Bailey Altstaetter
Originally from a small town in Ohio, Bailey began her dance training at the age of 3 years old. She is trained in styles including jazz, ballet, tap, hip hop, acro, lyrical, modern and contemporary. She graduated from the Orange County High School of the Arts in the Commercial Dance conservatory. After high school, Bailey did several dance gigs, performing at events and as a back up dancer for local artists. In addition to that she began teaching at competitive dance studios where she created many high scoring routines and specialty awards including “Best Choreography” and “Most Entertaining”. Bailey first got the opportunity to teach at Beach Cities Dance studio in 2010 and she immediately felt at home. She feels a strong connection with her BCDS family and looks forward to sharing her passions to the students. Her dedication over the years has led her into a larger role as the assistant director at BCDS. In addition to teaching, she is the owner the event company she created in February 2014, Loose Cannons, where she produces choreography showcases featuring OC’s up and coming choreographers and dancers.
Heather Reyonolds
Heather has over 20 years of dance training with almost 10 years of teaching experience. She began her training at Daria Bearden where she trained under Victor & Tatiana Kasatsky, Hanna Karacic, and Laurie Persh. She went on to join the Classical Dance Conservatory for Middle School at the Orange County High School of the Arts. For her high school years she transferred to OCHSA’S Commercial Dance Department where she graduated in class of 2008. She is currently a work-study at IDA in Los Angeles and a student at Cal State Fullerton. With a Zumba certificate and experience working with High School Dance teams, such as Century High School, her choreography style varies as far as her students ambitions (ballet, jazz, tap, lyrical/contemporary & hip-hop).
Jacob Melton
After receiving a BA in English with an emphasis in Rhetoric and Composition from CSULB, Jacob enrolled in the ABT National Training Program. As a teacher he has taught ballet classes at the Onstage Dance Center, The Dance Co., and the Dance West Dance Studio. As a Performer he performed with The O.C. Metropolitan Ballet Company for over ten years and his experience includes dancing soloist and corpse roles in: “A Mid Summer Night's Dream ”, “Petrushka”, and “The Nutcracker”. He has also performed in international dance festivals in Prague, Spain, and Italy. As a student, he performed in over 40 school productions featuring ballet, jazz, modern, hip hop, and contemporary dance. His early ballet training was based on classical Russian technique, and in college (CSULB) he studied under Lorin Johnson, Steven Hyde, and Lisa Johnson. He has also taken master classes with Travis Wall, Denise Wall, and Mandy Moore.
Rebecca Schoon
Rebecca began her dance career at 10 years old at BCDS, which gave her the most incredible foundation and learning experience to carry out dance to this day. She started coaching gymnastics when she was 15 with her brother and former coach Tyler. Working with kids is something that she truly enjoys, and she is so happy to be able to do that at the very studio that made her fall in love with dancing. She went on to dance at Fountain Valley high school, performing with the varsity and elite teams every year. She became captain of the Jazz/Lyrical team as well as co-captain for the Hip-Hop team. Leading, helping others, and working as a team are all things that she learned the very moment she set foot into BCDS, so she is proud to be an example for the kids that she coaches now!
Catherine Tyler
Cat Tyler has been dancing since the age of 4 and started competitive dancing with Beach Cities Dance Studio at the age of 12. She has always been drawn to performing and her passion for dance has grown stronger over the years. Cat has been trained in the styles of ballet, jazz, contemporary, lyrical, and various styles of hip hop. She is graduating from Fountain Valley High School this year (class of ’22). She has been on the FVHS Dance Varsity Team all four years. She has been one of the junior and senior captains, competed on the Jazz/Lyrical and Hip Hop teams along with solos. She has taught summer camps and subbed classes previously at Beach Cities, but she is so excited to join this group and teach her own class! Cat loves to teach, interact with kids and is always willing to help!
Kimberly Ho
Kimberly was born in California but moved to New York at a young age, where she began dancing at her aunt’s dance studio. From then on, she has continued to live and breathe dance, theatre and performing. Along with her training in tap, jazz, hip hop, lyrical and ballet at her aunt’s studio, she frequently trained in NYC at Broadway Dance Center and Steps on Broadway. At the age of 21, Kimberly moved back to California where she quickly joined the Orange County dance scene and hasn’t stopped since. She majored in Dance at Saddleback College where she choreographed and performed in numerous productions, was voted “Best Performer” and “Best Choreographer”, participated in a variety of performances with the Theatre Department and organized the College’s National Dance Day workshops. After college she took on numerous guest choreography projects throughout Orange County’s schools and colleges and performed with various companies and venues, including Architexture Modern Dance Company, Tap Overload, Loose Cannons & more. Kim has also successfully directed and performed with her own company, Urban Blush. She has been teaching all levels and ages for 19 years and has choreographed and coached nationally ranked competitive teams, solos, duos and trios. She currently works for Revolution Talent Competition and teaches and choreographs for a variety of studios and competitive teams throughout Arizona and Southern California. Her personal philosophy in dance is to work hard for your goals and never stop evolving as an artist. Her goal as a teacher is to instill a passion for dance, encourage positive energy and build self-confidence within each and every student.