4S Dance Academy Faculty

Allyson BarkdullAllyson Barkdull
A California native, Allyson began her training in San Diego. She trained at San Elijo Dance Academy under the direction of Ben and Lauri-Michelle Houk. Through her teenage years she participated in numerous competitions and was awarded Los Angeles Music Center Award for Excellence, Starlight Top Score, Spotlight Outstanding Costume (of which she made) and High Score for Solo, and Spotlight Gold awards for solo and member. While with San Elijo Youth Ballet, Ms. Barkdull performed in Napoli, Symphony in C; leading roles include Medora in Le Corsaire; and Snow Queen, Dew Drop, Arabian, Chinese and Spanish solos in The Nutcracker. Other performances include Ben Houk’s Shout, Lincoln Park contemporary piece; and Cello, a pas de deux choreographed for her by Ben Houk… {READ MORE ABOUT MS. ALLYSON}

Corina MaggiCorina Fabbroni-Maggi
A native of San Diego, Corina began her training in jazz and tap with Helen Milhone and Bobbi Adams-Giltner. At the age of twelve she began her training in ballet at the Chula Vista School for the Creative and Performing Arts, and San Diego School of Ballet. While training under Robin Sheretz Morgan (San Diego Ballet), Jillana (NYCB), Steven Wistrich (City Ballet of San Diego), Javier Velasco (San Diego Ballet), and Jaquelyn Hepner (NYCB), she was accepted into the Boston Ballet and Pennsylvania Ballet Summer Programs. She later was awarded a scholarship to Interlochen Arts Academy’s Dance Department for her senior year of high school, and a full scholarship to Dance Aspen Summer School the following summer. After accepting trainee positions with Milwaukee and… {READ MORE ABOUT MS. CORINA}

Mary Jane LanceMary Jane Lance
Mary Jane is a Shreveport, Louisiana native but began her dance training in Monroe, Louisiana at Linda Lavender School of Dance and Twin City Ballet under the direction of Linda Lavender Ford and Michelle Harvey.  In 2005, Mary Jane moved back to Shreveport and continued her dance training with the Shreveport Metropolitan Ballet as a principal dancer a principal dancer. While dancing for SMB, Mary Jane danced many leading roles including Swanhilda in Coppelia, Snow Queen and Arabian Soloist in the Nutcracker, and Fairy god-mother in Cinderella.  Mary Jane passed with honors the Royal Academy of Dance Advanced II examination, making her an associate with the Royal Academy of Dance in London.  Mary Jane also received numerous scholarships at dance… {READ MORE ABOUT MS. MARY JANE}

Sarah_MorganSarah Morgan
A Michigan native, Sarah Morgan started her ballet training at Randazzo Dance under the direction of Heidi Vitso. From there she went on to train at the Miami City Ballet School under the Artistic Direction of Edward Villella, Carter Alexander and Geta Constantinescu. After graduating high school she went on to be a Trainee with Ballet Austin under the Artistic Direction of Stephen Mills. Sarah then moved to Los Angeles to become a Trainee with Los Angeles Ballet under the Artistic Direction of Colleen Neary and Thordal Christensen. Sarah is currently dancing with California Ballet in San Diego. Along with her year round training, Sarah also attended summer programs at American Ballet Theatre NY, Boston Ballet, Joffrey Chicago and Los Angeles Ballet. Sarah has… {READ MORE ABOUT MS. SARAH}

Rachel RebottaroRachel Rebottaro
Rachel received her formal training from Dennis and Kathy Landsman at American Dance Center in Kansas City where she studied strictly classical ballet for eleven years and had multiple opportunities to work closely with renowned dancers/choreographers such as Francie Huber (Paul Taylor) and Judy Rice (The Joffrey Ballet). At 15 years old, she was accepted into a traineeship with Störling Dance Theater where she began her modern and contemporary training. This led to her dancing with contemporary companies MAXXAS Dance Theater and Kansas City Movement. Moved to Nashville TN in 2009 Ms Rebottaro has booked multiple commercials, music videos and live performances. Rachel has lived in Nashville for 7 years teaching, studying and dancing. She recently spent a year in Paris… {READ MORE ABOUT MS. RACHEL}

ShockaShocka
Shocka began performing professionally at the age of 15 in her home state of Oklahoma. While performing in musicals and plays she studied at the Tulsa School of Ballet, home of Tulsa Ballet Theatre and June Runyon School of Ballet, home of Tulsa Dance Theatre. She became a performing member of Tulsa Dance Theatre and Myers Company Dancers, as well as working both with and in three local theatre companies ranging from children’s theatre to 18th century drawing room comedies.
Wanting to be a strong triple threat, she moved to Los Angeles in 1994 where she was awarded a professional scholarship at the prestigious Retter’s Academy of Dance and became an original member of the R&B Dance Company. During her 12 years in LA…. {READ MORE ABOUT MS. SHOCKA}

Abigail TiltonAbigail Tilton
Abigail Tilton began her dance training in San Marcos under Ben and Laurie Michelle Houk, Shawn Black and Nancy Robinson. As a student she was accepted and attended summer programs such as Ballet West, Pacific Northwest Ballet, School of American Ballet, and San Francisco Ballet. Miss Tilton trained at San Francisco Ballet pre-professionally under Lola De Avila, Patrick Armande, and Tina LeBlanc for 4 years. She performed multiple works with San Francisco Ballet School and San Francisco Ballet. Such works included “Paquita”, “Western Symphony”, Helgi Tommason’s “The Nutcracker”, Helgi Tommason’s Ballet “d’Isoline”, “Napoli”, “La Sylphide”, and many more. After being accepted as a Trainee with Ballet West, she performed with the Company in “Swan Lake”…. {READ MORE ABOUT MS. TILTON}

Angelica TiltonAngelica Tilton
Angelica Tilton, a San Diego native, began her early years of ballet training with Ben and Laurie-Michelle Houk at San Elijo and Music Academy in San Marcos, CA. She attended various Summer Intensive programs from 2007-2015 (Pacific North West Ballet, School of American Ballet, San Francisco Ballet, Ballet West, American Ballet Theatre and Ballet Arizona). When Angelica was 14, she was invited to study under Lola De Avola and Patricke Armand in the Pre-professional program at the San Francisco Ballet School from 2009-2013. She performed La Sylphide, George Balanchine’s Western Symphony, and “Waltz of the Flowers Finale” from The Nutcracker with San Francisco Ballet. She was then offered a full scholarship to study in New York City under Franco Devita at American Ballet Theatre’s…. {READ MORE ABOUT MS. TILTON}