Catie, originally from Minnesota, trained competitively at Summit Dance Shoppe in ballet, tap, contemporary, jazz, and hip hop where she was a three-year senior line member. In high school, she was a four-year varsity captain of the Minnetonka Dance Team where she was recognized as All Conference and All State. Following high school, Catie joined...
Cheryl Okuda began her dance training at the age of seven and has trained in ballet, tap, jazz, contemporary, modern, pointe, musical theater, and hip-hop. Cheryl has earned many awards for her dancing and choreography in several Midwest Competitions throughout the Chicagoland area. She has a minor in dance from Columbia College and was a proud...
Gracie Merit is from Alameda, California where she grew up dancing at Dance 10 Performing Arts Center. Gracie recently graduated from Oklahoma City University with a Bachelor of Science in dance teaching. At OKCU she trained in ballet, tap, jazz, studio management, dance pedagogy, and more. Gracie is a new resident of Chicago and is...
Callie Luckenbach grew up in Columbus, Ohio, where she received her most formative dance training at Marjorie Jones School of Dance. She graduated Summa Cum Laude with a BFA in Dance and a minor in Nonprofit Management from Point Park University in Pittsburgh, PA. Callie has performed in the Columbus Arts Festival and Emergence Dance...
Emily Heier, originally from Milwaukee Wisconsin, grew up training in ballet, tap, jazz, and contemporary at a competition studio. Throughout high school and college, Emily has taught at Miss Becky’s Dance Studio coaching their competition team and at local recreational dance departments. She attended Loyola University Chicago, graduating Summa Cum Laude with her BA in...
Emily Pfriem (she/her) is a teaching and performing artist from Seattle, Washington. Emily holds a BA in theatre and a minor in dance from Western Washington University. She has been teaching dance and theatre for the last 5 years. She started dancing at age 4 and started pursuing theatre in high school. Most of her...
Melody Kay Paul is an artist who enjoys many disciplines and exploring new physical challenges. She graduated magna cum laude from Columbia College Chicago with a BFA in Dance and a BA in Marketing. She is an active member of Chicago National Association of Dance Masters (CNADM) and earned her Master Dance Educator (MDE) certificate...
Kenzie is originally from Pittsburgh, PA where she began her dance career. She has been training for over 20 years and specializes in hip-hop, jazz, contemporary, and Pom. She attended the University of Cincinnati where she was a member and captain of the University of Cincinnati dance team. Following graduation in 2020, Kenzie moved to...
Haley Baker is originally from Enola, Pennsylvania and has been dancing since the age of three. She began her classical ballet training at Pennsylvania Regional Ballet in 2010 under the direction of Sandra Carlino. She also attended Ribbon Mill Ballet in Carlisle, Pennsylvania with individual coaching from Leslie Hench. She has attended summer programs at...
Mrs. Sarah Lammie, a Chicago native, began her training on the south side at Kathleen’s Dance Asylum and has been dancing since the age of 7! She studied tap, ballet, jazz, and pointe, and was a competitive dancer through high school with Ms. Yvonne as one of her teachers! She continued her dance training at...
