Mrs. Kelsea-Janenne Bucher

Our owner and Director, Kelsea Bucher, has over 20 years experience as a dance educator. She has been on the faculty of Broadway Dance Center and PeriDance in NYC, as well as Impulstanz in Austria. She served as Artistic Director and lead instructor for New Hopewell School of the Arts and STARS Theatre and Dance Academy.  She owned and operated her own successful studio in New Jersey for 6 seasons before returning in 2015.

A native Texan, she began her training at her Mother’s dance studio. When the family relocated to New York, she went on to train and perform with the School of American Ballet, Joffrey Ballet, Broadway Dance Center, and NYU/CAP 21 Musical Theater Program. She is a well-rounded performer, versed in many styles of dance. She has been a member of a National Titled Clogging Team and a Musical Theatre Touring Performance Troupe. She has appeared professionally in the US and abroad with several ballet and contemporary dance companies. She has performed, choreographed and directed Off-Broadway and for regional musical theater performances, on TV and in film. Her dance company, New York Performers Project was featured in the International Dance Festival-NYC and the World Dance Congress in Cyprus.

Kelsea Bucher is an Acrobatic Arts certified instructor an established choreographer, adjudicator and educator, Mrs. Bucher, along with her professional faculty, is dedicated to ensuring your child receives the highest quality of dance education in a nurturing environment.

Mrs. Malvina Breniman

Malvina Breniman began dancing at the age of thirteen. Told this was a ridiculously late age to start, she did not allow herself the luxury of dreaming of a career in the art. Even so, she dove into her training, pointed feet first. She took classes in ballet, jazz, tap, and later, modern, ballroom, and African-Caribbean dance. She was offered her first teaching position after only five years of dancing, and fell in love with working with young children. She earned her Bachelor’s degree in dance from CSU Sacramento.  She continued teaching until having her first child, when she moved to San Antonio and took a break to focus on family.  She returned to teaching in  2021 at her children’s school, and is thrilled to be back in a studio setting.

Miss. Neenah Cruz

Neenah has been dancing since the age of two when she quickly discovered her love for the performing arts. She began teaching and instructing her own classes at the age of 15. Neenah has worked and trained with numerous choreographers throughout the East Coast, winning multiple awards and titles nationwide. One that stands out is her recognition from the United States Tournament of Dance where she received the all-around “Judges Award of Excellence”. Neenah was chosen to be a part of two U.S. dance teams nationally and internationally.

Throughout her teen years she performed at places including Madison Square Garden, Radio City Music Hall, Magic Kingdom, Universal Studios, for Fox News, the WNBA, & NBA. The International U.S. Dance Team oaered her the opportunity to perform at the “World Dance Show” in Riesa, Germany competing against 30 other countries. It was there that Neenah became the World Silver Medalist for her solo in the open category as well as a World Silver Medalist in the duet category for her tap duet. It was the experience of a lifetime!In the last 10 years she has received multiple choreography and entertainment awards. Her choreography has gone undefeated at the Regional and National level for the past few years, making her dancers undefeated National Title Champions. In recent months, her choreography received “stand out”, “entertainment”, “spotlight”, and “choreography” awards from Artists Simply Human convention and competition. Her hip hop choreography was also selected to compete at PRELUDE Hip Hop competition.

Neenah’s teaching style focuses on creating a positive, disciplined, and inspiring environment where each student can thrive. She sets clear goals and high expectations, encouraging students to challenge themselves while honoring their individual pace and progress. Through nurturing guidance and constructive feedback, Neenah helps dancers develop not only technical skill but also artistic expression. Most importantly, she strives to build their confidence in and out of the classroom. Her 19 years of teaching has led her to many places but wherever she lands, she plans to utilize her experiences and skillset to make a positive impact on the youth in the community.

Miss. Reisa DiNatale

Reisa DiNatale, from San Antonio, Texas is an alumni of  Texas State University, recently graduated with a Bachelor in Fine Arts degree in Dance, with a focus in performance and choreography. She has been dancing since the age of two, and has trained at multiple studios in Massachusetts, Minnesota, and most recently Texas at Kathy Marfin’s Dance School under the Leading Edge Dance Company. She competed in dance competitions for about 10 years throughout her life at both regional and national competitions, training heavily in ballet, modern, jazz and tap. Along with that, she participated in a pre-professional dance company called Summerge in 2021, performing in the first Semilla festival, and was a member of Merge Dance Company, affiliated with the Texas State Dance Division and university for two years (2021-2023) learning from choreographers Ana Baer, Christa Oliver, Torens Johnson, Francisco Graciano, Brandon Gonzales, Heike Salzer, and Michelle Nance. ​​While in Merge, Reisa not only danced, but served as the social media manager for the 2022-2023 company, promoting the show and the company as a whole. Her most recent accomplishment is choreographing an adjudicated piece titled “Hivemind” that performed at the American College Dance Association (ACDA) Southwest Conference at UT Austin. Before this she choreographed her BFA senior thesis piece titled “Lost in the Crowd,” with a cast of 19 dancers. In the years before these accomplishments she had choreographed three collaborative pieces with Alexzandria Turley at Texas State University, and one with Kamryn Bowling, and also choreographed her debut group piece, “Breezeblock.” She now plans to continue her journey of creating pieces. Reisa hopes to perform for a few years following her graduation from college, and hopes to choreograph professionally as much as possible. Along with her love of performing dance, she also has experience teaching the art form. Reisa has taught at Kathy Marfin’s Dance School with students ages 3-10 years old in ranging styles like ballet, jazz, hip hop and tap. Most recently she received a guest choreography job at The Dance Gallery in Round Rock, Texas choreographing a contemporary piece on their competitive senior company. She has also received her 200 hour Hatha yoga teaching certification under the guidance of Becky Jordan and Misti Galvan to add diversity to her teaching capabilities, which she is currently pursuing at the Thousand Oaks Family YMCA in San Antonio, TX.

Miss. Emily Mendoza

With 16 years of diverse dance training, Emily Mendoza brings passion, experience, and versatility to every class. A recent graduate of the  North East School of the Arts, Emily just completed her technical studio training at Jen’s Dance Spot and is continuing her artistic journey at Texas State University, pursuing a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Dance.

Over the years, Emily has trained extensively in ballet, pointe, tap, hip-hop, contemporary, lyrical, flamenco, folklórico, drill team, tumbling, and more. She’s performed with the children’s San Antonio Ballet and on professional stages including Six Flags Fiesta Texas and SeaWorld San Antonio. In 2016, she earned first place performer at Celebrities Nationals at Sea.

Emily’s teaching experience includes being an assistant instructor at Sarita’s Dance Studio and a substitute teacher at Alamo Heights Dance Academy. Most recently, Emily has made the professional cheerleading team for the San Antonio Caballeros football team and was a member of the Royal Ruby Varsity Dance Team during her freshman year/sophomore year.

Recognized for her talent and dedication, Emily was accepted into top dance programs across the country including Point Park University, Pace University, Hofstra University, Columbia College Chicago, and more. Emily is thrilled to share her

Miss. Lizbeth Pomales

Lizbeth has been dancing since she was three years old and has continued with her dance education for over 16 years. With a primary focus in Ballet, Lizbeth trained at Skies Unlimited Dance Academy for 9 years, before moving to San Antonio and joining Stone Oak Dance Academy. She was a studio member for four years and later became a member of the Stone Oak Dance Academy’s competition team for three years, her last year becoming an assistant. Lizbeth has trained in various styles of dance including ballet, tap, jazz, contemporary and hip hop. She also attended numerous conventions and competitions, winning special awards for her solos from the judges, such as a Dancing from the Heart award. Lizbeth first started teaching at Stone Oak Dance Academy in the summer of 2022 and has continued to teach at all age levels in different styles. She is currently a junior at the University of Texas at Austin working towards her Bachelor of Science in Speech, Language and Hearing Sciences and continuing her dance education through her membership in two dance clubs.

Miss. Chloe Quinn

Chloe has been dancing since the age of 3. She began her training in Dallas at Townsen Dance Studio then continued at Dance Expressions, moving to San Antonio when she was 11 years old, she joined Stone Oak Dance Academy to continue her training in Ballet, Tap, Jazz, Contemporary, Acrobatics, Hip Hop, and Lyrical. Chloe was a member of the SODA Company competing at many local and national competitions as well as dance conventions from 2019-2025. She became an assistant teacher in 2020 then a teacher in 2022. Chloe has received numerous Acrobatic Arts Certifications (Assistant Teacher, Pre-School Teacher, and Module 1 Teacher) and most recently obtained her PBT (Progressing Ballet Technique) Certification as well. Chloe enjoys sharing her love of dance with all her students.

Miss. Victoria Stevens

Victoria has had extensive dance, vocal and theatre training in both San Antonio and Wichita Falls, Texas. She has performed at Six Flags fiesta Texas, Magic Theater, Morgan’s Wonderland and Theater for young audiences.

With 20 years of dance experience her skills include ballet, tap, jazz, contemporary and lyrical forms of dance as well as extensive Theater training as both an actor and and behind the scenes as stage manager, director, makeup artist and vocalist. Miss. Tori has choreographed multiple award winning pieces and first place titles. She loves working with all ages of students. Miss. Tori is also certified in Zumbini and Zumba.

Victoria feels very blessed to be able to share her passion and love for dance and theatre arts at Stone Oak Dance Academy.