Kristen started her gymnastics training at the age of four. With a love for the sport she moved quickly to the advanced level of gymnastics. At the age of sixteen Kristen was asked to teach gymnastics and choreograph the yearly gymnastics demonstrations. Kristen’s gymnastics teaching background consists of teaching one year olds [...]
Category Archives: Staff
Lauren Persico
October 19, 2009 – 5:21 pm
Lauren has loved the arts since she was young. She has had a full career dancing and singing for over 20 years. She enjoys all styles of dance. She has performed in musicals as Can Ca n, Carousel, West Side Story, Mame, Oklahoma and Peter Pan to name of few. In [...]
Melissa Sutherland
October 16, 2009 – 4:34 pm
Melissa started teaching dance to young children when she was 18. Although she grew up training mostly in jazz and tap she found a real passion for ballet. Her love for dance continues inspire the children that she teaches. Melissa was trained by previous members of the Bolshoi Ballet, Prague National Ballet, National Ballet of [...]
Lori Veurink
September 11, 2009 – 3:38 pm
Dancing since the age of 5, Lori has always had dancing as part of her routine. As an East Coast girl, Lori received her training at the Deborah Lewis Dance Studio in Maryland. She was awarded numerous regional and national titles for her solo & duo performances.
In the professional world, Lori has danced at [...]
Catrina Quintanilla
July 31, 2009 – 10:57 pm
Catrina Quintanilla majored in opera and classical ballet at CSU Fullerton. Local acting credits include: Man of la Mancha (Aldonza), Anything Goes (Reno Sweeney), Fame (Carmen Diaz), and Barnum (Joice Heth/Blues Singer). Catrina was a featured artist at the Simi Valley Cultural Arts Center for many seasons and was their resident choreographer from 2002-2005. She [...]
Shannon Pape
July 31, 2009 – 10:46 pm
Shannon Pape grew up dancing and competing at Pam Rossi’s Dance Ten. She won many awards such as LA Dance Magic Performer, Star Bound Star performer, and USA Star 02 and 04 to name a few. She has been a dance instructor for 5 years and now choreographs for Pam Rossi’s performing companies. Not only [...]
Trisha Meseck
July 31, 2009 – 10:44 pm
Trisha Meseck has been dancing here at Pam Rossi’s Dance Ten for the past 14 years. She has competed for 8 years with the studio, and was privileged to be part of the Dance Dimensions Company her last year of competing. She has had other training with MPHS Varsity Dance Team, The Edge, LA Dance [...]
Guynemer Caceres
July 31, 2009 – 10:43 pm
Guynemer Caceres first started dancing in Hip Hop teams during his first year in college. He started choreographing for competition teams 5 years ago and since then has taken top honors at Spotlight Dance Cup, International Dance Challenge and Urban Jamm in 2005. A year later he took top honors for choreography at Star Systems [...]
Keri Pelletier
July 31, 2009 – 10:42 pm
Keri Pelletier has been dancing and performing on stage since she was three years old. She has had the opportunity to compete for over 10 years. Keri was a dance teacher’s assistant for many years before becoming a teacher. She is trained in Ballet, Jazz, Tap, Pointe, Hip Hop, Lyrical, and Contemporary. Keri has [...]
Rachel Dubusky
July 31, 2009 – 10:40 pm
Rachel has been dancing at Pam Rossis Dance Ten and has been a part of our award winning dance company and is now choreographing for our dance companies as well as Moorpark Civic Ballet. She has been a part of our award winning Dance Companies for over ten years and has also choreographed several winning [...]
Tania Hoyt
July 31, 2009 – 10:37 pm
Tania comes from a family of entertainers. Her mother was a singer and her father was a entertainer in theatre, movies, TV and a published writer. She was trained at several Film Industry Workshops including Hollywood North. Tania performed (danced and sang) in a musical theatre group called Edward’s On Stage Kids for many years. [...]
Jennifer Wolfson Howell
July 31, 2009 – 10:34 pm
Jennifer Wolfson Howell began seriously dancing around age 11. She now shares her talents as a teacher and choreographer. Jennifer is one of the original members of Tapsounds Underground. She has worked along side Greg Russell and 3D Dance Network for the past 2 years, assistant directing. She has choreographed award winning numbers for various [...]
Rod Howell
July 31, 2009 – 10:32 pm
Rod has had extensive training and experience performing in the areas of tap and jazz. His performance credits include The Nutcracker, US Dance Olympus Tour, Miss Kansas Pageant, Lincoln Center Showcase, Edge Performing Arts Scholarship show, Miss America pageant, The House of Blues and Rhythm from the Feet, and Mind and Soul. He has trained [...]
Val Manchin
June 2, 2009 – 12:49 pm
Valerie received her strong dance training at Pat Jackson’s American Dance in San Luis Obispo. She also taught at the American Dance School and was a performer with the American Dance Company for 5 years. Val was with the Gilbert Reed Ballet Company and has appeared in Carmen, Firebird, A Christmas Carole and Peter and [...]
Julia Felker
June 2, 2009 – 12:45 pm
Julia Felker has over 35 years experience as a teacher, choreographer, and performer. She began her dance training in 1965 with the San Diego Civic Youth Ballet, and, by 1971, was training in jazz, tap, and gymnastics. At age 15, Julia began dancing, singing, and choreographing for musicals at high schools, universities, community theaters, and [...]
Dance Ten students performing on stage.