MEREDITH LEE - Artistic Director, Instructor

(BALLET, JAZZ, TAP, CONTEMPORARY, HIP HOP)


Meredith started teaching in 1995 and within two years, she was instructing dozens of weekly classes as well as choreographing for several Nationally Award-Winning Competition Teams. Since then, she has energetically taught technique and appreciation to thousands of students. 

Meredith has over thirty years of experience dancing, acting and singing principal roles on stage and TV. Her credits also include directing and staging.  Meredith opened Got Rhythm Dance & PAC in 2002, after graduating from UCLA with a BA in Psychology. She has remained devoted to educating her students and the community about the many health, academic and social benefits of dance.

MEGAN ROBINSON - Instructor

​(BALLET, JAZZ, CONTEMPORARY, COMBO)  

Megan grew up dancing and later teaching at the Kansas City Ballet School. She was a Dance Company member at the University of Kansas while working towards her BFA in Dance, as well as performing with the Trey McIntyre Project and Thodos Dance Chicago.

After earning her degree, Megan headed out west and is happy to now be living in Ventura and teaching at Got Rhythm, as well as performing with the Adult Contemporary and Hip Hop Companies.

AHNA LIPCHIK - Instructor

​(BALLET, CONTEMPORARY)

​Ahna grew up dancing at the Milwaukee Ballet School and Academy. At 16 she left home to attend the University of North Carolina School of the Arts. She has performed as the Sugar Plum Fairy and Snow Queen, principled in Birthday Offering and Balanchine’s Donizetti Variations, as well as the Lilac Fairy in Sleeping Beauty and leading roles in Napoli and Raymonda. Ahna competed at both the Youth America Grand Prix and the World Ballet Competition, earning high marks and the award for best choreography at both, along with an opportunity to perform in the WBC gala alongside principal dancers from around the world. She has performed with the San Diego Ballet, and as a guest with Milwaukee Ballet, the Lake Arts Project, and the D.R.E.A.M.ers project in San Diego. Ahna is currently dancing with State Street Ballet in Santa Barbara.

CHASEN GREENWOOD - Guest Faculty

​(BALLET)

Chasen has been featured in Dancer Magazine as "one to watch," completing a nationwide tour as soloist with State Street Ballet. His choreography won "Best Young Choreographer" at Regional America Southwest. Chasen began his career performing with Leann Rimes, and in the musical Casper (national tour), training on full scholarship with Pacific Northwest Ballet, Joffrey Ballet, Houston Ballet, and Ballet Austin.

TAYLOR KOESTER - Guest Faculty

(POP STARS, HIP HOP)

​Taylor has been dancing since age three and has never stopped for the art that fulfills her heart the most!

She has grown up dancing and competing at Southern California California schools. Taylor trained professionally with top choreographers in the dance industry at both the New York City and Los Angeles campuses of The American Musical and Dramatic Academy and received her Bachelor of Fine Arts degree majoring in Dance Theatre. 

ELIDA DE FAZIO - Guest Faculty

​(BALLET, CONTEMPORARY)

Elida has been training for seventeen years at various studios including Santa Clarita Ballet, Westside School of Ballet, The Joffrey Ballet Intensive Summer Program, American Ballet Theatre Collegiate Summer Intensive, and IALS and Teatro Golden in Rome, Italy. In 2018, Elida placed in the Top 12 Classical Division in the Youth American Grand Prix Los Angeles Semifinals. She holds her RAD Advanced 2 Certificate with Distinction, and loves teaching dance to children.  Elida has recently joined the Professional Track with State Street Ballet in Santa Barbara. Her  belief is that dance is an expressive art form that all people deserve to enjoy.

ALISSA HARTT - Guest Faculty

​(TAP)

Alissa has trained her whole life in various styles including jazz, contemporary, lyrical, ballet and tap, her favorite. She danced competitively for eight years during which she performed multiple award-winning group dances and solos, and was the Varsity Captain of her high school dance team. Alissa received most of her formative training from Meredith Lee, and continues to take her weekly Tap and Contemporary classes.

​Alissa graduated from the University of Arizona with a degree in Psychology, and works as a Behavioral Therapist. Alissa’s passion dance and teaching, make her a strong, caring, and enthusiastic instructor.

​NATALIE KRAMER - Guest Faculty

​(BALLET)

Natalie has danced Principal and Soloist roles, appeared in FOX’s “So You Think You Can Dance” Promo,” Fashion and Awards Show, films, music videos and TV series, and modeled for L.A. Fashion Week and “Project Runway.” She was co-director of East Wind Productions, and later founded Commedia Ballet Theatre in Dallas.

​Natalie’s vision is “to honor the heritage and history of classical ballet while utilizing modern stories, music, and theatrical elements to produce new, creative performances that will entertain, entice, and excite a new generation of audiences as never before seen.”