MeEt tHE TeaM
Jennifer J
Studio Director at CAST Dance Academy, Jennifer is a graduate from UCLA Theatre, Film and Television with a BA in Theatre. Involved since the inception of CAST, she currently serves as the Studio Director of CAST Academy. With over 40 directing credits, she also enjoys directing the annual dance performances and WinterFest. Also, Jennifer is a licensed Music Together director and teacher.
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Shannon M
Shannon Mueller holds an MA in Performance Psychology, a BFA in Dance Performance, a Minor in Integrated Educational Studies, and is a certified PBT instructor. Shannon is formally trained in ballet, jazz, modern, and tap.
Shannon has won numerous awards for her choreography, which has been presented internationally and worldwide.
Lucinda S
Lucinda is a dance teacher here at CAST Academy and teaches ballet, tap, jazz, and lyrical. She began dancing at the age of four and has been trained in various styles of dance including ballet, jazz, lyrical, tap, hip hop and contemporary.
Lucinda loves children, creativity, choreography and coaching.
London B
London trained for 15 years at Elite Dance Academy in Orange County, California. Her education at Elite included extensive training in Jazz, Lyrical, Contemporary, and Hip-Hop. London is an assistant and co-choreographer for Palomar College's hip hop and contemporary. She teaches Lyrical, Jazz, Hip Hop, Ballet, and Strength & Conditioning.
Anna H
Anna is a studio and collegiately trained dancer from all across North County, San Diego. She grew up competitively and was active in the musical theatre productions in Vista, California. Currently, she teaches at a few local dance studios, a full time student, and works as a gymnastic coach on the side!
Eden A
Eden Anderson, originally from Tiburon, California, began dancing at 8 with the Boston Ballet in "Alice in Wonderland." She studied ballet and jazz at the Worcester Academy School of Performing Arts in Massachusetts, earning a BA in Dance Therapy and an MS in Physical Education from the University of Maine. She teaches creative movement, Ballet, Tap and Dancilates at CAST.
Stacia S
Stacia has been dancing since the age of 2 and has over 20 years of dance experience. She was captain of the Fallbrook High School Dance Team for 3 years and previously part of the National Honor Society for Dance Arts.
Kyle C
Kyle is a sound technician with studio recording experience at Red Crosby Sound Studios. He has been the sound board operator for the musicals at the Mission Theatre from 2013-2018. Currently, he brings the equipment to the various community stages where CAST performs.
Patricia H
Patty is the Original Founder of CAST Dance Academy, in 1993 out of a desire to fill a need when theatre classes were cut from the public school budgets. Patty has mentored and shared theatre with over 2,000 children. She is still an integral part of our team here at CAST!