Dedicated Instructors, Exceptional Training

Emma has danced at DcD since she was three years old and she is a member of the East Dance Company as a senior at East High School. Emma enjoys all styles of dance, with ballet, hip hop, contemporary, and jazz among her favorites. In the summer of 2024, she trained at the Joffrey Ballet School. Outside of dance, Emma enjoys spending time with friends and family, babysitting, and baking. After teaching at DcD throughout last year, Emma is thrilled to return to the classroom this season. During the 2026 Triple Bill, she assisted with the intermediate jazz piece "Soda Pop" and choreographed, taught, and performed an original group piece titled "The Miraculous". Emma loves the Dance Conservatory of Denver and feels incredibly grateful to learn and teach in such a supportive, fun, and inspiring environment.

Jem Michalec is a senior Dance major at Denver School of the Arts, and has danced at DcD since the age of three. Jem is also a member of the Cleo Parker Robinson Dance Youth Ensemble, where he explores various techniques such as modern, West African dance, Latin dance, and contemporary. Throughout his dance life, he has visited and taken part in various dance environments, such as the Regional High School Dance Festival in Texas, Perry Mansfield summer dance intensive in Steamboat, CO, and Complexions Dance in New York City. Outside of the studio, Jem enjoys filmmaking, listening to his favorite music, and hanging out with friends and family. In the 2025-2026 DcD season, Jem taught a contemporary class with the goal of strengthening dynamic movement in dancers, and empowering the love for the art. In the 2026 Triple Bill, he choreographed a contemporary quartet titled "MULTIPLICITY." Jem is so thrilled to return to the studio as a modern dance teacher, and he can't wait to share his love for dance with the DcD community.

First dancing with the Cleveland Contemporary Dance Theater's "CONSORT" youth dance training and development program, Cedric Hall later became a full-time company member with the Cleveland Contemporary Dance Theater. While in High School he was featured in a number of musicals including The Wiz, West Side Story, and Footloose to name a few. He has also worked with renowned choreographers such as Terrence Green, Diane McIntyre, Gary Abbott, Kevin Iega Jeff, Christopher Huggins, Rennie Harris, Donald McKayle, and many more. Mr. Hall is on his 14th season with the Cleo Parker Robinson Dance Ensemble where he also serves on the faculty with the Cleo Parker Robinson Academy of Dance as the Director of the CPRD Junior Youth Ensemble and Rehearsal Director for the second company.

Juliet has danced at DcD for 15 years, and she has performed in every performance of the Children's Nutcracker! She is a senior Dance major at Denver School of the Arts, and has attended multiple summer intensive programs including American Ballet Theater, Boston Ballet, the Jilana School, and Colorado Ballet. She has also danced abroad in St-Paul-de-Vence, France at the Attitude-Vibrations École de Dance when she lived there with her family in 2020. In March of 2021, Juliet endured a series of strokes caused by a blood clot that found its way to her brain through a small hole in her heart which was then repaired through heart surgery. She has fully recovered from this setback, and she is honored to be performing in this year's Children's Nutcracker as Arabian Coffee and the Sugar Plum Fairy, both of which she choreographed herself. Juliet feels very lucky to teach at a dance studio with such a well-rounded community fostered by such loving and talented teachers.

Dylan has danced at DcD since she was 3 years old and she's currently a senior Dance major at Denver School of the Arts. Dylan has performed in every performance of the Children's Nutcracker since 2009, and she is thrilled to dance the role of Sugar Plum Fairy this year. Dylan is excited to pursue dance in college next year along with forensics or biology. This past summer, Dylan attended both NYU and CSU's Summer Dance Intensive programs. Dylan loves teaching at the Dance Conservatory, and assistant teaching at school. Dylan has volunteered at the Denver Dumb Friends League for many years, and she enjoys riding and working with horses in her free time. Dylan is also a member of the National Honor Society.