Jason Weiss has had a professional dance career which has seen him dance in Las Vegas with Bobby Gentry, on the stage at Ceasar’s Palace for the Jerry Lewis Telethon with Carol Lawrence, for the Ford Industrial Corporation for several years and on the big stage with Bill Cosby, Gene Kelley, Lisa Hartman, and many other. His TV credits include Hart To Hart, Oh Madeleine, The David Copperfield Special, Super Stars & Classic Cars, The NBC All Star Hour, Laverne & Shirley, The Nell Carter Special, Mr. Belvedere & The Playboy Video Rock and Roll With The Splitters. Film credits include, Cracking Up with Jerry Lewis, Pennies From Heaven with Steve Martin, SOB with Julie Andrews and Dr. Detroit with Dan Ackroyd. He also performed on the Academy Awards for 4 consecutive years. As an outstanding teacher Jason’s choreography has recieved such distinguished awards as the Choreographers’ Mid West State Finals, West Coast Choreographers Challenge and overall & high score championships from Showstoppers, Rainbow & Headliners. Now on the professional judging circuit, Jason brings his knowledge of the professional dance world to students across the nation.

Lisa Weiss has been a performer, teacher and choreographer for the past 29 years. During her professional career, she has worked with such notable teachers and dancers as Diane East, Joella Lewis, Peggy Carr, Ken Berry, Gene Nelson and the Nicholas Brothers. In addition to dancing principal roles with the American Festival Ballet for over 7 years, she was the assistant director and choreographer for the Saidi Dance Company and Sunshine Productions for more than 10 years. She has choreographed major productions benefiting such charities as Kids Against Drugs, The Special Olympics, The American Cancer Society, The Parksinson Foundation and the USC Norris Cancer Center, among many others. She holds the RAD Teaching Certificate from the Royal Academy of Ballet and has been on the staff of examiners for 6 years. She was the director and choreographer for America’s National Teenager Scholarship Pageant for 8 years and the choreographer for the Miss Downey and Teen Miss Downey Pageants for 6 years. This past year she re-entered the Pageant World by becoming the Director for the Miss Bell Gardens Pageant as well as the Miss Santa Fe Springs Pageant. Currently in her fifth year as a national judge for several professional dance competitions, she brings her students more insight into the world of competitions and overall professional performance.

Rachael Law graduated From CSULB in 2001 with both her BFA and Masters teaching credential in art education. Now in her 10th year as an art teacher at Long Beach’s Poly High School, Rachael has also choreographed for “Pop Stars” cheer and dance clinics and “Pro Cheerleading and Dance”. As the daughter of studio owners Jason and Lisa Weiss, Rachael has been dancing and performing since the age of 3. Besides her parents, Rachael has danced and studied with such great teachers such as Andy Vaca, Leanne Alduenda, Leah Eggert, Jose Salazar, Michael VanPatten, Erika Waters, Tim Stevenson and Doris Weiss. Rachael continues her dance education at “Defore’s” and “The Edge” in Hollywood, where she studies with the top Hip Hop and Jazz teachers in southern California.

Jenny Lee Stevens graduated from CSULB in 2000 with a BFA in dance with an emphasis in dance education. She has studied dance with such notable teachers as Jackie Sleight, Leann Alduenda, Michael VanPatten, Judy Allen and Andy Vaca. Her gymnastics training comes from both Ms. Kathy Pickle and Willie Avila. She is currently a full time faculty member Cal State Long Beach and Chapman College where she teaches all levels of Jazz and Jazz Performance. As a former member of the national award-winning CSULB dance team and a Clipper girl for over 3 years, Jenny has a solid knowledge of performance skills and current trends in the dance world.

Ryannlee Weiss-Davis is an exciting dancer, teacher & choreographer. Having spent all of her life dancing, she continued her dance education after graduating from HBHS in 2004 with a full scholarship to Defore’s Foundation Of The Arts. There she studied with such fantastic teachers as Christine Baltes, Michael Esperanza, Leann Alduenda, Michael VanPatten & Tim Stevenson. Currently the Assistant Creative Director and Tap Instructor at Orange County High School Of The Arts where her teaching style is constantly on demand she also has a professional career as a lead dancer for Irish Pride. She has performed in Las Vegas and Hollywood with The Young Dubliners, with Chris Baltes & Company, the Pro-bowl with the Back Street Boys, Pulse Productions and so much more. 

Alida Carmona began her serious ballet training at the "Phyllis Cyr Academy" under the direction of Anthony Sellers, in the late 1970s. She continued her training with the renowned Ballet master, Stephan Wenta, around the same time. All the while performing with the "San Gabriel Valley Ballet", under the direction of Virginia Paulo Lovejoy. Alida began teaching dance in the early 1980s, at various studios in Southern California and now is a full time faculty member at our studio. This will be Ms. Alida's 4th year as our Ballet Department Chair.

Nicole Ray is a resident of Brea, California and grew up dancing at Imperial Dance Studio training in Tap, Jazz, Ballet, Lyrical and Hip Hop. Inspired her instructor Todd Van Dorn and many other teachers, Nicole decided at a young age that she wanted to become a dance teacher. At age 16 she was offered a teaching position at Imperial Dance Studio, and began teaching preschool classes and eventually began working on a full time basis. Now with 8 years of teaching experience, Nicole now teaches classes of all kinds and for all ages. According to Nicole, "dance has made me who I am today, and I love sharing my passion for dance with all of my students."

Michael Perez is an outstanding man of dance. Having studied with Jason and Lisa Weiss for over 15 years, Michael received a Full Dance Scholarhip from Chapman University in 2006 and graduated with his BA in Dance and Business in 2010. There he studied from such notable teachers as Leann Alduenda, Chris Baltes, Robin Kish, Larry Rosenberg, Sean Green and Jennifer Backhaus. With his desire to continue his dancing career Michael is now teaching at several studio across southern California. Michael brings our students the most up to date techniques and learning qualities that are taught in today’s dance world. 

Erika Hernandez comes from a dance background that is filled with a resume that would take up several pages. She is a noteable teacher in all forms of dance from Jazz, Lyrical, Contemporary, Ballet and most importantly Hip Hop. Her training comes from over 15 years of professional work in industry, which includes work on MTV, VH1, commericals, movies and videos. She is currently on the faculty of Saddleback College, Defore's Dance Academy and the Ducle Dance Company.


Guest Faculty: Shawn Vitale, Cindy Peca Dolan, Brooke Paulson, Michelle Morency, Kathy Pickle, Andy Vaca, Leann Alduenda, Tim Stevenson, Chris Baltes, Ryan Rodriquez, Steve Miller, Janet Miller, Patti Negri, John Peters and Kristen Egusa.