Loretta Di Bianca Fois (Artistic Director/Dancer) received her M.F.A. in Dance from The Ohio State University. Her B.A. in Theatre/Chemistry is from The College of the Holy Cross, where she also directed and choreographed for her own dance company, HCDC.

Loretta currently is the Director of Dance at Raritan Valley Community College, and also is an artist in residence with Paper Mill Playhouse. She is an artistic director of Puppe’n’Dance and the Founding Director of New Jersey Dance Studio. Loretta currently serves on the Executive board of Dance New Jersey. She was Director of Dance at City University of New York-CSI, and has been on faculty at Mason Gross School of the Arts - Rutgers University, Union County College, Ohio State University, Middlesex County School of Performing Arts, Middlesex High School, New Jersey School of Ballet and State Academy of Ballet. She was a teaching artist for New Jersey School of the Arts (NJ Department of Education) and an Artistic Director of Red Peonies Performance Project, and has taught at various American College Dance Festivals.

Mrs. Fois' first full-length evening of choreography was presented in 1986. Since then her choreography has been performed by HCDC, Puppe’n’Dance, Jannetti/Di Bianca & Dancers, and in educational and regional theatre companies. She has twice been commissioned to set a piece on the New Jersey State Ballet Company.   Loretta’s work has been presented at Free Range Arts, Cunningham Studio, DanceSpace, George Street Playhouse, The Forum Theater and at American College Dance Festivals. As a performer, she has worked with various artists including Pat Graney, Ralph Lemon, and Ellen Cornfield, and has danced with Claire Porter, Stephen Koplowitz, Andrew Jannetti, HCDC, Dancing in the Streets, and Ohio State's University Dance Company.

Loretta has been the recipient of a number of grants including New York Foundation for the Arts, New Jersey State Council on the Arts, The Puffin Foundation and Middlesex County Cultural and Heritage Commission. Mrs. Fois is currently a member of IDEA, ArtPride, NJ and serves as the President of Dance New Jersey, the premier professional dance organization in the state.