Our Team
Emily Knauer
About our CEO & Founder:
Founded by Emily Knauer, Creativities Studio brings interactive, engaging children’s classes to your living room, backyard, or a studio near you. Emily has 16 years of teaching experience with an innate love for educating and enhancing the minds of children across the USA.
Creativities Studio offers the following for ages 1-14:
Dance lessons
Private tutoring
Culinary courses
Art courses
Summer camps
Birthday parties
Located in NYC, Westchester, Greenwich & The Hamptons, the CS team includes a variety of enthusiastic professional dancers & educators. Each class is upbeat, encouraging, inclusive, and fun, ensuring your children learn with a smile.
Ally
NYC, Dance Instructor
Originally from the Greater Philadelphia area, Miss Ally Peter began dancing when she was 3 years old and has never looked back. Ally received her B.A. in Communications and Dance from Marymount Manhattan College and continues to train at Broadway Dance Center and Steps on Broadway, where she assists multiple faculty members. She is a devout member of the NYC dance and theatre communities and loves to collaborate with other artists on independent projects. She has also had the privilege to perform both in NYC and regionally. Favorite credits include: A Chorus Line, Footloose, Will Roger’s Follies, and “Truth” at Ailey Citigroup Theater. Ally has been teaching since high school, where she first developed her love for it after student teaching for many years. As a teacher, she loves helping young dancers explore their artistic voices and strives to bring passion and fun to her classes.
Camryn
NYC, Dance Instructor
Camryn Graves is an NYC based actor, dancer, singer and educator from Laguna Niguel, CA. She began dancing at the age of three and never stopped. Throughout her formative years, she trained in ballet, jazz, contemporary and musical theatre dance before moving to New York to pursue a career in theatre performance. She graduated from Hofstra University with a BFA in Theatre Arts: Performance and a minor in Musical Theatre. Since then, Camryn has performed with PMT Dance Company, Six Flags Great Adventure, and appeared in a halftime show for the WNBA while also acting in various independent theatre projects in the city. Camryn is currently on faculty at PMT House of Dance and is committed to her passion of dance education teaching both youth and adult classes.
Christina
NYC, Dance Instructor
Christina Morrison is an NYC based dancer, choreographer and teacher. During her early dancing years as a competition kid in Massachusetts, she discovered an appreciation for all styles, including ballet, jazz, pointe, modern, contemporary, tap and hip hop! She holds a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Contemporary Dance Performance from Boston Conservatory at Berklee. Christina has spent the beginning of her professional career in Chicago, training diverse student populations, dancing in modern companies and choreographing commissioned work for stadium spaces, outdoor venues, and concert stages. Christina's work with young children is especially notable, strengthened by her emphasis in Dance Pedagogy during undergrad as well as extensive experience working in creative dance spaces. She has over 10 years of teaching experience and hopes to never stop!
Julia
Greenwich & Westchester, Dance Instructor
Julia Gizzi was born and raised in Westchester, New York. She started dancing at age 3 at Armonk Center for Dance. From ages 3 to 18 she was trained in Ballet, Pointe, Modern, Contemporary, Jazz and Hip Hop dance. She has past experience on ACD's competition team as well as their Modern and Ballet companies. At ages 11 and 12 she was also cast as Clara in ACD's production of The Nutcracker. She is a graduate from The University of Massachusetts Amherst, where she studied Journalism and Communications. After college Julia studied acting at New York Film Academy, and has continued to pursue acting. Julia is so excited to share her love and passion for dance with her students!
Anna
Greenwich & Westchester, Dance Instructor
Anna Wroclawski is a dance, Pilates and movement instructor that has taught from the preschool up through the college level throughout Westchester County, New York City and Connecticut. Growing up she attended the Walnut Hill School for the Performing Arts in Natick, Massachusetts and later performed with the Ballet Theater of Boston and the Boston Ballet. Anna earned her Bachelors of Fine Arts at The Boston Conservatory where she majored in Dance and studied classical ballet and modern dance forms. She has enjoyed being a director of Westchester Circus Art’s Summer Camp which was held at the Shames JCC in Tarrytown. There she taught introduction to acrobatics, juggling, Lyra (hoop) and wire walking. Anna has taught ballet, modern and hip hop dance styles to students young, old and to all abilities. When not dancing, Anna can be found playing Gridiron Partners female flag football or playing WPGDA women’s disc golf on the local Westchester courses.
Tessa
NYC, Culinary Instructor
Tessa is excited to join Creativities Studio as a Culinary Instructor! Their knowledge of cooking comes from a variety of experiences, including: being a food educator in NYC schools, a professional chef, and a cooking instructor for people in recovery from eating disorders. They are grateful for all of teachers they’ve had such as chefs, home cooks, food growers and caregivers who resonate with their belief that food is a powerful tool for connection. When it’s their turn to teach, they strive to nurture their students’ curiosity and creativity in the kitchen, and their biggest wish is for every child to have a nourishing and joyful relationship with food.
Sara
NYC, Culinary Instructor
Sara is a writer, editor, and home chef with over 12 years of experience in the food and beverage industry. She has loved the kitchen and everything in it all of her adult life, and ever since graduating from Hofstra University in 2010 and from the French Culinary Institute in 2011, she has continued to pursue her passion for cooking, baking, and writing. From June 2020 to August 2023, she lived in Bratislava, Slovakia, with her husband and started a baking business out of her home kitchen, providing "American-style" baked goods to local coffeeshops in town while simultaneously teaching English at a public elementary school in Bratislava. When she isn't trying new recipes at home or reading Food & Wine, Sara loves planning her next vacation, perusing the Union Square Greenmarket for cheese, and trying all the exotic potato chips from her local Japanese market.
Rebecca
NYC, Dance Instructor
Rebecca Hartman (She/they) is an actor, singer, dancer, teacher, and choreographer born and raised in NY. Rebecca has been teaching dance to both children and adults at various studios since 2016, and she is ecstatic to be working with Creativities Studio for the first time this spring! Rebecca is committed to creating a space for artists of all backgrounds to explore their artistry so they can better know themselves. She is particularly passionate about making theatre and dance accessible to children with disabilities. She views every opportunity to express her artistry as a call to advocacy.
Nicole (Nikki)
NYC, Dance Instructor
Nicole Carroll is a native from Jupiter Florida who started her training at Florida School for Dance Education and went to high school at Dreyfoos School of the Arts. She then furthered her training at Point Park University where she earned her BFA in Dance and performed works by Rocker Verastique, Martha Graham, and Crystal Frazier. After graduating she moved to New York where she worked with multiple artists and also taught dance at various studios ranging from ages 2-13. Recently in 2023 she achieved her dream of becoming a Radio City Rockette and performed in the latest season of the Radio City Christmas Spectacular!
Nicole
EA to CEO & Customer Success
Meet Nicole, our dedicated Executive Assistant and Customer Success expert, who brings her experience in administrative roles and research. With a passion for delivering exceptional service, Nicole starts every interaction with genuine care and enthusiasm. With her background in administration, Nicole ensures that every experience at Creativities Studio is not just seamless but also filled with joy and creativity. With her communication and public relations skills and education from Marist College, she is dedicated to supporting our mission. As an aunt to nieces and nephews, Nicole knows from experience how important it is to encourage creativity and support the growth of young children. She loved dancing as a child, and in her free time, she indulges her own creativity by making beaded jewelry. Nicole's dedication to Creativities Studio goes beyond her professional role; it's driven by her deeply held belief that everything the company stands for aligns with her values. Nicole is family-oriented, cherishing her loved ones and valuing time spent together. Originally from the vibrant state of New Jersey and now proudly calling Tuckahoe home, Nicole is absolutely thrilled about her upcoming wedding and can't get enough of spending time with her fiancé, who will soon become her husband!
Sejal
The Hamptons, Summer Camp Counselor
Originally from upstate New York, Sejal currently lives in East Hampton, NY. With 18 years of teaching experience, Sejal is an instructor at the Taalim School of Indian Music, a NJ-based institute that offers tabla classes in NY, NJ, PA and CT. Through her engaging and interactive classes, workshops and presentations, Sejal has inspired countless youngsters to find a true appreciation and passion for classical Indian music. In addition to teaching, Sejal is a musician with the NYC-based band, Divahn. Sejal has performed throughout the country for more than 15 years with this dynamic all-women musical group.
Morgan
The Hamptons, Summer Camp Counselor
Meet Morgan Anderson. Her love of nature blossomed growing up on Shelter Island, where she spent her days immersed in the great outdoors. She earned a B.S. in Communicative Disorders from the University of Rhode Island. Today, she channels her appreciation for the natural world as a Learning Specialist at a Reggio-inspired preschool in Charleston, SC. She believes that play is the miracle grow for creativity, self-expression and problem-solving in young minds. When not nurturing budding imaginations, she enjoys hiking and boating with her fiancé and two dogs and horseback riding. Her background working on a farm school allows her to cultivate little ones' love of nature and animals. She is passionate about empowering children through play.
Natalie
Camp Curriculum Coordinator
Natalie has over 15 years of experience in education spanning infants and toddlers through lower elementary. She has her Masters degree in Early Childhood Education and teaching certificates in Early Childhood, Special Education and Elementary Education. For ten years, Natalie was the Assistant Director of the first Montessori School in Williamsburg Brooklyn. Natalie believes in hands on learning through movement, art and Stem activities. Her strengths also include differentiating instruction for varying age groups and learning styles, as well as creating activities that are both fun and educational!
