Pottstown Dance Theatre was founded in 1964 by Phyllis Dersh Rudzitits. In 2001, international dance artist, Michelle Jones Wurtz, became the new director. Since then the school has performed in Poland, at Lincoln Center, at Carnegie Hall, and most notably in London during the 2012 Olympic Games. Alumni currently teach, dance professionally, and one, Michael Novak, is the current artistic director of the Paul Taylor Dance Company in NYC.