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Meghan Frayne


Meghan started training at the Performing Arts Academy under the direction of Dawn Laviola-Schaub at the age of 9. At PAA, she was also given the chance to train with George Lon, Chris Lee, Mary-Kate Felber, Yulia Akoypan, Paris Mann, and Andre Shakhin. During her years as a student at PAA she received numerous awards and scholarships from American Dance Awards, Dance Masters of America, NYC Dance Alliance and many other well known dance competitions in the United States. She has held both regional and national Titles for many different organizations including; ADA's Regional Junior and Teen Dancer of the Year, Jr. Miss Dance of PA, Teen Shining Star, Miss Teen Dance of NJ, Miss All American Dance, Miss Headliner and Access Broadway's 2001 National High Scoring Solist.

Meghan has performed with professional dance companies including: THE EDGE based in Boston, MA and Nemesis Dance based in New York City. She was a member of the “Jasper Dancers” in college and was one of the 27 students chosen to represent the state of New Jersey in 1997 for the Dance Excellence Organization. Meghan has also been the recipient of American Dance Awards regional “Young Choreographer of the Year” on five separate occasions. This past summer Meghan was awarded the 2009 Acrobatic Choreography  award at the United States Tournatment of Dance National Championships for her routine "Rockin Robin".

Her students have already won numerous high score awards and titles at both the regional and national level and have performed for the New Jersey Jackals. Other students can be seen as Knicks Kid City Dancers, LiL’ Torches and Members of United States Acrobatic and Dance team. Meghan also works at Wayne Hills High School as the dance team coach and choreographer. 

In 2007, Meghan also took on the role of PAA's office manager. She graduated from Manhattan College with a degree in Business Administration, focusing on Management and Marketing.