Megan Doyle-Paterniani hails from Troy, New York. She began dancing at the Cantarella School of Dance at the age of 2 and performed with the Albany Berkshire Ballet. She continued her serious study of ballet with David Otto and Leslie Roy, both former soloists with the New York City Ballet where her training took her to pursue summer dance intensives at New York State Summer School of the Arts (NYSSA) and North Carolina School of the Arts.

Megan is a graduate of the Conservatory of Dance at Purchase College where she received her BFA in Dance Performance and performed soloist roles with the Purchase Dance Corp such as, "The Nutcracker", "Serenade", and "Who Cares?".  Ms. Doyle spent a summer abroad at the Caracas Metropolitan Ballet in Caracas, Venezuela and was a guest artist at the Dance for Life AIDS Benefit for the Capitol Ballet Company.

Upon graduation, Megan danced as a soloist for Ballet Long Island under the direction of Debra Punzi and also acted as her Ballet Mistress for the Nutcracker. There she performed roles in "A Midsummer Night's Dream", "Pas de Quatre", "Le Corsaire Pas de Deux", "The Nutcracker" and "Peter and the Wolf".  During this time she also performed with Ballet Builders at the Florence Guild Hall as well as performing her own works at the Merce Cunningham Studio and the Blue Muse Project at Riverside Church in New York City.

Megan is a former dance faculty member at Adelphi University in New York and has taught at many studios in the Long Island area. She has choreographed many pieces over the years for Competitions and Nationals where some have won 1st place overall and the title of "Best Choreography". Megan also collaborated with a local author of a children's book series by creating choreography to help the author tell the story through the motions and movement of dance. She recently added on to her schedule by teaching after school programs at local elementary schools to further educate our youth of various dance genres.  Over the past decade, Miss Megan's favorite role at North Shore Dance has been serving as the director for The Nutcracker portion of the Holiday Pageant.  It has been a growing production over the years which brings so much joy and excitement to the studio. She is a proud wife & mother of 4 children and hopes to inspire a new generation of dancers to come!