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Alexa has teaching experience and 18 years of dance experience. She recently received her Associates of Arts from Collin College. While attending, she was a member of the Collin Dance Ensemble for three years. While on the company, Alexa presented her own original choreography at ACDA-South Central conference to be adjudicated in 2018, and performed in the conference in 2017, 2018, and 2019. Alexa loves to teach and choreograph, and cannot wait to bring these skills to Dance Prodigy!

Miss Susanna has taken years of ballet, pointe, jazz and contemporary classes.  She has attended summer intensives such as the Kaatsbaan Extreme Ballet session I in NYC and currently has an internship with Ballet North Texas.  Miss Susanna is so excited to bring her love of ballet to Dance Prodigy Studios.

Miss Deb trained at Chamberlain School of Ballet where she studied ballet, jazz, modern, and composition. At Chamberlain School of Ballet, Miss Deb studied under the tutelage of Kathy Chamberlain, Suzette Mariaux, Cassi MacQueen, Catherine Mooney-Burton and Debi Landrum. She also had the opportunity to train at Ballet Austin in their summer intensive program. While at Chamberlain School of Ballet, Miss Deb had the opportunity to learn from guest teachers such as Suki Schorer and Philip Broomhead. During her time with Chamberlain Miss Deb assisted with a program called Shining Stars that helps children with special needs learn ballet and other forms of dance.  Miss Deb is excited to be a part of Dance Prodigy Studios and looks forward to helping grow the Bloom Fine Arts Preschool Program.

Located in Greenville, Texas, Daniel is a 20 year old college student at Collin County Community College, he previously studied dance and art at Timbrel School for the Arts where he learned Tap, Ballet, Contemporary, Theatre Dance, Irish Dance, Art, and Drama. He briefly taught Theatre and Conditioning at Timbrel before attending Paris Junior College.  Daniel is currently pursuing acting in productions such as West Side Story, Singing in the Rain, Hello Dolly, and most recently Beauty and the Beast.  Daniel is looking forward to bring his love for dance, acting and theater to his students at Dance Prodigy Studios.

Kate comes to Dance Prodigy Studios after extensive experience with Ballet Austin, Princeton Ballet, and Chamberlain School of Ballet where she studied Ballet, Modern, Jazz, and Composition. She is an alumni of Chamberlain Performing Arts and was trained by Kathy Chamberlain (Artistic Director, Chamberlain Performing Arts), Kevyn Robertson (Artistic Director, Mckinney Summer Musicals), and Suzette Mariaux (New York City Ballet alumni) and many others. While at Chamberlain School of Ballet, she was also trained by many guest instructors such as Phillip Broomhead, Suki Schorer, and Jacques d’Amboise.

While training at Princeton Ballet, Kate was given the opportunity to choreograph for the Summer Showcase Performance and was also featured in the Ballet Austin Summer Showcase Performance. She currently has over 7 years of teaching experience including teaching ballet to students with special needs. Nothing excites Kate more than to be able to teach and share her talents and passion with her students.

Miss Rachel is a classically trained CLI certified dance instructor with over 25 years of experience in ballet, pointe, jazz, lyrical, contemporary, modern, and tap. Past instructors who helped mold Ms. Rachel’s dance education range from Ballet Mistresses of the Denton Ballet who studied under George Balanchine (founder of the School of Amercian Ballet and co-founder of the New York City Ballet), former professional ballerinas, to founders of critically acclaimed professional modern companies such as the Ewert-Pittman Company, and distinguished alumni from SMU.  During Ms. Rachel’s high school and college years she auditioned for (and made) many companies and programs such as the Plano Metropolitan Ballet Company, Paul Taylor Modern Company Intensive in New York, The Rock School, Ballet Austin, Pacific Northwestern Ballet, and many more. She also performed solo and variation pieces for multiple ballets such as “The Sugar Plum Fairy” from The Nutcracker, Alice in Wonderland, The Little Mermaid, Don Quixote, Cinderella, and much more. During her last two years of performing Ms. Rachel danced en pointe for an average of 30-40+ hours per week.

Ms. Rachel’s students have gone on to major in dance at college, attend summer intensives and workshops, and join prestigious programs such as the Kirov Academy of Ballet, American Ballet Theater, Chamberlain School of Performing Arts, Tuzer Ballet, Texas Women’s University’s Dance Program, Sam Houston State’s Dance Program, University of North Texas’ Dance Program, The San Francisco Ballet, University of Texas’s Dance Program, Oklahoma University’s Dance Program, Dallas Conservatory of the Arts, SMU’s Meadows School for the Fine Arts, Kilgore Rangerettes, just to name a few.

As a teacher and choreographer Ms. Rachel has been awarded and recognized at multiple competitions.  Her competition team and choreographed pieces have won awards at the regional and national levels such as “Best Technique“, “Best Costume“, ” “First Place Overall“, “Best In Jazz“, “Best in Ballet“, “Best in Contemporary“, “Best in Lyrical“, “Best Choreography” in the Petite, Junior, Teen, Senior and Adult age divisions for solos, duets, trios, small groups and large groups, invitations to perform in the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade and SMU half time shows, cash awards, scholarships, sportsmanship awards, judges choice awards and “Best Dance Studio” overall.

Each year Ms. Rachel attends classes, conferences, conventions and workshops to further her dance and business education Misty Lown, Darren Hardy, Austin Roberson, Denise Wall, Ray Leeper, Mark Meismer, Dana Foglia, Chebar Williams, Stacey Tookey and Anthony Morigerato.

Ms. Rachel’s lifetime goal is to make a positive impact through her studio in every individual (students, parents, their families, community members, vendors, etc.) she comes in contact with. There is nothing more fulfilling than seeing the moment a dancer lights up because they have learned something new, overcome their fear of the stage, or when they (finally!) have their splits!! Ms. Rachel’s biggest goal is to pass on her passion and love for dance to each and every student and to help her teacher’s retain and grow that same passion within themselves.

Miss Callie began dancing when she was three years old under the instruction of Bonita Malone. In her many years of dance she has taken ballet, pointe, tap, jazz, hip hop, and contemporary. She has attended master classes and learned from SO many amazing teachers such as Denise Wall, Ray Leeper, Mark Meismer, Dana Foglia, Chebar Williams, Stacey Tookey, Ian Koumaev, Kenny Wormald, Anthony Morigerato, Alex Brooks, Toni Fisher, Blair Lawrence, Leah Gammage (Garcia), Dani Sanders, and Rachel Arnold.

Miss Callie auditioned for and made the Dance Prodigy Studios’ D. Edge competition team in 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017 and 2018. Over the years she has competed in groups, solos & duets winning the title of Miss Teen Starquest, 1st Place Overall, 1st Place in Category, Division 1 First Place, Cash Awards, Scholarships, High Score, Platinum, Judges Choice, and more. Miss Callie has over 6 years of assistant teaching experience and strives to bring out the best in every student.

Miss Callie is excited to be a part of Dance Prodigy and is looking forward to a great year.

Margaret Smith studied with Timbrel School for the Arts for eight years covering various styles including ballet, pointe, contemporary, jazz, tap, hip hop, musical theater, and competed in Irish Dance with the Maguire Irish Dance School in Dallas. Margaret was also an assistant teacher at Timbrel for three years and a substitute teacher for one year in ballet, jazz, and hip hop. She was also in the Nutcracker Ballet for eight years with roles including The Mouse Queen, a snowflake, as well as a featured dancer in the Waltz of the Flowers, and many other roles. Her other training includes master classes with the famous dancer and choreographer Eddie Bennett, Alden Fitzgerald White (Mufasa in Lion King on Broadway), and Christine Cornish Smith (Bomballerina in Cats on Broadway). Margaret has also been recently seen in all of Greenville Family Theater’s production including Kathy Seldon in “Singin’ in the Rain”, Scarecrow in “The Wizard of Oz” (and Dance Captain), Minnie Fay in “Hello, Dolly!”, and Esther Smith in “Meet Me in St. Louis”. She was also a featured dancer and adult Wendy in the Rockwall Summer Musicals production of Peter Pan.

Miss Chloé began dancing when she was three years old under the instruction of Bonita Malone and transferred to Dance Prodigy Studios in 2013 to begin training under Rachel Arnold. In her 16+ years of dance she has taken ballet, pointe, tap, jazz, hip hop, and contemporary. She has attended master classes and from amazing teachers such as Denise Wall, Ray Leeper, Mark Meismer, Dana Foglia, Chebar Williams, Stacey Tookey, Ian Koumaev, Kenny Wormald, Anthony Morigerato, Alex Brooks, Toni Fisher, Blair Lawrence, Leah Gammage (Garcia), Dani Sanders, and Rachel (Holland) Arnold. Miss Chloé auditioned for and made the Dance Prodigy Studios’ D. Edge competition team in 2013, 2014, 2015, and 2016. Over the years she has competed in groups, solos & duets winning 1st Place Overall, 1st Place in Category, Division 1 First Place, Cash Awards, Scholarships, High Score, Platinum, Top 5 at Nationals, and more.  Miss Chloe also has auditioned for multiple professional dance opportunities such as the 2017 Superbowl half time show with Lady Gaga.  Miss Chloe currently has over 4 years of teaching experience and strives to bring out the best in every student.

Miss Chloé is excited to be a part of Dance Prodigy and is looking forward to a great year.

Miss Jace began dancing when she was three years old under the instruction of Bonita Malone and transferred to Dance Prodigy Studios in 2013 to begin training under Rachel Arnold. In her 16+ years of dance she has taken ballet, pointe, tap, jazz, hip hop, and contemporary. She has attended master classes and from amazing teachers such as Denise Wall, Ray Leeper, Mark Meismer, Dana Foglia, Chebar Williams, Stacey Tookey, Ian Koumaev, Kenny Wormald, Anthony Morigerato, Alex Brooks, Toni Fisher, Blair Lawrence, Leah Gammage (Garcia), Dani Sanders, and Rachel (Holland) Arnold. Miss Jace auditioned for and made the Dance Prodigy Studios’ D. Edge competition team in 2013, 2014, 2015 and 2016. Over the years she has competed in groups, solos & duets winning 1st Place Overall, 1st Place in Category, Division 1 First Place, Cash Awards, Scholarships, High Score, Platinum, Judges Choice, Top 5 at Nationals, and more. Miss Jace has over 5 years of teaching experience and strives to bring out the best in every student.

Miss Jace is excited to be a part of Dance Prodigy and is looking forward to a great year.