Faculty

Stefanie Allen – Dance Director

Stefanie Allen received her degree in Dance Performance from Ball State University.

Denise Cardenas – Instructor

Denise Cardenas has a BA degree in Dance from Butler University and an MBA from the University of Sarasota.

Katherine Robinson Clemme – Instructor

Katherine Robinson Clemme, originally from Hartford City, IN, grew up dancing at Premiere Dance Center, for 15 formative years.

Kylie Gerberding – Instructor

Kylie was raised in Vancouver, Washington. She grew up in the dance studio setting and competed with her youth teammates in the dance arts.

Allie Hamilton – Instructor

Miss Allie began dancing at TC Dance in Kendallville, Indiana in 2004. As a former competition dancer, she has trained in tap, ballet, jazz, lyrical, musical theatre, hip hop, and ballroom.

Maddie McLaughlin – Instructor

Maddie ‘s family is from a small suburb of Chicago, where she began dancing at W Dance Studio at the age of 3.

Mary Lyn Moore – Instructor

Mary Lyn Moore began her career at Just off Broadway in the Dawn Meyer School of Dance in Cincinnati, Ohio.

Casie Nicole – Instructor

Casie, from Fishers, IN, started dancing at 3. She especially enjoyed working with Dwight Rhoden in his premier of Othello.

Jessica Piechocki – Instructor

Jess began competitively dancing at the age of 9 in Daytona Beach, Florida. During high school, she was the Captain of a 3-time UDA National Championship team for 4 years, winning titles in jazz, prop and pom.

Kara Pylipow – Instructor

Kara Pylipow was born in Crown Point, Indiana and started dancing at the age of three with the Indiana Ballet Theatre NW.

Alecia Rumrill – Instructor

Alecia Rumrill grew up dancing at her hometown studio in La Junta, Colorado.

Julie Russel – Instructor

Julie Russel, raised in Cedar Michigan, grew up training at Dance Arts Academy under thedirection of Betsy Carr.

Olivia Thomas – Instructor

Olivia began studying dance in her place of birth, Radcliffe Ky., Allegro Dance Theater. Since 2009, every evening of the week, Olivia could be found in the studio studying Classical Ballet, Modern, Jazz, Contemporary, and Musical Theater.

Lily Wessel – Instructor

Lily Wessel grew up in Westfield, Indiana where she began dancing with Carmel Dance Center, and later at Indy Dance Academy upon its inception in 2009.

Gabi White – Instructor

Gabriela was born and raised in Shreveport Louisiana where she began dancing at Shreveport Dance Academy at the age of 6 and continued her training there for 12 years.

Elizabeth Zech – Instructor

Elizabeth began dancing at the age of 5. From the moment she put on her first pink leotard, she has never looked back!

Brittany Bain – Artist in Residence

Originally from Wabash, Indiana, Brittany Bain currently resides in Carmel, where she is a dance instructor and choreographer.