Megan Gomez
Megan began her formal training at Westside Studio in Santa Monica. She also took classes under the direction of Stanley Holden and Margaret Hills. At age 14, she received a scholarship from Pittsburgh Ballet Theater School and was chosen to participate in the choreography workshop, where her piece was showcased. Her training continued on full scholarship at Pacific Northwest Ballet in Seattle where she started to perform with the company at age seventeen. Later, she was accepted into the Alvin Ailey Academy of Dance in New York and was also selected for the first studio company at the famous Steps on Broadway. Megan has been teaching dance for over ten years. She has two children and will graduate this winter with a degree in Secondary Math Education.

Ricky Maalouf
Ricky started dancing at age 19 for ASU’s Hip Hop Coalition and has since gone from member to co-choreographer. He spent two years on the WNBA Phoenix Mercury hip hop squad as well as other performance groups around the Valley. He currently dances with the professional dance company, Automatic Response, who were featured on Americas Best Dance Crew and has worked with Dillards, LRG, Kiss FM and many others. He has won numerous scholarships, including Monsters of Hip Hop, Millenium, Hollywood Vibe, Muse, Scene Interactive and was recently a Monsters of Hip Hop and Hollywood Vibe finalist. His choreography has been seen on MTV’s My Sweet Sixteen, in independent music videos, the Jr Miss AZ Pageant, Phoenix Suns, high schools and competitions at a national level. He has a true passion for teaching and has taught at workshops and master classes from Tuscon to Green Bay. Currently, he teaches at studios around the valley, where he believes in making his students work hard while completely enjoying the class experience.

Amy Johnson
Amy has been dancing ever since she was two years old and has loved every moment of it! Originally from Texas, she began dancing at the St. Francis ballet school and further developed her technical skills in lyrical, contemporary, jazz, pom, tap, hip-hop, and ballet at Alissa’s Dance Academy. From then on she became a member of her high school dance team who frequently placed first in many statewide competitions. During this time she was able to participate in various teaching opportunities including summer dance camps, dance preparatory clinics, and choreography development through the elite jazz company to which she belonged. She soon moved to Arizona to attend Arizona State University and will be graduating this fall. While being able to work at several mobile dance companies throughout the valley, she has been a teacher and choreographer for the Performing Teams at Centrestage Dance Studio since August 2008. Not only has she been teaching dance professionally since 2006, she also adores her dancers more than anything and loves to watch them grow through their shared passion!

Edson "Bboy House" House
Born: Mexico City

With over 16 years of Accomplishments and Contributions to the Arizonans Hip Hop Community, House is a self-taught street dancer in the art of Breaking, Popping, Locking and House dancing. With strong roots within Hip Hop culture the dance and foundations, House has had the privilege of competing, judging and hosting numerous dance competitions/battles, around the world.

His stage work has led him to a 29 city tour in Japan along side The "Tap Dogs" as well as representing team USA in Red Bulls London “Beat Battle”, New Zealand’s X-Air games. House has appeared at the Furious Styles Crew Anniversary as President/dancer/ and Co-producer, and has just celebrated their 16-year anniversary. House has been part of the NBA’s Phoenix Suns fast Breaker, WNBA’s Hip Hop Squad, and the NAS, "I Can" music video. With his recent return from Germany representing the U.S. at infamous “Battle of the Year”.

As an ASU graduate with a B.A. in Psychology / Sociology, he can be seen teaching and lecturing at Universities, Colleges and schools across the country on Hip Hop Culture. His concert work involves Neil Young, Wyclef Jean, KrsOne, Rahzel, Brent Woods, Kurtis Blow, Talib Kweli and KC and JOJO. As his dance career is in continual growth he still plans on returning to school for his Masters Degree combining Psychology and the Arts with his love for children.

Megan Comon
Megan is a classically trained dancer. She has grown up dancing in the valley for the past 27 years, as well as teaching all over the valley for the past 14 years. She has a Bachelors of Arts Degree in Psychology, with a minor in dance from Arizona State University. She has done everything from stage to commercial, film & television. She was cast with a principal role in a made for tv movie titled "Jesse" starring Lee Remick in 1988. Megan has done various commercials for all different companies locally and nationally. Some of her other credits include touring with principle roles dancing in Aladdin, A Chorus Line, and Music Man. She was also a member of, as well as an assistant choreographer for the The Beat Fusion Dance Company, and The Next Level Dance Company. Megan also starred in "Showstoppers Live" for seven years at Casino Arizona. She has taught and choreographed all over the country. Presently, Megan enjoys teaching at Centrestage and loves the children so much. She loves to share her gifts and passion for dance with all of them. She specializes in Jazz, Lyrical, Musical Theater, Contemporary, and Technique. She also travels quite frequently, judging for Legacy Dance Championships all over the United States.

Sarah Mualim
Sarah started her dance training at the age of 13. Since then she has trained with some of the best teachers in Arizona. Sarah grew up dancing at Diverse Elements Dance Studio under the direction of Krista Coney and Mario Velez until she graduated from Xavier College Preparatory in 2008. She now attends Arizona State University and is pursuing a bachelor’s degree in Social Work. Sarah is a part of the professional performance company Automatic Response and also is a backup dancer for artist and singer Jasmine Hormez. She strives to continue her training by taking as many classes, both around the valley and in LA, as she can.

Brittany Hanish
Brittany Hanish started dancing at the age of 7. She is trained in ballet, hip hop, jazz, modern, tap, musical theater, jazz funk, and contemporary. Over the years Brittany has won many local scholarships and national awards. In high school, Brittany was president of Hamilton Dance Company where one of here main duties was choreography. Brittany's choreography won first in state in 2009. Her senior year, Brittany was voted best dancer by her peers and graduated in the National Honors Society of Dance. She was chosen to perform in the Dance Teacher's Summit in New York City in 2009 and in Carnival a Choreographers Ball in Los Angels in 2010. Brittany is currently a full time student at Arizona State University, captain of Hip Hop Coalition at ASU, and dancing with national recording artist Jasmine Hormez. Brittany's main goal is to share her passion for dance to anyone who is willing to learn.

Emily & Morgan Kreifels
 

Angie Erickson
 

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