TDC DANCERS

Brittany has been dancing for 12 years. This is her 3rd year at TDC. Her love and passion for dance has won her many awards and scholarships. Over the summer spent a week of unlimited classes at the Millenium Dance Complex on scholarship and in NYC was awarded the Pulse Nationals Teen Performer of the Year. She recently wrapped up Macy's Passport 2008 where she worked closely with Napoleon and Tabitha and Brian Friedman. She also danced alongside the Jabawockeez.

Andree is a freshman and honor student at The Harker School. This is her first year as a member of TDC. Before joining TDC, with her former studio, Nelson Dance Company, she won numerous awards and scholarships at competitions. She loves all of the different styles that TDC offers, though her passions are tap, modern, and hip-hop.

Gabby is an honor roll Junior attending Adrian Wilcox High School. This is her 3rd year with TDC. Gabby has been training in all genres of dance for 14 years and has won numerous titles, scholarships and awards at competitions and conventions. Although her passion and favorite form of dance is tap, Gabby wants to grow and keep training in other areas of dance to become a well rounded dancer-performer. TDC is Gabby's second home and is happy with all teachers, guest choreographers and her peers. Yet again, choreography this year for a funky tap piece!

Michaela is a Junior in High School. Michaela has strength in many dance styles including ballet, modern, contemporary, lyrical, hip hop and jazz as well as choreography. Some of Michaela's most memorable experiences in dance includes taking a ballet intensive for the legendary Cynthia Gregory and being invited to be her class demonstrator, she has also received training from Muriel Maffre, Lines Ballet, Shelly Pack Dancers with honors, City Ballet and SF School of the Arts. Michaela loves the focus and training and choreography at TDC and the incredible comraderie and respect that all the dancers share.

A Junior at the King's Academy, Corrie is excited to be working with amazing teachers, choreographers and talented fellow dancers during her first year at TDC. The daughter of performers, Corrie has studied dance since age 4, and is a veteran of many musicals, including work with Broadway by the Bay and Hillbarn Theater. Also an accomplished athlete, Corrie has given it up to concentrate on her true passion: dance.

Emma is a Junior at Mountain View High School and this is her 4th year with TDC. She is a member of "Folklorico Nacional Mexicano Juvenil" in San Jose where she dances Mexican folk dance. She also participates in the dance program at her school as a dancer, a student teacher and a choreographer. She plans on studying dance in College and hopes to have a career in dance.

Dani just recently started dancing while recovering from a back injury during her 8 year figure skating career. She immediately fell in love with the technicality of ballet at her first class at Dance Attack, and proceeded to discover her passion for contemporary while taking the summer classes at TDC. Dani is very excited to be a part of TDC this year, and loves the studio's pre-professional feel. She is very humbled to be around so many talented dancers and teachers, and can't wait to see where this year will take her as a dancer.

Chelsea has been dancing for 12 yrs, and this is her 2nd year with TDC. She is a Junior in high school and is an honor student at Venture School in San Ramon. Chelsea has been awarded choreographer ever since she was 9 years old, and still is today across the country. She has been on "The Suite Life of Zack and Cody", travels and dances in Carlos Reyes's band, and has won many awards and scholarships. Chelsea loves it here at TDC and is looking forward to another great year!

Julian began dancing 11 years ago and loves all dance forms. He has studied with many internationally- reknowned tappers, most extensively with Sam Weber, Mark Mendonca and Channing Cooke-Holmes, and world class breakdancers, in particular ReMinD. He continues to study with respected local jazz teachers Keith Banks and Marie Stinnett. He spent the last three years at Ballet San Jose School, where he performed in several productions with the professional Ballet San Jose Company. He has won numerous awards and scholarships from regional dance competitions. A freshman at Los Gatos High, he joined TDC to focus on modern and contemporary dance.

Kathy has been dancing since age 5. This is her first year with Teen Dance Company. She is a senior at Mission San Jose High School where she serves as treasurer of the American Red Cross and enjoys performing during Homecoming and Multicultural week. Kathy likes the variety of dance styles offered at TDC and looks forward to dancing in the shows this year.

Meghan, an 8th grader, has been dancing since she was three. After dancing competitively with "On Your Toes" for many years, Meghan studied at Western Ballet and performed in several ballets. She was the youngest dancer to participate with the San Francisco Conservatory of Dance these past two summers. Meghan is performing in the San Jose Dance Theater's Nutcracker this season. In her third year with TDC, Meghan enjoys working with the many talented teachers and choreographers.

Alisha is a Junior at San Ramon Valley High School. She is part of leadership at her school and a volunteer at our local hospital. Alisha has won many dance awards and scholarships and enjoyed dancing with the NBA Warriors. Most recently Alisha was recognized by the Safe Darfur coalition for a piece that she choreographed to help stop the genocide in Darfur. When she is not dancing, Alisha is filming. Alisha got the acting bug at age nine and hasn't stopped. She is a member of SAG/AFTRA and has been in several commercials, television shows and feature films.

Michelle is a Junior at Alameda High School and this is her first year attending TDC. For the past 12 years, she has competed and trained in many different styles of dance such as tap, jazz, lyrical, contemporary, ballet, modern and hip hop. She is excited to be a part of TDC and looks forward to continuing her training.

Adam is enjoying his first year at TDC and loving the intensive ballet training. He has been dancing for three years, and is a Junior in the concurrent program at both San Ramon Valley and Venture High Schools. Along with dancing, Adam also acts and models and has appeared in short films, commercials, and many plays and musicals. Adam is thrilled to be at TDC and hopes to pursue a career in dance and theater.

Heather has been dancing for 16 years and is thrilled to be a member of TDC. She has appeared in many ballets such as Swan Lake and The Nutcracker, as well as several musical theater productions. Other performance highlights of Heather's include singing at Carnegie Hall and appearing as a guest on the TV show "Q & A." Heather graduated high school at age 15, now holds an AA degree in music, and will be attending UC Berkeley in January to study Philisophy and dance/theater.

Madeline has been dancing since the age of three and this is her 4th year with TDC. She is currently an 8th grade honor student at Cupertino Middle school. This year she is involved with the Leadership class where she enjoys planning and organizing events for the student body. Although she enjoys all styles of dance, her favorite style is tap. She has won many tap awards and scholarships throughout the years. Madeline treasures all the great friendships she has made while at TDC and she is looking forward to performing in TDC's 10th Anniversary Concert.

Brittany is a Senior honor student at Leigh High School and has been dancing and performing for over 13 years. Her dancing has taken her many places including New York where she was a finalist for NYCDA. She has also trained across the country with American Ballet Theater and Orlando Ballet. She has enjoyed participating in productions of the Nutcracker performing roles such as Clara and the Snow Queen. Brittany is excited to be dancing with TDC this year as she looks forward to majoring in dance in College.

Mari started dancing at age 3 and has been trained in ballet, tap, jazz, lyrical, contemporary, hip hop, with tap as her favorite.

New to TDC, Stacey is a Senior at Irvington High School and has been dancing for five years. Prior to joining the company, Stacey participated in numerous dance competitions at the regional and national levels. She is now excited to focus on improving her techniques in a non-competitive environment, and hopes to continue dancing next year in College.