14031 Southwest Fwy #600 Sugar Land, TX 77478
(281) 201-8724
Meet Our Dedicated Team
Discover the talented staff members who bring energy, expertise, and encouragement to every class.
Lori Frazer
Company Director/Owner
Lori has been dancing since the age of eight and was a member of a competitive company throughout her youth. During her school years, she was actively involved in drill team, serving as Lieutenant of the Junior Varsity team before becoming Captain of the Varsity Drill Team. During that time, she earned numerous awards, leadership distinctions, and special performance opportunities, including All-American recognition through ADTS in both junior high and high school.
After earning her Bachelor of Business Administration in Finance from Southern Methodist University, Lori returned to dance training with a focus on ballet, modern, and lyrical. She went on to dance with and choreograph for Sugar Creek Dance Company for ten years, ultimately serving as Artistic Director. Following a move to Pittsburgh, she taught ballet, modern, and hip hop, choreographed for large-scale productions, and continued her training with Pittsburgh Ballet Theatre and Point Park University.
After returning to Houston, Lori taught competitive dance, ballet, and modern while also serving as Executive Director of Missouri City Ballet.
In addition to her dance career, Lori has been teaching fitness since 2011 and currently teaches at Life Time Fitness. Through nationally accredited fitness certifications and years of experience teaching barre and strength-based conditioning, she has developed a deep understanding of movement, strength training, and injury prevention that continues to influence her approach to dance education.
Drawing on decades of experience as a performer, educator, choreographer, and director, Lori co-founded Core Dance Alliance, where she serves as Co-Owner and Director. Under her leadership, the studio has grown into a thriving recreational and competitive dance program known for its strong training, supportive culture, and commitment to excellence both in and out of the studio.
Throughout her career—and continuing through her work at Core Dance Alliance—Lori has established herself as an award-winning choreographer. Her group routines and soloists have earned countless choreography awards, first-place finishes, overall high-score honors, judges' awards, and national titles. Her choreography is recognized for its combination of technical excellence, artistic expression, and ability to showcase the unique strengths of each dancer.
Outside of the studio, Lori is proud to be married to her husband, Mike, a proud mom to Brandon and Whitney, and "Lala" to Evelyn.
Lindsey Hill
Company Director/Owner
Lindsey Hill was born and raised in Missouri City, Texas and started her dance training locally at the age of 3 at Kinard Dance School. In her early years, her focus of dance styles were ballet, jazz, tap, hip hop, and musical theater. In middle school, she became actively involved in the dance team, serving as Co-Captain of the Quail Valley Middle School Dance Team. Lindsey soon realized her passion for competitive dance and shifted her training style to a more elite level. As a young girl, she became a very successful competitive dancer winning local, regional, and national competitions with a plethora highly acclaimed awards. She was also the recipient of several dance scholarships from Pulse Dance Convention, NYCDA, WCDE, Nuvo, Break the Floor, and many other dance companies. During her high school years she was a member of the Varsity Dance Team at Hightower High School and Elkins High School. Lindsey received training from top industry dancers such as Lauren Anderson, Travis Wall, Mia Michaels and Tabitha and Napoleon D’Umo. Lindsey’s dance training has not only allowed her to win several awards and scholarships, but it also helped her win the title of Miss Teen Houston. Lindsey earned her BBA in Human Resource Management on scholarship at Sam Houston State University and while attending college continued her dance training as a member of the National Award Winning Orange Pride Dance Team. While focusing on her dance discipline, Lindsey taught dance at multiple studios in Houston, San Antonio, Huntsville and Pittsburgh, PA. Lindsey is proud to have received awards for best choreography for her work with high schools in the Houston area, along with her solos, duets, and group routines winning a variety of regional and national awards, Summit Dance Finalist routine, and Dance Worlds Finalist routine.
Lindsey hopes that her love and passion for dance will inspire others to pursue their dreams as well.
Dawn Major
Instructor - Ballet, Pointe, Pre-Pointe, Tap, Jazz, Contemporary, Modern, Technique/Leaps/Turns, Acro, Ballet/Tap, Ballet/Jazz, Ballet/Acro, Dance with Me, Fairytale Ballet, Company
From a young age, Dawn showed a great passion for dance. Following in her grandmother's footsteps, Dawn started dancing from the age of 2 and began her professional career at the age of 18. Born in Fairfax, Virginia, she was raised in Missouri City, Texas and was trained in a variety of styles such as ballet, tap, jazz, modern, contemporary, lyrical, and acrobatics at her home studio, Cynde Lomonte's Dance Dimensions. She danced competitively since the age of 8 and placed with several overall and high point awards in group routines and as a soloist under the mentorship of Cynde Lomonte, broadway dancer, Natalie Lomonte, ballet master, Vanessa Brown, and Houston Ballet's Manuel Barra. Dawn was Captain of Elkins High School Elite Dance Team where she gained experience in Pom, Military, and High Kick. This experience taught her the importance of being a team and perseverance to rise together. After graduation, Dawn auditioned for MA Dance and was hired onto thier travel staff. City hopping every 3-5 days for months, Dawn had the opportunity to choreograph for several studios and teams throughout the south and east coast. Her love and passion for choreography grew as she traveled from city to city. Dawn attended the University of North Texas and Texas Women's University where she majored in pre- med biology and minored in music. She continued to teach at various studios, working with the competitive teams and dancing on the side for several dance companies including "Phenom" and "Polygon Dance Project" and had the opportunity to perform all over the Dallas metroplex. At the age of 21, Dawn was hired by The Frisco Ballet, where she had the opportunity to dance as a principle dancer and use her creative knowledge to reinvent various Ballets, such as The Nutcracker, Sleeping Beauty, Coppelia and more. After 5 years of teaching and training with The Frisco Ballet, Dawn moved back to the Houston area where she became the competitive company director and pointe program director with Pointe of Grace Dance Studio. Previously competing at a novice level, Dawn was able to successfully bring these dancers to competing at an Intermediate and Elite level consistently placing in overalls and being multi- grand champions at a national level. With a burning passion, Dawn is excited for her newest adventures with Core Dance Alliance and Mitsi's Ballet School.
Tre 'Clyde' Spears
Instructor - Hip Hop, Contemporary, Core Crew
Mr. Clyde Spears IV is a Dance Educator from Richmond, TX. They always said “He’s been dancing since he could walk!” but began his formal training at the age of 8 at Dancezone in Stafford, TX. He furthered his dance education at Meyerland Performing and Visual Arts MS and HSPVA. As a young dancer, Clyde earned multiple dance scholarships from dance conventions such as, NYCDA, NUVO, and Monsters of Hip Hop. These achievements fueled his first dream of becoming a Choreographer! Clyde attended the University of Houston, and danced for recording artist Frankie J. During this time, he also had a hand in choreography for local World of Dance competitive teams; Riot Squad, Lunchbox, WyldStyl and Soreal. Currently, he has taught and choreographed for Dancezone, Imperial Athletics, Soreal, Soundbox, Queensbury Theater, Vdanse Academy, Xtreme Level Dance and Precision Dance Academy. With now over 11 years of experience, Mr. Clyde works alongside Ms. Tina as an award winning Choreography Duo. In the past few seasons, they have choreographed for local studio convention and competition teams, where they won 1st overall in the advanced Hip Hop and Contemporary categories at The Dance Worlds and Starpower Nationals. Their solo, duet, and group choreography has consistently won a variety of overall awards at the Regionals, State and National levels. Mr. Clyde most recently also became an Assistant Drill Team Director, and helped his team take home 1st in all dances. They are also proud and grateful for the choreography awards and judges' choice awards for the competition pieces they've created for various high school drill teams around the state of Texas. He's very grateful for dance and is excited about his latest adventures with Core Dance Alliance!
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Adrian Masvidal
Instructor - Ballet, Pointe
Adrian Masvidal is a Houston-based ballet/contemporary professor, certified ACE personal trainer, and former professional dancer with a deep-rooted passion for movement, performance, and mentorship. Originally trained at the prestigious National Ballet School of Cuba (E.N.A.) under the doctrines of the French and Russian School of Ballet, Adrian graduated with the highest overall score among male students, with honors in ballet performance and pedagogy. He later went on to perform as a First Soloist with the National Ballet of Cuba. During his time in the company, he was honored to perform classics of ballet history such as Giselle, Swan Lake, Don Quixote, and Theme and Variations in principal roles, alongside contemporary pieces of the classical Russian schools. He later joined the Houston Ballet, where he continued to develop his artistry and stage presence through leading roles on international stages. During these periods, he shared the stage with many renowned international choreographers and was a direct student of the founding leading members of ABT, such as Alicia Alonso.
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Currently, Adrian serves as a teacher for open and master classes at Houston Ballet, instructing students of all ages, and collaborates with several distinguished institutions, including Mitsi Dancing School (MITSI), Etoile Academy of Classical Ballet, Devant Ballet School, and DCA. As a dedicated professor and certified personal trainer, he has mentored numerous dancers in national-level ballet and dance competitions, with an increasing number of students gaining first-place and finalist positions. Many of his students have achieved top-three placements and earned admission into prestigious professional programs, including the Houston Ballet and The Royal Ballet of London. Beyond the studio, Adrian’s interests in health and fitness have led him to the creation and development of fitness programs and product development. Combining his academic endeavors with his professional background, he strives to offer the best education and develop the technical abilities of students looking to master the classical ballet tradition.
Jasmine Burns
Instructor - Modern, Contemporary, Ballet, Ballet/Tap, Ballet/Jazz, Ballet/Acro, Technique/Leaps/Turns, Acro
Jasmine Burns is a dancer, choreographer, and teaching artist. During her undergrad at Colorado State University, she performed in over 15 dance concerts in student, faculty, and guest artists works. Along with performing, she was able to choreograph several works for the CSU stage, one of which was selected for the American College Dance Association Conference in 2020. Following her graduation in May 2020 with a Bachelor of Arts degree in Dance, Jasmine was offered a company position with Flatlands Dance Theatre, invited to the 2020 Lula Washington Dance Company Apprentice Training Program on scholarship, and was invited to dance with Impact Dance Company as a guest artist. After moving back to her hometown of Houston, Texas, Jasmine decided to focus on her love for teaching dance. She immediately began teaching ballet and jazz at D3 Elite Dance Academy, where she stayed for two seasons. During that time, she also began working at Sassy Feet Dance Studio, teaching contemporary, jazz, ballet, and choreographing for their competition team. Jasmine is excited to continue her dance teaching journey and share her passion and love for dance at Core Dance Alliance this season.
Kahlil Cabble
Instructor - Jazz
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Brittney Myers
Instructor - Ballet, Pointe, Modern, Jazz, Ballet/Tap, Ballet/Jazz, Dance With Me
Brittney Myers is a former company dancer with B.Moore Dance in Dallas. She began her dance journey at age four in Houston, where she trained for her Royal Academy of Dance (R.A.D.) ballet exams and competed in Youth America Grand Prix (YAGP). Brittney is a graduate of Joffrey Ballet School in Dallas, where she earned a certificate in Contemporary/Jazz, and later attended Joffrey Ballet School in NYC on scholarship as a Ballet trainee. She was even featured in Joffrey’s “Your Story” video promotion.
Throughout her career, Brittney has trained at prestigious intensives with Hubbard Street Dance, Peridance NY, Complexions, Met Dance, Texas Ballet Theatre, Ballet West, River North Dance, Orlando Ballet, American Ballet Theatre (ABT), Alvin Ailey Extension, and Leon Dance Arts.
Brittney has performed with B. Moore Dance in Dallas, New York City, and Philadelphia, as well as in the Wanderlust Dance Project in Dallas. She also performed in the opening number at the Rockettes Radio City Christmas Spectacular in Houston and in “A Magical Christmas” in Galveston, TX. Brittney was crowned Dance Masters of America Teen Miss Dance of Texas 2015.
As an award-winning choreographer, Brittney’s passion for dance shines through in her performances and creative work. She loves to share her experiences and emotions through movement and music, and she is committed to passing on her love and joy for dance to the next generation of dancers.
Aaron Travis
Instructor - Hip Hop
Aaron Travis is a nationally recognized hip-hop/street dance educator and choreographer known for his dedication to developing confident, versatile performers.
His choreography has been featured in Voyage Houston and Voyage Dallas Magazine and showcased at events such as the Latin Beats Festival and Springboard Music Festival, as well as in music videos, live performances, and both school and studio settings. As a dancer, Aaron has worked with artists including Nike, Chance the Rapper, Vic Mensa, Roc Nation, Jamila Woods, and more, giving him a professional edge that translates into his teaching. His mission is to bridge the gap between authentic street dance foundations and industry-ready artistry.
Mila Mancias
Instructor - Ballet/Tap, Modern
Mila Mancias discovered her love for dance at the age of three when she began training at Ann Moody Sill Dance Studio. Inspired by her mother, who was also a dancer, Mila grew up embracing dance as both an art form and a way to express herself.
After the closure of her home studio during the COVID-19 pandemic, Mila continued her training at CDA, where she found a community she will always call home. She is excited to begin her teaching career at CDA and looks forward to sharing her passion for dance with every student she has the privilege of teaching and working with. Mila is currently pursuing her Associate’s Degree in Business at Houston Community College while continuing her dance education through drop-in classes across the Houston area.
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Kaitlyn Lopez
Studio Manager
Kaitlyn Lopez holds a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Dance from Sam Houston State University. She began her dance training in Sugar Land, Texas at Dance Works, where she earned numerous accolades in both team and solo competitions. She continued her pre professional development as a company member with NobleMotion Dance 2, training extensively in modern dance, and also pursued intensive ballet and pointe training at Fort Bend Academy of Dance. Since beginning her teaching career in 2019, Kaitlyn has built a strong reputation as a dedicated and inspiring educator. In May 2023, she joined the faculty at Crowd Pleasers Dance, where she led advanced workshops and camps for dance teams across Texas. She later joined Extreme Performing Arts Center as an elite company instructor and was promoted to Studio Manager in 2025. During her time there, her choreography and dancers earned numerous honors, including first place overall awards and multiple judges awards recognizing choreography and creativity. Kaitlyn is thrilled to now serve as Studio Manager and Instructor at Core Dance Alliance!
Cassie Mitchell
Administrative Staff
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