Madison Anderson, Dance Instructor

Madison is currently a sophomore at Huntley High School, and has been dancing since she was 3 years old. She has experience in tap, ballet, pointe, lyrical, pom, and hip hop. Her favorite style of dance is lyrical. She has been dancing at The Ballet Box for 11 years and has been on the Huntley High School dance team for 2 years.

Kylee Fruin, Theater Instructor

Miss Kylee's three passions, including acting, singing, and dancing! Kylee is one of the CLPD Dance and Theater Instructors, she has experience in both performing and teaching dance/theater. She was on the dance team in middle school, and performed with the Crystal Lake Park District Dance Academy as a child. Kylee is a junior at Huntley High School, and is involved in the theatre program at HHS. She is a member of Thespian Troupe 6147, and serves as the Thespian Student Ambassador on the Theatre Board. Kylee has aspirations to someday be a film actor. This is Kylee's second year instructing dance for the park district, and has assisted with multiple theater productions for the CLPD, including Frozen Jr. and The Little Mermaid Jr. Kylee has been a wonderful addition to both our dance and theater programs and brings great experience and expertise to share with our young performers!

Kaitlin Gray, Theater Instructor

Kaitlin's bio will be available soon.

Allison Hogan, Cultural Arts Director

Allison is a music teacher and performing artist with over 20 years of experience. She has a BA in Musical Theater and Performance from Columbia College in Chicago. In 2015, she performed on Broadway in the rendition of Parade and worked under Jason Robert Brown's direction. Allison is also a pianist and composer and currently performs in the band: The Handsome Bandit. She is passionate around inspiring her students and community members through the cultural arts. Her favorite pasttimes are figure skating, running and reading.

Annastasia Johnson, Dance Instructor

Annastasia's bio will be available soon.

Maddie Seiser, Dance Instructor

Maddie's bio is coming soon.

Jana Sinn, Baton Instructor

Jana has marched in hundreds of parades including the Indy 500 Parade in Indianapolis (7 times), the Presidential Inaugural Parade in Washington, D.C., and several Chicago parades throughout the years. She has performed for three living U.S. presidents. She was an advanced NBTA competition solo twirler, and Twirling Captain for the Marlyn's Majors Baton and Drum Corps. She enjoys spinning two and three batons and fire baton. She was feature twirler for H.D. Jacobs High School and Purdue University. Jana is Director of the Sparklers Twirl Team and also loves teaching with the Crystal Lake Park District. New students are always welcome.

Rachelle Wieczorek, Dance Instructor

Miss Rachelle started line dancing in college at the age of 19. In 2002, Rachelle became a certified Ballroom Dance Instructor for American Smooth and American Rhythm syllabi. In the Washington, DC area, she competed in Ballroom, Swing, and Line Dance as well as taught classes for the Ballroom Dance Company, the Wedding Dance Specialists, and Art In Motion. For six years, she also owned a Social Ballroom and Fitness Studio with dancing icon Barry Durand.