Faculty
CSI/IDAA Dance Camp brings in a guest faculty of professional dancers and dance professors from around the United States. The faculty is hand-picked for their unique strengths, talents, knowledge, and rapport with students to assure each student achieves their highest potential!
Check out the impressive faculty lineup we have so far for or Dance Camp 2012!!! Watch for updates as we get closer to camp. Faculty is always subject to change due to professional opportunities for them.
Sarah Franco
Sarah Franco grew up in Chicago, where she studied ballet, jazz, and modern dance at the Lou Conte Dance Studio, performed with The Hubbard Street 2 Dance Company, and danced for the NFL Chicago Bears. She received her BA in Ballet Performance from BYU and toured with BYU's Theatre Ballet Company. In 2007, Sarah completed her Masters of Fine Arts Degree in Modern Dance at the University of Utah. Since then she has been teaching Modern, Ballet, Jazz, Hip Hop, Pilates, Kinesiology, Composition, and many other courses as a Visiting Professor at the University of Oregon and, most recently, as full-time faculty at the University of Utah. Her choreography has been highlighted on university companies and local studios across the western US. She continues to perform as a guest artist with choreographers in the Salt Lake Area and teach master classes for universities and studios. Sarah is currently full-time faculty at Creative Arts Academy in Bountiful, Utah.
Christina Gaspar
Nikki Molina
Growing up in St. Louis, MO, Nikki Molina started her dance journey at the age of 3. She studied all the forms of dance she could at her hometown studio and enjoyed participating in large musical productions throughout high school. After graduating high school, she attended University of Arizona. Here she studied modern, jazz, and salsa along with being a member of the Arizona Pomline, Afrikana Dance Ensemble, and several hip hop crews. At the age of 20, Nikki decided to leave school to follow her dreams of becoming a professional dancer in Los Angeles, CA. Since moving to LA, Nikki gave birth to her daughter Rose Athena. Even though she became a mother, she never lost sight of her dreams. Today Nikki is signed with Clear Talent Agency. She can be seen in her first official music video Zendaya “Dig Down Deeper”. She has also participated in many local LA shows and works such as “Freak Dance” the movie starring Amy Pollard. Nikki feels so fortunate to be able to make her dream a reality, and encourages all kids to shoot for the stars no matter what obstacles may come their way!
Chelsea Thedinga
Chelsea was born in excelsior Minnesota where she began dancing at the age of 5. Her family was transferred to Las Vegas, Nevada where she eventually found a home studying contemporary dance with Robert Contreras. Chelsea trained with him for 5 years as a member of his dance company Inspire, where she received rigorous ballet and pilates training under the ballet mistress, Tara Foy. At the age of 16 Chelsea won West Coast Dance Explosion senior elite dancer and began traveling as an assistant for John Crutchman and Alan Sherfield. She has been a dancer in various industrial jobs in Las Vegas one of them choreographed and directed by Napoleon and Tabitha D'umo. Now Chelsea has graduated from Las Vegas Academy of the Performing arts high school as a dance major and recently moved to Los Angeles to pursue a professional dance career.
Kristina Wiselogel
Kristina received a BFA from the University of Utah with an emphasis in teaching, performing and character. She performed with Utah Ballet and the Character Dance Ensemble while attending the university and currently performs with Eastern Arts. While traveling to Spain, Russia, and China, she studied at the University of Eibar, the Vaganova Dance Society, and the Beijing Dance Academy. She trained with the Ripon City Ballet in California, where she performed several lead roles including Sugar Plum Fairy, Snow White, and Sleeping Beauty. She attended summer intensives at ABT in New York City, Lines Ballet in San Francisco, and Contra Costa Ballet in California.