Staff

Christina Shell

Director

Christina Shell is an award-winning dancer and choreographer who has been dancing for most of her life. Trained professionally in jazz, hip-hop, ballet and modern, Christina brings a wealth of dance skill to her students at Dance Unlimited.

Tamra Nefzger

Director

Tamra began her dance education at the age of three and has continued her training and performing experience in ballet, jazz, lyrical, modern, contemporary and hip hop. Tamra started as an assistant teacher at the age of 12 and has been teaching ever since.

Christina Loper

Christina began her dance training at the age of four at Dance Unlimited. When she began her first year as a freshman, Christina joined the Pre-Professional Focus Dance Ensemble for their first two seasons while taking ballet classes at Boise State.

Delaney Schow

Delaney fell in love with dance at the age of three years old. She has trained in areas of jazz, contemporary, hip hop, lyrical, tap, and ballet. She has been dancing for 16 years and during those years, she trained at Dance Unlimited and Studio C.

Elena Ramos

Elena was born in Pocatello Idaho where she began dancing at the age of 2. Her family later moved to Boise Idaho where she started dancing at Dance Unlimited at the age of 3! She later joined DU's dance competition teams at the age of 8 until she graduated in 2017.

Gia Contino

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Gia started dancing at the age of 2 in Fresno, California.  She's trained in Tap, Ballet, Jazz, Hip Hop, Contemporary, and Pointe.

Jenn Hofstetter

Jenn Hofstetter currently resides in Meridian, Idaho, and lives with her 3 kids and husband, Steve. She started her dance training at the age of 8 and trained with some of AZ’s top teachers and nationally recognized studios until the age of 19.

Jillia Romano

Jillia began her dance education at the age of 4 training and competing in Ballet, Tap, Jazz,
Lyrical,Contemporary, and Acro. She trained 6 days a week through her Middle School & High
School years in all genres at MVD, PCAD, & Dance Dynamics in Orange County, Ca. She

Katelyn White

Katelynn began dancing competitively at the age of three at Today’s Generation in Washington State. She enjoys various genres of dance such as:  jazz, lyrical, contemporary, ballroom, ballet, hip-hop, cultural dance and clogging.

Leah Clark

Leah is thrilled to be a part of the Dance Unlimited Faculty! She was the Founding Artistic Director of Balance Dance Company, from 1998-2015 and most recently worked as the Performing Arts Specialist at Foothills School of Arts and Sciences.

Maddie Hesse

Maddie Hesse was born and raised in Moses Lake, Washington. She started studio dance at the age of three, and then danced at a competitive studio for a total of 15 years of her life, 4 of those years being not only a member, but also a captain for her high school dance team.

Madelyn Bay

Madeline began her training at Illinois Ballet Theater in Moline, Illinois. In 2006 she joined the pre-professional company River Pointe Ballet. She studied under scholarships with the Bolshoi Ballet, Ballet West, Pittsburgh Ballet, Orlando Ballet and Texas Ballet Theater.

Maggie Robertson

Growing up in Napa, California, Maggie trained in ballet and then moved into the competitive high school dance team realm. Training in hip hop, jazz, pom, kick, game day, contemporary, and lyrical under the elite instruction of the Napa High School Spiritleaders.

Melanie Grace

Melanie Grace began dancing at the age of 3 in Bismarck, North Dakota.  She continued her dance training in clogging and jazz at Hidden Valley Dancers in Sandy, Utah, then trained in jazz, ballet, and lyrical at Artistic Dance Studios in Draper, Utah.  She was a member of her high school dance co

Samantha Kelsay

Samantha “Miss Sam” began dancing with Tap classes in Southern California at age 3.  She started competitively dancing at age 10.  She was a member of the Dance Electric Jr & Sr Teams, Take 5 & the youngest member to be accepted to The Dance Project group at Pat Harris School of Dance.

Stacey Lloyd

Stacey comes to us from the Oregon Coast, where her dancing career and love of dance took shape. She has studied under the mastery of tap through LA DanceForce. She has 15 years of experience in tap and learned how to master the skill of technique and rhythm through her training.

Tori Elliott

Tori began dancing at the age of 2 and has trained in ballet, jazz, contemporary, lyrical, tap, hip hop, and ballroom at her studio Impulse Dance Academie formally known as Centre Stage Dance Studios.