Lauren Baquet has a passion and a love for dance, kids, and life. She has been dancing since she was 3 years old and started her natural ability of teaching in 2005. She is a full time teacher at Creative Dance Arts and Pusch Ridge Christian Academy. Lauren thrives on being a good example to people of all ages and especially kids. She hopes to influence them as a positive role model and encourages them to express who they are through dancing.

Joshua Blake Carter is a native of Atlanta, GA where he began his study of dance at the Cobb County Center for the Excellence in the Performing Arts, one of the country’s premier magnet high schools for the arts.  As a former member of the center’s elite touring ensemble, ComPAny, Joshua performed for many industrials, including: AFLAC, BellSouth, The American Cancer Society, and the North Georgia State Fair.  He was also given the opportunity to train at Point Park University’s International Dance Program and in New York City.  After being accepted on scholarship to the University of Arizona as a dance major, Joshua moved to Tucson, AZ, to continue his study of dance.  He also trained on scholarship with Giordano Jazz Dance Chicago in Chicago, IL.  Joshua has had the opportunity to perform work by internationally recognized choreographers like Frank Chaves, Susan Quinn, Sam Watson, Michael Williams, Doug Nielsen, and Amy Ernst.  He has also been a part of many theatrical productions.  In 2005, Joshua was a featured dancer in Walt Disney’s Musical Theatre Workshop.  His regional theater credits include West Side Story (Gee Tar), Side Show (The Bearded Lady), Big: The Musical (Nick), Little Shop of Horrors (Audrey II – manipulator), Copacabana, Children of Eden, and Footloose.  Joshua has received many acknowledgements for his choreography at competitions and conventions nationwide.  He was recently accepted as a finalist in the 11th Annual Dance Under the Stars Choreography Competition in Palm Springs California for his work Moura-Sion (2008).  After his graduation with a BFA in dance in the spring of 2009, Joshua plans to further pursue his performing career while continuing to choreograph and teach.

Christy Cubbison has done extensive training in Ballet, Pointe, Lyrical, Jazz, Tap, and Modern at Laura Lynn's School of Dance and at various elite Ballet Academies in Pittsburgh, PA. Her favorite style of dance is ballet and she loves teaching all different levels and techniques. She has a bachelors degree in performing arts with an emphasis in ballet and a minor in business. Her career as a teacher started in 2000 at Laura Lynn's. She moved to Tucson in 2005 and has been at Creative Dance Arts ever since. Christy aspires to own her own studio in the future to share the gift of dance and the ability to express themselves through movement.

Sarah Fisher has been loving dance since the age of 2! She has training in ballet, pointe, jazz, tap, hip hop and lyrical. Her two favorite techniques are tap and ballet. She has been part of the Creative Dance Arts family for 17 years.

Becca Garcia fell in love with dance when she began classes at 3 years old. She trained in ballet, tap, jazz and gymnastics in Tucson until she moved with her family to Great Britain at 13. There she attended the Lemmon School of Ballet and studied ballet through the Royal Academy of Dance for three years. Upon moving back to Tucson she continued her training at Creative Dance Arts and competed with the school's performing company.Becca began teaching at Creative Dance Arts in 1998 and continues to share her passion and enthusiasm for dance with her students.

Danielle Gumm started dancing at the young age of three at Spisak Dance Academy located in Glendale Arizona, where she studied ballet, tap and jazz. There she was a member of the Jataba Dance Troupe where she performed in the annual Nutcracker performances, half time shows for the Arizona Cardinals, Fiesta Bowl, Super Bowl XXX pre-game show and competitions across the United States, including Disney's Magic Music Days. She was also co-director of the Fountain Hills High School dance company, where she was given the opportunity to choreograph numerous routines for the company. After graduating high school in 1997 she moved to Tucson and started teaching at Creative Dance Arts. Danielle enjoys being part of the Creative Dance Arts family and hopes to instill the love for dance in the hearts of all her students.

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Kasie Wendling has has been dancing since she was 5 years old, begining her training at Creative Dance Arts. She continued furthering her style and technique as a dance minor at the University of Arizona, studying under recognized choreographers such as Susan Quinn, Michael Williams, Sam Watson, Jim Clouser and Nina Janik. She has been teaching for six years and loves to see her creativity and choreography expressed through those who study under her. Her love of performing and teaching was inspired by Susan Quinn and Mia Michaels who are brilliant in using emotion and storytelling through choreography. Kasie strives to teach her students how to express any kind of emotion through dance and help them find their own style and expressiveness.