Meet The Instructors:

Kalli has been dancing for over twenty years with a strong background in tap, modern and jazz. Kalli has also studied and performed many other styles of dance, such as ballet, hip hop, African, salsa, and caporiea (Brazilian Martial Arts) Kalli danced and competed at the Winner School and then later at Becky's School of Dance and she trained in gymnastics at Hunt's Gymnastic Academy. Kalli attended Copper Hills High School where she was a cheerleader for two years and then an officer for the dance company. Kalli attended SLCC and was on the SLCC Dance company for four years where she was the president.

Kalli plans to finish her dance degree at the U of U but has set those plans on hold while she is a stay at home mom. Kalli loves kids and has a natural talent for teaching especially when it comes to dance. Kalli currently dances with Salt Lake Tap and enjoys staying up to date with new styles of dance.

Marcy has taught: ballet, tap, jazz, hip hop, and competitive teams since 1991. She was the Head of Dance Staff for Danceworks USA for 3 years. She has also taught Adult Jazz and fitness classes. She performed in BYU’s productions of Children of Eden, Carousel, Hay Fever, Impromptu and Prometheus Bound. She has a Bachelors of Arts degree in Theater and Film, with an emphasis in Dance and Music. She also was a volunteer for the Opening and Closing Ceremonies of the 2002 Winter Olympics held in Salt Lake City.

Laurel has been dancing for the last 12 years and loves it. She has experience in jazz, tap, lyrical, hip hop, and ballet. She has many first place and high point awards for her efforts. She has performed in the Dickens Festival and at Disneyland. She was a dancer in the 2002 Winter Olympics where she performed jazz, lyrical and tap routines. She is an experienced choreographer for the Copper Hills Dance Team, where they performed at sporting events and assemblies. She also helped choreographed numbers that were used in a National Modeling Competition in Los Angeles, CA. She has choreographed many competition pieces that have placed in the top 95%, earning High Point, First place, and Best of Show awards.

Bobby - Bio coming soon!

Natalie has been dancing since she could walk. She began her dance training at Carrousel Dance. Started choreographing at a young age for several talent shows, church and community events. She was on the Copper Hills High School Dance Company for three years. She was also a part of the Ballroom Club her senior year. She was on the Salt Lake Community College Dance Company, and was accepted to the Walt Disney Internship in Orlando FL as a character performer. She returned to SLCC Dance Company and choreographed many works there as well. She is currently working to receive her Bachelors Degree in Modern Dance at the University of Utah.

Natalie has had many opportunities to dance with professional choreographers and attended professional dance workshops to learn dance techniques. She is trained in ballet, jazz, hip hop, African, ballroom, stomp lyrical and of course modern.

Tiffany has been dancing her way through life. She has been teaching and choreographing for ten years. She has received extensive training from The Edge Studio in Las Angeles, Off Broadway Studio in Seattle, and MUSE, LA Dance Magic, and West Coast Dance Explosion conventions. In addition to her dancing she has become a Therapeutic Preschool Specialist, where she incorporates movement therapy for high- risk children.

Tiffany has dedicated much of her time to developing many dance programs for all ages at the Boys and Girls Clubs of the greater Salt Lake Valley. As a performer/instructor for Universal Dance Association she choreographed for many drill teams in the Western United States. She has also judged for a number of nationwide dance competitions. Tiffany has choreographed countless award winning and national finalist’s routines for local studios and soloists.

Jason: J. has been involved in the sport of gymnastics for as long as he can remember. His father was a nationally ranked gymnast so naturally he was J’s coach growing up. J’s specialty was always the floor and parallel bars. Coaching over the last 6 years J. has trained several cheerleaders who have gone on to cheer at such colleges as Boise State, Utah State, and Idaho State. He’s coached two men’s teams to be state champions, and eight gymnasts to regional championships. J. has a great sense of humor and a positive attitude with his students. We are lucky to have him here at Axis Dance Center.

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Brenda - Ballet Technique Mistress, received a bachelor of Fine Arts degree in modern dance from the University of Utah. She has trained extensively in ballet, jazz, and modern dance. Brenda was a member of the Mountain West Ballet Company and taught for Ballet West as a Nutcracker Rehearsal Mistress for 3 years. She was the Song Leading Coach at Salt Lake Community College for 2 seasons, and has been Dance/Pilates Adjunct Faculty at SLCC since 2005.

Brenda is also a Pilates Teaching Assistant in the Ballet Department at the University of Utah. She has taught at several studios in Utah and California as a faculty member and a guest. She is currently the Drill Team Advisor at Tooele High School and has served has the Assistant Dance Company Advisor at Alta High School. Brenda is a passionate teacher and choreographer and has taught and choreographed for several dance companies and teams across the state.

Julie has a total of 33 years dance experience. During her personal dance years she participated in tap, clogging, jazz, ballet, pointe, lyrical tumbling, hip hop, modeling and baton twirling. She was also on both her High School Drill Team and Dance Company for 3 years where she was in the Presidency of both teams. She was on the Snow College Drill and the Clogging teams. She was also on the Utah State University Ballroom Dance Team! She has earned many local and national dance and baton twirling awards. She taught tap, jazz, ballet, pointe, baton twirling, and tumbling for 6 years at other studios in the valley, as well as choreographed for many solo dancers. She has also taught preschool.

Katie obtained her music degree through attending both Utah State University and the College of Eastern Utah-- taking private voice lessons from her professors, served as the perfect preparation for her chosen profession, which she had known would be teaching voice, since middle school. She's been teaching private voice and piano lessons for 8+ years now and loves every minute of it. She was both the vocal coach and music director in the youth productions of "Peter Pan" and "Fiddler on the Roof" put on by the Lehi Arts Council, Some of her favorite musicals are "Les Miserables" and "Sound of Music". She has vowed to keep the arts alive here at Axis Dance and “Performing Arts” Center.

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LaKay Stephenson – (Director) Moved to Utah 16 years ago where she pursued her Master’s degree at the University of Utah. Since then she has been an instructor for professional, college and community theater in and around the Salt Lake Valley. She co-directed several Salt Lake Community College summer productions as well as in various theaters around the Salt Lake Valley. Some of her favorites have been Annie Get Your Gun, Pirates of Penzance, No No, Nannette, and Comedy of Errors. 

"From Shakespeare to musical theater, I love it all."

Axis Dance Center
3658 West 9800 South
South Jordan, Utah 84095