Karen Chase is the proud owner of Dance for Kids and Brentwood Academy of Dance. She has an enthusiastic, infectious joy for life and she is so grateful to be able to share her love of dance and performing with children every day. MORE >

Taryn Chase Greenman is the VP of Business Development at Dance for Kids. She grew up in Los Angeles and has been dancing since the age of 2, training in Jazz, Ballet and Tap. She was also a child actor and print model. MORE >

Jillian Dierking graduated Magna Cum Laude from Point Park University with a BA in Dance (concentration in jazz). Her last semester, she studied abroad in Paris, France, training with some of their top choreographers and teachers. MORE >

Emma Feeheley began dancing at the young age of 3, where she quickly began developing her lifelong passion for performing arts. At age 6, she entered the competition world. From there, she went on and won titles such as Miss teen dance USA, Miss petite dance, and Miss junior dance. MORE>

Sydney grew up in Las Vegas, NV where she trained in a variety of dance techniques until eventually becoming principal dancer with the Las Vegas Ballet Company (LVBC). When she was 15, she went on to train with American Ballet Theatre (JKO) under Melissa Bowman, Susan Bones, and Robert La Fosse. MORE >

Ashley grew up and trained on the East Coast with the American Youth Dance Company and received a diverse dance education in ballet, tap, jazz, contemporary, pointe, musical theater, hip hop and acro. MORE >

Brette Markowitz, a native of Los Angeles, is a classically trained dancer with a B.A. in dance from UCLA. She danced on the UCLA dance team and has performed in venues such as the Staples Center and Madison Square Garden. She has also performed internationally in Beijing and Hong Kong. MORE >

Aleksandra Wojda Nelson is originally from Chicago, Illinois where she trained extensively with Giordano Jazz Dance Chicago. Upon graduating from Northwestern University, she competed as a top 20 dancer on season 2 of So You Think You Can Dance. MORE >