Staff
Katie Shelton
Front Desk
Katie is a senior at Jerfferson City High School this year. She has been great help at the front desk on Tuesday and Thursday nights. She is working hard to learn everyone's names so say hi to her when you get a chance.
Tiffany Johnson
Ballet
Tiffany began her dancing career at the age of 3 at Priscilla and Dana's School of Dance. She has danced all genre, including: jazz, ballet, tap, modern, hip-hop, and lyrical. When she graduated from highschool, she attended UCM where she was a Mulekicker for 3 years. She is now teaching pre-kindergarten at Little Learner's Lodge and she is very excited to be back in the dance world.
Karlee Wilder
Combo
We are excited to welcome Karlee Wilder. She will have her own Combo class starting in November.
Curtis Sudduth
Hip Hop and Jazz
Curtis is thrilled to be on the staff at Elite Performing Arts. He started his dance career with gymnastics, jazz, ballet and tap and soon after started performing in musical productions while living in the Kansa City area. Although his dance training during the teen years was sporadic, he continued to performin musicals and theatre productions after moving to Jefferson City at the age of 12. Since then Curtis has studied jazz, tap, ballet, modern, hip-hop, funk and musical theatre dance styles in Cincinanati, Springfield, New York and New Hampshire. He has also taken master classes with the Broadway cast of Fosse, Andy Blakenbuehler, members from the origianl cast of A Chorus Line and other Brodway Dance veterans. Curtis made his professional choreography debut with the New London Barn Playhouse in New London, NH in 2005 and also served as the Resident Choreographer for the 2006 season assisting and choreographing many musicals. Currently Curtis is the Director of Group Fitness, Certified Personal Trainer and teaches classes for a local gym as well as teaching dance classes and working with the competion team for Elite Performing Arts.
Shauntai Johnson
Ballet
Shauntai Johnson grew up dancing in Utah. She danced through childhood at Jacqueline Colledge School of Classical Ballet. She was introduced to modern dance while performing and choreographing on her high school on the high school dance company. She thoroughly enjoyed a year on her high school ballroom team, competing in latin team division and American ballroom. The team won the national title that year. She was accepted to the Brigham Young University dance education major where she completed her bachelor's degree. She is excited to be with Elite Performing Arts, and looks forward to working with the dancers!
MaryJane Marcinkus
Combo
Bio coming soon
Brittany Robertson
Jazz
Bio coming soon
Jacqueline Sutton
Ballet
Jacqueline is a very talented and creative choreographer. She has been a strong force here since we opened in 2005.
Kim Northcross
Ballet
Bio coming Soon!
Mallory Bond
Combo
Mallory Bond has been dancing for 15 years and began dancing competitively 9 years ago. Mallory has danced at conventions such as Tremaine and Dupree where she was awarded a tap scholarship. Mallory has experience in jazz, tap, ballet, pointe, modern, lyrical, hip hop and clogging. Mallory was a member of the Helias Dance Explosion for 4 years which allowed her to participate in several UDA dance camps. Mallory is currently a student at Lincoln University where she is pursuing a degree in Nursing.
Caty Eisterhold
Combo
Caty has danced for over ten years and has had the privilege to learn dance from choreographers around the country. She's won numerous national awards for her dancing and her own choreography. You can see her featured in some of Cathy Roe's dance videos and recently modeled for a national costume company. She loves working with the younger dancers and they love learning dance from her.
Taylor Hermann
Ballet, Jazz
Taylor has been dancing for 15 years and began dancing competitively 8 years ago. She has won multiple talent competitions and holds many titles, the most recent being 2007 Junior Miss Missouri. She has experience in ballet, tap, jazz, hip-hop, modern, and Russian Folk dancing. She is currently a senior at Jefferson City High School where she is Varsity Cheerleading Captain.
Michelle Ivy
Tap, Modern
Michelle has been involved in dance for over 15 years. Being a member of a competitive dance team for many of those years she has competed on both the regional and national levels. Michelle has studied ballet, jazz, tap, modern, pointe, lyrical, and Russian folklore. Michelle currently teaches all levels of tap and works with our comptition team. Michelle has won multiple regional and national awards for her choreography. She is attending Lincoln University pursuing a degree in nursing.
Heidi Saylor
Combo 1 & Combo 2
Heidi has been dancing from the moment she could walk, but began her formal training over 10 years ago. She has studied Ballet, Jazz, Hip Hop, Pointe, Lyrical and Russian Folklore. She has attended numerous dance workshops where she explored a variety of dancing styles including, but not limited to, Flamenco, Salsa, Tango, Ballroom, Belly dancing, Racketeers, and Swing. Heidi has been appearing on stage for as long as she can remember. She was a member of A.C.T.P.A.C. (A Children?s Theatrical Performing Arts Core) and has been an active part of multiple theatrical productions around the Jefferson City area. Heidi attends and works at Columbia College in Columbia MO.