Stages Elite Staff
Ms. Renee
Ms. Renee has been with Stages since the age of 4. Through out her years at Stages, she has competed in numerous competitions through out Western New York. She has has also had the privilege of dancing down in Disney in 2007, and also assistant directing the studio during 3 different performances in Disney as well. Now the owner of Stages Dance Company, she is excited to continue her love of dance and share it with all of the dancers at the studio. Ms. Renee is entering her 25th year teaching at the studio, and has loved being able to teach every age and level at the studio. Her favorite type of dance is tap, and she loves to share her love of tap with her dancers. Miss Renee is also the mom of two, her daughter Rhiannon and son Hunter, who both dance at Stages. Her daughter is currently on the competition team, and she loves watching her make memories just as she did when she was on the competition team. Ms Renee is looking forward to many more years working her incredible staff, students and families and making their time at Stages as memorable as her time has been here as well.
Miss Kayla
Miss Kayla has been dancing for 17 years, and has been dancing at Stages for 13 years! She has been on the competition team for 10 years, which has lead her to multiple overall placements, special judges awards, and great experiences and memories throughout her year of competing! Her favorite styles are jazz, lyrical and tap. This year will be Miss Kayla’s third year as a teacher, and she has enjoyed teaching all levels of students at the studio. She is very excited to continue this new chapter with Stages and can not wait to continue sharing her love and passion for dance with her kids!
Miss McKenna
Miss McKenna has been a part of Stages since 2007 when she was 4 years old. She has been competing since she was 6 and has been win many winning numbers. She has assisted for year and recently started co-teaching her senior year. The 2024-2025 dance season will be her third year teaching and she is so excited! Miss. McKenna’s choreography has earned her multiple judges awards and high scores over her last 2 years of teaching. Her favorite type of dance is Jazz and Acro and has always loved to learn new tricks. Stages Dance Company has always been her second home and she can’t wait for the future!
Miss McKenzie
Miss McKenzie is joining us this at Stages for her first year teaching!! She has been a dancer at Stages since the age of 2 and has also been a member of the Stages competition team as well. Miss McKenzie has gone one to win numerous awards for her solos, duets and trios, and has also been apart of the studios travel team when they danced down in Disney in 2016 & 2019. Miss McKenzie is looking forward to starting her teaching adventure here with the students at Stages and sharing all her passion for dance as well!!
Miss Emma
Miss Emma has been dancing at Stages since the age of 2. Since joining the competition team, she has gone on to win numerous awards, and placing in the top 10 for each of her solo’s every year. This will be Miss Emma’s first year teaching here at Stages and we are looking forward to seeing all that she can do with the students she teaches.