Genevieve Garner
Marlena Arellano
Amanda Ugay
Camilla Kellog
Sebastian Arango
Rebecca Thompson
Shawn Vitale
C. Tyson Garner discovered his passion for the arts at the age of 18. He was a member of the infamous song and dance group "The Young Americans" which launched him into his career. Tyson received a scholarship to Tremaine Dance Center in North Hollywood and continued his training at Orange Coast College, Jimmie DeFore Dance Center, and the Edge. He has an energetic performing style that can be seen in every aspect of the entertainment industry. From the stage to television, from Broadway to the classroom, his unique choreography, and passion for teaching has made him a sought after dance instructor. Tyson has performed on a number of television shows including Mad TV, Family Matters, The Parker's and The Rosie O'Donnell Show. His stage credits include the European Tour of Grease, and most notably the Broadway Cast of Elton John and Tim Rice's AIDA. Tyson also appeared in the major motion picture Marci X. Tyson is excited to share his love and passion of the arts with students of all ages. Together with his wife, Genevieve, they are the proud owners of Dance Dynamics, Rancho Santa Margarita's Premier Commercial Dance Studio.
Genevieve Garner holds a Bachelor of Arts in Public Relations and Advertising from Chapman University. Genevieve started dancing at the age of two, studying ballet, tap, jazz, and acrobatics at Georgia's School of Dance. She has studied with some of the industries finest instructors including Georgia Copeland, Currie Pederson, Sue Gilson, and Linda-Sohl Donnell. As an adult Genevieve continued her training taking class at Jimmie Defore Dance Center, The Edge, and Tremaine's. Her professional career has taken her around the world. Genevieve has worked for Royal Caribbean and Holland America Cruise Lines, performed as a member of the award winning show Tap Girls, danced for the Jerry Lewis Telethon, Cisco Systems, Disney, and for the National Tap Dance Day in Philadelphia. As a teacher, Genevieve's choreography and students have won over 50 national awards including, most entertaining, best showmanship, and national champions. She is thrilled to offer her talents, dedication and passion with the students of Dance Dynamics.  Tyson and Genevieve are the proud parents of Justin and Miles.
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Sebastian Arango has been moving and moved by music ever since he can remember. Starting off as a figure skater at the age of 10, going on to compete at the regional and national level, and then eventually making his way back to dance in search of an understanding of all movements in relationship to music. This search lead him here to Defore studio where he received a scholarship during the 2006 pulse term and was rigorously immersed in many dance & teaching styles. Shortly then after he was asked to be a part of Rhetoracle Dance Company which was an unexpected yet thrilling opportunity for him. Also since finishing scholarship Sebastian has taken the opportunity to expand his training by taking from numerous teachers and classes from all around the southern California area. In gratitude to all his wonderful teachers and mentors he hopes to bring his students the beauty, determination and strength they brought him. He feels very honored to be teaching at Dance Dynamics and his goal is for his students to find the passions we have inside and be able to express and communicate that with our bodies.
Rebecca Thompson, a California native, trained with Salwa Rizkalla, Alla Artyushkin, and Julie Ellis. In 1992 she achieved finalist standing in the Dorothy Chanller Spotlight Awards. At fourteen Rebecca joined David Wilcox's L.A. Classical Ballet, where she also performed excerpts from Nutcracker for the Jay Leno Tonight Show. Later she spent two years performing with Kirk Peterson's Hartford Ballet where she won numerous soloist roles. Before uniting with Jean Ann Ryan Productions, Rebecca danced with State Street Ballet. There, choreographer Robert Sund chose Rebecca to feature in many of his famous and new ballets. Rebecca is a highly sought after teacher, ballet mistress, and guest performer. By special guest invitation she has danced for the R.A.D., Guam's Sand Castle Theatre, Golden State Ballet, and Festival Ballet. Rebecca has also taught in Long Beach Ballet Arts Center's star studded summer program and ballet mistressed their award winning junior company. In 2003 and 2004 Rebecca helped teach and set La Bayadere and Cinderella for China's Guangshou Ballet. This last year she performed as a principal dancer with American National Ballet. Rebecca is currently teaching in Southern California and is continuing to shape her choreographic career. 
Shawn Vitale may have starting dancing later than most professionals, but that hasn’t stopped her yet. She credits Jimmie DeFore Dance Center for her divine training and diversity. As she embarked on her dance career, Hip Hop was the style that gave her the most trouble. To this day she’s not sure how it happened but one day it just “clicked”. Fast-forward 5 years and she has excelled in this genre. She teaches at multiple dance studios in south Orange County and also has the privilege of working with several high schools in the area including Edison and Polytechnic in Long Beach. Not only a brilliant choreographer, Shawn has lit up the stage with artists such as Deborah Cox, Apoetnomadali and MO’AT, just to name a few. She recently appeared in the yet to be released third installment of Harold and Kumar. Currently she is dancing with Dulce burlesque group. Shawn is thankful to be able to make a living doing the one thing she loves the most.
 
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Marlena, born and raised in Riverside, CA, has trained in Los Angeles and Orange County for the past 16 years. Her knowledge and skills range from jazz and lyrical/contemporary to commercial hip hop, including popping and locking. Marlena ha appeared on MTV's The Wade Robson Project, VH1, and Elle Van's "Skin" music video. She has also choreographed and danced ina national commerical for TJ Maxx. Her theatre productions include Debbie Allan's Pepito's Story. Marlena traveled for two years on tour with Tito Puente, Jr., son of the legendary Latin percussionist Tito Puente. Her dedication to the art of dance and her choreographic talents continue to grow as she challenges herself choreographing for various groups such as competitive singing groups and upcoming artists.  Marlena's work hasbeen showcased at the ever popular industry event "Carnival" in Hollywood, CA. Marlena has been awarded numerous choreography and achievement awards across the West Coast including consecutive National Championships with Cal State Fullerton. Currently, she continues to train herself while dancing in the professional hip hop company "Mavyn." Marlena is excited to share her talents and passion for the arts with the students of Dance Dynamics.
 Amanda Ugay grew up dancing and competing in Southern California. After High School she attended Chapman University on a partial dance scholarship where she realized her passion for performing. Amanda's training continued at Defore Dance Center, where she was awarded a full scholarship. Her introduction to teaching began at the St Joseph Ballet in Santa Ana, CA. Participating in the charitable program, was inspiring and humbling. In 1994, Amanda began her professional career at Disneyland. Up until 2002 she danced in various parades and numerous stage shows, including a role as the lead female dancer in the All American College Band. Along the way she has performed for many industrial productions such as Show West, Microsoft and E3. In 1997, Amanda worked at Tokyo Disneyland as a contracted dancer. Performing and experiencing the Japanese culture is a true highlight of her career. She has also taken her love for the stage to the theater, singing and dancing in various productions of the Will Rogers Follies. From 2000-2003, Amanda spent her evenings doing the "Can-Can" at Wild Bills in Buena Park, CA. This is Amanda's second year on staff at Dance Dynamics and she is delighted for the opportunity to be sharing her passion for dance. Amanda’s been married for 11 years to her Jr High School sweetheart, Isaac and Amanda have two lovely daughters, Luca (5) and Milla (3).
Kalli Avila
Kalli is an Orange County, California native and danced competitively at Jimmie Defore Dance Center and Orange County Performing Arts Academy. She has trained in jazz, lyrical, ballet, tap and hip hop for the past 18 years. She is a graduate of the Orange County High School of the Arts, Commercial Dance Department, where she was selected Valedictorian by the department directors. Kalli was also selected as member of the Tremaine Performance Company and toured the country as an assistant to the convention faculty for many years. Kalli continued dancing during college at Arizona State University as a member of the ASU Spirit Squad, performing at football and basketball games and various NCAA bowl games and events. She recently graduated with a Bachelor of Arts degree in Journalism and Mass Communication with an emphasis in Public Relations. Kalli was a dancer in the Automatic Response Dance Company and Co- Performance Director, teacher and choreographer at The Dance Loft in Chandler, Arizona. Kalli also taught jazz at Master Ballet Academy in Phoenix, Arizona, and was an instructor for Universal Dance Association, where she traveled the country teaching dance at high school spirit camps. Kalli currently is the Varsity song coach at Aliso Niguel High School.
 Debbie Shain
Office Manager
Charlotte Rudd
Jessica Wolf
Brittany Boole
Charlotte Rudd has been dancing and competing for 11 years. She graduated from the Orange County High School of the Arts and is currently enrolled at Orange Coast College. She has been a featured dancer and actor in several national television commercials and recently filmed a music video. She has been actively auditioning with her agent, DDO, for recent projects including Rihanna world tour, "Footloose" the movie, Disney Channel, the Disney Cruise line, and other small performances. She auditioned last year for Season 8 of So You Think You Can Dance, making it as far as the choreography round. She has been a lead dancer in several performance groups since the age of 14, most recently in the local group called "Cheeky." This is her second year as a teacher and choreographer at Dance Dynamics and she hopes for lots of big things to come.
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Jessica Wolf holds her Bachelor of Fine Arts from Chapman University. While attending Chapman, after winning the regional college competition, she was chosen to represent the Dance Department's "College of Performing arts" in the American College Dance Festival Finals in New York City. She was the Vice President of the school's hip hop team "Team Shaka" (Under the Direction of Stephen "Twitch" Boss from "So You Think You Can Dance "and Kayce Aea). She choreographed many dance pieces, including "The Unbroken Spirit", which was presented at the Holocaust Remembrance Day Ceremony in front of hundreds of Holocaust survivors, and "It Only Takes One" selected to perform in the end of the year Mainstage Dance Concert. While attending Chapman she was teaching at various studios around Orange County and was a dancer for the Prestigious "Unity Dance Ensemble" Dance Company, under the Direction of Tessandra Chavez and Theo Ivey. Jessica had the pleasure of being a dancer in the opening original cast of Disney's 50th anniversary parade, The "Parade of Dreams" and was also a part of Disney's "A Christmas Fantasy" Parade. She is currently signed with Trio Talent Agency and lives in North Hollywood, Los Angeles. She has recently been a dancer for the Recording Artist Beyonce, and is currently assisting renowned Choreographer Christina Woodard. She continues to be working in the commercial dance industry in Los Angeles. She has a joy of teaching children and helping them on their dance journey. She is happy to be a part of the Dance Dynamics family and hopes to bring the heart and passion of dance along with great technique to all of her students.
Camilla is a graduate of the Kirkwood Academy of Performing Arts in Vancouver, Canada, where she received her Advanced R.A.D. diploma as well as her R.A.D. Teacher’s diploma. During her many years of teaching at Kirkwood, her students won numerous awards in festivals and competitions. She trained at the Royal Academy of Dance in London, England, and with the Eglevsky Ballet on Long Island, New York. Camilla has danced professionally with the Goh Ballet Company, Connecticut Ballet Theatre, Albany Berkshire Ballet, and the Vancouver Opera. She performed lead dancing roles in many Royal City Youth Ballet and Royal City Musical Theatre productions such as: The Nutcracker, Coppelia, Cinderella, Wizard of Oz, Brigadoon, Oklahoma, Guys and Dolls, and The King and I. In addition to dancing lead roles for Royal City Youth Ballet, she staged and was the ballet mistress for the company’s productions of The Nutcracker, Coppelia, and Cinderella, as well as many other productions. She then became the Assistant Artistic Director for the company. Upon getting married and moving to California, Camilla has been a featured dancer in The Glory of Christmas and The Glory of Easter at the Crystal Cathedral, and at Disneyland. Camilla loves sharing her passion of dance with her students, and now also with her daughter, Aurora.
Brittany Boole' was born and raised in sunny La Mirada, California and has danced competitively and professionally since the age of ten. She has danced and appeared in many national commercials, from Toys R Us, to Red Lobster, Pepsi, to Barbie, Nickelodeon, JC Penney, Cinnamon Toast Crunch, just to name a few. She has appeared on Deal or No Deal, Live with Regis and Kelly, The Apprentice, Ellen, Best Damn Sports Show, Oprah, Star Trek, The Jerry Lewis Telethon, and Mad TV. Brittany was also a Laker Girl for two years and an A-Team Dancer for the Avengers. She has traveled the world dancing for Holland America Cruise Lines, and soaked up the culture in Japan, dancing in shows and parades for Tokyo Disneyland and Tokyo Disney Sea. Brittany is excited to share her talents with the students here at DD!
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 Sharon Astorino
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Connie Needham
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