Meet Our Talented Instructors

Robyn Spennicchia started dancing when she was 5, and joined the Fanton Dance School at age 7.  At the age of 15, she started to apprentice under the teaching of Connie and Al Fanton and started to teach on her own at the age of 19, where she stayed until 21.  In September, 1995, Robyn started teaching at Taps-N-Toes Dance School.  She currently teaches Ballet, Tap and Jazz to students ranging in age from 3-18. She has attended several dance workshops in NYC, and is always eager to broaden her knowledge of dance.  Robyn loves watching her students grow from the first day of class through the recital -seeing the child who struggled with a step and then looking at her smile as she nails it.  The child who came to dance not knowing how, and then gets on the stage and dances her heart out.  "The joy of watching my girls start as tiny dancers and then blossom into beautiful ballerinas, and to know I played a part in that is very rewarding and is why I love what I do!"

As a child, Ron Schlichting knew he had a passion for music.  He began formally studying piano with Barbara Greco at age 8 and then entered into his vocal studies under the instruction of Jan Callner.  He pursued theatre, acting and voice at Western Connecticut State University and went on to perform with different theatre groups including Pleasantville Music Theatre, Chappaqua Drama Group, Yorktown Stage and Saw Mill Summer Theatre, where his favorite performances were in South Pacific, Evita, Sound Of Music,  Joseph and The Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat and Pirates of Penzance.  He also performed at the Westchester Broadway Theatre where he was in Bosom Buddies and Baggy Pants and Mondays In The Dark With George.   Ron began working with children as the assistant musical director at St. Lawrence O’Toole Church, where he found great joy and satisfaction directing the children’s choir.  Ron considers music to be one of life’s greatest joys and food for the soul. He also teaches voice in English, Italian and German. We welcome him lovingly into our TNT Family.

Aaron McGloin, a Phoenix native, graduated from Arizona State University with a BFA in Choreography. Over the past decade he has had the privilege of performing with companies throughout Phoenix, Chicago, and NYC including CONDER/dance, Aerial Dance Chicago, Christopher Williams, and Project 44. He formed Aaron McGloin Dance in 2008 with a mission to create honest and ambitious art with an eclectic sensibility. His choreography has been presented in New York, Philadelphia, Baltimore, Atlanta, Phoenix, Chicago, Seattle, and Kalamazoo, and you can catch him teaching classes at high schools, colleges, and private and professional studios throughout the country.

Rhiannon Pendola born in Queens and raised in Putnam County, N.Y. Rhiannon began dancing at the age of 6, studying all forms of dance leading to her exceptional love for tap dancing.  In 2012 Rhiannon was part of a small group chosen to represent the United States at the IDO World Tap Dance Championships in Riesa, Germany earning a Gold Medal.  Upon returning home Rhiannon began studying under her teacher and mentor, Aaron Tolson and Derick Grant, along with many other great teachers.  In January 2015 Rhiannon became a company member of Speaking in Taps and shortly after was named SIT captain. In 2021, Rhiannon graduated from Manhattanville College earning a bachelors degree in business management with a minor in psychology and sport studies. Rhiannon teaches at a various studios in her hometown passing her knowledge and passion for dance on to others. Rhiannon is currently going back to school to receive her MBA to further her passion in business and dance in hopes to eventually combine the two in her future.