Tenisha Miedel – Artistic Director

Tenisha is a Moves alumnus and has achieved great success as a performing artist. She has been a member of SAG & AFTRA for 28 years appearing in 30 National TV Commercials, radio voice over spots, numerous industrial films and TV Series’ such as “What About Joan?”, “Arrest & Trial” and “America’s Most Wanted.” Her professional theater credits include Alice in “Alice in Wonderland; A Musical Circus,” Dorothy in “The Wizard of Oz,” Annemarie Johansen in “Number the Stars” & Marta in “Metropolis,” Music Man, Sound of Music, A Christmas Carol, Pippin. Dance was at the heart and core of Tenisha’s love of the performing arts, she trained intensely with top teachers and choreographers earning her multiple awards in dance performance, all attributing to her theatrical success. Tenisha is multifaceted and in addition to her performing credits she brings managerial, marketing and training skills to Moves. As a wife and mother of three, she is ready to share her knowledge to enhance and grow the Moves experience for young dancers for years to come.

Carol Davis – General Manager

Carol Davis is excited to be back with Moves Dance Studio.  She has 2 daughters that began dancing at Moves when their doors opened in 1987 and continued through 2002.  For 20+ years she had the role of Personal Manager for all 3 of her kid’s acting careers.  Between the 3, they appeared in over 60 National TV Commercials, 2 movies, 4 TV Series and numerous professional theatre productions.  She ran all facets of their young careers which included shuttling them between school, auditions, acting & print bookings, voice lessons, sporting events, dance lessons and countless performances.  She managed their finances and acting agencies as well.  She has also started, ran & maintained two of her own very successful companies.  She held the title of General Manager for Manhattans Restaurant in Carol Stream for 9 years, managing both front and back of the house employees.  She is grateful for the opportunity to share her years of managerial experience with Moves!

Bryan Miedel – Business Development Manager

Bryan began his career in the I.T. field. He carried many management positions with big corporations such as NextGen Power Systems, Nextel Communications, Wide Open West, and most recently as the Business Development Manager for Lenovo. Bryan also has a background in upholstery & construction. He from time to time volunteers for Habitat for Humanity. He has always had a love for the arts which only grew stronger when he, his wife, Tenisha and mother in law, Carol, purchased Moves. He left his career in the I.T. industry to assist in the now family business. He handles all new business development for Moves including, internal I.T. management, marketing strategies, outreach opportunities and ways Moves can give back to the community. This year he was excited to use his creativity and knowledge of construction to build several props for this year’s recital. He hopes that each year he can help bring something new and exciting to each show!

Kelsey Zavadovics – North Aurora Studio Manager

Kelsey is trained in jazz, hip hop, ballet, tap, contemporary, lyrical, modern and tumbling. She began her teaching career at the age of 15, instructing throughout the Chicagoland area. She has been teaching for Moves for 5 years, is the studio Manager of Wheaton and North Aurora, and Assistant Director of Moves Dance Company. She has a passion for training students to reach their full potential. She was in a competitive dance company for seven years and had the opportunity to train and take class under prestigious choreographers and instructors. She was also on her high school dance troupe for 4 years and an officer her junior and senior year. Her biggest accomplishment thus far was when her Moves Dance Company routine won “National Champions” at Dupree dance in 2018. She loves working for Moves, the students, family, and faculty!

Amy Ray

Amy Ray’s love for dance began at a young age. She grew up a “competition kid” and as a young dancer, continued her training at MOVES, where she eventually became a member of the faculty. While teaching at Moves, Amy studied ballet and modern dance with renowned teachers at Columbia College, Chicago before moving to Los Angeles in 2004. In the 9 years Amy lived in L.A., she had the privilege of working with several well-known choreographers and performing in countless shows all while continuing her training at Edge, Millenium and Debbie Reynolds. She has appeared in several television shows, commercials, and music videos. Some of her favorites were for Sundance Film Festival, and She & Him with Zooey Deschanel. While continuing to dance, Amy finished her Bachelors degree in Fine Arts with a focus in photography and began teaching dance and art in elementary schools throughout Los Angeles. For the last 7 years, Amy was also on Faculty at Garri Dance Studio, considered “Burbank’s Best” dance academy, where she taught all styles of dance to all ages. Amy is excited to be back home in the Fox Valley area with her husband and new baby girl, and can’t wait to continue sharing her love of dance at MOVES!

Andi Learman

Andi Learman was born and raised in Woodstock, Illinois. She went off to earn a degree in Dance Business at Anderson University. While there, she worked with artists including Earl Mosley and Gregory Hancock and trained with programs such as the American Dance Festival and American College Dance Association. Immediately following graduation she began two years of training with Hubbard Street’s Professional Program, under the direction of Alexandra Wells. Andi is currently dancing with Tapestry Contemporary Dance Company as well as in various projects within the Chicago dance community.

April Sirokie

April Sirokie is a graduate of Ball State University with a Bachelors of Fine Arts in Dance Performance. Sirokie has trained in styles of ballet/pointe, modern, jazz, ethnic, tap, musical theatre, and ballet and contemporary partnering. April credits her training to Hubbard Street Dance Chicago, Joel Hall Dancers & Center, and The Joffrey Ballet all located in Chicago. Besides teaching and choreography Sirokie also works with figure skaters and ballroom dancers in strength and conditioning as well as a performance coach. The past ten years April has worked at multiple dance studios as a competitive coach, technique teacher, guest artist, and choreographer throughout Illinois.

Annabelle (Bella) King

Bio coming soon.

Cece Summers

Growing up in Wheaton, IL, Ms. Cece has been dancing since she was seven years old. Starting out in Ballet and Jazz at the Winfield Park District, she found her love for creative movement and artistic expression. From there, she attended Platinum Dance Academy in West Chicago where she trained in many different dance styles including Contemporary, Pointe and Jazz. While at Platinum, she performed in Ballets such as The Nutcracker, Paquita and Sleeping Beauty and had performed competitively during her senior year. She has also trained at Visceral in Chicago. She received her Bachelor of Arts in Dual Dance and English-Creative Writing Emphasis major from Hope College in Holland, Michigan. There she discovered her passion for teaching and choreographing. She was also a member of the StrikeTime Dance Theater Company which fosters Creative Dancing among its members as well as youth and community outreach. Since graduating in 2021, she has taught Preschool Ballet, Jazz and Tap, Creative Dance for Children, Lyrical, Barre Fitness and many different ages and styles in the West Suburbs. Her favorite part of teaching is mentoring and inspiring young dancers in all their future endeavors, especially those aspiring to bring their dancing to the next level, whether it’d be studying Dance at a university, becoming a professional performer or teaching the art and technique of Dance. She has also practiced advocacy for Mental Health Awareness through her teaching of Mindful Movement, is a current student for Dance Pedagogy approaches and can film, write and choreograph various works. She believes Dance can be for everyone and is excited to share her art and passion.

Colby Walksler

For the past two decades, Colby has been shaping the lives of children and adults through dance. Native to Illinois, she began dancing at the early age of two. Quickly displaying an aptitude for coordination and performance, earned her first ballet scholarship in the convention circuit at age eight. At nine, Colby entered the professional market as a ballerina in her first international commercial. Continuously recognized in the 90’s in the competitive sector, she gained opportunities to study in New York and Los Angeles under famed dance educators, such as Mia Michaels, Ray Leaper, Mark Meismer, Suzi Taylor, Kevin Maher, Teresa Espinoza and others. Locally, she was under continuous mentorship by the likes of Homer Bryant, Van Collins, Terry Fox, Avnun Yakubov, Rachelle Oschner, Ted Jackson and others. At fifteen, she began teaching weekly. This opened the door for artistry and choreography to become a central focus of her passion, but the ability to turn a child’s potential energy into kinetic energy is top of Colby’s healthy obsessions. Her sensitivity to each student’s individual talents and capabilities affords every protegé a unique opportunity when training. Real time results, each class, is common place with focused students. She attests her knack for educating surely stemmed from her mother, a professor of the sciences. Colby continued her dance education at Loyola Marymount University. Signed to MSA by age eighteen, Colby got a dose of the Los Angeles dance industry. She discovered her favorite place to be is behind the scenes. Working with creative direction and artist development for up incoming music artists. Notably, in 2007, Frank Gatson hired her as a dancer for a Beyoncé world tour. Though Colby did not tour with The Beyoncé Experience, she regards the moment as undeniable validation from a master in the business. Colby is grateful to the performing arts and all those she has encountered along the way. Her focus remains on education, choreography and artist development. Many of her students have gained professional success and she continues to train pre-professionals and professionals in a world class manner.

Emily Castellano

Grace Q. Stiak

Jonny Bastek

Rylie Flatt

Rylie Flatt has trained in all styles of dance since the age of 3 at Moves. Her love for performing has grown into a desire to help other people learn to perform. She has competitively danced since the age of 7 and has learned from many different choreographers at various dance conventions such as Jump, Nuvo, LADM, Dupree and HEAT. She was an augural member of HEAT’s Force team and continued her success with HEAT also earning a spot on their Hip Hop Crew. She has earned several top 10 awards for her solos, duets, small group and large group numbers. Rylie is excited to continue having Moves as her home as a student turned instructor and to pass on her knowledge to the future generation of Moves Dance Studio dancers.

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