The teachers! All of them love to teach dance!
-Ivelina R., dance mom

Ginger Haithcox

Executive Director
Prior to opening Modern Motion, Ginger taught at  AP Motion Dance Studio, Backstage Academy of Dance, and Ability School where she was also the school's musical choreographer for the 2010 production of "Rats" the story of the Pied Piper.  Her training began as a child at Miss Kim's School of Dance and she continued her dance education at Raritan Valley Community College - studying ballet, pointe, jazz, lyrical, tap and modern. Her continuing education in dance and studio management include classes at Dance Teacher Summit, the Dancelife Retreat Center and the Studio Expansion program. She played the part of Sechita, the dancer in "For Colored Girls" directed by Occie McLendon in 2011.  Ginger is the former Vice-Chair of the Franklin Township Cultural Arts Council, a current member of National Dance Education Organization (NDEO) and Dance New Jersey, non-profit membership organizations dedicated to the advancement and promotion of high quality education in the art of dance.  She also serves as the Director of Children's Ministry at the United Methodist Church at New Brunswick.

Kate Raymond

Program Manager
​Kate has been passionately involved in the performing arts her entire life -  theater, dance, and both vocal and instrumental music. Kate is a long time Stage Manager and Executive Board Member of Playhouse 22 in East Brunswick, NJ. She also appears on stage from time to time. Some of her favorite on-stage productions are Hairspray (Brenda/Ensemble), Gypsy (Electra), Crazy for You (Betsy), and Urinetown (Poor Ensemble) all at Playhouse 22.  Kate is also a theatrical choreographer and has choreographed Guys and Dolls, Once Upon a Mattress, Sweet Charity, and Anything Goes for local community theaters (to name a few). She is currently choreographing Bye Bye Birdie at Playhouse 22, which performs the month of November. 
Kate is most passionate about her son, Thomas, who has just turned 2 1/2 years old, and loves showing her his new dance moves!

Nachanta Powell

Office Manager
​​Native to Somerset, NJ. Nachanta performed in her youth at the George Street Playhouse with experience in Ballet, Hip Hop, Tap and Modern Dance. Dancing was always a loved hobby, even up until today.  With a degree from Rutgers University in Psychology and 8 years of Office Manager experience, she is delighted to work with children and watch them learn to dance! Aside from her time at Modern Motion, she served as a Office Manager in Somerset, NJ for a Pain Management Specialty Group. ​

Lauren Bolton

Dance Teacher
Miss Lauren teaches our pre-school as well as our classics classes. Aside from her time with us at Modern Motion, she served as a teaching assistant for pre-school and elementary dance class while attending AP Motion Studio. She currently is using her Business Administration degree working at Foley CAT as a Core Specialist. Lauren previously worked full time as a Pre-K teacher. She has been trained in ballet, contemporary, jazz and tap dance. 

Angela Brackett

Dance Teacher
New Jersey native, Angela’s background is in “Steppin”, Liturgical, Ballet and Contemporary dance. She studied in the Performing Arts program at Raritan Valley Community College and  majored in Dance and minored in Cultural Anthropology at CUNY Hunter College. While attending CUNY Hunter College she was a member of the Hunter College Dance Company where she had the opportunity to perform and tour with pieces choreographed by Ronald K. Brown and Robin Dunn.

After the completion of her studies she auditioned for New York City based Step Company know as Soul Steps, LLC that she has been a member of for the past 8 years. While in Soul Steps, they toured both nationally and internationally, taught workshops and held residences.  Three years ago, Soul Steps along with thirty other women came to form Team Vicious and appeared in Paris Fashion Week, where they “Stomped The Runway” wearing the SS14 line of designer Rick Owens.

Syasia Everett

Dance Teacher
Syasia has a strong background in HipHop, Tap and Jazz. She studied Arts Administration at Wagner College while keeping up with her dancing through her participation on the Dance Team. In that time, she competed at the UDA College Dance Nationals in addition to choreographing for games and special team performances. 

In the future, she hopes to open her own dance facility to share her love for dance with others. Teaching has always been a goal of Syasia’s and she is eager to grow with the Modern Motion family!

Hallie Rumsey-Lasersohn

Dance Teacher
Hallie began her dance training at the age of 13 in Media Pennsylvania under the direction of Anastasia Babayeva and Denis Gronostayskiy. She danced as an apprentice with International Ballet Classique for 3 years before  joining Ballet Theatre of Maryland. In 2017 she joined American Repertory Ballet. She has competed as a finalist in Youth America Grand Prix and attended Summer Intensives with The Academy of International Ballet, Kirov Ballet school, Joffrey Ballet School, and Ballet X. She has taught for The Academy of International Ballet,  Ballet Theatre of Maryland, and Princeton Ballet school among others.

Jamaya Newton

Dance Teacher
Jamaya began her dance journey at the age of 5 in Edison, New Jersey. She later danced at a few performing arts schools, including BAM School of Performing Arts and Inspira focusing in Ballet, Modern, Horton and Hiphop. In high school she was accepted in to Franklin High School’s first Dance Company. She enjoys learning diverse dance styles including African and Latin.
Currently, Jamaya attends Rutgers University and is minoring in Dance with the hope of continuing to learn and push her limits.

Aishwarya Sangubhatla

Junior Dance Teacher
Aishwarya started her dance training at age 12 with ballet. She soon started learning many other styles, including jazz, tap, lyrical, contemporary, hip hip, pointe and acro. Aishwarya has been dancing for 6 years and was on a competition team for 3 years. She is currently studying dance at Mercer County Community College taking classes in ballet and modern. She is very excited to share her love of dance through teaching!