|
|
|
|
Candellyn Tyner
Mrs. Candellyn Tyner is the founder and Artistic Director of Pacific Academy of Dance. She discovered her love for teaching in 1995 when she began working with children at various studios in and around Los Angeles. She also served as the program director for the Rustic Canyon Performing Arts Program. While Candellyn pursued her dance career in Los Angeles and New York, she had the opportunity to work with some of the best choreographers today. In 1997 she was granted a scholarship to the dance program at the California Institute of the Arts, where she earned a BFA in Dance, Dance Education, and Choreography in 2000. Being a great teacher takes the willingness to learn your self. Candellyn believes teachers learn as much from their students as the students learn from them. She happily discovers something new from her students everyday. As she has found in her own life, dance is something you will have forever!!
|
|
|
|
|
|
Tamara Roos
Tamara Roos was born and raised on the island of Maui and recently graduated from Loyola Marymount University with a Bachelor of Arts in Dance and Communication Studies. She grew up as a competitive gymnast but switched her focus exclusively to dance at age 12. While on Maui, she had the opportunity to travel the islands as a dancer and choreographer with David Ward's dance company. For the past five years she has been a special guest teacher and choreographer for Maui Academy of Performing Arts Summer Intensive, Pieces. Here in Los Angeles she has worked with choreographers such as Patrick Damon Rago, Diana MacNeil, Loretta Livingston, Cornelius Carter and Denise Leitner. She is happy to be a part of the Pacific Academy of Dance family!
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Deborah Porto
Deborah has been dancing since the age of 3 and has continued to pursue her passion for the art form ever since. Born and raised in Orange County, California, she studied tap, jazz, ballet, hip-hop, and Irish dancing at a young age and began assisting at her dance studio at the age of 12 . It wasn’t long before she began teaching her own classes and even added lyrical and modern dancing to her repertoire. While continuing to study at her studio, she attended Mater Dei High School and danced competitively on their well-known dance team, during which time she served as both head captain and soloist. Her team received numerous awards and recognition including the coveted title of 2004 National Hiphop Champions at the Miss Dance Drill Team USA National Competition , and Deborah received 2nd place in the prestigious solo division at MDDT USA as well during her senior year. She is a recent graduate of Loyola Marymount University where she received a Bachelor of Arts in Dance and a minor in Business Administration, and where she studied with industry greats such as Denise Leitner, Damon Rago, Chad Hall, Paige Porter and Jason Mhyre. Deborah now teaches and choreographs for Mater Dei High School and is a certified dance team competition judge through the California Association of Dance Team Directors. She is delighted to be working at Pacific Academy of Dance!
|
|
|
|
|
|
Christine Krench
Christine Krench graduated from the University of Southern California with a Bachelor of Arts degree in Theatre and Film-Television. Originally from Michigan, she began her career as a dancer teaching and working outside of Detroit, MI. She has studied and performed at various institutions such as Walnut Hill School for the Arts, Interlochen Arts Center, Muhlenberg College, the American College Dance Festival and the National Voice Intensive at the University of British Columbia in Vancouver, Canada. Christine currently works as a professional actor and dancer in Los Angeles.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Shannon Evans
After graduating from Southern Oregon University with a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Performance, Shannon participated in children's musical theater, and found her niche teaching kids. Shannon is happy to join the ranks at Pacific Academy of Dance, with classes in Kindermusik. Her love of music was nurtured as a child; she remembers her mom wrote down the first song she, herself ever composed. Kindermusik gives children a foundation to learn about musicality at very young, formative ages. Children and parents alike connect though movement, song and instrument discovery. Shannon takes pride in helping children find their own unique, individual forms of expression, their own 'voice' in creative arts.
|
|
|
