Welcome, Westchester Performing Artists!

The Westchester Performing Arts Meetup is for all ages of perfomring artists. We will offer up workshops for both children and teens/adults. All of our workshops will be taught by the renowned Janetta Betz.

About Janetta Betz
In her early career as a classical ballet dancer, Janetta worked with legendary choreographer Agnes DeMille, conductor Arthur Fiedler and opera director Sarah Caldwell. Over a 12 year period when she was a member of the Boston, Harkness & Pittsburgh Ballet Companies and a European Touring Co., she performed the classic ballets and works by Balanchine, Robbins & other contemporary choreographers. Upon expanding her career into Theatre, Janetta studied acting and singing with many notable NYC teachers. As a professional actress/singer/dancer [a member of 3 unions] she has appeared in Nat’l Touring Co.’s Of “Annie”& “Camelot” [w/Richard Harris], many Off-B’way shows, and NYC Cabaret clubs. Numerous leading roles in regional theatre plays & musicals, commercials & voice-overs are also part of her work experience. Several feature film and TV credits include “Big” [Penny Marshall, dir.], “Working Girl” [Mike Nichols, dir.], “Bullets Over B’way” [Woody Allen, dir.], “Kane and Abel’ [mini-series], “Law and Order’ and “The Equalizer”. Janetta has taught, directed and choreographed throughout her career and in Westchester has been on staff at Riverworks, Broadway Training Center and Cagle & Co. She currently teaches Teen Acting at UMC Arts Tarrytown and has her unique creative movement and song syllabus at 5 local pre-schools. Janetta has created her own classes for the Northern Westchester Center of the Arts Outreach Programs at Hackley, Dobbs Ferry, Irvington & Scarsdale as well as teaching at local dance studios. She directed the Summer Musical Theatre Program at the Hoff-Barthelson Music School in Scarsdale for three seasons where she brought to life three Musical Workshop premieres. She is currently teaching, directing & choreographing for the Music Conservatory of Westchester in White Plains for her fifth season. Former students are attending theatre programs at the finest colleges & universities throughout the country.