Teachers
Julie Kay Stallcup
Julie Kay is the Owner and Director Of Revolution Dance Center. She moved to California from Little Rock Arkansas in 1999 to start building the dance community in Montrose. She has taught several thousand students in the Foothill communities. She was voted Best Dance Teacher for 5 consecutive years in The Foothill Leader News Press and Revolution Dance Center has been named Best Dance Studio for the last two years - since moving to Montrose. Julie's greatest joy is passing on her passion for dance and life to her students. Julie Kay teaches tap, turns & leaps, lyrical, jazz and combination class for ages 7 to 12 years.
In Arkansas, Julie Kay taught dance at her home studio "Miss Karen's" for several years before moving to Branson, MO to begin her professional dance career at the age of 18. She then moved to Las Vegas, dancing as a showgirl at the Stratosphere Hotel in the hit show "American Superstars". Julie has also danced with Chelsea Clinton in The City Of Hope Spectacular, and with Bob Hope in "Hope Of America". Julie Kay has danced with the American Basketball Association's dance team "The L.A. Stars", and has choreographed for Glendale High School Cheerleaders, La Canada High School Cheerleaders, and the La Crescenta High School Song Team. Julie has also choreographed all of Crescenta Valley High School's musicals in the past 8 years, including "Grease", "Crazy for You", "Guys & Dolls", "Pippin", "Once on This Island", "The Sound of Music", "My Fair Lady" and several numbers for the CV Show Choir at La Crescenta High School, and also The Film "Career Suicide" which was just seen at The Beverly Hills Film Festival in Beverly Hills.
Julie Kay currently resides in La Crescenta with her husband Darrell and their children Jett, Gage and Zeta
Hilary Morris-Pawlik
Hilary Morris-Pawlik, RDC's Jazz & Lyrical Director, is one of the original members of the RDC staff. She is also an award -winning choreographer for RDC's resident competition team, JK's Dance Company. She is originally from Denver Colorado where began her journey into the world of dance studying at various schools including the Michelle Latimer’s Dance Academy. She was rewarded with a scholarship at The Dance Center (formerly Tremaine) in Los Angeles, then went on to train in New York at Steps On Broadway and Broadway Dance Center.
She has danced professionally in Los Angeles, Las Vegas, New York, and Arizona. Some of her professional credits include: The Young and the Restless, CBS’s Smith, Jackass Number 2, the 2004 NBA All-Star Dance Team, Showstoppers Live, The Hollywood Pin-Up Girls, Terry Beeman’s Mental Head Circus, commercials for Target, Old Spice, Sparkle Paper Towels, Party Poker.Net, San Miguel and more. She can be seen in music videos for Alanis Morissette and Cherie. Her choreography credits include: The Surrogates, Tim Burton’s Alice In Wonderland, CBS pilot A Marriage, Showtime’s television series Look, and Drive A, The World In Shambles music video.
Hilary has over fifteen years experience teaching dance and has taught throughout Southern California. She is currently the choreographer and coach of Flintridge Preparatory School's cheer and dance team.
Her energetic personality and style create a warm and fun classroom environment, focusing on technique and performance without losing sight of the joy inherent in the art of dance.
Hilary teaches jazz, lyrical, contemporary, turns & leaps, hip hop and combination classes for ages 2 to 12.
Rebecca Antolik Mala
Rebecca is the Ballet Director for Revolution Dance Center and the Director of Revolution Ballet Company. She also choreographs for JK's Dance Company. She is an award-winning choreographers for RDC's competition team, JK's Dance Company. Rebecca has been with RDC since it opened in 2006. She teaches all levels of ballet, contemporary and combination classes from ages 3 to 12.
She graduated with honors with a BFA in Ballet Performance from the University of Oklahoma where she was a member of Gamma Beta Phi and Who’s Who Among American Colleges and Universities. She has danced professionally with Ballet Arkansas, Arkansas Festival Ballet, Oklahoma Festival Ballet, Tulsa Ballet Theatre, Los Angeles Contemporary Ballet, and Universite Clermont-Ferrand, France. Rebecca has participated in workshops and master classes with the USA International Ballet Competition, Hubbard Street Dance and Alvin Ailey II. She has also worked as a teacher and judge for Dance Champs, Spotlight Productions and National American Miss.
As a performer, some of her favorite roles have been the Sugar Plum Fairy and Arabian in The Nutcracker, Helena in A Mid-Summer's Night Dream, the Lilac Fairy in Sleeping Beauty and Big Swans in Swan Lake. She has also performed in other classical ballets such as Graduation Ball, Romeo and Juliet, Copplia, and Cinderella. She has danced in commercials for Eastwood Insurance, Toyota, Best Sports Show period and promos for Hot Springs National Park and ABC Family Channel.
Terrah Aldi
Terrah Aldi, RDC's Revolution Kids Director, has been one of RDC's integral staff members since RDC's opening in 1996. She is also a choreographer for RDC's competition team, JK's Dance Company. Terrah hails from Pittsburgh, PA where she trained with Janet's School of Dance in Irwin, PA. She also danced in New York at The Broadway Dance Academy and trained with Jackie Patterson and Sheila Barker. She appeared in many live stage and theater productions in her native Pittsburgh area including "The Children's Ball", "Simply Christmas" and other Pittsburgh Civic Light Opera productions. She also choreographed muscials for McKeesport High School in McKeesport, PA. Terrah lives in the San Fernando Valley with her husband Nino and is expecting her first child in October, 2011. Terrah teaches tap and combination classes for ages 2 and up and runs RDC's preschool program.
Kelly Gill Alvarez
Kelly Gill Alvarez received a BFA in Modern Dance with honors from The University of the Arts in Philadelphia and is currently pursuing an MFA in Dance at UC Irvine. She has performed in works by world-renowned choreographers such as Betty Jones, Christopher Huggins, Faye Snow, Brian Sanders, Kate Hutter, Winifred Harris and Paula Present, and among others. She has performed in such events as The Los Angeles Dance Invitational, The Choreographer's Carnival, The Dancers Responding to AIDS Benefit, The Celebrate Dance Festival, The Dance Under the Stars Choreography Festival, The Ford Amphitheatre Summer Sessions, Philadelphia's First Friday, Dancescape, and the Michigan Womyn's Music Festival. Kelly has danced with Winifred R. Harris's Between Lines, The Dance Center of North Hollywood Teen Company (Desiree Robbins), Hart Pulse Dance Company, Brockus Project Dance Company, and PTERO Dance Theatre. Kelly has been a dance instructor since 1998, a Pilates instructor since 2006, and was assistant to the professor of Dance History at the University of the Arts. Kelly’s choreography has been selected to be presented in such events as the Dance Under the Stars Choreography Festival, The Los Angeles Dance Invitational, The Celebrate Dance Festival, The Dancers Responding to AIDS Benefit, The GLUE Performance Series, Dance! Santa Monica, Max 10, Opus Mixtus Post Jazz, MixMatch Dance Festival, and DanceSpot LA. She has been an instructor at Revolution Dance Center since 2007. Kelly teaches all levels of ballet, modern, contemporary and combination classes from ages 3 to 12.
Kristen Boccia
Kristen was born and raised in Glendale, CA. She was a cheerleader at Crescenta Valley High School and cheered on an allstar team. Kristen has been assistant coach for St. Francis High School's cheerleading team. She currently coaches gymnastics at Champion Gymnastics Academy in Pasadena. The passion of gymnastics is in Kristen's blood as both her parents were college gymnasts and coaches for many years. She loves working with kids in hopes they become as infatuated as she with the sport. Kristen's fun attitude and great personality, mixed with her understanding of gymnastics and cheerleading make her the perfect combination to head RDC's Tumble and Cheer program.
Jason Chong
Following the beat of his own heart, Jason found himself in Los Angeles, CA soon after being introduced to the world of dance growing up in Hawaii. As he was already able to claim NBC, Carmen Electra and Jamie King on his resume, it’s safe to say that Jason was off to a good start. Shortly after, Jason found himself in great company with the likes of Christina Aguilera, Britney Spears and Janet Jackson gaining both exposure and experience in music videos that can still be found on MTV. Moreover, Jason was able to add touring on his belt, traveling the world with N’Sync, Chayanne and Dante Thomas, to name a few. All the while, he had continued to gain stage experience while performing for the Grammy Awards, American Latin Music Awards, Ms Universe Pageant, Dancing with the Stars and other productions.
Turning this experience into the ability to create and choreograph was naturally a progression into Jason’s professional career which as spanned over a decade. He found himself in the choreographer’s chair for projects at Knott’s Berry Farm, Atlantic City and MGM Grand Hotel in Las Vegas, NV. The arts have been a driving passion for Jason who had the wonderful experience partnering to choreograph “Pippen” (2008) for East West Players and most recently "Krunk Fu". All the while, continuing to share and educate through classes and workshops for Boogiezone, Culture Shock, Funkanometry and The EDGE Performing Arts Center in the heart of Hollywood.
Jason has been teaching at RDC since 2008. He teaches hip hop for ages 5 to adult, including Boys only classes that are always sold out.
Carly Clove
Carly Clove was a spunky young girl born and raised in La Crescenta, California. She first fell for the art of dance at the age of seven after seeing her big sister perform. Monkey see monkey do as they always say... Little did she know that by following in big sister's footsteps she would eventually pave a path of her own. After dancing for three years at a studio called Cheers, she and her sister joined a new studio called The Dance House. There she made a home. With constant support from her mother Cara Clove and guidance from big sister Kristin, Carly competed at numerous dance competitions until the age of 18. After winning numerous awards including Miss Dance Rave, Miss Starpower, Miss Bravo, Miss Rainbow Connections, Miss IDC, Miss Superstar (at Star Systems dance competition), and Miss Photogenic at many competitions, she continued to model and dance as much as possible. The following year, after a life of dance competitions, Carly started to teach classes and began a musical theatre program with her big sister Kristin. However with the dip in the economy her beloved dance home was closed, but thanks to the loving support from Ms. Julie Kay and Melissa Gerard, Carly found a new dance home in 2009. Revolution Dance Center has been a blessing to those who share the love of dance. And here at RDC Carly has continued to grow as a teacher and a dancer, with the ability to share the art that has created the person she is today. If you are looking for a teacher who loves dance and life, and loves her students even more, Ms.Carly is your kind of girl. Carly teaches hip hop, jazz, lyrical, turns & leaps, Broadway and combination classes for ages 3 to 12. She also choreographs for RDC's competition team, JKDC.
Amanda Cotter
Amanda Cotter is an accomplished performer originally from Dallas, TX. As a principal dancer for Ballet Met, The Festival Ballet of North Central Texas and The Dallas Repertoire Ballet she has performed in such roles as the Spring Fairy in Cinderella, Taglione in Pas de Quatre, and the Snow Queen and Sugar Plum Fairy in The Nutcracker. She has also worked as a dancer at Disney World's Animal Kingdom and as a Swing and Dance Captain on both Disney Cruise Lines and Holland America Cruise Lines. She has been seen in Industrial Shows and Television Commercials for Sally's Beauty Supply, Foley's, Mary Kay Cosmetics and Cantoni Furniture. Amanda has also had the pleasure of performing as a Rockette in the World Famous Radio City Christmas Spectacular. Amanda grew up in Lewisville, TX dancing with Darrell Stallcup, one of RDC's owners. When she moved to Los Angeles in 2000, she met Julie Kay and a wonderful friendship began. She has been teaching with RDC since it's opening and has also been a choreographer for it's resident performance and competition team, JK's Dance Company. Amanda is married to Sam Cotter and lives in La Crescenta with their twin girls Sadie and Shelby. She enjoys staying at home, raising the girls and teaching her favorite classes, Mini's & Tots (ages 2 to 4)!
Jenna Escoto
Born and raised here in Southern California, Jenna has been dancing since the age of 3. Most of her training took place at "The Performing Arts Center" in Van Nuys where her main focus was ballet. Jenna was a part of The Joffrey Ballet's Children's Cast and performed in "The Nutcracker" with the company. In 2003, Jenna continued her dance studies with Julie Kay Stallcup, Hilary Pawlik and Rebecca Mala. She was a member of JKs Dance Company and was able to not only compete but perform at multiple events and benefits with the company. After graduating from High School in 2005, Jenna joined the staff at RDC as a teacher. Jenna is also a choreographer for JK's Dance Company for the last 3 years. Jenna says, "Dance is my biggest passion in life and having the opportunity to pass it on to my students is more than a dream come true."
Amanda Hart
Amanda Hart started dancing at the age of nine with the Sierra Performing Arts Center in Visalia, CA under the technical instruction of Susan Pallas and Melinda Cordell (ABT). After winning many awards in the competition dance world, she was accepted into The Fresno Ballet Company during her senior year at Lindsay High School. She went on to create many choreographic works and appear in numerous shows, including the Cal Arts Dance Ensemble at REDCAT, while receiving her BFA in Dance from the California Institute of the Arts in 2005. Amanda was recently accepted in the Strathmore and Cambridge Women's Who's Who and was nominated for a 2009 Horton Award for Outstanding Production of a Festival or Series. She is currently the Artistic Director or her own, Hart Pulse Dance Company, HartBeats Dance Outreach Programs, and the annual MixMatch Dance Festival in addition to teaching in the Pasadena and Burbank areas. Ms. Hart was also recently accepted onto the Dance Resource Center of Greater Los Angeles Board of Directors. Amanda joins RDC's faculty in 2011 as a teacher of combination classes for ages 3 to 9.
Bre Reinsch
Bre Reinsch, originally from Phoenix, Arizona, joins the RDC regular faculty for the 2011/2012 year. Bre has been dancing since age 3 at Royal Dance Works in Arizona, teaching on staff for two years. She moved to California in 2008 and was a Charger girl for the 2008-2009 season, a Clipper girl for the 2009-2010 season and traveled to China to lead a dance team for an all star basketball game. She has also been an instructor for National Dance Association camps. Bre has appeared in music videos for Justin Bieber and Lighthouse. Bre brings great enthusiam and energy to her dance classes and loves teaching and living in Southern California. Bre will be teaching hip hop, jazz, lyrical, turns & leaps and combination classes for ages 2 to 18. Bre will also choreograph for RDC's competition team, JKDC.
Julie Schmid
Originally from Minnesota, Julie Schmid began dancing at a young age. She studied at various studios in the Minneapolis area as well as her high school dance team. She attended college at the University of Wisconsin-Madison where she was a member of the nationally ranked dance team and captain her senior year. Julie studied ballet throughout college while earning her bachelor's degree in Communication Arts.
Upon graduation, Julie moved to Los Angeles where she was one of twenty dancers selected for the scholarship program at The Edge Performing Arts Center. Since then she has performed in numerous stage shows and festivals, danced behind artists such as Rihanna and Katy Perry, appeared on 90210, Nickelodeon's Victorious, the Disney Channel, and commercials for Travelzoo and Nature Made Vitamins.
Julie has been substitute teaching at various studios in the greater Los Angeles area for the last three years. She is thrilled to be part of the RDC family and looks forward to inspiring young dancers through the art of dance. Julie teaches ballet, lyrical, contemporary and combination classes.
Ashley Yano
Ashley Yano, a Southern California native, grew up in the classical ballet world. By 16, she was invited to train with Pacific Northwest Ballet in Seattle and by 18, she was the youngest member of The Los Angeles Classical Ballet company in Long Beach. She performed with the company for several years before branching off into other disciplines of dance. Ashley moved to Los Angeles to pursue a career as a professional dancer. At 20, she booked her first professional job as a dancer for Disneyland. She has performed in "Memoirs of A Geisha," Sara Brightman's "Harem" tour, The Hollywood Pin Up Girls, "Super Sexy Show" and "Aladdin, A Musical Spectacular" to name a few. Currently, she can be seen in "Mental Head Circus" a show conceptualized by renowned-choreographer/director Terry Beeman. Ashley has been on staff with Revolution Dance Center for 2 years and finds inspiration and motivation in teaching and choreographing for the next generation of dancers. Ashley also choreographs for RDC's resident dance competition team - JKs Dance Company. She is privileged to be with you... "There is no limit to what you can achieve if you believe."
Ashley teaches combination classes, hip hop, jazz, lyrical and turns & Leaps for ages 3 to 18.
