Faculty
Jacqueline Porter
FOUNDING ARTISTIC AND EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
Ballet, Pointe, Variations, YAGP Coaching, Theatre Dance
Jacqueline Porter founded and directs The Dallas Conservatory, one of America’s largest and most highly awarded private performing arts schools. The 9-time winner of the prestigious YAGP “Outstanding School” award comprises 3 campuses and a faculty of 40 top professionals teaching dance, theater, and fitness to 1,700 children and adults. Continue reading →
Clair Culin
ASSOCIATE ARTISTIC DIRECTOR
Jazz, Lyrical, Contemporary, Tap
Clair Culin re-located from Atlanta in 2012 to teach and choreograph for The Dallas Conservatory. In 2018 she was named Associate Artistic Director … Continue reading →
Megan Weber
ASSOCIATE ARTISTIC DIRECTOR
Acrobatics, Strength + Flexibility, Ballet Technique
Lara “Megan” Weber has 20+ years of experience in educating artists of the future. She relocated to Dallas, Texas in 2020 and was named Associate Artistic Director at The Dallas Conservatory. Megan graduated from Northwest Missouri State University with a degree in elementary education with a concentration in Math and Science … Continue reading →
Anne Motl
CASTLE HILLS CAMPUS DIRECTOR
Originally from Minnesota, Anne grew up dancing with Stroia Ballet Company and graduated with a BFA in Dance from Cornish College of the Arts, Seattle WA. Following graduation, she had a successful performance and producing career … Continue reading →
Melissa Staheli
REHEARSAL DIRECTOR, SENIOR FACULTY
Ballet Technique, YAGP coaching
Melissa Staheli joined the faculty at The Dallas Conservatory in 2020 after relocating to Texas. As Rehearsal Director, Resident Choreographer, YAGP Coach, and Senior Faculty, … Continue reading →
Megan Story
RESIDENT CHOREOGRAPHER AND SENIOR CONTEMPORARY FACULTY
Contemporary
Megan Storey is originally from Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. She began her dance journey at the age of three, mainly studying tap and jazz. … Continue reading →
Lyndsay Renger
DIRECTOR, FRISCO STUDIO COMPANY
Jazz, Lyrical, Contemporary, Tap
Lyndsay Renger is an accomplished dancer, currently serving as the Studio Company Director and Senior Faculty at The Dallas Conservatory. … Continue reading →
Traci Drescher
PRIMARY DIVISION COORDINATOR AND RECITAL COORDINATOR
Jazz, Lyrical, Contemporary, Tap
Traci has been teaching at TDC since 2015 and is currently the Primary Division Coordinator and the Recital Coordinator. … Continue reading →
Kenna Kosh
DIRECTOR, DALLAS STUDIO COMPANY
Jazz, Lyrical, Contemporary, Tap
Kenna Kosh is the current Director of the Dallas Studio Company at The Dallas Conservatory. … Continue reading →
Christi Murphy
DIRECTOR OF THEATRE AND ACTING COMPANY DIRECTOR
Theater
Christi Murphy is a deeply experienced acting teacher, coach, and director with more than 20 years of experience working … Continue reading →
Sean Smith
REHEARSAL DIRECTOR, SENIOR FACULTY AND CHOREOGRAPHER
Modern, Contemporary, Jazz, Tap
A native of Vancouver, British Columbia, Sean Smith has received training from The Ailey School, Toronto Dance Theatre and Goh Ballet Academy Canada … Read about him in Wold Arts Today
Olga Pavlova
REHEARSAL DIRECTOR AND SENIOR FACULTY
Ballet, Pointe, YAGP coaching
OLGA PAVLOVA, Russian prima ballerina, was born in Moscow, Russia, graduated from the famed Bolshoi Ballet Academy and has an impressive 30 years of professional career on stage as a classical principle ballerina. She also holds a Master degree in Teaching … Continue reading →
Jeff Amsden
SENIOR FACULTY
Ballet, Jazz
Jeff Amsden began his training in Spokane, Washington with the Spokane Ballet and later joined the company. He also studied on scholarship with the Pacific NorthWest Ballet and then the Joffrey Ballet in New York. Jeff toured the US for three years as a soloist with the Joffrey Ballet concert group. He also danced with the Chamber Ballet USA in New York… Continue reading →
Vincent Hardy
INSTRUCTOR AND CHOREOGRAPHER
Contemporary, Coaching
Vincent Hardy danced for Complexions Contemporary Ballet under the direction of Desmond Richardson and Dwight Rhoden before earning his masters of Fine Arts from … Continue reading →
Stevo McMaryion
INSTRUCTOR AND CHOREOGRAPHER
Jazz, Coaching
STEPHEN “STEVO” MCMARYION realized his passion for dance, he joined the West Texas A& M University program studying ballet and modern. He has since trained in many different styles … Continue reading →
Christine Chambers
INSTRUCTOR
Singing
Christine has been an instructor of private voice and a performance coach for 30 years, teaching in New York City, New Jersey, Philadelphia and currently, Texas Wesleyan University where she is an adjunct professor of Theatre Voice… Continue reading →
Kathryn Morgan
REGULAR GUEST FACULTY
Classical Ballet
Kathryn Morgan began studying ballet at age three in Mobile, Alabama under the direction of Winthrop Corey, a former principal dancer with the National Ballet of Canada and the Royal Winnipeg Ballet … Continue reading →
PERMANENT FACULTY
