Rhythms Elite Staff

MEET THE DIRECTOR
**Lyndsay Roark--Owner and Director of Rhythms Elite and Dance Elite founded in 2005. She is a trained professional dancer and choreographer who comes from Southern California. Her background includes some of the following. She is a former State Champion Gymnast on the well-known Newhope Gymnastics Club. She trained in gymnastics from the age of three, and started competing all around by age six. As an all around gymnast she was trained in three forms of dance ballet, lyrical, and jazz. By the age of 10 she had competed and showcased in several competitions across the Western United States. Her high school profile includes 4 years of a competition dance team as well as 3 years of Varsity Song-Leading. She helped lead her team to USA|UCA National’s twice to Victory in 1993 and again in 1994. She attended California State University Fullerton where she completed studies for her B.S. in Business and Nutritional Science. Her dance Career bloomed when she became a Princess of Garden Grove, Orange County CA in 1998. During her reign she performed professionally for several Media Events that included entertainment coverage for Hal Sparks and the popular show “Malcom in the Middle”. She was a 2001 Laker Girl Finalist, which then led her to a spot on the “Rising Stars” HIP-HOP performance group led by Tim Stevenson (back up dancer for Jennifer Lopez’s 2001-2002 Tour). As her mentor she learned to master ENTERTAINMENT and MEDIA style choreography which she recently brought to Northern California. She has been teaching and choreographing for competition teams in and around the Bay Area since 2004. Lyndsay is fully trained and certified in: Ballet, Lyrical, Hip-Hop, Jazz, Tap, First Aid and CPR, and in teaching Nutrition.
Her most recent professional dance choreography can be seen in the upcoming feature film "The Prankster" set to release in Sept of 2009.

MEET THE MANAGEMENT
**Matthew Roark--He is the glue to our whole operations. He makes sure that things are running as smoothly as possible behind the scenes to ensure that quality remains constant for our Rhythms Elite Staff. He is affectionately known as the HERO!

MEET THE TEACHING STAFF

*Kacie Lesky- Kacie is one of our best teacher's for Petite Elite. She has been training for the past several years in classical ballet in and around Sonoma County. What makes her so special is her ability to connect with our young dancer's. Her class style is fun yet attentive and she creatively incorporates the methods and vocabulary of dance while they are having fun. She assisted several classes last season and learned a lot about teaching through that experience. She is a gem and we are thrilled to have her at REA. As one of our best Petite Elite instructors Ms. Kacie is quite the favorite among our Petite dancer's. She is also trained and certified to teach with the girls scout troups in which she has learned quite a bit about working with children from that experience. With her combined talents her class is a sure to be loved experience for your child. She also works as an assistant to Lyndsay Roark and helps around the office a few days a week so she can help you with administrative questions as well. We are thrilled to have Ms. Kacie on our team at REA.

Thuy Le: Thuy comes to REA from Southern California. She has several years of teaching and professional dance team experience. She has been a part of the well known Team Millenium from America's Best Dance Crew and is associated with several Bay Area high profile performance teams. Her passion is to work with those that want to work hard to be the best they can be. She teaches to our Teen/Adult level Recreation Hip Hop. Her classes are always a good workout and make you want to dance again and again. We are glad to have her on our team!

*Karen Wendling--Guest Star Choreographer. Karen is a former Los Angeles Laker and Clipper Girl. She has several years of experience in the industry of performance dance and cheer. Some of her highlight include: Las Vegas Nevada Shows such as , Rain; Treasure Island;and Celine Dion’s Las Vegas tour as a back up dancer. She has studied at UNLV and completed her BS degree in Communications. She has been seen on several t.v programs such as Buffy the Vampire Slayer WB channel, and NFL LIVE, and has toured Japan as a SONY PICTURES DANCER. She was also placed with the well known DDO (Dance Agency in Hollywood) at 21 and was able to learn much about the dance industry and how to make it. We are thrilled to have her talents at Rhythms Elite.

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Kacie Lesky
Ballet and Tap Instructor

Thuy Le
Hip Hop/Break Dance Instructor