facultyandtuition

Tatiana began dancing at the age of five. She began competing at the age of 11 at Prima Dance in Corona. Tatiana was on the
Varsity Dance Team for 4 years at Temescal Canyon High School and she is on the Cal State San Marcos dance team and is
studying to be a teacher. Tatiana teaches combination classes for ages 3-4, beginning technique and works at the front desk.

**WE ARE HAPPY TO HAVE TATIANA AS A PART OF OUR STUDIO. TATIANA'S DEDICATION TO KRISTI, OUR STAFF AND OUR STUDENTS
IS OVERWHELMING. TATIANA PLAYS A VERY IMPORTANT ROLE AT THE STUDIO AND AT COMPETITIONS.

Carlee began dancing at the age of seven in Riverside at Deborah Kaye’s Dance Studio and at the age of 10 she moved to
Inspirations Performing Arts Center in Moreno Valley . She began competing at the age of eight and continued to the age of 19.

Carlee has taught and choreographed here in California for Conlin Dance Academy and Corona Dance Academy . While living in
Washington she was the competition team coordinator and office manager for High Step Dance Academy where she also won
numerous choreography, high point and most entertaining awards for her efforts.

She also taught for KFD during its opening year and is so happy to be back!

Carlee is currently a mother of two, a three year old little girl named Baylee and a nine month old little boy named Jackson and
wife to Adrian who is in the US Navy. She holds a bachelors degree in Liberal Studies from California Baptist University and works
for UCR Extension Center, International Education Programs department.

**MS. CARLEE LEFT KFD TO START A FAMILY AND FOLLOW HER HUSBAND AS HE SERVED OUR COUNTRY. WE ARE HAPPY TO HAVE
MS. CARLEE BACK TO TEACH OUR BABIES! SHE IS AN AWESOME MOTHER AND WORKS GREAT WITH OUR YOUNG DANCERS.

Kayla began dancing at the age of three. She went to Freddie Finn Dance Studio until the age of 10 when she began taking class at
K.F.D. In the last four years Kayla has placed in the Top Ten at competitions with her solos, duets, trios and groups and she
recently received 1st Overall at Rainbow Connection for her lyrical solo. This year Kayla faced over 300 soloists at Showstoppers
National Talent Competition and received 9th overall.

Kayla will be a junior at Martin Luther King High School in September of 2008 where she has been a member of their dance team for
two years and will be again in 2008.

Kayla currently teaches beginning lyrical, jazz and jumps and turns for KFD.

**WE ARE HAPPY TO HAVE HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO WATCH KAYLA AS SHE GREW INTO A BEAUTIFUL DANCER AND PERSON. WE
ARE ALSO THRILLED THAT KAYLA IS ABLE TO PASS ON HER PASSION FOR DANCE WITH OUR YOUNGER STUDENTS. WE HOPE WHEN
KAYLA IS DONE WITH HER COMPETITION YEARS SHE WILL CONTINUE TO BE A PART OF OUR FAMILY.

MISS KRISTEN
Ballet

MISS COURTNEY
Tap, Hip Hop

MISS ERIKA
Jazz, lyrical, jumps/turns
Competition

MS. CARLEE
Tap, jazz, ballet
Combo. classes

MISS TATIANA
Beginning tap, jazz,
ballet and lyrical,
front desk

MISS KAYLA
Jazz, Lyrical,
Technique

Erika Goe is a native of Riverside, California, and has been dancing since the age of four. Her 22 years of dance
experience began at Just Plain Dancin’ of Riverside, where she trained for 12 years and then onto Riverside
Ballet Arts, West Coast School of the Arts Irvine, EDGE Performing Arts Center of Hollywood, and Riverside
Community College.

Erika's dance training includes ballet, tap, jazz, lyrical, and some modern. Teaching dance is Erika’s true
passion, and she has been teaching and choreographing for over ten years in and around the Inland Empire.
Her work has been seen at California Dancer, Riverside Ballet Arts, University Dance Company of CSUSB, A.B.
Miller High School, John W. North High School, Martin Luther King High School, Cope Middle School, Cal State
Fullerton, Dance Horizons, Arlington High School, and is very much excited to be back teaching and
choreographing at Kristi’s Forever Dancin’.

Erika Goe graduated with her Bachelors of Arts in Psychology May 2005 and is currently pursuing her PPS
credential in counseling as well as her Masters in Education.

**KFD IS TRULY BLESSED TO HAVE ERIKA BACK AS PART OF OUR STAFF AND FAMILY. ERIKA IS A HUGE ASSET TO
OUR COMPETITION STUDENTS AND ALL OF US LOOK FORWARD TO EXPERIENCING 2009 WITH HER BY OUR SIDE!

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Dance has been a part of Courtney’s life for 20+ years. Although given many opportunities to pursue other sports and
activities, she chose to stick with dance and is very happy with her choice. Courtney grew up dancing at Kane Dance Academy
where she won numerous top awards and convention scholarships. She attended Arlington High School where she was on the
Dance Team for four years and was a Captain for three years. Courtney was fortunate to be the team’s representative at the
Miss Dance Team California competition in 1999 and 2000 and was named to the California Court. This honor allowed her to
compete in the Miss Dance Team USA pageant to represent dance teams from across California and she was honored to be a
pageant finalist in 1999 and 2000. After high school, Courtney began teaching dance at various local studios as well as being a
member of the United Spirit Association’s Jazz Dance staff for three years where she traveled and taught summer camps to
dance team’s across the United States. Courtney attended the University of California, Riverside where she majored in Political
Science and interned in Washington D.C. at the Brookings Institution in 2002. Courtney then went on to pursue her teaching
credential and Master’s in Education at California Baptist University and is now in her fifth year of teaching at Martin Luther
King High School in Riverside, CA. When not in the classroom teaching Government, Economics and AP Microeconomics,
Courtney can be found in the gym advising and coaching the King High School dance team. Courtney is also the Senior class
advisor and is involved in the Link Crew Freshmen mentoring program. As if this is not enough, Courtney has spent the last 7
years for the Dupree Dance Expo where she travels across the United States as a master teacher for the dance convention;
and plans on teaching dance for as long as her body will allow her.

**MISS COURTNEY HAS GIVEN KRISTI THE OPPORTUNITY TO CHOREOGRAPH FOR MLK HIGH SCHOOL'S DANCE TEAM AND
TOGETHER THEY HAVE RECEIVED NUMEROUS AWARDS AT THE HIGH SCHOOL COMPETITION LEVEL. WE ARE HAPPY TO BE ABLE
TO SPEND MORE TIME WITH COURTNEY AS SHE TEACHES OUR TAP AND HIP HOP STUDENTS.

Kristen began dancing when she was five years old. She started at Fine Arts Dance Academy in Diamond Bar then trained with
Dellos Dance and Performing Arts Studio for 10 years. Kristen was on the Dance Team at Diamond Bar High School all four years,
was a Lieutenant for one year and Co-Captain for two years.

Kristen is currently taking classes at Mt Sac with Miss Amy Nakamura (Bates).

Kristen performed with the Tap Sounds Underground Company and with the San Francisco Ballet Company in the Nutcracker in
1995. She trained at the EDGE and taught for two years in Chino Hills at All That Dance. Kristen is currently teaching for the Mt.
San Antonio College Community Dance Program where she was in Mt. Sac's Reperatory Dance Company.

Kristen intends to continue studying ballet and improving herself so she can constantly challenge her students with new things.

KFD IS HAPPY TO HAVE FOUND A BALLET TEACHER WHO WAS TRAINED BY MISS KRISTI AND MISS ERIKA'S PREVIOUS BALLET
TEACHER. MISS KRISTEN IS AN AWESOME ADDITION TO THE KFD FAMILY AND WILL PLAY AN IMPORTANT ROLE IN TRAINING BOTH
OUR RECREATIONAL AND COMPETITIVE STUDENTS.

MS. TISH -
Christian - Wife, Mother, Daughter, Sister, Aunt, Step-Mother, Grandma, Co-Owner, Studio Director, Costumes, Problem
Solver, Disciplinarian, Photographer, Baby sitter, Counselor

Garrett Minniti has danced his way across the country and internationally with tap dance sensation Caution: Men at Work Tap, Broadways SWING! and 42nd
Street. Other credits include Mike (A Chorus Line), Danny (Grease), Cosmo (Singing in the Rain), The Great American Songbook, Starring Ed Ames and Carol
Lawrence (Branson, MO), and the world premier production of GIDGET, A New Musical written and directed by Francis Ford Coppola. Direction/choreography
credits include numerous industrial, stage, and screen performances for companies such as Warner Brothers, Reed Productions, Sybarite Productions,
Kim Freedman Productions, and Equity Fights Aids.

Garrett has taught for the EDGE Performing Arts Center (Hollywood, Ca), STEPS on Broadway (New York, NY), NYLA Dance Competitions and Conventions, as
well as numerous other schools and studios on both coasts. He has taught master classes across the country and constantly strives to provide quality,
energetic, and memorable dance educational experiences to students of all ages and levels. “It’s not just about dancing, it’s choosing how you are going to
dance. Good dancers think!”

Garrett is also the Artistic Director and co-Founder of In It For Life Productions, a new Entertainment Production Company that produces both professional
theatre and dance works as well as educational programs. In It For Life produced its first Off-Broadway Showcase in June of 2007, and since then has
produced 4 more choreography showcases/workshop productions and 3 dance workshops which have featured some of the countries most sought after
dancers, teachers, and choreographers. For more information please visit www.iaminitforlife.com.

Garrett feels truly blessed to have worked with such talents as Tina D’Amato, David Green, Jason Samuels Smith, Ed Ames, Carol Lawrence, and Francis
Ford Coppola to name a few. He thanks God for all of his blessings and accomplishments.

“Sometimes in life when nobody opens the door, you just have to knock down a wall!”
-Garrett Minniti and Ahkai Franklin

GARRETT MINNITI
TAP AND HIP HOP