Saturday by Oge Mora, Mr Tiger Goes Wild by Peter Brown, Julián is a Mermaid by Jessica Love, We Found a Hat by Jon Klassen, The Shape Trilogy by Mac Barnett and Jon Klassen, The Proudest Blue by Ibtihaj Muhammad, and Jabari Jumps by Gaia Cornwall. 

Tima Ally, Director

Tima Ally
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Tima is a multi-disciplinary artist and art educator focusing on the early childhood and elementary education. Aside from directing camp and running ZoomDance programs, he has a plethora of things that occupy his time in out of the city. You can catch Tima spending his time sculpting miniatures, sewing, hanging out with his three cat children, and teaching kids about the joys of creation and storytelling. You can also see Tima sharing his own stories as himself or as his drag persona, Peppa Pot, at some of our drag-centric events, or at shows around the city!
 
After 4 years with ZoomDance, Tima has begun curating a calendar of events, pushing our camp to new levels, and ensuring our programs are accessible and exciting! Of all the things he does and has done in his life, ZoomDance has been he utmost rewarding for the pure fact that the community surrounding it is so incredible. Tima would like to take an opportunity to say thank you so all the families and friends who make ZoomDance such a great place to be. 

Sara Hicinbothem, Lead Teacher

Sara Hicinbothem
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Sara is a dancer and artist from Bucks County, PA. She holds a BFA in Dance from Temple University and had been teaching for 5 years. She has been dancing since she was 5 years old and worked at camps across PA for the past three years. She is a passionate advocate for arts education and the advancement of art in her local community.

Elora Probyn, Teacher

Elora Probyn

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Elora is a dancer and movement artist originally from Colorado, Philadelphia quickly becoming their new home during college. With training in all things performing arts, Elora loves combining their artistry with their passion for teaching. They are now pursuing a career as a Dance Educator within the Philadelphia School District after recently graduating with a BFA in Dance from Temple University.

Grace Petrocco, Teacher

Grace Petrocco

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Grace is currently a third-term student of the BFA Dance Lab at Bennington College. They have performed in works for Bria Walton, Kyle “JustSole” Clark, Mark Caserta, Sidra Bell, Daina Lannaa, Danielle Swatzie, and Jessie Zaritt. Through interning at The Isadora Duncan Dance Foundation and Powerhouse Dance, alongside volunteer work at Perkins Center for the Arts, Grace discovered a fondness for arts administration. However, during their time as an Assistant Caregiver in the Educational Day Care Program at Moorestown Public Schools, they developed a love for teaching the arts to children.

Lilly Collins, Assistant Teacher

Lilly Collins

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Lily Collins is a passionate 19-year-old performing artist who loves working with kids. She is a Dance BFA and Theater BA at Rutgers Mason Gross School of the Arts, and plans to pursue a 4+1 program to earn her master’s in education. Lily’s choreography credits include Livingston Theater Company’s “Footloose”, personal works such as “Confession”, and Broadway theater of Pitman’s Beetlejuice Jr. This summer, she is returning to Broadway Theater of Pitman to serve as the choreographer for The Little Mermaid Jr. and The Lightning Thief. She will return to Livingston Theater Company in the Fall as Dance Coordinator. Lily’s performance credits include roles in “A Chorus Line” (Lori) and “Seussical” (Bird Girl) at Music Theater Philly, as well as performances in dance works by Laura Osterhaus, Kyle and Dinita Clark, Willa O’Connor, Pam Tanowitz, Kimani Fowlin, and other Rutgers students and Faculty.