Amaris Ellsworth (junior instructor): Hi! My name is Amaris, and I’m so excited to be joining the JCSD staff this season as the Modern IA teacher! I’ve been dancing at JCSD since I was 5 years old, and my very first class was ballet. Over the years, I’ve added Jazz, modern, pointe, and hip hop …
Brenna Rogers (instructor): Hi, my name is Brenna! I’ve been dancing at the studio since I was 3. For the majority of my dance training, I have focused on ballet, but since then, I have added pointe, modern, jazz, and hip-hop. I was in the JCSD apprentice program for 8 years and it helped me …
Chiloh Straub (instructor): Chiloh’s dance foundation began at 3 years old under the careful development of Michele Major and Ballet Northwest Academy. Joining the pre-professional program at only 6, Chiloh continued her training in ballet, musical theater, tap, jazz and classical repertoire, performing throughout the region in numerous productions. In 2016 Chiloh was accepted to …
Anna Philan (instructor): Hello, my name is Anna! I fell in love with dance at 3 years old, and I haven’t stopped loving it since. Throughout my years, I’ve trained in jazz, hip hop, contemporary, modern, tap, ballet, and pointe. I trained in Portland as a youth company member until moving to Eugene at 14 …
Hayden Heigh (instructor): Hayden has trained in all different styles including, tap, hip hop, ballet, jazz, contemporary, and more from many studios over the years. He has been apart of Kings Krew for 7 years now and joined Tap Into The Network as one of their apprentices this year. He likes to learn new things …
Anna Riggs (instructor): Hello, I am Anna, and I am excited to teach at JCSD this year. I started dancing when I was 3 years old and came to JCSD when I was 5. I started with ballet, but over the years, I have trained in modern, tap, jazz, hip hop, popping, and as an …
Baylee Baker (instructor) — My name is Baylee, and I have been apart of JCSD since I was a little girl. Although I had a love for dance at a young age, I decided to move my focus to what I loved more — gymnastics. I was competitively trained in gymnastics for more than 10 …
Nicole Brown (instructor) — Nicole received formal ballet training at Ballet Royale Minnesota under Denise and Rick Vogt. She has danced professionally at St. Paul Ballet and Ballet CoLaboratory from 2013 through 2020, where she worked with choreographers Lirena Branitski, Joseph Morissey, Kinsun Chan, and Peter Davison. Nicole has danced a number of soloist roles, including …
