Technically Focused,
Student Centered.
Join us for the 2025 Fall Session!
Priority Registration begins in late July
2025-2026 Faculty & Jr Faculty
At Liv DanceArts, our faculty represents the highest standard of professional and educational excellence in dance.
With backgrounds spanning professional ballet companies, academic institutions, and industry-leading organizations, our Lead Faculty have devoted their lives and careers to the DanceArts. Our core instructors are lifelong dancers, educators, and mentors with decades of experience!​
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LDA Lead Faculty have performed, taught, and choreographed for world-renowned institutions including New York University, Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater, the Golden State Warriors Dance Team, Dance Teacher Magazine, The MTV Network, Alonzo King LINES Dance Center, San Francisco Ballet, Smuin Ballet, Menlowe Ballet, AAD Chicago,
San Jose State University Dance Team, NYC’s 92nd Street Y, among many others!
LDA Junior Faculty have at least 5 years of technical training in their instruction genres and work closely with Lead Faculty Mentors on classroom management, curriculum instruction, and choreographic implementation.
Kris Portner
Artistic Director, Owner/Lead Faculty
Charity Caldwell
Lead Faculty
Katie Wolfe
Lead Faculty
Vivien Wassermann
Junior Faculty
Lauren Irwin
Studio Manager/Lead Faculty
Camryn Babcock
Lead Faculty
Jacinda King
Junior Faculty
Jaylene Torres
Junior Faculty
Brittney Wassermann
Lead Faculty
Annie Lester
Lead Faculty
Frances Conway
Junior Faculty
Charley Flynn
Junior Faculty
Spring Session 2024 Registration
Fall Registration
New LDA dancers must contact us (livdancearts@gmail.com) to determine leveling based on your dancer's age and experience. Returning LDA dancers may utilize our level calculator based on age and number of years per genres studied at LDA.
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Registration for returning dancers who performed in the Spring Show and/or attended Summer Session for minimum requirement OPENS late July. Returning students please check your email for your personal link.
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NEW families ~ please review all of our studio policies linked HERE.
We do not offer trial classes. All new students may register for Spring Session to hold their place and then after the first week of classes if for any reason you find we are not a good fit for your dancer you will simply be charged a drop-in rate of $35 per attended class and your registration will be canceled.
Once you contact us to determine your dancer's approved levels (livdancearts@gmail.com), we will be in contact with availability and registration links and current tuition information!​
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Important key LDA policies:
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1. LDA has a mandatory dress code for all classes. All parents please review our required Dress Code HERE
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2. Ballet is required for all LDA students. In order to register in any of our other class (Lyrical, Jazz, Contemporary etc.) dancers must also simultaneously be registered in Ballet at LDA. Our studio's focus and mission is technically focused dance training. This begins with Ballet.
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3. LDA is a closed viewing studio, please click HERE for all of our important studio policies! We only accept registration by Session (Fall, Spring, or Summer). We do not offer drop-in or month to month classes.
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4. Read MORE Information on our Pre-Level Program
for 4-6 year old dancers HERE!
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