Encore Elite

Mr. Alfredo - Encore Instructor - Hip Hop, Jazz, Lyrical

Mr. Alfredo, also known as Mr. Chicken, started off as a self taught dancer at the age of 6 and slowly worked his way up to studio training. He holds numerous Mr. Dance Titles, Dancer of the Year awards and National Grand Champion Titles. He's been teaching both non-trained and trained dancers for 4 years now. He started his own choreography business at the age of 14 and to this day is still blooming! Alfredo's favorite style of dance is lyrical. He says that lyrical provides a sense of therapy to him. As he continues to travel the world, performing and teaching everywhere he goes, he is also super excited to continue sharing his love and passion for dance with each and every student he has the pleasure of teaching.

Miss Angelica - Encore Instructor - Contemporary, Hip Hop, Jazz, Lyrical, Stretch & Turns

Miss Angelica has been dancing for 25 years, and has been sharing her experience, knowledge, and love for dance with students for 13 years. Miss Angelica began her journey at ODC in Los Alamitos, CA where she was trained in Jazz, Ballet, Pointe, Lyrical, Hip Hop, Contemporary, and Pom. Miss Angelica competed from ages 5 to 17, as a part of her home studio. Along with being a part of award winning group and production pieces, Miss Angelica was a top soloist, earning 5 National Titles throughout her competition years. After graduating high school, Miss Angelica attended San Diego State University on a scholarship for Dance. In 2016, Miss Angelica graduated with her Bachelor’s in Business and Dance. Throughout her dance journey, Miss Angelica has been trained by some of the industry’s best, including Ray Leeper, Mark Meismer, Debbie Allen, Laurieann Gibson, Brian Friedman, Liz Vega, and more. She has received scholarships to Joffrey Ballet Summer Intensive, Nuvo Dance Convention, and Tremaine. With her extensive training, Miss Angelica took her talents to the professional side in 2013, when she signed to Trio Talent Agency before signing to Bloc. Miss Angelica has been booked to dance alongside artists such as Justin Beiber, Jason Derulo, Meghan Trainor, Ne-Yo, Chris Brown, Olly Murs, Tinashe, and more. Miss Angelica was given the high honor of being on the choreography team behind Jason Derulo and Lady Gaga in 2016. Miss Angelica is extremely thankful for all her opportunities as a performer, but her most proud moments are as a teacher. Beginning her teaching career at age 14, Miss Angelica has been sharing her love of dance all over. Miss Angelica’s students and choreography have won numerous Regional and National Awards, including recognition at the International level. Miss Angelica has received numerous choreography awards, and has traveled and set pieces around the US. Miss Angelica has trained and mentored students that have gone on to be on college dance teams, NFL & NBA DanceTeams, tour dancers, and more. Currently, Miss Angelica has found her home at Encore Elite in Fullerton, CA, and absolutely loves every moment of being a part of Encore Elite. Miss Angelica still choreographs for outside studios in San Diego, Chicago, Ohio, and Northern California, as well as set pieces for teams such as the LA Chargers, LA Clippers, LA Rams, and Lakergirls. Miss Angelica has a pure love and joy for dance, and is excited to see what the future holds as she continues to share that love with students and dancers!

Miss Kellie - Founder/Owner/Encore Instructor - Ballet, Cheer, Jazz, Tap, Tumbling
Miss Kellie began her dance journey in 1997 at a local dance studio in Fullerton, CA. She was trained in ballet, jazz and tap along with competitive cheerleading. In 2009, she was introduced to contemporary and hip hop through group choreography and master classes. At a young age, she became determined to open her own studio where she could share her passion for dance and encourage others' self-confidence. She then began volunteering dance classes in Fullerton and La Habra and found herself offering free dance classes at the Fullerton Airport in 2012. Shortly after, she established the name Encore Elite and her dreams finally took flight! Miss Kellie taught locally throughout the cities of Yorba Linda, Anaheim Hills and Fullerton. She also volunteered her time to the Fullerton Pop Warner cheerleaders and they ended up with a bid to Nationals! In 2015, Miss Kellie opened her new studio in Fullerton and coached Encore Elite's first competition team! Miss Kellie's students have won multiple high point overalls, many judges choice awards and Top Scoring Studio in 2018, 2021, 2022. In 2019, Miss Kellie graduated from California State University, Fullerton with her degree in Business Entrepreneurship. She got to share this accomplishment with all her students and only hopes to inspire all the future Encore students!

Miss McKenna - Encore Instructor - Acro, Ballet, Jazz, Silks and Lyra

Miss McKenna started dancing at the age of 6. She’s always danced to express herself in ways she couldn’t put into words. McKenna pursued her training at a couple local studios in Corona. Aside from competing McKenna also got the privilege of attending Encore High School of the Arts. This allowed her to extend her training into other branches of the entertainment industry such as acting, cirque and cheer. Miss McKenna started acting in 10th grade and you can find her in shows such as Nicky Ricky Dicky and Dawn, The Middle, Blackish, Chicken Girls and Pitch. At Encore High School she was given the opportunity to travel and tour Scotland with the show of Jungle Book. This team was known as the ambassadors. Miss McKenna also got to travel and perform with them the following year in Hawaii. In Hawaii, Miss McKenna got to perform with her team at Pearl Harbor. Along with traveling and performing, Miss McKenna also took many lead roles in the school productions. Along with Jungle Book she got to perform in shows such as Aida , Happily Ever After, Neon Circus, Sleeping Beauty and CATS the musical. In these school productions Miss McKenna would showcase her training in cirque. She performed routines on silks, trapeze, hammock and lyra.

She also did contortion routines. Miss McKenna was a cheerleader which helped her gain experience to be on the California State University, Fullerton’s cheer team. Now, as she settles down, Miss McKenna wants to share the love of dance and cirque to the upcoming generations. To continue her training she continues to take master classes and cirque classes in her area.