Expressions Dance Studio

In high school Megan was a member of the national award-winning Napa High Spiritleaders. Her team won varsity national titles in 2000 & 2001. In 2002, Megan had the honor of being crowned Miss Napa County and her dancing took her all the way to the state level of Miss America. Megan opened Expressions in 2002 while attending the Haas School of Business at UC Berkeley. After graduating from UC Berkeley in 2004, Megan auditioned for the NFL cheerleading team The Oakland Raiderettes. During the 2005 & 2006 football seasons Megan was named “Rookie of the Year” and “Raiderette of the Year”. As Raiderette of the Year Megan was selected to represent the Raiders at the 2007 Pro Bowl in Hawaii. Megan continues to dance and learn new dance styles such as Standard and Latin partner dancing.

Dawn was born in Madrid, Spain and was raised in Lee, Massachusetts where she began studying ballet at the age of 7. She received her early training at The Cantarella School of Dance. Training some summers at Pennsylvania Ballet School, School of American Ballet, and The Joffrey Ballet School on scholarship. Ms. Perrin’s professional career began with American Ballet Theatre II. She then went on to dance with The Joffrey Ballet and The Houston Ballet. One of her performance highlights include being chosen to dance the role of the Sugarplum Fairy in the World Premiere of The Joffrey’s Nutcracker. Students love Miss Dawn for her patience and positive energy that she brings to her classes.

Mary Anne has been dancing for the past 16 years. She has been teaching dance since 2000, spending the past 7 years traveling around the country as a head instructor for the National Dance Alliance. She has also been the assistant coach for the Nationally Award winning Napa High School Spiritleaders since 2005. Mary Anne is also our resident fitness specialist, receiving her BS in Kinesiology with a concentration in Lifetime Fitness from Sonoma State University. Besides being an experienced dancer and dance teacher, Mary Anne is also an ACE certified personal trainer and group fitness instructor at Healthquest. Mary Anne is known for her attention to detail and her ability to bring out the best in her students in each and every class.

Christina has been dancing since the age of 5 and has been competing in dance competitions since she was 14.In high school Christina was a varsity member of the nationally award-winning Napa High Spiritleaders. Christina began choreographing in high school as a member of the NHS Spiritleaders and continues to be invited back each year to produce exciting routines for their annual student dance performance. Christina has been teaching dance for over 9 years, including past competition teams at Expressions. Other dance-related talents of Christina include photography, make-up artist and music editor. Students love Christina for her entertaining and animated choreography (and personality) in class and on stage.

Tori has been training in dance for over 15 years. As a child she danced locally and had the opportunity to compete at many dance competitions in Lyrical, Jazz, Tap and Hip Hop divisions. In high school Tori was a member of the award-winning Lisa Clark Dance Company as well as the nationally ranked Napa High Spiritleaders. During her time as a Spiritleader, she was named NDA “All-American” dancer in 2011 and her team also went on to win a national championship title that year. Tori has been teaching for over 6 years, and has been teaching at Expressions for three years. She has also taught dance for local schools. Tori is currently attending Napa Valley College. Students love Miss Tori for her patience and sweet personality

Emily started dancing at the age of 2 and never looked back! Emily was one of Expressions’ first students and she trained in ballet, jazz, pom and hip hop throughout her childhood. During all four years of high school, Emily was a member of the award-winning Napa High Spiritleaders winning National Championships with her team in 2012 and 2013. As a Spiritleader Emily had the opportunity to teach youth clinics to children of all ages. It was there that she discovered her passion for teaching dance to children. Emily has been teaching at Expressions for one year and we are excited to have her back for another dance season. In addition to teaching dance, Emily is attending Napa Valley College. Students love Emily for her positive energy and fun, upbeat teaching style.

Michaela has over 11 years of dance experience. Like Emily, Michaela was also one of Expressions’ first students! As a child and teen, she trained in ballet, jazz, pom and hip hop. In high school, Michaela was also a member of the amazing Napa High Spiritleader organization. As a Spiritleader, Michaela had the opportunity to not only be involved with her school and community service, but she also had the opportunity to push her dance training to new heights while working with award-winning choreographers like Lisa Clark. For the past four years, Michaela had the chance to teach numerous youth clinics to dancers of all ages in jazz, pom and hip hop. Michaela has been teaching at Expressions since 2012. Students love Michaela for her great dance style, warm personality and energetic classes.