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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Brynlee started dancing at the age of 2 where she was trained by some amazing teachers including our very own Tracy and Annette. She won many scholarships, high overalls and title awards in her dance career. She has choreographed for many high school drill teams and dance companies including her alma mater Alta high school dance company. She went on to try out for the New York City rockettes where she made it to the top 40 before being cut. She took a break from dancing to start a family. She got married to her best friend, Michael, in 2017 and had two boys.
Brittany has been a dance teacher for over 15 years. Brittany started dance young and trained at Revolution, a competitive studio till 18 years old. In high school, while still training at Revolution, Brittany was on the Alta High School Dance Company. She choreographed pieces for the dance company and her senior year she was the president of the team. In college she danced and choreographed for the Utah Flash Basketball’s Dance Team for 3 years. After those 3 year she danced on the Utah Dance Team at the University of Utah for 3 Years, 2 of those years she was captain. Then after graduating from college she became the assistant coach of the Utah Dance Team at the University of Utah for 5 years. She received a Masters Degree in Human development from the University of Utah in 2017. Brittany has been teaching with Danceology since 2011 and enjoys teaching all ages and many genres. She loves being a part of this wonderful Danceology family.
Ella was born in Salt Lake City, Utah and has been dancing since she was 11 years old. She has trained in multiple different styles of dance including ballet, jazz, contemporary, lyrical, hip hop, tap and more. She has trained with amazing instructors and choreographers that have inspired her to also teach and choreograph. Ella loves to see her visions come to life. She has been awarded multiple scholarships and multiple choreography awards for solos, duos and group routines. During highschool, Ella continued to train at our very own studio, Danceology, and was part of the Corner Canyon Dance Team. She held two leadership positions as a Choreographer and an Officer. She was awarded Sterling Scholar for Dance and Graduated with an Advanced Diploma. Ella has won collegiate scholarships in dance including 2, $20,000 scholarships to AMDA and Full Tuition to SUU. She decided to stay in her roots and is currently studying at Utah Valley University to get her Bachelors of Science in Dance Education. Ella is a Former member of the Utah Valley Dance Team and helped them win 2 National Titles in Pom and Jazz. Ella is currently the Assistant Coach at Corner Canyon High School for the Dance Team and has decided to focus her time on teaching dancers and helping them reach their goals. Ella has fallen in love with teaching and she hopes to inspire dancers like her instructors have inspired her.