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Spotlight Dance Company

Staff

Ms. Tabatha

Director

Ms. Tabatha has been dancing for 43 years. She has been trained in Tap, Jazz, Ballet, Lyrical, Hip Hop and Hula. She started teaching dance 25 years ago at Dance Xtreme and was the director of the pre-company groups. After teaching for 10 yrs. she decided to venture off and open up her own dance studio, Spotlight Dance Company. She is always bringing in guest Master choreographers in for her students so they can be well rounded, trained dancers, such as Kate Jablonski, Faliciano Keith Turk, Kevin Hermann, Raymond Ashley, Lilian Manansala,and Katie McIver. Not only does she give her time to the studio, she has been teaching in KISD for the past 27 years. She has choreographed award winning solos and team dances for schools and her own studio and continues to be sought after for her creative choreography.

Ms Heather

Company Instructor

Ms. Heather has been studio dancing for 27 yrs. She has been trained in Jazz, tap, Ballet, Lyrical, hip Hop Acro, and Contemporary. She has had the opportunity to train at The Millenium in Hollywood. She danced on both her Middle and High School dance teams. She has gotten to work with Master choreographers such as Kevin Hermann, Raymond Ashley, Lilian Manansala,Katie McIver, Kate Jablonski, Alex Fetbroth, Mikey Dellavella, Sophia Aguiar and Keith Turk. She received a full dance scholarship to MCC. During her time in College, she got the opportunity to perform with the Black Eyed Peas in Super Bowl 45 as one of their “Cube Heads” and worked with Celebrity Choreographer Fateema. She earned a National champion College ring for winning along with her team the National title in Daytona Florida at NDA at the Collegiate level. Heather has done workshops for UT students . Heather has been one of our highest requested choreographers for the past 10 yrs. at the studio and throughout the schools of KISD and her choreography has won many elite and platinum awards and titles for solos and team dances. Her passion for dance shows through her dances and she inspires to be a famous choreographer in the future.  She is presently a Company Instructor at SDC.

Ms. Lyndsee

Company Instructor

Ms. Lyndsee started dancing at the age of 18 months, she began dancing competitively at the age of 6 and continued until she was 22. She is a 6 year member of the HTE Dance Staff; where they travel across the state of Texas teaching High School dance teams. Lyndsee Graduated in 2014 from Harker Heights High School where she served 2 years as a Crimson Belle and an officer her senior year. Lyndsee continued her education and dance at McLennan Community College, where she became a member of the 5 time National Champions and ADTS award winning Hip Hop and Team division III collegiate Champions the MCC Dance team. Lyndsee served as Captain her 2nd year on the MCC Dance team. Lyndsee will be graduating from Stephen F. Austin State University in December 2020 with a Bachelor of Science in Human Development and Family Studies with a minor in early childhood education. Lyndsee was a member of the 14x National Champion SFA dance team; where she became a 2x National Champion. She has worked with Eric Little, Denise Dicharry, Brandon Bryant from SYTYCD Kate Jablonski, Faliciano Keith Turk, Kevin Hermann, Raymond Ashley, Lilian Manansala,and Katie McIver.

Ms. Kaitlyn, "Kit-Kat"

Company Instructor

Ms. Kaitlyn, “Kit-Kat”, has been dancing for 17 years and has been a part of Spotlight Dance Company for 15 yrs. She has trained in many genres such as Tap, Jazz, Ballet, Contemporary, Modern, Hip-Hop, Musical Theater and Acro. She has been a part of the SDC staff for the past 3 yrs. Ms. Kaitlyn has been on 2 High School Dance teams and is currently a Sr. Lieutenant of the National Champion Killeen Kangarettes. She has won many awards to include, Hip Hop Icon, Solo champion at ADTS and Showtime International Dance Competition. She has had the privilege of being trained by Tiffany Maher, Raymond Ashley, Kevin Hermann, Katie McIver, Keith Turk (SYTYCD), Misha Gabriel (Step Up Revolution), Jason Mraz (SYTYCD) Meghan Sanett, Tony Bellissimo, Marty Dew, Channing Cooke (Travis Wall’s Shaping Sound), and Laurie Johnson to name a few. Ms. Kaitlyn is very excited to get to share her love for dance to the students of SDC.

Ms. KYM
Instructor
Kym has always found comfort in movement, this led her to a minor in modern dance at Northern Illinois University and ultimately to her yoga mat. Kym’s passion for core work and strength training led to a certification in Les Mills CXWORX and her love of dance led to her certification to teach Barre through Balanced Body Pilates. Her classes will challenge students while encouraging them to build flexibility, strength and achieve a strong core.
Miss Alexis Eads
Instructor
I started dancing when I was 3 years old. I did competitive dance from ages 8 to 17 doing tap,jazz,lyrical, clog and ballet. Tap being my favorite style of dance. The studio was my home away from home for most of my life. I’ve placed first at multiple national competitions, also including judges’ awards for having great emotion. During my years of dance, I have been fortunate enough to work with Victor Smalley and Angel Armas (Dance Moms Miami), Brady Farrar (Dance Moms), Derek Piquette (So You Think You Can Dance / World Of Dance), Sammi Paradice (Dallas NFL Dancer) and so many more great artists at classes provided at national competitions. I also had the honor to do a dance photo shoot with award winning photographer Jordan Matter. When I’m not dancing you can catch me in the lab drawing blood, as a phlebotomist.
Sarah
Instructor
Sarah started dancing at 4 years old and is a native of the Kansas City area. She has been trained in a number of genres including ballet, tap, jazz, lyrical, pointe, and musical theatre. Growing up, Sarah was a part of award-winning competitive dance teams, a member of her high school dance team, and an assistant teacher at her studio for many years. Sarah attended Kansas State University where she studied Family Studies and Human Services and was also involved in the K-State dance program for several years. Sarah has had the opportunity teach dance at summer camps and studio settings, and loves getting to see children find their passions. In addition to teaching dance, Sarah is also a 200-Hour Registered Yoga Teacher and has a passion for bringing movement and yoga to children and the military population. She is excited to continue sharing her love of movement with SDC students.