The Passion Behind the Business
Teya Astorga
CEO, Manager, Head Dance Coach
Teya is one of our CEO's and our manager along while being our head dance coach. She began dancing at a very young age in Florida, at Miss Kitt's. She has two years of ballroom experience and several years of tumbling. Teya has taken several dance classes at school, as well. She really got into dance about three years ago when she started dancing at Innovations Dance Academy, training in all genres including Tap dance! She is currently dancing her first year at Daje Dance Academy, training on their Elite Team. Her favorite genre is Contemporary and hopes to help students grow as dancers, and gain better technique.
Karlee Hodder
CEO, Head Tumbling Coach
Karlee started dancing when she was three and danced until she was eight at Mrs. Brooke's Dance Studio. She's taken several dance classes at her school. She then discovered her love for tumbling and tumbled for awhile at Saratoga Springers. She's done many cheer camps at Westlake High School, Orem Highschool, Fusion, Exceleration, and Saratoga Springers. She now tumbles, cheers, and dances. Her favorite tumbling skills are back tucks and back handsprings. Her favorite style of dance is contemporary and her goal as a coach is to make sure that her students feel welcomed and comfortable in class. She wants to help them try new things and push them to be strong.
Abby Miller
Assistant Dance and Tumbling Instructor, Head of Finance Department
Abby started dancing when she was seven at Mrs. Brooks Dance Studio and continued to dance there for three years. She took a break from dance and got back into it two years ago when she started dancing at Innovations Dance Academy, where she still currently dances. She has also taken dance classes at school. Her favorite style of dance is contemporary and her goal as a teacher is to help students come out of their shell by dancing and to help them have fun doing so.
Camilla Lewis
Ballet Instructor
Camilla is our newest addition to the KT Dance Company staff! She started dancing at the age of eight at the Academy of Ballet. There she did a year of Tap dance, and two years of Jazz and Ballet. She started doing Royal Academy Dance (RAD) Ballet examinations. After this Camilla started Contemporary, Jazz, and Ballet at MOVE Dance Studio and Innovations Dance Academy, where she still dances! She is a certified RAD dancer and has been dancing on pointe for a little over two years. Her favorite dance genre is Ballet, but she loves Contemporary and Jazz as well! Her favorite dance skill is a Firebird or anything on pointe. Her biggest goal as a teacher is to share her love of dance and Ballet and help dancers grow technically.