Teachers

Company Director and Choreographer
Ballet, Jazz and Contemporary

Tess is excited to be a member of L.A. Contemporary Dance Company and looks forward to nurturing future dance careers at the DC Dance Center.

Children's Ballet, Tap, Jazz, Pointe and Contemporary Dance

Cierra, an LA Native, was a member of multiple performing ensembles before choreographing for local high schools and dance studios. She is currently teaching Contemporary classes for Steezy Studio online classes when not at DC Dance.

Ballet, Pointe, Modern, Yoga, Conditioning Kim, comes from Massachusetts where she studied at the Boston Ballet before pursuing dance studies...

Ballet, Lyrical, Children's Ballet

Emily (alum of DC Dance) received her Bachelor in Fine Arts Degree from the Alonzo King Lines Ballet BFA Program at Dominican University of California. It is so special for her to now be teaching at the studio that nurtured her dance journey and she cannot be more excited to be working with the students! 

Jazz and Contemporary

Reese has grown up at DC Dance LA and has stepped into the teaching and choreography world. Her passion for dance shines through whether she is instructing a beginner jazz class or carefully choreographing a piece for DC Company/Competition dancers.  

Ballet, Pilates, Children's Ballet

Hannah was born in Wellesley, Massachusetts and started her training at the Boston Ballet School at the age of 5. After dancing professionally in Boston,  London, NYC, Washington D.C, and Kansas City she moved to Los Angeles to dance with Los Angeles Ballet and began teaching throughout LA & Orange County. Hannah is excited to return to DC Dance this season!

Jazz, Progressions & Technique, Musical Theater, On Camera RILEY ROBERTS (She/ Her) is originally from Southern CA. She received her...

Contemporary, Jazz Funk Shiori, orginally from Japan, is an LA-based dancer and choreographer. After working with iconic Japanese artists and...

Hip Hop Travis, orginally from Vancouver, Canada, started his career on the competitive stage making a name for himself at...

Company Director and Choreographer
Ballet, Tap, Jazz, Lyrical, Contemporary, Acro

Marissa is has trained with many of the industries’ top choreographers and has had the opportunity to perform with various artists and companies since being in LA.  Marissa loves to share her passion of dance with her students and looks forward to continuing to grow as a dancer and teacher.  

Ballet

Master Ballet Instructor, Alice Alyse, has been teaching all over the world. A former principal with San Franciso Ballet, Alice has a B.A. in Performing Arts and is currently a dance critic and writer for the LA Dance Chronicle.