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Born and raised in Oklahoma, Kelsey Britton was trained by master instructors in Ballet, Modern, Contemporary, Hip-Hop, Jazz and Tap. Throughout her youth, she performed at the national level all over the United States. She also attended the Oklahoma Summer Arts Institute for Modern Dance and performed in the iconic Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade as well as numerous collegiate and professional sporting events. In High School, Kelsey was a part of the Oklahoma All-State Dance Team and was named All-American each year by the National Dance Association. Kelsey grew up competing in Dance Masters of America, earning the titles of Teen Miss Dance and Miss Dance of Chapter 35.
She continued her dance training at Oklahoma City University with a major in Dance Performance. While in college, Kelsey was a member of the American Spirit Dance Company and Spirit of Grace Liturgical Company.
Kelsey is certified to teach through the Dance Masters of America program and adjudicates various competitions in the southern region. Kelsey specializes in teaching and choreographing at the competitive level and is passionate about sharing the art form of dance with children of all ages She also volunteers as a coach and choreographer for the RLLCA.
Kelsey loves living in Newcastle with her husband Dustin and three girls- Maddie, Macie and Millie, and their dog Mack.
Tiffany, a Texas native, began her dancing career at the age of three. She received her initial ballet education from Margo Marshall, where she trained with City Ballet of Houston. Tiffany continued her ballet studies at the University of Oklahoma, where she graduated with a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Ballet Performance. While pursuing this degree, Tiffany was selected as a member of the Oklahoma Festival Ballet under the direction of Mary Margaret Holt. She performed in Coppelia, Sleeping Beauty, Carmina Burana, Nutcracker and multiple others.
Following graduation in 2002, Tiffany started her professional career at Atlanta Festival Ballet under the direction of Nicholas Pacana and Gregory Aaron. After dancing with AFB for two seasons, she went on to perform with Christian-based modern company, Dance Ad Deum, Contemporary Ballet Dallas, and had the honor to perform "Rhapsody in Blue" with Bruce Woods Dance Company in Fort Worth, TX. Tiffany has over 20 years of experience teaching all levels of ballet, pointe and variations.
For the past 7 years, she has been teaching at area schools in Norman/OKC/Moore. She has been married for 16 years and has two beautiful children, Haven and Skylee. Tiffany is excited to start working with dancers right here in Newcastle!
Trinity Stafford was born and raised in Wyoming. She has been performing since she was five years old, her parents learned quick that soccer was not for her, but tutus were. After she graduated High School, she attending Western Wyoming Community College where she obtained her AFA in Dance and Musical Theatre.
Later in life she found herself dancing through Las Vegas, Austin, Texas and every space in between. She danced professionally for the Austin Lady Vipers Pom Team and trained with some of the best in the industry. In 2022, she graduated from Texas State University with her BFA in Dance Education. At TXST she found a deep love and passion for jazz dance, modern dance and dance education. She believes that dance is for everyone and any dancer can benefit from time spent in the studio space. Her philosophy in dance is deeply rooted in technique and dance history; everything matters and it's important to know the "why" behind it all.
Trinity has a creative outlook on dance and uses it as a "healing" outlet for her dancers and also herself. Trinity could not imagine her life without dance and is so grateful for who it's helped her become. Dance is her entire life and soul, she cannot wait to share her knowledge of the art with Elevate Dance Academy.
Hannah Healey has been dancing literally since birth. Hannah grew up dancing in her mother's studio in Western Oklahoma, studying ballet, tap, jazz, lyrical, hip hop, and acrobatics.
Through High School, She became an assistant teacher for Diva School of Dance, and later became the hip hop instructor, where she continues to teach today.
Hannah grew up in the competitive dance circuit and brought home many awards. She was named Petite Miss Dance and Teen Miss Dance of Chapter 35 in the Dance Masters of America organization. She was also named "Top Entertainer" - Talent on Parade's highest score of the competition, Celebrations Professional Promise Award, and many story teller awards with her stage presence and emotion.
Hannah has trained with world renown choreographers all across the country and has attended dance conventions in Washington D.C., Boston, Orlando, San Antonio, and Oklahoma City.
Currently, Hannah is enrolled at the University of Central Oklahoma, where she is studying Dance Education. Hannah is certified to teach Ballet and Jazz through Dance Masters of America. Hannah is excited to be apart of the Elevate family and bring her passion for dance to the kids at EDA, helping them grow in the art form.
Miss Lauryn has been helping with our tumbling classes and our classes for ages 3-6 since Elevate opened. She is a recent Newcastle graduate, and Lauryn is currently going to UCO for accounting.
Lauryn has cheered for eleven years, has performed in the iconic Macy’s Day Parade and joined our Competition Team in its first season and helped bring home national awards for Pom.
She loves assisting and teaching classes because she loves to see the look on the kids’ faces when they learn something new and how excited they are every week to come to class and dance.
Miss Lauryn loves Hip Hop and Tap, and she is currently working on her Acro certifications from Acrobatic Arts.
Born and raised in Broken Bow, OK, Madi Holmes is a Junior at the University of Oklahoma, where she is pursuing a degree in Pharmacy. While there she has been a two-year member of the OU Elite Dance Team, and also danced with the Bloom Professional Dance Company in Tuttle, OK.
Growing up in her mom’s dance studio, Stepping Out School of Dance, she’s had a lifelong passion for dance and tumbling. Being a competitive dancer, she’s excelled in contemporary, jazz, tap and lyrical, earning her the title of Dancer of the Year finalist for KAR, Celebration Talent, and Rainbow dance competition companies, along with many other outstanding awards. Madi has attended numerous conventions and master classes, along with also traveling to LA with the KAR Hollywood Dance Invitational.
Watching and working with her mom for years, she found a love for teaching and working with kids. She still enjoys coming home during the summer to teach and help out with studio business. Madi is so excited to have the opportunity to join the Elevate staff this year and hopes to instill the passion she has for dance in her students.
Zoey is a passionate and accomplished dance teacher from Oklahoma.She is currently studying Speech-Language Pathology at the University of Central Oklahoma, while also pursuing a minor in Substance Abuse Studies.
Zoey has been dancing since the age of three, and has been trained in all styles of dance, including ballet, tap, jazz, hip hop, contemporary, lyrical, musical theater, and pom. She began dancing competitively
at the age of seven, and has since won numerous awards, including the StageOne Star Standout Dancer, Talent on Parade Top Entertainer, Epic Dancer of the Year, and Oklahoma Allstate Dancer.
In high school, Zoey was a member of the Boomer Dance team for all four years, and served as captain during her senior year. Under her leadership, the team won two state titles in jazz, two state titles in kick, and was runner-up in pom and game day.
Zoey continued her dance career in college by becoming a member of the UCO Pom team, where they were national runner-up in jazz and hip hop. With years of experience and a wealth of knowledge in dance, Zoey is excited to inspire her students and help them achieve their full potential.
Ashley is a wife, mother of 3, full time real estate agent, volunteer cheer coach and a newly certified Acro Instructor. Born in Florida Mrs. Ashley began dancing at the ripe age of 2. Because of her age she wasn’t old enough to enroll but while attending classes with a friend the instructor noticed her moving right along with the choreography and allowed “she might as well just join.” Ashley hasn’t stopped dancing since.
As a young girl Ashley lived overseas with her family in Saudi Arabia. There she attended dance in jazz, ballet and tap. At 10 years old she was the youngest dancer accepted into the pointe class, but her dancing career ended soon after. Her parents made the choice to move back to Oklahoma, unfortunately there was not a dance academy close enough for her to attend. That’s when she discovered cheer. Ashley was a high school cheerleader in Maysville, Oklahoma. Each summer their cheer squad attended NCA cheer camps at the University of Oklahoma. In 1999 they took home the prestigious award of Top Squad! In 2002 Ashley was named an NCA All Star and had the opportunity to perform at the 2003 Orange Bowl in Miami Florida.
Ashley graduated from East Central University with a bachelor’s degree in Elementary Education. Although she never took a full-time teaching job, Ashley has always found herself being drawn to work with children. She managed a childcare facility for a year while living in Texas. After moving back to Oklahoma with her growing family, Ashley began teaching preschool at Little People Pre School in Blanchard Oklahoma. She is now a licensed real estate agent and enjoys helping families and first-time home buyers find the Wright home.
Newly Certified from Acrobatic Arts in Acro, Ashley is delighted to be joining Elevate Dance Academy as an instructor and is looking forward to expanding her dance certifications.
Ellie grew up in Hollidaysburg, a small town in Central Pennsylvania. She is currently a third-year member of the University of Oklahoma All-Girl Cheer team. As a Junior at the University of Oklahoma, she is a member of the Alpha Iota Chapter of Delta Gamma and plans on pursuing a Nursing degree with a minor in Health and Exercise Science.
Ellie began cheering at age 5 as a "Tiny" at a small All-Star gym in Pennsylvania. In 2011, she won her first UCA All-Star National Championship as a member of a Youth Level 2 team. She attended countless tumbling sessions at her All-Star Cheer Gym and worked tirelessly to progress her stunting and tumbling skills. Eventually, Ellie and her teammates won the prestigious D2 Summit Championship for 3 consecutive seasons in the Medium Junior Level 4, Large Senior Restricted Level 5, and Open Senior Level 5 divisions.
In addition, Ellie was a member of her high school Varsity Cheerleading Squad at Bishop McCort Catholic High School in Johnstown, PA where she and her teammates won UCA Nationals in the Super Varsity Division in 2019 and the Medium Division in 2021.
Ellie is excited to compete at UCA College Nationals in Orlando, FL this upcoming January with OU All-Girl.
Ellie is excited about the opportunity to help students to level up their tumbling and cheer skills. Throughout her years of All-Star and Varsity cheerleading, there were numerous coaches and mentors across several gyms that helped shape Ellie into the young woman and cheerleader that she is today. Their determination in watching Ellie achieve her goals was paramount to Ellie's success of making the University of Oklahoma's All-Girl Cheer team. Ellie hopes to be able to play a similar role as her coaches did for her and looks forward to helping students to ELEVATE their tumbling skills!
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