14031 Southwest Fwy #600 Sugar Land, TX 77478
(281) 201-8724
Core Training. Core Values. Core Dance.
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 she was 8 years old, beginning her training with Tiffany Turner Edwards at Dance Techniques in Garland, TX, where she was a member of the competitive Company team. In her high school years she became actively involved in drill/dance team, serving as lieutenant on the Junior Varsity drill team as a freshman, a member of the Varsity team her sophomore - senior years and serving as Captain of the Varsity team her senior year. In addition, she earned All American dance team honors from ADTS both in junior high and her high school years, earning the honor to perform in the halftime show at the Freedom Bowl . While earning a BBA in Finance from Southern Methodist University, Lori took a break from dance to focus on her studies. After college, she returned to the studio, focusing her training in modern, lyrical and ballet and training primarily with Kathleen Lobue of Sugar Land Dance Center for the next 8 years. She danced with and choreographed for Sugar Creek Dance Company for 10 years, transitioning to Artistic Director before moving to Pittsburgh. Once in Pittsburgh, she had the privilege to teach ballet, modern and hip hop for Bella School of Dance for 5 years as well as dance with and choreograph for the dance ministry at Northway Christian Community both in weekly services and large productions. While in Pittsburgh, Lori continued her training with Pittsburgh Ballet Theatre and Point Park University. On her return to Houston, Lori taught competitive dance, modern, and ballet at Laeral Dance Academy. In addition, she served as Executive Director of the Missouri City Ballet company for two years. Lori’s group, solo and duet choreographies and dancers have won numerous choreographic and national overall awards.
In addition to dance, Lori is also an AFAA certified Group Exercise Instructor and is certified to teach Zumba, PiYo, BootyBarre, LifeBarre, En Barre and Pound and is currently teaching at LifeTime Fitness Sugar Land.
Lori is married to Mike and is the proud Mom of Brandon and Whitney.
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, Stretch and Flex, Ballet/Tap, Ballet/Jazz, Ballet/Acro, Dance with Me, 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, Company
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!
Marisela Campuzano
Instructor - Ballet, Pointe
Marisela, born in Santiago de Cuba, began her ballet training at the Provincial School of Arts in her hometown and continued her studies at the prestigious National School of Arts in Havana, where she graduated as a Dancer-Professor in 1979. Marisela studied under renowned teachers such as Freya Ferrer, Alina Diaz, Caridad Espinosa, Adria Velázquez, Ramona de Saa, Josefina Méndez, and Karemia Moreno.
Her professional performance career included roles in classical ballets such as "Coppelia," "La Fille Mal Gardée," "Don Quixote," "The Sylphs," and various contemporary works. In 1980, Marisela transitioned to teaching ballet and was soon promoted to Head of the Ballet and Pointe Department at the "Jose María Heredia" Vocational Institute of Arts in Santiago de Cuba. In 1988, she became the Technical Sub-Director of Ballet there.
In 1992, Marisela relocated to Venezuela, where she taught at the Zulia Ballet School and the Danzarte Maracaibo Professional Company. Later that year, she moved to Caracas to work as a Teacher-Choreographer at the Ballet School of the "Teresa Carreño" Theater. Marisela also participated in an artistic exchange between the Youth Ballet of France and the Teresa Carreño Theatre Foundation in 1993.
From 1997 to 2024, Marisela served as a Teacher and Regisseur with the Ballet of the Americas Foundation and later as a Ballet Mistress at Cookie Joe's Dancin' School in Sugar Land, TX.
Brittney Myers
Instructor - Ballet, Pointe, Modern, Jazz, Stretch and Flex, Ballet/Tap, 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.
Fei Meng
Instructor - Acro
Fei was born in Beijing, China and started gymnastics when she was 4 years old. She won the silver medal in the uneven bars and the bronze medal in the team event at the 1997 World Gymnastics Championships and was also part of the silver medal winning team at the 1995 World Gymnastic Championships. Since then, she has coached gymnastics for 15 years. She ha a 12 year old daughter, and a dog, chameleon, snake and a gecko and is excited to bring her talents to the dancers at CDA!
Jasmine Burns
Instructor - Modern, Contemporary, Ballet, Ballet/Tap, Ballet/Jazz, 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.
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Luise Maldonado
Instructor - Technique/Leaps/Turns
Luise Maldonado is a passionate dance educator, choreographer, and industry professional with over a decade of experience shaping young performers. A BFA graduate in Dance from Sam Houston State University, she has dedicated her career to inspiring dancers through innovative choreography, dynamic instruction, and leadership roles, including serving as a Head Instructor for the National Dance Alliance. Beyond the studio, Luise applies her expertise as a Marketing Associate for Spotlight Events, Inc. and USASF, creating engaging content and strategies that elevate the dance community. With a deep understanding of movement, performance, and artistic expression, she brings a keen eye for excellence as a judge, eager to celebrate the hard work and artistry of dancers at every level.
Abby Tirey
Instructor - Ballet/Tap 5-6 and Modern
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Mila Timoshina
Studio Manager
Mila has a diverse background in Oil and Gas, hospitality, business development, and a deep passion for dance and music. She graduated with high honors from the Financial University of Moscow, specializing in Project Management. Mila's career began in 2016 with consulting company DRL, where she contributed to the construction of the Yard in the Arctic region of Russia. From there, she embarked on an international journey, supporting various projects across Singapore, Malaysia, and primarily the USA.
In addition to her consulting work, Mila managed a thriving Restaurant/Bar/Club in Moscow’s city center, overseeing a team of 100 staff members and handling P&L, salaries, taxes, and optimizing costs. She successfully led the bar for two consecutive years and played a key role in pivoting the business during the COVID-19 pandemic by focusing on delivery services and implementing IT solutions.
Mila’s love for music, with a background in clarinet and piano, is a driving force in her life. Though she never formally pursued dance, the vibrant energy of dance studios, the joy of happy families, and the positive atmosphere deeply inspire her. Her passion for the arts fuels her dedication to fostering creativity and positivity in every environment she joins. After relocating to the United States in 2022, Mila continues to channel her energy and enthusiasm into the dance community, bringing her unique blend of experiences and passions to the studio.
Karen Cruz
Administrative Staff
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Tiffanie Gordon
Administrative Staff
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