Lori is inspired every day by her two children, Sophie & Bailen, husband, family and friends where her goal is to spread kindness and love. Using her BFA in Painting and BA in Psychology, Lori loves volunteering at her children’s school in the art masterpiece program, and giving back to the community volunteering with her daughter for the National Charity League. Lori has taught adult classes, children, private lessons, and charity events where she loves to share her passion for yoga, being at one with her class, with love, kindness and gratitude. Lori’s yoga practice focuses upon flow, asanas and breath that help to improve flexibility, strength, balance, and allowing the spirit to shine. Lori began her yoga journey when she decided to get her teacher certification at At One Yoga in 2007, learning the craft under well known instructors John Salisbury, Jenn Chiarelli, Alex Austin, and future co-founders of Spiritual Gangster, Vanessa Lee and Ian Lopatin. Lori is a yoga enthusiast, whole food/cooking enthusiast, painter, music lover, and mother of two. She also teaches flexibility/stretching to our company dancers. Lori Lee teaches Adult Yoga on Friday mornings at 9:30. She enjoys traveling, concerts, theater, being with friends and family and her golden-doodle Posy. Her ultimate goal is to make DCDA a warm, welcoming, family-type environment for all dancers who enter the studio doors, to have it be their home away from home as they learn technical dance skills, grow in physical and personal strength and gain confidence through performing.Īmber is the mother of 3, Annabelle who is 13 and 8 year old twins Sam & Henry. She loves sharing her passion for Theater Arts with our students and seeing them gain confidence in speaking, acting, and performing on stage. Amber studied theater and political science at Wesleyan University and The University of Nebraska. She has performed in countless productions at universities, playwright festivals and community theaters as well as instructed years of children’s theatre classes. She took her first theater class as a young child and instantly fell in love with the stage. Amber also teaches the company students drama class. Amber passionately supports the studio and all it does through marketing, hiring, organization, event planning, business planning, communication and management. Her involvement grew when she assisted the studio in its moving locations and expansion during the Covid 19 shut down. Amber became a part of DCDA through her daughter starting dance at the studio over 8 years ago. Amber Olson is the Studio Director of DC Dance AZ. Trisha’s tenth year as artistic director, company director, and teacher at DCDA. She attended the University of Arizona for General Fine Arts and is the mother of 15-year-old twins Anna and Bradley. Trisha is also the recipient of an AriZoni award. As an advocate for families affected by autism, she has been the Arizona recipient of the Star Award and Champion Award for bringing awareness through the arts. Trisha’s artistic direction, expertise, experience, exceptional master teaching, and commitment to training dancers and performers are unsurpassed in the valley. Trisha has written and currently writes dance, acting, and visual arts curriculums for national teaching programs and several professional ballet companies. Former students have gone on to work with the Rockettes, Alvin Ailey, Cirque Du Soleil, Disney, Nickelodeon, Paul Taylor, Broadway, San Francisco Ballet, Houston Ballet, Ballet AZ, Dancing with the Stars, World of Dance, NFL cheerleaders, NBA dance teams, ABC, Royal Academy, Theme Parks, Cruise Lines, and Las Vegas. She has choreographed, produced, and directed for major entertainment companies such as Disney, Twentieth Century Fox, NBC, Atlanta Olympics, NFL, NBA, Universal, Lion King Productions, Warner Bros., Charlie Daniels, and ZZ Top, to name a few. She is a certified member of the Royal Academy of Dance, Progressing Ballet Technique, National Dance Education Organization, American Alliance for Theatre and Education, National Art Education Association and Screen Actors Guild. She has performed professionally in TV commercials, toured nationally in musicals, industrials, and concerts, danced ballet for Ballet West and Houston Ballet and was an NFL Cheerleader/Captain. Trisha was classically trained in ballet, tap, and jazz. Trisha is a native Phoenician with a strong family legacy in the arts community with over 30 years of teaching experience in performing and visual arts programs.
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