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.

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!

Miss Catherine started dancing at the age of three in her hometown of West Jordan, Utah. She trained in Ballet, Tapp, and Jazz. She started apprentice teaching at 14 at the Royal School of Dance in West Jordan. She continued teaching to work her way through school earning a Dual Bachelor of Arts from the University of New Mexico and a JD from the New England School of Law in Boston, Massachusetts. During college and grad school, she taught numerous dance classes and continued her training with the dance department at the University. She was invited by Bill Evans to attend the International Tap Festival as a guest. Miss Catherine has held a wide variety of positions in the Ballet field, she has not only performed, taught, and choreographed, she also ran the Boston Ballet’s Residential Summer Program. She has continued to gain skills and certifications in ballet and most recently became certified to teach all levels of Progressing Ballet Technique. Catherine is currently an E-discovery attorney and Ballet teacher.

Lauren is originally from Kansas City, Missouri, and has been dancing for nearly 30 years. She started her professional career at the young age of 11, performing with a preprofessional youth ballet company. Over the years she was featured as Clara, Snow Queen, and The Sugar Plum Fairy in the Nutcracker, Blue Bird, and The Lilac Fairy in Sleeping Beauty, as well as many other roles in Swan Lake, MidSummer’s Night Dream, Jewels, and many more. In her high school years, she continued additional training with Kansas City Ballet as well as Heart of America Dance Center to focus on all styles of dance while still performing with the youth ballet company. Lauren then apprenticed with St. Louis Ballet and did continuing education with Oklahoma City University. Shortly after, life took her to Nebraska where she becomes the director of a studio where she taught an array of styles for all ages, as well as having a traveling competition team, and founded a youth ballet company. While in Nebraska she also became a high school dance team coach, as well as a choreographer for many cheer and dance squads for high schools and colleges throughout the state. Lauren’s former student's credits include collegiate cheer and dance squads, NFL and NBA performers, professional ballet and modern companies, dance teachers, and more. Lauren recently moved to Utah to be closer to family and enjoy the outdoors more! She is very excited to be part of Studio 56 Dance Center!

Taylor Jackson is a dance instructor fluent in many styles. For 8 years, she has trained dancers from all over in all levels in ballet, jazz, hip hop, and more. Taylor received her BFA from The University of Utah in Modern Dance in 2014 while completing her senior year internship in the marketing department of Ballet West. Taylor also enjoyed studying chemistry and being a part of the Alpha Chi Omega sorority during her college years. Her dance training began at a young age with a focus on ballet. As she got older, she started training in other styles and her passion for dance grew. Before long, Taylor was participating in competitions, conventions, and extra performances -- her favorites being as a member of Odyssey Dance Theatre’s “Thriller” Youth Cast and as a Party Girl in Ballet West’s “Nutcracker.” Before her teaching career began, Taylor performed professionally with Odyssey Dance Theatre, Urban Fairytalez, and more. Taylor loves teaching and hopes to share the discipline, life lessons, and love of dance that she has with her students.

Jenn grew up and danced in Dallas, Texas. As a competition dancer, Jenn won numerous Regional and National awards. She was awarded the Senior Tremaine Dancer of the Year award where she was the main assistant to Doug Caldwell and Liz Imperio. She was also flown to Los Angeles at the age of 16 to perform in the Edge Show as part of the LADF Dance with the Force award. She gained a lot of her teaching knowledge from assisting some of the great educators such as Kim McSwain, Jason Parsons, Justin Giles, Tyce Diorio, Joey Dowling, and Suzy Taylor. After she graduated high school, Jenn moved to New York City where she signed with MSA Dance Agency. From there she started dancing professionally. After only one month of living in NYC, she was asked to be the assistant to Michele Assaf at the International Dance Festival in Tropea, Italy. She danced in such live stage shows as Pepito’s Story choreographed by Debbie Allen and the Elan Awards in NYC. She also went on to dance in numerous industrials for Ski Doo, Hard Rock Live, and Yoga Booty Ballet. Commercials for 711 and So You Think You Can Dance. She also danced for the Dallas Maverick dancers and was an assistant to the Dallas Cowboys Cheerleaders. She was also named head dance captain for the world tour of “Cirque Dreams Jungle Fantasy”. She danced in a POD cast instructional video for Nick Florez and RJ Durell where she did the original choreography from the Celine Dion show in Las Vegas. On top of dancing professionally, Jenn also began teaching on Hollywood Vibe Dance Convention and Competition at the age of 21. During that time she also taught and judged for Showstoppers, StarSystems, VIP Dance, Florida Dance Masters, RAW Dance Convention, Encore Dance Convention, and The Art of Movement at the Orlando Ballet. She also went on to be apart of the top 20 girls in Las Vegas for So You Think You Can Dance season 4. After living in Los Angeles, she was asked by a prestigious studio in Missouri to take over as the head competition jazz teacher. During that time she signed on to teach for NRG Dance Project Dance Convention and Competition. She has now been traveling on weekends with NRG for the past 7 years. Jenn has recently started her own dance team intensive called Initiative Dance. Jenn is a sought after choreographer. She has now set more than 1,000 pieces all over the United States and Canada for dance studios, high school dance teams, college dance teams, dance companies, and even Grease for Columbia University in NYC. Her main goal is to inspire every single dancer that takes her class.