James began dancing in high school by imitating the moves of his favorite dancers. After graduation he was a founding member of INT Dance Squad at the University of Hawaii at Hilo where he taught classes as a choreographer for over 6 years. He joined Center Stage Dance Alliance in 2017 and began teaching popping in 2018. Aside from teaching at Center Stage, he also teaches hip hop at EB de Silva Elementary School.

Jasmine Serrano began training in performing arts in 2010 at S.P.A.C.E performing arts center where she found a love for studio dancing at the age of 23. She has a background in Lindy-hop and branched out to multiple dance styles when she joined Center Stage as a student in 2012. Over the years, she has studied ballroom, jazz, contemporary, ballet, modern, hip hop, popping, breaking/bboy, and tap. She was brought on as the Keiki hip hop instructor in the year 2018 and currently teaches jazz and hip hop to both keiki and adults. She has performed and choreographed with Center Stage Dance Alliance, Aerial Arts Hawai'i, Kamehameha Schools, Hilo Union Elementary School, Hilo High School Performing Arts Learning Center and various local dance productions.

Kassidy Wilson started her dance journey at Island Dance Academy studying primarily classical ballet, tap, and jazz since 2005 and has taught various levels of ballet, including pointe classes, since 2019. She joined Center Stage as a student in 2021 and expanded her performance repertoire with the styles of contemporary, hip hop, and breaking. Kassidy has performed and choreographed under various companies including Center Stage, Island Dance Academy, University of Hawai’i at Hilo, HEART, Hilo Community Players, and Mālama Arts Productions.

Lia Wengler has been dancing primarily ballet and jazz since the age of 4. Her training began at The Movement Center on O’ahu, until moving to Hawai’i Island in 2014. Since then, she has been a dancer at Center Stage, UH Hilo, and for Kingdom Culture Dance. She has had the privilege of collaborating with other local artists, choreographing musicals at Kamehameha Schools Hawai’i Middle and High School. Her love for teaching began in 2021, here at Center Stage, and continues as a classroom teacher at Kea’au Elementary School.

Mana (Christopher) started dancing as a BBoy at the age of 17. Since then he has extensively studied many other styles of dance including tap, ballet, jazz, hip hop, popping, and contemporary dance. His primary place of study has been with Center Stage Dance Alliance, although he has taken classes from visiting artists from all over the world and other dance instructors in Hawai’i. Mana has been teaching BBoys and BGirls at Center Stage since 2015 and now teaches Contemporary, Hip Hop and Ballet classes at CSDA to students from ages 7 to adult of all skill levels.

Megan Rohrbacher has a long history of dance, theater, circus, and teaching. She started doing summer theater across the United States with her parents at the age of four. Megan has learned every aspect of the theater and production. She started her dancing career at 9 years old and attended Ringling Brothers Barnum and Bailey Clown College in Venice, Florida at 18. She owned her own clown business for 10 years and then returned to teaching tap, directing and choreographing in the San Francisco Bay area for over 38 years before coming to Hawai’i. Megan is passionate about passing on the oldest American dance genre of tap dancing to dancers here in Hawai’i.

Vicky has taught Ballet, Modern, Choreography Lab and Pilates at Center Stage since its beginning. She holds a BA in Theater Production and a Masters in Education. Much of her professional career was in Europe performing Classical, Contemporary and Opera Ballet. She is a Teaching Artist with the State Foundation on Culture and the Arts, a Resource Teacher at Hilo Union School, and has completed Level 1 of the ABT National Curriculum under Franco de Vita. Vicky is passionate about teaching and helping students reach their full potential.

Zayne Paresa started his performing arts journey with dance classes at Center Stage Dance Alliance. Although his dance education is primarily from Center Stage, he has taken workshops and intensives from renowned dancers in Hilo and Chicago. He has tried all styles of dance, but has a special love for ballet and contemporary. Since starting dance, he has developed a love for all things performing arts and has performed in many local musicals. When he’s not on stage, you can find him shooting photos or chilling on the beach.