Infinity Visual and Performing Arts has hired Toni Ann Barretta and Grace Larson as instructors.

Barretta will teach acting and creative movement and Larson will teach modern and contemporary dance.

Barretta received her bachelor’s degree in theatre arts with an acting focus and an English minor, at the State University at Fredonia in 2022. She has backgrounds in dance, gymnastics, and makeup. She has had 13 years of training in dance and gymnastics and 10 years in the acting industry. In her free time she enjoys creating unique makeup looks and dancing to any 1990s hip hop. Barretta said she enjoys working with people and developing human connection as well as being outside in nature.

She has been a part of two major dance ensembles, including CHICAGO and West Side Story. She was a part of the NYSSSA School of Theatre class in 2016. She has also starred in five movies and one television mini-series. She has interests in writing, photography, and modeling as well.

Larson is a movement enthusiast from Sugar Grove who started dancing at the age of 9 at Tiffany Wakeley Academy of Dance in Jamestown. After high school, Larson studied at Slippery Rock University and graduated with a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Dance with a concentration of Studio Ownership and Dance Entrepreneurship. Larson had many opportunities to perform, choreograph, and teach while at Slippery Rock. Through Slippery Rock, Larson also earned a Yoga Alliance 200-hour Yoga Teacher certification. Larson grew up in the arts playing musical instruments, singing in choirs, performing in color guard and dabbling in art forms like painting.

Larson currently teaches yoga at Eight Limbs Wellness Studio in Lakewood and is a company dancer for Sukanya Burman Dance in Jamestown for its 2023-24 season.

Infinity Visual and Performing Arts is a non-profit organization dedicated to providing quality instruction in the visual and performing arts to students of all ages and abilities. It offers a variety of classes and workshops in music, dance, theater, and visual arts. For more information visit www.infinityperformingarts.org/register.