Dance Style: Jazz, Tricks & Turns, Improv, Modern, Ballet, Pointe, Predance, Tumbling Owner/Manager Samantha has been a manager for the Vaughan Dance Academy since 2004. She received her BA in Dance from Columbia College Chicago, graduating with honors May 2008. At Columbia, she…
Dance Style: Ballet, Pointe, Private Lessons Blair Vaudelle was born in Houston, Texas. Her training began at the Houston Ballet Academy and later continued her studies with the Dallas Metropolitan Ballet School and the Atlanta School of Ballet. She was invited to attend…
Dance Style: Tap, Jazz, Tumbling, Private Lessons Samantha Rodriguez grew up in Forest Park, Illinois where she began her dance training at the age of 5 and then began dancing competitively at the age of 7. She is trained in ballet, tap, jazz,…
Dance Style: Ballet, Hip Hop, Lyrical, Contemporary, Private Lessons Jessica Romero (Jay) was born and raised on the southwest side of Chicago. She is a graduate of Columbia College Chicago, where she received her bachelor’s in Dance. She started dancing at Linda’s Dance…
Dance Style: Predance, Hip Hop From the minute she could walk Heather showed a strong love for dance. Starting dance at 3 and continuing through high school. She went onto a different path and realized she missed dance and returned to the dance world…
Dance Style: Predance, Front Desk Felicia Biernat grew up in Plainfield, Illinois and started dancing with Vaughan Dance Academy at the age of 4. She competed with INNOVATION dance company starting at the age of 11 through 18. She started assisting with dance classes…
Dance Style: Tumbling Kim Allen grew up in Highland Indiana and started dancing when she was four doing jazz tap and ballet. When she was six, she started tumbling and found my true passion for gymnastics. Kim was on the gymnastics team at…
Dance Style: Predance, Contemporary, Lyrical, Hip Hop Megan grew up in Plainfield, Illinois, and started dancing at a young age. She was a former student at Vaughan Dance Academy, she started competing with INNOVATION not long after, and later began teaching dance. Megan was…
Hannah Haase has always been fascinated by movement and the athlete, whether it be dance or in her career as an Athletic Trainer. This love for movement started at the age of 2 where she began her dance career at Vaughan’s, performing the iconic…
Dance Style: Tumbling Shaylin began dancing at the age of three at Beth’s Dance Academy (BDA) in Joliet, IL. She trained in ballet, tap, jazz, hip-hop, lyrical, contemporary, and tumbling. After many years at BDA, she moved to Ohio and joined the competitive team…
