Susan is a native of Colorado, grew up in Arvada and moved to Broomfield in 1996. She is married and has a beautiful and talented daughter who is attending CSU. Susan was in dance many ions ago and passed on her love of dance to her daughter Kaitlyn. Susan and her husband have grown up in the Broomfield dance community since Kaitlyn was 6 years attending countless dance competitions, conventions and recitals. During the day, Susan works for the phone company and during the evenings she is blessed with the opportunity to work the front desk at Elite Dance Academy since 2020 as a Customer Astonishment Representative. When not working, Susan enjoys spending time with family, friends and working concessions in the evening at several venues in the Denver area to help offset college expenses.

Matthew Helms, formally a martial artist and child actor since three year old, began his training in Colorado on full scholarship at the International Ballet School and competed at the Youth America Grand Prix and the Denver Ballet Guild’s Young Dancers Competition in 2008, receiving a full scholarship to Ballet West Academy in Salt Lake City for three years. Matt was promoted to the Ballet West Pre-Professional Trainee Program in under the company direction of Adam Sklute dancing in ballets such as Sleeping Beauty, Satanella, Madam Butterfly, Don Quixote, Gala Concerto and at the same time was a guest artist with the Utah Ballet Company & Utah Regional Ballet preforming leading roles in The Nutcracker, Sleeping Beauty, Paquita, Peter Pan and guest Company’s/Choreographers including Berlin State Ballet’s Troy Games and many contemporary showcases. Matt joined Boulder Ballet in 2010 dancing in lead roles in ballets such as The Nutcracker, Le Corsaire, Don Quixote, American In Paris, Giselle, & Flames Of Paris and was recently chosen to perform leading roles in Paul Taylor Dance Company’s “Airs” and Christopher Wheeldon’s “Five Movements, Three Repeats”. For the last nine years, Matthew has traveled around the US as a guest artist and teacher in California, West Virginia, Tennessee, Colorado, Utah, and Idaho.

Jacqueline grew up in Naples, Florida and started dancing at the age of 2. She began competing at the age of 9 and started teaching and choreographing at 14. She has won multiple choreography awards over the years. As a dancer, she was a featured dancer and dance captain for Norwegian Cruise Lines for 4 years. After that Jacqueline performed in a show in The Sandcastle Theater in Guam until the pandemic. She then went back to teaching in her home town until she decided to make the move to Denver and is so excited to continue her love of teaching at Elite!

Krista Zozulia (she/her) comes to Elite Dance Academy after spending the last year as the director of a local recreation dance program in a nearby Colorado neighborhood. Within just a year, Krista grew the program from 30 to 200 students as a result of her focus on curriculum, class offerings, and youth dance company. Krista is originally from Chicago where she danced with Joel Hall Dancers and trained with Visceral Dance, The Cambrians, and several other local Chicago artists. Additionally, Krista holds a Masters in Education from DePaul University and a Bachelors in Dance from Indiana University. Some of her favorite dance training includes her time at the Jerusalem Academy of Music and Dance in Israel, a semester study abroad program, and Hasadna, a 3-month workshop in Tel-Aviv both of which focused on the Israeli movement language, Gaga. Recent 2022 performances include time with Wonderbound, Cleo II, Control Group Productions, and now upcoming with T2 Dance company.

I am originally from New Jersey but then moved to Colorado. I love to make as many things by hand as possible, like jewelry, clothing, and even little things around the house. I danced for about five years as a kid doing cultural folk dancing. I am a student at the University of Colorado Boulder majoring in Creative Technology and Design. Today, I unfortunately only have time to dance in my living room, but one day I hope to dance for the Denver Broncos Cheerleaders. Although my dreams may be a little out there for some, I believe that nothing is unachievable if you put your heart and hard work into it and continue to persevere.

I was born and raised in Broomfield, CO and have been dancing since age 3. I grew up in a dance studio, practicing all styles. Once I started high school, I left the studio and found a passion for Poms. I've worked for Jeffco Public Schools for 15 years, working in before and after school child care and grants accounting. I graduated in 2019 from Metropolitan State University of Denver with a degree in business management. Outside of work and dance,  I love golfing, paddle boarding and going on adventures with my husband.

I'm currently a second year college student at Community College of Denver. I'm majoring in business/digital marketing and I hope to transfer to University of Colorado Denver. This is my first time being around the dance industry and I can't wait to see where this takes me!

Macy began dancing at the age of 14. What started as a once a week after school activity turned into a lifelong passion as Dance continues to be an integral part of Macy’s life. Macy has trained in many styles of dance including Tap, Jazz, Ballet, Hip Hop, Modern, Contemporary and Pom. Macy recently graduated from Metropolitan State University of Denver with a bachelor’s in business management with a minor in dance. Her teaching focus is musicality and awareness of mind and body as it pertains to movement. She is excited to continue her teaching career at Elite Dance Academy and cannot wait to see what this season has in store!

I am from Minnesota. My favorite style to coach is Kick or Jazz Funk. My favorite style to dance is Hip Hop. My favorite color is yellow, and I enjoy fashion!

Caitlyn Gallison grew up training and competing in all styles of dance in San Diego, California. Her continued training and professional experience as a ballerina allowed her to develop a training method and choreography style that brings out the best in all her students. Caitlyn is so excited to begin this next chapter in Colorado with her two dogs, Scout and Camper.