Brandy has been dancing in Colorado since the age of three. She grew up doing studio dance in Golden, Colorado and poms at Golden High School. She went on to dance for the University of Colorado Boulder for two years and has been a Dream Project member for seven seasons. She is a graduate of the University of Colorado with a degree in business administration and accounting and has her physical education teaching license as well. She currently works full time for Elite Dance Academy. Brandy says, "Elite can fulfill the dreams of any dancer, teacher or other staff member!! It fills my soul and through Elite I have met so many incredible women that I now call my life-long best friends!"

Lisa has been dancing for twenty-six years. Lisa has been instructing students' dance for the past eighteen years. She has taught at dance studios throughout Colorado and the surrounding states. She has choreographed for several high school pom pon and dance squads as well as college squads. Lisa has a substantial professional performance background as well. She was a Denver Nuggets Dance Team member for four years and she directed the team in her final season during a playoff year. She was a Denver Broncos cheerleader for three seasons and in her final year she performed at Superbowl 32. Lisa has continued to participate as a judge for the Denver Nuggets Dance Team auditions and has taught master technique classes for the team. Lisa is also still involved with the Denver Broncos cheerleaders and has been a technical judge during their auditions in past seasons. Lisa's performing credits include dancing in the Las Vegas Revue “Pizzazz” for a season run. She also performed as a core dancer in the Denver Center Theater production of Star Fever in the Space Theater. Lisa has a Bachelor of Science degree in accounting from the University of Colorado at Boulder. Lisa practiced public accounting for 8 years as a CPA prior to opening Elite in 2003. She has owned and operated the studios since 2003. In 2015, she founded Camp Telaphiba, an overnight summer dance retreat for dancers ages 10-18 from all over the country and world. Lisa is living in Denver with her husband, Chris, their two sons, John David and Chase and their dogs, Dax and Zoe.

Natalie grew up competitively dancing in Colorado winning regional and national titles. While participating on the high school and college dance teams, she became a 4-year UDA All American, NAIA First Team All American, and 2-year Captain for the Colorado Mesa University Mavettes. During the summer, Natalie was also a UDA staff member and judge while teaching and choreographing at studios throughout Colorado. Natalie graduated in 2020 from Colorado Mesa University with her BFA in Dance. She then danced professionally with Reverent Rhythms Dance Company choreographing, performing, and teaching at the Reverent Rhythms School of the Arts. She has been teaching and coaching for over 10 years and hopes to inspire the next generation of artists.

Brittany Capone began dancing at the age of 3 and danced competitively starting at age 12.  As a Colorado native she danced at several different studios locally in the Denver area.  After high school she went on to be a University of Colorado Dancer, Outlaws Lacrosse dancer and even a Denver Broncos Cheerleader.

Erin has been dancing and loving everything dance since she was seven years old. She recently moved to Colorado from Arizona, where she attended the University of Arizona. She has always been passionate about healthy movement and expression, specifically with dancers, as they experience a unique and demanding role! She is now a Student of Physical Therapy at the University of Colorado, where her dream is to specialize in dancers and injury prevention. She is very excited to be a part of the Elite family!

Chelsea has been a dancer on and off for her whole life - more on than off. Her soul speaks ballet and it is a true love of hers. She is so thrilled to be able to help students grow in skill and love for ballet at Elite!

Kim grew up dancing and has always had a passion for the art in all its forms, but particularly enjoys ballet and musical theater. Frequenting the Colorado Ballet is one of the things Kim looks forward to most and always enjoys a good show! Now that her two daughters enjoy dance as much, if not more, than she does, joining Elite was a natural fit. Kim is an Arizona State University graduate with a degree in Journalism and has worked in digital marketing for the last 15 years. She enjoys spending time with her family, baking and anything on television that can transport her to another place and time.

Shannon Fornes grew up doing gymnastics in San Diego, California before falling in love with modern and contemporary dance in middle school. They competed and attended conventions throughout Southern California before graduating in 2020. Shannon attended Mount Holyoke College where they continued their technical training, performed in faculty and student pieces, and developed several independent choreography projects. Shannon is super excited to join the EDA team!

Jacy is a Colorado native and had the pleasure of growing up dancing here at Elite Dance Academy. She spent 4 years studying Communications and Computer Science at CSU, as well as spent those years dancing for their pom's team, Golden Pom's. Go Rams! She now works in Technology Consulting and Sales! She is excited to be back in her home studio sharing her love of dance with everyone!

Ally is a senior in college pursuing a psychology degree, she has been dancing since she was three and fell in love with dance when she started competing in middle school. Since then, she has never stopped being a student and performer. She loves ballet, tap and contemporary and is passionate about passing the love of dance on to her students. She believes that dance makes everything better and there is always more to learn! She is thrilled to be part of the Elite family helping students have fun and grow as dancers and as people.

Sammy is a Colorado native and grew up dancing competitively then danced for Douglas County High School. She is currently a student at the University of Colorado at Boulder studying accounting. She is passionate about sharing the gift of dance with students and is so excited to be a part of the EDA family!

Sunny Reichert was born in rural Illinois where she started training in dance at the age of 5. At the age of 10, she joined her first dance company and began traveling nationwide, competing in various dance competitions. Throughout high school she received numerous dance scholarships and earned national recognition with her dance companies. Sunny moved to Los Angeles in 2004 to pursue her career in dance and quickly began working in film, TV and print. Some of her career highlights were working for Aamco, Comedy Central, FOX, Matchbox 20, NBC, Pepsi and William Morris Entertainment. While working, Sunny also received her degree from Cal State Northridge in 2009, where she minored in dance. Sunny is trained in ballet, tap, jazz, lyrical, modern, contemporary and hip-hop and has used her well-rounded training to build a successful teaching career. For 20 years now, Sunny has been a teacher producing and choreographing many of her own dance performances and productions. She has also directed numerous different dance companies for children and pre-professionals, most recently working as the Educational Director at Santa Barbara Dance Arts. Sunny is proud to say some of her dance students have gone on to train at Juilliard, NYU Tisch School of the Arts and The American Ballet Theatre. BUT Sunny is excited to be in Denver now and call Elite Dance Academy her new home!

Chloe began dancing at the age of 3 and started competing in all styles by age 8 after moving to Colorado. She went on to be a four-year member of the Rock Canyon High School Dance Team, earning three pom state titles and placing in the top three at UDA Nationals in both 2020 and 2021. This May, she’lll be graduating from the University of Colorado Boulder with a degree in Media Studies and a minor in Business. She is beyond excited to combine her love for dance along with her passions in marketing and community engagement to the Elite Dance Academy family!