Amy DiMatteo (She/her)
Co-Owner/Director Amy DiMatteo received a Bachelor of Arts from the Dance Department at University of Massachusetts Amherst. She studied on scholarship at Gus Giordano Dance Center in Chicago, IL and trained with many other Master teachers such as Lynn Simonson, Sean Curran, Jeanette Neill, Adrienne Hawkins, Adrienne Mincz & Jim Viera. She performed extensively with Impulse Dance Company under artistic director Adrienne Hawkins and most recently with Five Flights Up (formerly CapeDance) under artistic director Adrienne Mincz. She has taught all levels of dance at The Boston Conservatory, Northern Essex Community College, Jeanette Neill Dance Studio Boston, Scalzi School of Dance, Dance Track Wakefield and currently is a co-owner and teacher at Legacy Studios (formerly Hill Studios). Her choreography has won numerous accolades, both locally and nationally and many of her students have continued on with their dance education, entering dance programs throughout the United States. In 2017, she was hired to choreograph a piece on the University Dancers, at her alma mater in Amherst. She has a Master in Physical Therapy from the University of Massachusetts Lowell and has been working as a Physical Therapist for the past 18 years. She has also been a volunteer, treating injured dancers at Jose Mateo’s annual Nutcracker performance, as well as assisting injured figure skaters at The National Figure Skating Championships in Boston.
Laura Grundstrom (She/her)
Co-Owner/Director Laura Grundstrom has been teaching children in many different capacities for all of her adult life. Earning a social work degree and a minor in dance from Franklin Pierce College Laura loves helping children to build strength, courage and self-esteem through various forms of movement. Laura started her teaching career in a classroom with Autistic children and then transitioned into a preschool classroom where she began using yoga with the children.
Laura is a YogaKids teacher/trainer and offers a variety of children’s yoga classes in preschools and yoga studios. She has participated in Ring One of the circus yoga training and has completed the Stretch What Matters level one training allowing her to better work with children who have specific needs.
Laura also teaches adult yoga and has her 200 hour yoga teaching certificate through Divine Play as well as her prenatal yoga certificate. Teaching dance and creative movement has been part of her professional life as she loves working with the young children. Kids love to move and Laura loves to offer them unique opportunities to get creative and explore the space around them. She can’t wait to be a part of your child’s growth and development through movement.
Ashley Ruperto (She/her)
Ashley Ruperto is a Singer/Dancer/Actor who just recently moved back home to Waltham after living and working in New York City as a performer for 8 years! She is an alum of the Boston Conservatory, where she graduated with a BFA in Musical Theater. She had the privilege of performing with The Boston Pops at Symphony Hall, as a soloist in the Leonard Bernstein Tribute show, and as a backup singer/dancer for Amanda Palmer. She has performed in many musicals in theaters across the country including shows like, Thoroughly Modern Millie, The Producers, 42nd Street, Xanadu, and The Will Rogers Follies. She is so excited to share her knowledge of the Theater Dance world with the students at Legacy Studios, and hopes to inspire kids to follow their dreams!
Kathleen Morgan (She/her)
Kathleen Morgan has had 18 years of dance training and two years teaching experience. Her passion for dance inspired her to continue studying dance at Dean College, with the Joan Phelps Palladino School of Dance. She graduated in May of 2018, with a BA in Dance and a concentration in pedagogy. She loves teaching all ages, her goals as a teacher are that students have fun while learning proper technique and vocabulary, along with an emphasis in injury prevention and dance history!
Lindsey "Lingo" Kelleher (they/them)
Lindsey “Lingo” Kelleher (They/Them) is very excited to be joining the Legacy faculty this fall. They are a nonbinary artist and choreographer; they hold a BFA in Dance with a concentration in Choreography from Dean College. A self-proclaimed "swarm of excited bees", Lingo loves to spread their joy for dance, accessibility, and the arts wherever they go and can't wait to do so with Legacy Studios!
They have been dancing for 12 years and have experience in improvisations, ballet, tap, jazz, modern, contemporary, and acrobatics. While at Dean, Lingo choreographed and performed numerous pieces for an array of shows and performances in styles such as contemporary ballet, jazz, tap, ballet, and modern. Lingo recently interned under Eliza Malecki and presented a self-produced dance film at her company (Eliza Malecki Dance)'s Almost Normal Festival.
Links to their most recent choreographed works can be found on their website, lkchoreoarts.com.
Lisa Cauble (She/her)
Lisa began dancing (at age 5) at the Peggy McGlone Dance Studio in Waltham, Ma which focused on Broadway styled tap, Bob Fosse jazz, and classical ballet. She danced her way through high school as dance captain in its well-known performance craze Dance Theatre; as well as the Waltham’s Varsity Show Choirs, competing regionally and nationally. Lisa now has had the pleasure of choreographing for show choirs around the Boston area. Following her passion of dance she attended Springfield College, double majoring in Dance and Rehabilitation Disability Studies. Upon graduation, in 2009 she followed her dreams to dance at Walt Disney World in Orlando Florida where she also subbed at various dance studios. Lisa performs with the Reagle Music Theatre with credits in Music Man, A Little Bit of Ireland, and a “rockette” in the annual Christmas Spectacular. Since coming back “home” she has been teaching for over 10 years and enjoys seeing the children’s passion for dance grow. She has continued to study dance at various dance conventions such as the Dance Teacher Web conferences, and the DanceLife teacher conference. I am so excited to be back to this area and spreading my love of dance to everyone!