Meet the Instructors
Cathy Napolitano Mucci(Director/Instructor)
Clare Battaglia
Marissa Carello
Larry Crabtree
Ariella Goldberg
Cadence Panol
Bradley Stone
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Cathy Napolitano Mucci has a multi-faceted background of training in dance. Locally, she has studied with Lucien Maley, Richard Sias and Veronica Manz. She has also attended numerous master classes in New York City at Dance Masters of America workshops, teachers conventions, and attended a teachers seminar with Jurgen Schneider, Irina Kolpakova and Janina Cunova on the Russian Ballet technique at the University of the Arts in Philadelphia. Mrs. Mucci has choreographed many community theatre musicals, including the Pompeian Players and other local productions. Mrs. Mucci has also contributed her talents to the Syracuse Symphony Family Series, “Festa Italiana” and the New York State Fair International Building Performances. For more than 30 years, Mrs. Mucci has coordinated and rehearsed all of the children’s roles in the former Moscow Ballet and current Nutcracker Magical Christmas Ballet production of the holiday favorite “The Nutcracker” at the Landmark Theatre as well as being a past participant in the Syracuse City School District’s Partners for Education and Business Program.
Clare Battaglia trained for 14 years at Dance Centre North where she studied ballet, modern, jazz, tap, theatre, and pas de deux. She has also attended the Joffrey Ballet School for a pre-professional ballet summer intensive and winter workshop. Clare has performed in many shows with DCN including The Nutcracker, Dasher’s Magical Gift, Festa Italiana, and as the Wicked Witch in the Wizard of Oz Ballet. She has also been a guest dancer with Speak Dance CNY. Clare has been grateful to assist in the lower levels of ballet and jazz and teach summer camp at Dance Centre North. She has attended the ABT Teacher Training Intensive in Pre-Primary through Level 3 and the Progressive Pointe Method Basic Training. Clare is excited to teach at Dance Centre North this year and continue her training with Central New York Ballet as a trainee and assistant rehearsal director for their youth cast.
Marissa started dancing when she was three years old and received the majority of her training at
Dance Centre North. During her time at DCN, Marissa studied ballet, tap, jazz, modern and pas
de deux. She has had the opportunity to perform in numerous productions including The
Nutcracker, Dasher’s Magical Gift, Symphoria’s Holiday Pops Concert, Festa Italiana and as
Dorothy in the Wizard of Oz ballet. In high school, she began helping out as a counselor for the
Summer dance camp and later started teaching theater dance and ballet year round. Marissa is
also a musician and plays the trombone and piano as well as previous performances in the vocal
jazz choir. While attending Nottingham High School she was involved in numerous clubs
including the Nottingham Girl Up Club, Honor Society, and Ballet for All. Marissa currently
attends Syracuse University at the Newhouse School of Public Communications with a planned
major in magazine, news, and digital journalism.
Larry Crabtree is originally from Syracuse, N.Y., where he received his training at the Center of Ballet under the direction of Deborah Boughton. Larry was a Principal Dancer/Assistant Director/Ballet Master for the Anglo-American Ballet based in New York City for over 20 years, under the artistic direction of Catherine Kingsley (ARAD). He was a member of the Peter Pucci Plus Dancers-NYC, Shore Ballet-NJ, New Jersey Ballet, New York Theatre Ballet and Center Stage for Dance & Theater-NJ, among others. Mr. Crabtree has toured nationally and internationally appearing at such venues as Lincoln Center, Joyce & Joyce Soho, The New Victory Theater in NYC, Edinburgh Festival (Scotland) and throughout the United States, Switzerland, and Mexico, as well as dance appearances on television programs including the “Today Show” and “Maury Povich” shows. As a teacher, Larry has been at DCN since 2006, was an Adjunct Faculty member at Le Moyne College and Syracuse University, a faculty member for Circle in the Square Theater School (NYC), the STEPS Studios (NYC), Center Stage for Dance & Theater and New Jersey Ballet (NJ), the Bill Reed Summer Musical Theatre Intensive held in Vermont, and Summer Dance Intensives at Dance Works Studio, Utica, NY. He is the original Director/Choreographer of CNY Arts - Dasher’s Magical Gift and has also had his choreography presented at or by the International Building Conference, various Le Moyne Gifford Family Theatre, Boot-n-Buskin, and various musical and movement for actor collaborations at the College, NYC Cabarets, Musical Reviews, Musical and Straight Play Productions at Circle In the Square Theatre School, and for various dance schools in the NYC, Vermont, and Syracuse areas.
Ariella received her early dance training at Dance Centre North which
included summer intensives at New York State Summer School of
the Arts School of Ballet & Central Pennsylvania Youth Ballet . Ariella
furthered her dance education at the Purchase College SUNY Conservatory
of Dance. While there she performed works by George Balanchine,
Betty Jane Sills and former Martha Graham dancer Stephanie Tooman.She was
selected to perform with American Ballet Theatre’s Studio Company with
work by Stanton Welch. Ariella found her true love in teaching while assisting
Francis Patrelle’s Pre-Professional classes at Ballet Academy East in NYC.
Ballet Academy East became Ariella’s new home where she taught for 18 years.
Working alongside world renowned dancers and teachers she also received
teacher training at Central Pennsylvania Youth Ballet. Ariella was also on
faculty at the Eglevsky Ballet directed by Maurice Brandon Curry and was
children’s ballet mistress to Francis Patrelle’s Nutcracker. Ariella is excited
to bring her love for dance and teaching to her hometown.
Cadence Panol began her formal dance training at Studio B Dance Academy (formerly known as Peggy Johnson’s Dance Studio) in Pennsylvania from ages 3 to 12, after which she moved to Manlius, NY and began attending Guzmán’s Dance Studio until graduating from high school. In high school, she was a featured dancer in Fayetteville-Manlius High School’s award-winning show "Newsies," served as junior dance captain for the school’s productions of "Les Miserables" and "A New World," and senior dance captain for "SpongeBob the Musical." She has studied a wide range of styles—including ballet, pointe, modern, jazz, flamenco, and hip hop. She recently graduated Suma Cum Laude from the State University of New York at Geneseo with a Bachelor’s of Arts in Visual Communication and Production with a minor in Dance.
Cadence is an aspiring choreographer and multimedia artist, whose work at Geneseo included a 19’ x 9’ mural, participation in the Geneseo Insomnia Film Festival, graduating senior photography, and numerous choreography accolades within her clubs and organizations. Her choreography has been featured in A Play in 5 Betties (2024), the Orchesis Dance Club Showcase (Spring 2023 & 2025, Fall 2023 & 2025), and the Original Xpressions Showcase (Spring 2024 & 2025), and the Geneseo Dance Ensemble (2025). For her senior thesis, she created a piece for the Dance Department’s fall show, Threading in Motion, exploring mental health and how it can be visually and narratively developed through dance. She has presented her research at the Eastern Communication Association Conference and Geneseo’s Annual Symposium G.R.E.A.T. Day in April 2026.
Her main research focused on how dance can reflect a nation’s sociopolitical and historic culture, and culminated in presenting her work on the globalization of Western African dance culture in Senegal, Africa at the New York State Dance Education Association Conference in January 2026. Cadence also conducted research on Spanish flamenco dance (2023), and the ability to communicate through dance utilizing nonverbal gestures (2025), both of which were presented at Geneseo’s Annual Symposium G.R.E.A.T. Day in April of 2026.
Bradley Stone is an Assistant Teaching Professor in the Department of Drama at Syracuse University. Bradley’s performance credits include the Broadway revival of "Oklahoma!" directed by Trevor Nunn and choreographed by Susan Stroman, the first national tours of "Pippin" (Catherine) and "Thoroughly Modern Millie," "Phantom-The Las Vegas Spectacular," the Las Vegas and Hollywood Bowl productions of "Hairspray," The Radio City Christmas Spectacular at Radio City Music Hall, and the world premiere of "Leap of Faith." Additional credits include multiple productions with Sacramento Music Circus, Reprise! Theater Company in Los Angeles, Cincinnati Playhouse in the Park, St. Louis Repertory Theater, LA Opera among others. TV appearances include "The Today Show," the Tony Awards, "Late Night with David Letterman," and the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade. Bradley has taught master classes around the country as a Broadway Connection instructor and is currently a guest choreographer for several arts organizations throughout CNY. Bradley holds her B.A. in Performing Arts from Saint Mary's College of California (L.E.A.P. Program), her M.A. in Arts Administration from Le Moyne College and is a member of Actors Equity Association.