Faculty

Joel Aguirre - Artistic Director, Instructor (Ballroom)

Jonah Kalani Aki - Instructor (Hip-Hop)

Jennifer Bales - Instructor (Combo) Company Member

Katie Bonomini - Instructor, Hartfel Ballet (Ballet, Cradle Method Body Contitioning)

Jessica Dove - Instructor (Combo, Tap) Company Member

Christy Beth Ellis - Instructor (Ballroom)

Andrea Guillen - Instructor (Combo)

Heather Lauchlan - Instructor (Lyrical)

Hollie Lauchlan - Instructor (Lryical, Jazz)

Christine Nazarian - Instructor (Hip-Hop, Combo) Company Member

Brent Lewis - Instructor (Modern)

Krystal Pires-Patch - Instructor (Ballet, Jazz, Lyrical, Combo, Hip-Hop) Company Member

Breanna Reynolds - Instructor (Tap) Company Member

Heather Reynolds - Instructor (Ballet, Jazz, Lyrical, Combo, Hip-Hop) Company Member

Catherine is a founding member of The Hartfel Ballet, and has been performing with the company as a Principal Dancer since January of 2001. She has danced in many original choreographic works by John Welch, including Appalachian Interpretations, In Spirit, Christmas Hymns, the Tango variation from Stravinsky’s L’Histoire du Soldat, and Baroque to Brazil. Catherine teaches at the Box Dance Studio as an instructor in ballet, jazz, hip-hop, and as an Assistant Instructor in the Step in the Dark Dance Program for the Blind. She gained her BA degree in Dance from the University of California at Irvine.

Brent Lewis started dancing at the age of 11 in the Allan Hancock College Youth Dance program in Santa Maria, CA. He has participated in many shows including the Nutcracker, where he performed the part of Cavalier. Once in high school, he went on to participate in main shows for the college dance program where he stayed for three years, performing and choreographing. He has also been invited as a guest instructor to many high schools on the Central Coast of California. He currently studies dance at UC Irvine where he is working towards a BFA in Choreography.

Brenda Torres - Instructor (Hip-Hop, Jazz, Combo)

Born and raised in Southern California. Brenda has been dancing for about 10 years. Her love for performing began with choir and that led her to her infatuation for dance. At Santa Ana College she began training in modern, hip hop, jazz and ballet. She has received training from choreographers such as Mike Experanza, Heather Gillette, Kari Jensen, and Jennifer Backhaus. She now dances at Chapman University and teaches at Valley High School. She also teaches at various other studios in Orange County and is often found teaching workshops for all ages of students.

Jonah is currently attending UCI and is a member of the exclusive Hip Hop group Kaba Modern.

Jennifer is currently attending Chapman University and has danced for over 15 years. .

Joel has over 12 yaars of teaching experience. He was a director of the Saddleback High School Dance Team for over 10 years. He has taught at various dance studios over the years. He has the title of Mr Latino 2000 which he actively represents at various functions. He was the Artistic Director of a dance studio inTustin where Images Dance Company was founded.

Jessy is in her senior year at Foothill High School. She has been dancing for over 14 years. She has also done gymnastics for many years and has competed in both dance and gymnastics.

Christy Beth has been dancing for over 25 years

Christine is in her senior year at Beckman High School. She has been dancing for over 14 years

Krystal is attending UCI and has been dancing for over 15 years.

Breanna is a senior at Orange County High School of the Arts. She started out in the Ballet Folklorico Conservatory for 2 years. She moved to the Production and Design Conservatory to learn Stage Management. She has been dancing for over 14 years.

Heather currently attends Santiago Canyon College and Santa Ana College. She recently graduated from Orange County High School of the Arts. She was in the Classical Dance Conservatory for 2 years and in the Commercial Dance Conservatory for 4 years. She has been dancing for over 15 years and has 4 years of teaching experience.

Heather has been dancing for over 20 years and has over 10 years of teaching experience. Her dancing experience includes dancing in Disneyland parades, dancing with the American Ballet Theater in the Nutcracker and Sleeping Beauty, as well as dancing in an MTV music video. She has danced with many nationally ranked dance teams and was awarded Miss Dance 1999. She was also the head choreographer at the Brea-Olinda High School for 5 years.

Florence Lau - Instructor (Ballet - Cecchetti Method)

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