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Diana Gossard Co-Owner & Founder

Michal Mangan Director of Advanced Ballet & Company

Megg Rowan Co-Owner & Founder

 Diana is excited to be joining the team at Dance Legacy Arts. Diana grew up dancing at Terri’s School of Dance in Abington and performing in musicals at Massasoit and The Company Theatre. Diana continued her dance studies at UMass Amherst and at the Dance Complex in Cambridge. She taught and performed in competitive Ballroom, Lindy Hop, 

 Diana is excited to be joining the team at Dance Legacy Arts. Diana grew up dancing at Terri’s School of Dance in Abington and performing in musicals at Massasoit and The Company Theatre. Diana continued her dance studies at UMass Amherst and at the Dance Complex in Cambridge. She taught and performed in competitive Ballroom, Lindy Hop, and other forms of Authentic Jazz. She choreographs and teaches dance for local community theatre programs. Diana holds a BA in Early Childhood Education and a MS in Language and Literacy, with MA licensures. She has completed Module 1 certification, levels 1-6 in Acrobatic Arts and holds a 200hr Yoga Certification. Diana enjoys guiding children and adults to connect to the joy of dance and movement. She has taught dance for over 20 years and is thrilled to be living out her dream to co-own a dance studio with her friends. She is grateful to be carrying out the legacy of the great Terri Fortin, who brought the joy of dance to so many generations of students. 

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Megg Rowan Co-Owner & Founder

Michal Mangan Director of Advanced Ballet & Company

Megg Rowan Co-Owner & Founder

Megg is thrilled to be joining this all-star team of dancers. As an elementary teacher, she is passionate about education in all forms and is excited to continue her mother's 43-year teaching legacy. Megg began her dance journey at Terri's School of Dance when she was 2 years old. She continued to dance throughout high school and performe

Megg is thrilled to be joining this all-star team of dancers. As an elementary teacher, she is passionate about education in all forms and is excited to continue her mother's 43-year teaching legacy. Megg began her dance journey at Terri's School of Dance when she was 2 years old. She continued to dance throughout high school and performed in musicals at Hingham High School and her local community theatre, Hingham Civic Music Theatre. 


Megg continued her dance studies at Elon University and had the opportunity to study under rhythm tap dancer, Gene Medler. Megg holds a BA in Elementary Education and a M.Ed in Reading with MA licensures.


Megg is an elementary teacher at Old Colony Montessori School in Hingham and also directs and choreographs the youth productions at Hingham Civic Music Theatre. She has been teaching dance for over 20 years at Terri's School of Dance as well as Attitude Dance Studio in Athlone, Ireland.  She is excited to continue to share her love of dance here at Dance Legacy Arts.  

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Michal Mangan Director of Advanced Ballet & Company

Michal Mangan Director of Advanced Ballet & Company

Michal Mangan Director of Advanced Ballet & Company

 Michal is originally from Albuquerque, New Mexico, where she began dancing at age 2. 


Throughout her childhood, she danced multiple styles of dance including ballet, pointe, jazz, tap, contemporary and even flamenco, training and completing yearly exams in the Cecchetti ballet technique through Ceccehtti Council of America. Continuing her

 Michal is originally from Albuquerque, New Mexico, where she began dancing at age 2. 


Throughout her childhood, she danced multiple styles of dance including ballet, pointe, jazz, tap, contemporary and even flamenco, training and completing yearly exams in the Cecchetti ballet technique through Ceccehtti Council of America. Continuing her training with New Mexico Ballet Company’s pre-professional program, performing children’s roles in the company’s ballet productions. Michal also moved on to competitive dance and had the honor of receiving various awards and scholarships from multiple competitions and organizations. 


At age 15 Michal moved across the country to attend Boston Ballet School, then completed a traineeship with the professional company, Boston Ballet. Performing in productions like The Nutcracker, Romeo and Juliet, Sleeping Beauty, and Mikko Nissinen’s Raymonda. Working with renowned choreographers and learning the works of George Balanchine, Christopher Wheeldon, William Forsythe and more. 


At 19, she began teaching where her love for dance has been shared with students of all ages and abilities. Michal is excited to continue and be apart of the Dance Legacy Arts team!

Drew Kenney Teacher

Michal Mangan Director of Advanced Ballet & Company

  Drew is currently in her junior year of college at Bridgewater State University where she is studying Chemistry with a concentration in BioChem. 


She grew up in Abington and started dancing at Terri’s School of Dance when she was 3 years old and continued there until she was 19. Alongside dancing at Terri’s she also competed in hip hop a

  Drew is currently in her junior year of college at Bridgewater State University where she is studying Chemistry with a concentration in BioChem. 


She grew up in Abington and started dancing at Terri’s School of Dance when she was 3 years old and continued there until she was 19. Alongside dancing at Terri’s she also competed in hip hop and jazz for 3 years at Funky Feet Dance Studio and participated and had lead roles in the Funky Nutcracker for 8 years. She also trained at Broadway North dance studio, was a competitive figure skating for 15 years and was on the Bridgewater State University’s dance team which she plans on rejoining this year. 


Drew has choreographed and taught at Funky Feet dance studio for their Funky Nutcracker the past 2 years and has been a figure skating coach since she was 15. Her favorite style of dance is contemporary but she loves all forms of dance.  

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Ashley Hopkins Teacher

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