Dayna Hasson

"Dayna is a dynamic addition to our faculty. She is great with younger kids and really enjoys being a role model for them." ~ Sarah Mason

Dayna is an exciting member of the PAA staff, and her fun classes are often times waitlisted. She teaches all forms of dance, and has trained with a long list of instructors, including Jason Samuels-Smith, Heather Cornell, Roxanne Butterfly, Ayodele Casel, Gil Stroming, Jeannie Hill, Sarah Mason, Kelli Ludovici, and Tracy Syphard-Shaner, to name a few. She has received many awards for her performing ability and was honored by being selected to be a Broadway Dance Center intern during the summer of 2005 (where she spent a few months rubbing shoulders with the finest names in dance)! Dayna is an experienced and energetic performer, appearing in musicals like Sweet Charity and 42nd Street, as well as dance performances with Jade Dance Project.

Dayna is currently President of Whiplash, Penn State University's hip-hop and jazz company, for whom she has performed and choreographed.