A nationally recognized, award winning dancer and choreographer, Ashley Enea earned her Bachelor of Arts degree in performing arts with an emphasis in dance graduating with honors from Saint Mary's College of California. At the age of thirteen Ashley joined her first competitive dance team and was soon thrust into the limelight when she won a spot in the Fatima Robinson, (choreographer for Michael Jackson and the Backstreet Boys,) Learn How to Dance home video. Over the past decade, she has studied ballet, jazz, lyrical, modern, hip-hop and cheerleading with the most prestigious choreographers on the West Coast. Ashley has performed on stage with Davy Jones, (The Monkees,) was a featured dancer at the opening of The Palms Resort in Las Vegas, the opening ceremony of Disney's California Adventure and the Stars at Sea show for Princess Cruise Lines. Named Miss Photogenic in the 2003 K.A.R. Dance Competition, Ashley was selected as poster gir l for the Master Florist Association's national campaign. Ashley has been teaching her dance curriculum at respected dance academies and studios in the Bay Area for the past five years. In addition to her teaching responsibilities, Ashley has furthered her professional dance career appearing in the San Francisco productions of Cinderella and Carmen Jones.
Kristin McCollum is an East Bay based dance artist and educator. In 2004, she earned her Bachelor's of Arts Degree in Dance, graduating Magna Cum Laude from Loyola Marymount University in Los Angeles, Ca, gaining a spot on the National Dean's List. She has had the great fortune of training with and performing the choreography of many world renowned and recognized commercial and contemporary dance choreographers/master teachers such as Holly Johnston (LAB dance project), Jason Myhre, Paige Porter and Patrick Damon Rago. Kristin was invited to join the LAB dance project as a principal dancer in 2004. Her professional performances include the Los Angels Times reviewed Spectrum Dance in L.A. # 15 and #19, as well as the Mabilu Dance Festival in 2004. She and her colleagues were recognized and hand selected to perform at the 2004 ACDFA's (American College Dance Festival Association) prestigious Regional Gala performance. Kristin has been performing and training in jazz, hip hop, ballet and contemporary for 22 years and has been teaching and choreographing for the last 12 of those years.
Danni hails form Southern California and has dancing for 7 years, 4 of those years were spent on a competitive dance team. She has studied Jazz, Ballet, Lyrical, Tap and Hip Hop and has won numerous awards including Platinum and High Gold. Danni has performed at Castle Park, Perris Fairgrounds, San Diego and Disneyland. Danni was also selected as a finalist at Nuvo Dance Convention for a scholarship to study dance in New York. We welcome Danni in her first year of teaching at EBDC.
