Teachers

Patricia McNally

      Patricia McNally has been the Artistic Director of Patricia Ann Studios in Dunedin for 25 years. Prior to her teaching career, Mrs McNally toured in many shows including Hello Dolly, Mame, Fiddler on the Roof, Lil Abner and Sophisticated Ladies. She performed in Atlantic City at the Claridge. She has appeared in commercials and on a TV Special with Glenn Campbell. Additionally, she performed the role of Tantomile and understudied the role of Demeter in Cats. She is a member of Actor's Equity Association and the SAG- AFTRA theatrical unions. Now as the director of Patricia Ann, she oversees the faculty and classes as well as teaching ballet, pointe and musical theater. Mrs McNally directs the Patricia Ann Competition Team which competes regionally January through May and Nationally each July. Patricia McNally holds certification with the American Ballet Theatre's teacher curriculum levels pre-primary through 5. Additionally, she is the Musical Theatre Dance, Ballet and Pointe adjunct teacher at Pinellas County Center for the Arts at Gibbs High School. She coaches for Thespian competition and choreographing for the center's musical main stage productions. Mrs. McNally adjudicates for Walker's Rising Stars, the Ruth Eckerd Hall Scholarship auditions,Heritage Arts, Florida Dance Masters, and Florida Dance Educators Organization.

Morgan Angelillis-Storrison

      Morgan Angelillis  began dancing at the age of 5 at Patricia Ann Dance Studios where she currently teaches.  Her early tap training came under the direction of Elaine Forestier.  She has gained additional knowledge from Master Instructors such as Debbie Dee, Dianne Walker, Michelle Dorrance, Nicole Hockenberry,  Jason Samuels Smith, and the late Professor Robert Reed.  Morgan continues her education in tap by attending annual tap festivals including the Chicago Human Rhythm Project, Tap City the NY Tap Festival, The Southeastern Tap Explosion, the Stockholm Tap Festival, The Big Apple Tap Festival and most recently the So Flo TapFestival.   Ms. Angelillis has been on the staff of Patricia Ann Dance Studios since 2002 as an Int/Adv Tap instructor as well as choreographing for the competitive team.  Her competition pieces have been recognized for high scores, best precision and best technical execution at both the regional and national level and have been showcased at Walt Disney World's Tomorrowland and Hollywood Studios.  Wishing to share her passion for tap dance with the local community, Ms. Angelillis founded Tapped In, Inc., a youth/young adult tap performance ensemble, and currently serves as the President and Artistic Director.  Since its inception in September 2008, Tapped In, Inc. has had as many as 15 active members and performs original works throughout Pinellas, Hillsborough, Manatee and Sarasota counties.   In the Fall of 2013, Anthony LoCascio, an original NYC cast member of the show Tap Dogs, personally chose Morgan Angelillis to be a core member of his inaugural company, Taplife.  The Taplife Company debuted at the Big Apple Tap Festival 2013 with a performance of "Blurred Lines".

Lori land

     Lori Land has been teaching the Young Dancer combo classes for 6 years. Ms Land began dancing at Patricia Ann Dance Studios when she was six years old and continued dancing there until her high school graduation. She attended Southern Methodist University in Dallas and graduated Cum Laude with a Bachelor's Degree in English Literature and a Minor in Dance Performance. At SMU, she performed in several dance pieces, including one by Larry White of the Martha Graham Dance Company. Additionally, Ms. Land was asked to choreograph two pieces of her own at the school. Following college, she danced with the modern dance companies Ewert & Company, NOVA Dancing Company, Dancers Unlimited in Dallas, and the Firewalkers Dance Company in New York. She also danced with the Joel Hall Dancers in Chicago. In 2010, she danced with the Tampa modern dance company Shoes at the Door. Ms Land was  then hired by the Entertainment Department at Busch Gardens Tampa as a character performer. In 2011, she was given the opportunity to tour Europe and Asia with Sesame Street Live. After two years of touring, she returned to Busch Gardens to as a trainer, live singer, production assistant, co-creator of the Summer Nights Luau, and park spokesperson, in addition to costume character. Ms. Land has just accepted a position as a full time Pre-K teacher for Pinellas County Schools. She is very excited to continue her teaching journey and share her love of dance with her students here at PADStudios and beyond!

Sonya Folds