Rachel Hansen is originally from Draper Utah. She trained at The Dance Club in Orem where her and her teammates took home several regional and national titles. In 2012, Rachel earned the title of Junior National Dancer of the Year at Hollywood Vibe Nationals. She was also offered a role in the Broadway show, Billy Elliot when she was just 12 years old. The last four years, Rachel has spent dancing and competing as a BYU Cougarette. She has helped the Cougarettes win three national titles, 2 gold medals and 1 silver medal when the Cougarettes were chosen to represent team USA at Worlds. Rachel is into her Senior year as a BYU Cougarette where she is excited to serve as the Vice President and officer. Rachel prides herself in extensive training in all types of dance and her leadership skills. She got married in 2020 to her husband Ryan and the live in Provo as they finish up school at BYU.
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Working from home meant we could vary snack and coffee breaks, change our desks or view, goof off, drink on the job, even spend the day in pajamas
Duncan was born and raised in Utah and has been dancing for 14 years. He started taking hip hop lessons and later started taking Latin ballroom, jazz, ballet, and contemporary. Duncan has danced on Mos A.I.C. Dance company for three seasons and is currently on the Utah Jazz dance team. He has been teaching and choreographing for 8 years and is so happy to be teaching at Danceology.
Charlie received her bachelors of health and human performance from Brigham Young University. She owns a nutrition and fitness coaching business, Cevans Fitness. She is currently working on her second bachelors degree of science in nursing and will graduate as a registered nurse in December 2022.
She trained with the Utah regional ballet and dance professionally with the URB for seven years she’s passionate about ballet technique and loves teaching young dancers how to express movement through ballet. This is her second year of teaching with Danceology.
Hi I’m Sydney! I currently dance on the Utah Valley Dance Team! My favorite style of dance is contemporary, and one thing outside of dancing that I love is boating:)