Friendly & Talented Instructors
Dance Alliance of Camarillo is dedicated to offering quality dance instruction to families desiring affordable tuition rates. We want every child with a passion for dance to be able to pursue their dream!
Ashley Guske
Studio Owner/Director
Ashley is the owner and director of Dance Alliance. She also teaches many classes at the studio. Ashley has been dancing since she could walk. She won over 50 gold, platinum, and double platinum medals in various national competitions. She attended Utah Valley University majoring in Dance Education. While at UVU Ashley performed with two dance companies: Synergy Modern Company and Mosaic Hip Hop Company. She previously danced for the Newbury Park High School Varsity Dance Team, was the dance team captain, and now continues to advance her dance technique by attending professional classes in Los Angeles. Ashley also attends dance teacher summits, networks with other studio directors and teachers, and is continually looking for ways to improve Dance Alliance. Ashley is skilled in ballet, lyrical, jazz, hip hop, tumbling and contemporary, but mostly teaching!
Jessica Eubank
Elite Director/ Instructor
Jess has been dancing for 20+ years and was born and raised in Camarillo, CA. Jess has worked with some of the best in the industry such as Robert Roldan and Mandy Moore. She has also worked with CBS on their popular show Big Bang Theory. Jess has taught classes at all ages and all levels for many years. She has also worked as an assistant too choreographer, Elizabeth Petrin and was a coach for Newbury Park High School Dance Team. Along with teaching at Dance Alliance, Jess holds a Bachelors Degree in Liberal Studies from CSUCI and is currently an instructor for Rancho Campana High School where she also is the Dance Team director. She is currently working on her Masters degree in Secondary education with Grand Canyon University. Jess has won several Judge’s Choice awards for her choreography at regional and national competitions with our Dance Alliance Elite team. Jess is our Elite team Director where she wears many hats such as coordinating competitions, choreographing pieces, communicate with parents to name a few. She has been with DA for about 12 years now and is so excited to continue training our young dancers!
Mia Clark
Instructor
Mia Clark is a dancer and choreographer, from Newbury Park, California, who has trained in dance for 20+ years. She began her training at Bobbie’s School of Performing Arts and eventually joined her high school’s dance team. She continued her dance studies at California State University, Long Beach where she received her Bachelor of Fine Arts in Dance. Mia specializes in modern, contemporary, hip hop, and jazz, but has trained in ballet and tap as well. She has worked with well-known choreographers like Colleen Dunagan, Andrew Vaca, Brenna Monroe-Cook teaching her “Sphinx” an excerpt of The Winged by José Limón, Mackenzie Martin, Azuki Umeda, Nancy Rivera, Scotty Nguyen, Mandy Korpinen, Elizabeth Petrin, Chad McCall, and Will Loftis. Nancy Rivera included Mia in two of her BlatinX Dance Festival works and a concept video titled Binding Perceptions. Mia is training in Geometry Contemporary Dance Company, directed by Mackenzie Martin, and has performed with the company at World of Dance. She is a coach of the dance team at Rancho Campana High School and is one of the three Elite coaches at Dance Alliance of Camarillo. Mia has always been passionate about creativity and fun in dance and hopes to continue to bring these qualities to the spaces and students she teaches.
Shayli Voyles
Instructor
Shayli began dancing at the age of 9 and has trained in various styles such as jazz, tap, contemporary, lyrical, ballet, pointe, hip hop and tumbling. Shayli was on The Dance Company’s competitive team for 6 years. She has also been a teacher’s assistant in classes and summer camps at TDC for 4 years with children ages two to eight. In addition to her training, Shayli was chosen to join TDC’s Leadership Program which required her to set a good example for younger dancers to look up to. Shayli’s dancing continued with Rancho Campana High School, where she held Officer positions with the team all 3 years. She became one of the seven girls to form the high school’s competitive dance team which won two national titles their first year. Shayli is really looking forward to the opportunity to work with younger dancers. She found it is something she is passionate about and finds joy in watching young dancers grow. Shayli is going into her third year teaching at Dance Alliance and is excited to train our young dancers!
Bella Murphree
Instructor
Bella began dancing at a very young age, and has been pursuing her passion for 19 years. She danced competitively with a local studio during her high school years winning many titles such as top elite studio, and best new groups. She was a captain of the Newbury Park Dance Team her junior and senior year. Her sophomore year the team won national titles in all divisions including lyrical, jazz, hip-hop, contemporary, and novelty. Towards the end of her high school career with her senior solo she won the regional title at one of the USA competitions. Also during her senior year she was nominated for student of the month, and received the award on the Laker’s basketball court for outstanding academic achievements. She has learned from many influential choreographers such as Robert Roldan, Will Loftis, Talia Favia, Andrew Winghart, Denise Wall, Mandy Moore and many more! She just recently graduated from the University of California Santa Barbara with a degree is Psychological and brain sciences and a minor in clinical neurology. She now aspires to attend Chapman University attending Physician Assistant School. Bella is one of the 3 Elite coaches here at Dance Alliance and is looking forward to year 5!
Jayme Smarinsky
Instructor
Jayme Smarinsky has been dancing since the age of 3. She trained in Chinese traditional dance and eventually made her way to loving numerous of other styles. She has trained in ballet, jazz, lyrical, contemporary, hip hop and much more. She joined the Rancho Campana High School’s competitive dance team in 2020 where she eventually became team captain her senior year. Jayme also was a member of our ELITE company for two years and has assisted many classes along the way. She has won numerous regional and national awards on both teams. Jayme is currently attending Cal Lutheran University where she continues her dance education. We are so excited to have Jayme on the other side of classes now teaching!
Gianna Bates
Instructor
Gianna has been dancing since the age of 3 and has trained in various styles such as ballet/pointe, jazz, contemporary, lyrical, tap, ballroom, musical theater, and hip hop. She has been a part of DA for the last 12 years and assisted tiny toes classes for several of those years. She is currently on our ELITE team for her 9th year and an officer on the Rancho Campana High School Dance Team. Throughout her years competing at regional and national competitions, Gianna has been a part of multiple award and national winning routines. Gianna is very excited to continue her teaching career here at Dance Alliance!!
Mikayla Parke
Instructor
Mikayla is from Newbury Park California. She has been dancing for 26+ years training in Ballet, Tap, Jazz, modern and Lyrical. Throughout her years of training, Mikayla danced competitively for her high school dance team and local dance studio. After highschool, she obtained her Bachelor’s degree in dance from San Diego State University. Mikayla went on to dance on the Los Angeles Laker Girl for 4 consecutive seasons. She has been a member of the Dance Alliance staff sice 2016 and is very excited to continue training our dancers!
Nicole Lupo
Instructor
Nicole began dancing at the age of 3 and was later invited to join the prestigious Escola de Dança de São Paulo. She graduated in the Vaganova technique and simultaneously earned certification as a Royal Ballet dancer under the mentorship of Ady Addor. Nicole has performed in numerous classical productions, including Sleeping Beauty (as both Sugar Plum and Aurora), The Nutcracker, Coppélia, Le Corsaire, Paquita, and The Slave and the Merchant, among many others.
Her training extends to jazz, flamenco, contemporary, and modern dance. She has had the opportunity to train and perform internationally and has also appeared in various TV programs and soap operas. In addition to her performing career, Nicole has served as an ambassador and model for ballet and yoga brands, as well as fashion designers.
With over 10 years of experience teaching both children and adults, Nicole is passionate about sharing her extensive knowledge and love for dance. She believes that, after all, happiness is only real when shared!
Ashlynn Brantingham
Instructor
Ashlynn Brantingham is a dancer, choreographer and dance teacher from Thousand Oaks California. She studied at Retter’s Academy of dance under the direction of Linda Bernabei-Retter and Darryl Retter for 12 years and was a Rhythm Machine company member. She was recognized and received the Winston Hemsley Memorial Scholarship in 2022-2023. Ashlynn recently graduated from Moorpark College with an associate’s degree in Dance. While at Moorpark she had the opportunity to be the Dance Club present, performed in many shows, and choreographed three of her pieces. Ashlynn had the opportunity to attend the prestigious California State Summer School for the Arts and will be attending Kairos Dance Prep, and Jump Start LA at Loyola Marymount University this summer. She was a featured dancer on the Sony Pictures Peter Rabbitt DVD Dance Along, and has been in several dance instructional videos. Ashlynn continues to further her training at Tmilly and other industry professional studios.
Kobe Johnson
Instructor
Kobe Has been dancing for 19 years. He began his journey dancing self trained but would later be introduced to competitive dance. He had joined his high school dance team at Taft High School, Continuing his journey competing and performing. After High School he would continue his studies and training in dance at Moorpark College. He has choreographed many dances for the dance department as well as becoming vide president of the dance club and student director of the spring semester dance concert production Motion Flux, during his last semester where He Received his AA in Dance. He has continued to take his training in dance to the next level, where he has trained at multiple studios such as Millennium, and Playground learning under Jojo Gomez, and Nicole Kirkland. He will soon be attending California State University Long Beach, where he will be obtaining his Bachelor’s in Dance. He is Currently Coaching at Oak Park High School for JV and assisting in Varsity. He has trained in Hip Hop, Jazz, Contemporary, Modern, Ballet, and West African.
Spencer Seebach
Instructor
Spencer Seebach (he/him) is a Los Angeles-based dance artist and choreographer represented by Go2 Talent Agency. Born in Thousand Oaks, California, Spencer studied at Bobbie’s School of Performing Arts and went on to graduate Magna Cum Laude from Chapman University in 2023 with a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Dance Performance and a minor in Business Administration. While at school, he performed works by Paul Taylor and Ido Tadmor, and was awarded the Fannie Kallis Award for Outstanding Achievement in Dance (2022), as well as the Nancy Dickson-Lewis Excellence in Choreography Award (2023). Spencer’s commitment to artistic growth extends to prestigious summer programs, including the b12 Summer Festival in Berlin and GagaLab NYC. As a professional, credits include a plethora of live performances, as well as stage and screen productions, working with choreographers such as Liz Imperio, Scotty Nguyen, Lea Ved, Monika Felice Smith, Matthew Peacock, and Darina Littleton. Spencer has also performed with LA-based contemporary dance companies such as the TL Collective, Dyspraxiac Dance, and Au.thenticity Dance Co. While pursuing a career in dance performance, Spencer is simultaneously expanding his influence in both choreographic and arts administration industries.
Nour
Instructor
Nour is an LA-Based Hip Hop/Heels choreographer, currently interning at Eighty Eight Studios in North Hollywood & working as a professional dancer. Nour is also at Moorpark College studying Graphic Design & Choreography, pursuing her artistic career. She is super passionate about bringing confidence, love and creativity into the lives of others through movement & community.
Gianna Harrop – Coming soon