Noelani Schraedel was born and raised on ‘Oahu, Hawaii. She is a graduate of St. Andrew’s Priory School, where she was a member of St. Andrew’s well known, Drill Team Hawaii.

She has been dancing for 20 years. Along with Drill Team Hawaii, her early training includes Page Ballet Academy and Honolulu Classical Ballet. She is also a graduate of Brigham Young University in Provo, Utah, where she graduated with a Bachelor of Arts in Dance Performance. She was also a member of BYU’s Contemporary Dance Theatre, a prestigious performing and touring company. Her dance experience includes traveling and performing all over the world including Hawaii, Utah, California, Florida, Disney World’s ESPN, New York, and Japan. She has had many performance opportunities in which she was able to perform works by world-renowned choreographers including, Alwin Nikolais’ Tensile Involvement, LAJAMARTIN, Kate Weare and Jose Limon’s A Choreographic Offering. She has also performed with Broadway’s Kristin Chenoweth, Gentry, UH Homecoming half-time shows, LA Lakers games, Super Bowl Half-times and the Utah Jazz. Her teaching career spans over a period of ten years. She has taught dance across the nation as well as in Japan. She has taught all age groups and styles including a three year old ballet class, college level jazz classes, and a hula class for seniors.

Of all the age groups, she loves teaching children and teens because she loves the joy dance brings to their lives.

Sarah Lund has been teaching ballet for 8 years and she LOVES it! Sarah has worked with a wide variety of teachers and local performance groups including Municipal Ballet Co, Ballet West Academy, Utah Opera, Mountain West Ballet, SLC Ballet, Vivat! Ballet and The Ballet Center. She has also been a Summer Company Member with US Internal Ballet, based in Wilmington, NC. Sarah also loves hiking, camping, and music, and keeps a small piano studio.

Haylee was born and raised in West Jordan, Utah. She started her dancing career at the age of 3, at a local studio where she trained in various styles, such as, jazz, ballet, hip hop, tap and contemporary.

Haylee was also apart of West Jordan High School’s dance company for her 3 years of high school. There she choreographed, and was apart of many, many pieces. After graduating, Haylee attended Dixie State University, participating on the Dixie Blaze Dance Team.

She is now back in West Jordan, attending school at Salt Lake Community College, studying education. Haylee is so excited to be apart of Studio 56 for another year!!

Destiney has been dancing ever since she can remember; if she was walking she was dancing!  It wasn't until 8th grade when she was inspired by her first hip hop teacher, this was the motivation that pushed her to the next level and really became interested in the art of dance.  She was a member of Dance Company at West Jordan High School for 2 years and that is where she started developing her love for choreography and performing with her team. After high school she started teaching Adult Hip Hop and Jazz classes at Golds Gym around the Salt Lake Valley and is still continuing that exciting journey, this is where she started pushing her dance career to the next level. Destiney has studied many styles of dance including Hip Hop, Jazz, Contemporary, Lyrical and Zumba; she has had the pleasure of being able to teach children ages 5-18 as well as adults. She had an amazing opportunity being a guest choreographer for Taylorsville High School and Brighton High Schools Dance Company over the past few years. Destiney is very happy to be part of Studio 56! Teaching all these amazing children and adults brings me absolute happiness and I love every second!  To me the only thing greater than my love of dance is passing on that love to others.

Rebecca grew up dancing in the small town of Vernal Utah. Her love for dance grew in the positive and encouraging atmosphere of Powerhouse Dance and she aims to create this same attitude of confidence and courage in her students. Rebecca loves dance of all types, and Ballet is her favorite. She spent her summers going to ballet camps and workshops, and loving every minute. Recently, Rebecca graduated from the University of Utah with a Bachelor’s degree in Kinesiology with minors in Dance and Nutrition. Along with dance, Rebecca is passionate about health and fitness. Rebecca is excited to teach at Studio 56 to share her enthusiasm for dance and life with her students.

Madison started dancing at the age of 3 at Studio 56. She has trained in jazz, ballet, contemporary, hip hop, and tumbling. She was a member of the Drill Team at Murray High School.  Madison was mentored thought the Studio 56 Junior Assistant program where she developed a passion for teaching. She is currently attending Salt Lake Community College with a focus in Buisness.  Madison is excited to help her students grow and find their love for dance as she has.

Bio coming soon!

Kory and Morgan are on their fifth year as proud owners of Utah Xtreme Cheer. Studio 56 has been holding classes at UXC for 4 years and will continue to hold several of our tumbling classes at UXC this season.  UXC is USASF (United States All Star Federation) Member gym, and Kory and Morgan are credentialed with USAF through level 5.
Kory's resume consist of 3yrs as a University of Utah Cheerleader, coach for Churchill Junior High, staff member for COA, U of U Assistant cheer coach from 2006-2008 and head coach from 2008-2009. Morgan's resume presents 2yrs as a University of Utah Cheerleader, 5yrs as a Junior High Cheer Coach, 2yrs as the assistant coach at Juan Diego and also a staff member with COA. UXC's goal is to help our dancers develop and improve their skills in tumbling. They believe this pursuit will instill skills and confidence that they will carry with them the rest of their lives.

Courtnee was a gymnast for 13 years at Academy West Gymnastics. Through gymnastics she practiced ballet techniques and gained knowledge of being able to make movement flow from one to another with ease. She is currently a member of UXC’s open level four cheer team and has 2 years all star cheer experience, 2 years of high school cheer experience at Bingham, and 1 year collegiate cheer experience at SLCC. Her teaching experience includes currently teaching the special needs cheer team at UXC, 2 years of pre team gymnastics, and 2 years preschool tumbling director.

Tessa started dancing at Studio 56 Dance Center when she was 6 years old. She found her passion for dance and tumbling during her 7 years at Studio 56. She trained in ballet, pointe, jazz, hip-hop, contemporary, and tumbling. Tessa continued dancing in high school as a member of the Murray High Drill Team. She was a captain her senior year on the team, during which time the Spartonians were top 5 in the state. Tessa started her dance teaching career at the age of 15 when she began by assisting Amy Moore at Studio 56 Dance Center. Tessa continued to teach and share her love for dance and tumbling while attending Brigham Young University to become a Recreational Therapist. She currently works as a Rec Therapist and loves to incorporate dance and movement therapy into her career. Tessa is excited to be a teacher at Studio 56 Dance Center, the studio where she originally found her love for dance and tumbling!