At Inspire Dance Arts, we employ highly trained, loving and positive teachers, so that your child feels welcomed and encouraged! We want your child to receive the best quality training in the dance room, as well as provide dancers with the emotional support they need to succeed! Classes focus on teaching proper technique from day one, so that dancers can build the proper skills and gain confidence on the dance floor.
We strive to teach everything in a way that is creative, fun and positive, so that dancers will be excited to come back each week, have a great time, and make friends. We believe personal development is paramount, and our faculty is there to support each dancer's journey, whether they are taking one class or six!
Alyssa
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STUDIO OWNER
Alyssa started Inspire Dance Arts (formerly Next Level Dance Center) with her sister, Amber, in the Summer of 2016. Having danced since the age 3, she knows what a positive influence dance can have in all areas of a dancer's life. Alyssa's goal at Inspire is create well rounded, service oriented dancers with a focus on personal growth and comraderie. Alyssa is now the sole owner of Inspire.
Brittney
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Comp teams and rec
Brittney spent nearly 2 decades dancing at competitive dance studios all over the Greater Sacramento Area before turning to teaching. She has over a decade of dance instruction experience, and she brings her dedication to both our rec classes and our dance teams. Her choreography has been awarded at multiple competitions with our Dream Teams! Brittney is currently the staff manager at Inspire.
Emily
Comp teams and rec
Emily has been training in Ballet for most of her life, and brings her passion to the classroom! Emily loves sharing her passion for dance with our youngest students, all the way to our comp teams!
Megan
comp teams and rec
Megan danced competitively at Inspire for 5 years before graduating. She has now taken on many of our rec classes at the gems, mini, and junior levels! She teaches some dreams co. technique classes as well. She is very patient and kind with her students.
Kalia
comp team technique
Kalia has been teaching acro classes and competition choreo for the last 2 seasons. Kalia has a knack for highlighting dancers strengths and making them shine on stage. She loves helping students work hard and have fun!
Laura
comp team tap
Laura comes to us with tons of professional experience! She has been an award-winning competitive tap teacher for years. She was a judge for Headliners dance competition, and a professional dancer for the NBA Warriors team!
meet our team
Stephenie
dreams co. tech
Stephenie is a California native who has been involved in the performing arts since age 6. She studied at the New York Film Academy for musical theater and completed a certification program to instruct dancers through Millenium dance complex in Southern California. She's worked with Netflix, Hulu, and TBS onscreen and off and has won a couple Sacramento Elly awards for best choreography and lead actress in a main stage musical. When she's not performing she enjoys sharing her love of dance and music with her students.
Ashlyn
technique
Ashlyn teaches Diamond conditioning and Visions tap. You can also see her smiling face at the desk on Saturdays!
Maddy
technique and rec
Maddy teaches Opal technique and Mini Jazz/Acro! This is her second season teaching at Inspire. A fun fact about her is that she played the role of Elsa in our Season 7 summer showcase "Inspire's Frozen Adventure!"
Gwennie
technique
Gwennie teaches a few of our Dreams Co tap and jazz technique classes as well as Visions and Imagine Acro! She has a fun approach to teaching and loves to make her students laugh while working hard.
Aria
Diamond ballet
Aria is currently teaching Diamond ballet. She loves working with the kids and helping them improve their foundational technique!
Kassie
Imagine Aqua
Kassie is currently teaching Imagine Aqua tap and ballet! She absolutely adores those kids and helping them learn and grow each week!
