Petite Ballerinas, Pre Pointe, Beginning Pointe, Beginning & Advanced Ballet

Ms. Camilla is a graduate of the Kirkwood Academy of Performing Arts in Vancouver, Canada, where she received her Advanced R.A.D. (Royal Academy of Dance, London, England) diploma as well as her R.A.D. Teacher’s diploma. During her many years of teaching at Kirkwood, her students won numerous awards in festivals and competitions. She also trained at the Royal Academy of Dance in London, England, with Reid Anderson from the Stuttgart Ballet, and with the Eglevsky Ballet on Long Island, New York.

Camilla has danced professionally with the Goh Ballet Company, Connecticut Ballet Theatre, Albany Berkshire Ballet, and the Vancouver Opera. She performed lead dancing roles in many Royal City Youth Ballet and Royal City Musical Theatre productions such as: The Nutcracker, Coppelia, Cinderella, Wizard of Oz, Brigadoon, Oklahoma, Guys and Dolls, and The King and I. In addition to dancing lead roles for Royal City Youth Ballet, she was the ballet mistress and later, Assistant Artistic Director, for the company. Upon getting married and moving to California, Camilla has been a featured dancer in The Glory of Christmas and The Glory of Easter at the Crystal Cathedral, and at Disneyland. In 2014, Camilla became the Artistic Director for the Royal City Youth Ballet. She has been enjoying teaching at Classical Dance Center since 2011 and is excited to continue teaching for Rhythmic Arts Academy of Dance. Camilla loves sharing her passion for dance with her students and also with her daughter, Aurora.

Jazz 1, Ballet 1, Stretch & Conditioning

Emily began her dance journey at the age of 3 in Fresno, CA, and later attended Dominican University of California where she received her BFA in Dance from the Alonzo King LINES Ballet program. Upon graduation, she moved to Southern California to work in the Disneyland Resort Entertainment Department as a performer and department trainer, in addition to teaching dance. Since then, her dance resume has expanded to Disney Park specials on ABC, a Heineken global commercial, Cirque du Soleil database for potential artists, and representation by Go 2 Talent Agency in LA.

In 2018, she went back to school for a career change to physical therapy. In 2020 she completed her Associate of Arts degree in Science and Math and Certificate in Health Science from Coastline College, and in June of 2021 she began the hybrid and accelerated Doctor of Physical Therapy program at Hanover College in their inaugural class.

Emily is also a group fitness class trainer at AKT Tustin, a certified personal trainer, and stretch coach.

Stretch & Conditioning, Lyrical

Ms. Priscilla has been dancing for over twenty years and teaching for seven. Her background in dance training varies from ballet, modern, contemporary, tap and jazz, to salsa, bachata, and ballet folklorico. Throughout her dance career she has received several awards and scholarships including the Beth Spicer Dance scholarship as well as the American Dance Festival program scholarship. One of Priscilla’s most cherished achievements includes training in New York City at the Alvin Ailey American Dance Theatre school. Her professional dance achievements include performing in various shows at the Disneyland resort and performing locally at several seasonal performances. Priscilla earned her state certified dance teaching certificate in 2015 and her Bachelor’s degree in Dance in 2017 from California State University of Fullerton. Priscilla is grateful to share her love and passion for dance with all of her students.

Competition Team

Miss Sumner started dancing at the age of three years old, spending her early childhood training at Corona Dance Academy. At the age of eight, Sumner began dancing and competing at Just Plain Dancin’ & Co. From 8th - 10th grade she attended Orange County School of the Arts in the Commercial Dance Conservatory. She continued to dance competitively throughout high school and then at the collegiate level as part of the Riverside City College Dance Team for two years. Beginning at the age of fourteen, Sumner assisted previous dance teachers at different studios throughout the country and honed her love of sharing her passion for dance with students. She loves to teach and choreograph, and is grateful to be a part of the RAAD family.

Musical Theatre, Tap

Emma Lou DeLaney is a performer, teaching artist, and creative from Irvine, CA. She earned a BFA in Music Theatre from University of California, Irvine as well as an MA in Education from Concordia University, Irvine, focused on the holistic benefits of dance education. Emma has performed regionally across the US, and her choreographic work has taken her from Key West to Connecticut to Carnegie Hall. She has 10 years of experience teaching dance and music theatre to ages 2 through adult, and loves nothing more than sharing the joy of art, especially with our youngest generation of artists, from whom she says she often learns more than she teaches.

Hip Hop

Jesicris Diputado Bato (most commonly known as “JC”) was born in Fountain Valley and later moved to Mission Viejo where he began dancing as a Freestyler, competing in solo dance competitions. The freestyling foundation became the basis of his dance philosophy that then carried into his choreography at age twelve. Performing became his new passion as he began to choreograph. In high-school he became a well known dancer and began a team called Urban Legends to further express his passion. As a president and coach for the team, he brought the culture of Hip Hop to Tesoro High school, performing alongside award-winning cheer and color guard teams. In college he co-founded the Hip Hop dance crew Boomkaz, and is currently a director of Infuse Dance Crew. He plans to inspire all he can with his experience transitioning from freestyle to choreography, how it has contributed to his success as a dancer, while preserving his philosophy of “dancing for the heart and not for fame.”

JC is grateful to be a part of the RAAD family.

Tumbling

Ms. McKenna started dancing at the age of 6. McKenna pursued her training at Just Plain Dancin’ and K2 studios. Aside from competing, McKenna also had the privilege of attending Encore High School of the Arts. This allowed her to extend her training into other entertainment branches such as acting, cirque and cheer. Miss McKenna started acting in 10th grade, and you can find her in shows such as Nicky Ricky Dicky and Dawn, The Middle, Blackish, Chicken Girls and Pitch.

Ms. McKenna is passionate about sharing her love of dance. She began teaching at age 14 as a gymnastics instructor, and when she was 18 she started creating competition pieces that have won many choreography awards. She enjoys continued training with local master classes, and is excited to be a part of RAAD!!