Our Team - Virtuous Dance Center

Dance Instructors

Sarah Law

Ms.Sarah Law began tap dancing at the age of 7 and has barely taken her tap shoes off since. She has experience with contemporary, Jazz, and Modern dance but tap is where her heart belongs. After 10 years of dance classes she began teaching and has taught tap for four years to students ages 5 to 85. Sarah loves teaching and choreographing. She has participated in the #NationalCherryBlossom Parade’s All-Star Tap team for multiple years and has as choreographed routines in both the Fredericksburg and Spotsylvania county parades of #Virginia. Sarah was also a member and choreographer in the...

Dance Instructors

Diontey Michael

Diontey Michael was born in Richmond, Virginia and began his studies at the Richmond City Dance Theatre for modern and jazz. He immediately joined The School of Richmond Ballet on a full scholarship under ballet masters Malcolm Burn, Jerri Kumery and school director Judy Jacob for his classical ballet training. As a teenager he attended the prestigious Virginia School of the Arts on a full scholarship, where he trained closely with Adam Sage, Dominique Angel and Tyrone Brooks. He's also attended summer programs at The Royal Ballet School, The Jofferey Ballet and River North Dance Chicago. Upon graduating high school he attended the University of North Carolina School of the Arts with another full scholarship from former Dean of Dance and American Ballet Theatre Principle, Ethan Stiefel.

His professional career began as a trainee with the Richmond Ballet, later he went on to perform as a Guest Artist with the Latin Ballet of Virginia, Nomad Contemporary Ballet in NYC and Missouri Ballet Theatre. Diontey has performed in The Nutcracker, Giselle, George Balanchine’s Rubies, many original works and has been featured in Mark Morris’s Gloria, Stephanie Martinez’s Transport and Salvatore Aiello’s Sanza Fretta. He was featured as a dancer in ABC’s Holiday Movie “A Christmas Kiss” he's performed with Disney Cruise Line, pop artist Lady GAGA and was also a contestant on season 8 of the hit Fox television show "So You Think You Can Dance". He’s also performed in musicals such as “In the Heights”, "Beauty and the Beast” and in the Off-Broadway production of “The Wild Party. He’s worked with artist such as Virginia Johnson, Keelan Whitmore, Christopher Huggins, Alonzo King, Jennifer Medina, Lorraine Graves and Desmond Richardson. He's choreographed works for Longwood University, Missouri Ballet Theatre, Virginia School of the Arts and has choreographed for "The Wiz", "Seussical", "Fiddler on the Roof”, “Rock of Ages” and “Meet me in St. Louis" at Stagedoor Manor. Diontey's aesthetic is very Neo-Classical with a flare of Contemporary Ballet. He's influenced by Limon, Cunningham, Nikolai, GaGa, and the Balanchine style. This summer he will appear in Virginia Repertory Theatre’s “West Side Story”

Dance Instructors

Allie Perdue

Allie Perdue started her dancing career at age 3 at Barton and Williams School of Dance in Stafford Virginia . She has trained in ballet, lyrical, tap, pointe, and hip-hop. In high school she had the opportunity to be part of the North Stafford Varsity Dance team for 3 years, and part of the dance competition team for 4 years. Allie is graduating in May 2018 with a degree in Elementary Education and plans to pursue teaching after graduation. During her college experience she dance for 5 years at the Longwood Company of Dancers, where she was treasurer for 1 year and President for 2. Allie is very excited to form part of the Virtuous Dance Center family and combine her passion of dance and teaching!

Chloe Allen

Chloe began her dancing career at the age of 11 and began competitive dancing soon after. It was then she was able to utilize her passion for performance on the big stage. Chloe’s training includes Fredericksburg Studio of the Arts and Orange School of Performing Arts. During her training at Orange, Chloe was able to learn from choreographers such as Casey Goshow, Elijah Mortan, Voltaire Wade-Greene, Emily Brown, Demetia Hopkins-Greene, Kenny Gary, and Charis Moses. Chloe is excited to be working with Virtuous Dance Center as she begins a new chapter in her dancing career: sharing her love of performance with her students.

Artistic Director

Joye Thomas

Joye Thomas is a Northern Virginia native, accomplished artistic director, dance teacher, choreographer, dancer and author. Joye has taught dance throughout Virginia. Joye’s education is extensive, where she’s attended Teacher's Training School for Dance Masters of America, Point Park University’s Dance Program, Fairfax Academy for Communications and the Arts’ Dance Program, Governor's School for Humanities and the Arts (VA), and The Russell School of Ballet, Home of the Fairfax Ballet.
Her accomplishments and awards consist of, “Runner-up” & “Judges Choice”- Nova’s Favorite Dancer (2014), “Emerging Choreographer Award”- Virginia Dance Coalition (2014), “1st place”- NOVA Drumline Battle (2013), “Employee of the Month”- Showcase Dance Studio (2013), and placed in top 10% for “Choreography” category- The National Foundation for Advancement in the Arts (NFAA) (2004).
Joye’s teaching experience consist of teaching all levels in the styles of Ballet, Tap, Jazz, Modern, and Hip Hop. She has taught at Progressions Dance School (2014-2017), Russell School of Ballet (2013-2016), Ravel Dance Studio (2012-2017), Showcase Dance Studio (2011-2013), Joy of Dance (2011-2012), and Jessica Morgan School of Dance (2007-2011).
“Dance teachers have one of the hardest jobs. We kill our bodies for our students. We not only teach children steps, but we use dance as a metaphor for life lessons. I am so thankful for teaching dance, and I feel honored to be part of the team at Virtuous Dance Center.” -Joye

Dance Instructors

Ruth Packard

Ruth Packard has been dancing since she was 3 years old. She has studied many different forms of dance including ballet, tap, jazz, lyrical, hip-hop, modern, and her favorite, Scottish Highland. She has competed in Highland since she was 6 years old and has danced at the national championship level and in Scotland as well. For the past four years she has been studying dance at Sweet Briar college where she recently graduated with a B.F.A. degree in dance. In the summer of 2015 she even had the opportunity to attend the Dance and the Child International conference in Copenhagen, Denmark. She plans to continue her studies of dance and earn her M.F.A in the near future.

Dance Instructors

Lee Storm

Lee has been dancing for 10 years, beginning his dance education at age 7. Through his young career Lee has trained under choreographers such as Enrique Brown, Kaelynn Harris, and Chachi Gonzalez. Lee has performed at Dance Worlds in Orlando Florida, Kennedy Center Millennium Stage, World Of Dance New Jersey, and Battle At the Barbecue. Lee is excited to joined Virtuous Dance Center and share her passion for dance with the next generation of performers.

Dance Instructors

Divantae Hall

Ever since the movies like You Got Served', And Step Up, Divantae has grown as a well-rounded self-taught dancer. He started participating at school talent shows and performing with his Dance crew at pep rallies. He has train and work with dancers like Sorah Yang, Antoine Troupe, and even featured in DanceCon Ep. 4 with Matt Steffanina. He has taken his talent and competes in D.C, New York City, and LA. Currently is teaching Hip hop while continue to train in jazz to further master his craft.

Dance Instructor

Allie Allen

Started hula hoop dance, "hooping", in 2008 after seeing world known Spiral perform in Charlottesville, Va. Self-taught through creative play and inspiration from top industry hoopers like Breken Rivera, Baxter, Sunny Daze, Rachel Lust, Lisa Lotti, and more. From the fundamentals to flow, I'm ready to share the joys of hooping with all ages and skill levels.