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!!

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.

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.

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.

Alysia has been training with Studio 56 Dance Center for 15 years, Expressions Dance for 4 years, spent 2 years training with SALT Contemporary Dance Senior Company and is currently competing with Murray High School Cheer. In 2020 Alysia was named an All American and traveled to Florida to perform for a Holiday Spectacular  Show as well as was picked to be a dancer at 2021 Stadium Of Fire. She has been trained in Jazz, Ballet, Lyrical, Contemporary, Tap, Hip Hop, Tumbling and will continue to train with every opportunity that comes her way.

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.

Taylor has been dancing since the age of 2. She has been trained in jazz, ballet, contemporary, tap, modern, and hip hop. As a child, she trained and competed in studios, and was captain of her high school's drill team. After high school, she was a part of the dance program at BYU for two years, where she learned that her true passion was to teach in the studio. Taylor taught at Onstage Dance Studio in St George, Utah for six years, and worked with the competitive teams and dancers there. She loves taking classes (as much as teaching) and continues to train and further her dance education any chance she gets. Taylor has always had a love for dance, but even more so a passion for sharing her love of dance with her students!

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.

Since the age of 3 Jaysalee has had a love for dance. She has won numerous awards at competitions and conventions including an assistant position and scholarship with Tremaine Dance convention, national solo and group titles, college scholarships and best choreography awards. Jaysalee worked as a dancer in the popular movie High School Musical 2 and has had the opportunity to assist and work closely with Liz Imperio. Along with Teaching at local studios, She has taught at mini conventions and choreographed at Payson and Orem High School. Jaysalee Loves teaching all ages and styles and is excited to share her love of dance with the dancers at Studio 56!!