Hedy Perna

Hedy Perna, Perna Dance Studio

Hedy Perna and husband Patrick are celebrating their 27th year as owners of the Perna Dance Center in Hazlet, New Jersey. Hedy has created a non-competitive business model for her school. With her faculty and staff of 15 she creates up to 20 performance opportunities annually.

She has initiated two dance festivals; the SunDance Festival for Carnival Cruise Lines and DanceFest 6 Flags Great Adventure. These projects offer her dancers the chance to perform, but also include other schools from her area. The objective is to produce a great performance and to build camaraderie among fellow teachers and their students.

Hedy is an expert at organizing families, dancers and her staff as they journey across the country performing at theme parks, sports arenas and benefits. Her creative concepts for recitals, props, and showtime organization have made her a favorite speaker among school owners across the US and Canada.

She has presented at Project Motivate, the DanceLife Teacher Conference, the Dance Teacher Summit, UDMA, The Pulse Teacher’s Workshop, Costume Gallery and Hollywood Connection Convention and she is a contributing writer for Dance Studio Life magazine. She is President Emeritus of Associated Dance Teachers of NJ and a lifelong member of Dance Educators of America.

Most of all she enjoys spending time with her husband and daughter, Liza who is a sophomore at Villanova.

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