From Saint James, NY, Jacqueline DiCanio has completed 15 years of dance training right here on Long Island. While a sophomore studying Accounting at the University at Old Westbury, she continues to train and dance competitively at Michelle Ferarro’s Dance USA in Coram. She has trained and competed in Ballet, Jazz, Lyrical, Contemporary, Hip Hop, and Tap.

 

Jackie began to compete in the dance world at age 6. By age 8 she danced professionally as a NY Knick’s City Kid, and as a Lil’ Torch for the NY Liberty. Jackie trained in Manhattan under the direction of Heather VanArdsdel, and performed at Madison Square Garden for 3 years. During those years she performed on various news programs such as WB11, Good Day NY, Fox and Friends, PIX Morning News, and the MSG Network.  She performed live at the nationally broadcast NBA All Star Game in Houston Texas in 2006. In 2007 she danced in a music video shoot with 50 Cent for "I Get Money," and later danced in The Bee Movie music video that same year.  Jacqueline also performed on the Island as a background dancer for Al Calderon, (X-Factor finalist in 2013) and as the dance understudy for Raquel Castro, (The Voice 2011). Continuing to take various workshops in Hip Hop, this genre has become Jacqueline’s passion. She has trained and performed under Megz Alfonzo, (Decadancetheatre) and Alexa Sahagian. She routinely studies and performs the choreography of Craig DeRosa, (So You Think You Can Dance season 1 and HS Musical 2), Gil Mata, Ralphie Picciarelli, Nick Zobrowski, (Adrenaline) and Chris Jones, (You Got Served).

 

  Over the years, Jackie has been the recipient of various dance scholarships both competitively and at her studio, where she is a student teacher and captain of her dance team. She assists in cleaning numbers and loves preparing the team for success. She recently was awarded the Judge’s Choice Power-Pack Award in the Senior Division at the Believe National Dance Competition in Ocean City, Maryland in July 2014.