Meet Our Staff

You’ll find the staff friendly, experienced and helpful at The Fit Physique – from the front desk to the teachers to the owner!! Candice Cavanaugh, the owner and director, is a well-known and popular fitness expert in the Western New York area. She supervises all programs at The Fit Physique and personally gets to know every single student!

CANDICE CAVANAUGH

Owner, Director, Teacher

Candice is a certified fitness instructor through the American Council on Exercise (ACE), and a certified personal trainer through the Aerobics and Fitness Association of America (AFAA). She also studied dance for over a decade. Candice was proud to be WIVB-TV’s “Fitness Expert” and Artvoice’s fitness columnist; both for two years! Candice is happily married to Greg (The Fit Physique’s “behind the scenes” guy) and proud mom of Charlie!

Sheri Kessel, Kari Cannata, Amanda Watson, and Kelley Lewandowski

Desk, Customer Service, Circuit Training Attendants

Sheri, Kari, Amanda, and Kelley help make what makes The Fit Physique so special, happen! They’re the cheery voices on the phone, the handwriting on your mail, and the answers to your questions. Students themselves at The Fit Physique (and Kelley and Sheri’s daughters!), Sheri, Kari, Amanda, and Kelley know and understand all the particulars of what keeps The Fit Physique running so smoothly and happily. They are Candice’s right arm and are glad to be of service to all students at The Fit Physique!

SHERI KESSEL

 Step Aerobics, Yoga, and BodySculpting Instructor

Sheri has proudly taught fitness at The Fit Physique for over 7 years. She is a certified fitness instructor through the Aerobics and Fitness Association of America (AFAA). She danced in the Rochester area, and has been involved in various dance and drama productions. As well as being a singer, drummer, and hairstylist, Sheri is also happily married to Jim and the proud mom of Hannah and Leah.

MICHELLE SILVERBLATT 

Tap, Jazz, Hip Hop, Social Dance, and Mommy and Me Instructor

Michelle enjoys her time at The Fit Physique as both a dance instructor and a fitness student. With a master’s degree in interdisciplinary arts for children, and bachelor’s degrees in elementary and special education, Michelle is pleased to be putting all three of her degrees to good use! She is the administrator for The Arts Experience; a program which offers visual art, dance, music, theatre, and creative writing to adults with developmental disabilities. Michelle loves choreographing musicals for schools and community theatre. As for herself, she acts, sings, and dances. She has studied dance since the age of three and is trained in tap, jazz, and ballet. Michelle is a seasoned dance instructor for both children and adults.

KANDI SORDETTO

Tap Instructor

Kandi brings many years of dance experience to The Fit Physique! She trained at Lorraine Goddard for 14 years, and was a tap assistant there. She has paticipated in numerous dance competitions, and was an All-American Cheerleader for four years. Kandi enjoys ice skating, crafts, and gardening in her spare time. She is happily married to Anthony and busy mom of Serena and Gabrielle, who also dance at The Fit Physique! Kandi welcomed her new baby Anthony to the family this summer!!

AMANDA WATSON

Ballet, Tap and Jazz Instructor, Circuit Training Attendant

Amanda brings over 15 years of dance experience to The Fit Physique! She studied tap, jazz, and ballet with various instructors, all having very different styles. She began her training at Michelle Merwin Dance Arts, and from there moved on to advanced classes at Tonawanda Dance Arts and Darlene Ceglia’s Dance Project. While dancing at Dance Project, she participated in many regional competitions and workshops, and performed at Curtain Up! Amanda graduated from the Dance Masters of America Teachers Training School in 2006, where she completed examinations in tap, jazz, and ballet. She is excited to be teaching at The Fit Physique and looks forward to sharing her love and knowledge of dance with her students.

CARLY BLAIR

Ballet Instructor

Carly Blair has been attending the Lisa Taylor Academy of Ballet and Dance Arts for the past 12 years. She is a member of the Lisa Taylor Dancers Performance Group, and has performed in a number of ballets including Peter and the Wolf, Hansel and Gretel, Les Patineur, Fox Hunt, Testify to Love, On Eagles Wings, and several others. Carly has passed four Cecchetti student exams, and in the fall will begin to study for her Grade 5 and Grade 1 Teacher’s exams. She loves teaching and has been teaching and assisting dance classes since the age of nine. Although Carly has focused most of her attention on ballet, she enjoys studying other types of dance such as character, modern, jazz, hip hop, and liturgical. She is looking forward to her second year as a teacher at The Fit Physique, and can’t wait to get the year started!