Twelve-year-old Olivia Stettler was one of 23 dancers from DM Performance Works in Hazleton who recently performed on the Waterside Stage in Downtown Disney. DM Performance Works is a nonprofit organization started by Joelle Witner, owner and operator of Drama in Motion Studio of the Performing Arts in Hazleton.

After submitting an audition tape and being accepted to perform, the dancers spent almost a year preparing for the 20-minute medley featuring Christmas music under the direction of Witner and Melissa Wilkinson.The performers, ages 7 through 17, performed tumbling, tap, jazz, lyrical, ballet and swing dancing.Olivia is a seventh-grader at Tamaqua Area Middle School, where she is a member of the high school Drama Club, middle school General and Select Choruses and the middle school a cappella group. She has sung and acted at various venues in the area, including such roles as Miss Hannigan in "Annie Jr.," the White Rabbit in "Alice in Wonderland" and Beth March in "Little Women."She was the 2014 overall high score winner of the Musical Theater Vocal Solo category at Talent Explosion in Harrisburg.Olivia is a company member of Drama in Motion, where she studies voice, tap, jazz, lyrical, acro, Irish step and musical theater. She is the daughter of Charles and Heather Stettler and the granddaughter of Lionel and Kathleen Lawson of Tamaqua.