About

Patti Weinberg, was born in the Los Angeles area in 1970 where she began a rich and fulfilling career in the world of dance. First dancing at the age of 5, she trained in Tap, Jazz, Ballet, Spanish, Hawaiian, and acrobatics at Annette’s School of Dance.

Dana is a native San Diegan who returned after studying dance, performance and teaching, and raising her family in Utah and the Chicago, Illinois areas. She has been teaching ballet at all levels in the North County area and principally at Stage Door since 1993. She also teaches Flamenco.

Noelle, a passionate and experienced dance instructor, has dedicated her life to share her talents and love of dance with others. With more than 20 years of experience in teaching, Noelle is an expert in developing a child’s confidence and abilities through dance. Noelle began her journey into the world of dance at 3 years old, when she first stepped into a dance studio. From that moment on, she knew that dance was her calling. She trained rigorously in tap, ballet, jazz, and lyrical dance forms, honing her skills and developing her unique style in dance.

Miss Andrea loves teaching at Stage Door Dance and is happy to be teaching for such an amazing studio. She started dancing when she was 8 and fell in love with it. She danced for 10 years throughout high school at Ramona High, was president of Dance Productions, and danced on The RHS Varsity Song Team.

Miss Lisette grew up training with a variety of professional studios such as American Ballet Theatre, School of American Ballet, Finis Jung, David Howard and Alvin Ailey in New York City. Miss Lisette has been teaching for over 30 years in San Diego County including teaching Outreach Programs for City Ballet of San Diego and San Diego Civic Youth Ballet. She is also a PBT certified instructor! Miss Lisette teaches ages 2.5 through adult, and looks forward to seeing your dancer in class. Her motto is “Reach for the moon and you’ll be amongst the stars.”

Miss Laura Gottas is an encouraging, positivity focused teacher hoping to share her love of dance with students of all ages and skill levels. With a passion for dance from a young age, Laura joined the RJAD performing group at age eight- going on to join their competition team and perform in the styles of ballet, contemporary, jazz, lyrical, hip hop, and musical theatre.

Ariel began dancing at the age of six. She started in ballet & tap classes in Carlsbad, but as she got older she added jazz & other styles. Ariel began teaching at the age of 14yrs old in her tap teacher’s private studio. She started with 3 students & by the end of high school she had over 50 students! Ariel owned and operated Ariel’s Dance Studio for 28 years in Vista & Oceanside, but sadly had to close the studio in 2020.

Ms Clara is a San Diego born and raised performing arts lover and producer. Beginning at the age of two, Ms Clara started her dance training in North County SD, and continued her training to a pre-professional level in Ballet/Pointe, Tap, Lyrical and Modern, Jazz, and Musical Theater. She has training in Vaganova, French, and Balanchine ballet methods, Progressing Ballet Technique education, and intensives and classes through ABT and San Diego City Ballet.

Miss Makenna Moss discovered the joy of dance at the age of 12 when she took her first class at Edge Dance Academy. She trained, performed, and competed in jazz, jazz funk, hip-hop, contemporary, lyrical, musical theater, ballroom, heels, and ballet until graduating from Edge’s program at the age of 19. During this time she also performed and competed on the San Marcos High School Dance Team, including three years on Varsity. Makenna was then accepted into the CLI Conservatory, a groundbreaking new program in Massachusetts designed to prepare students to enter the professional world of dance.

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