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.

Britton Moore

Britton grew up dancing competitively in Southern California as well as dancing with her high school dance team all 4 years. She has been teaching and choreographing since her junior year of high school.

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.

Emily Luria

Emily is originally from Mason, Ohio where she began her dance training with Mason Dance Center and finished her high school years with Steve Bierens and Hannah Dorfmueller at Le Jeune Dance Academy. 
 

Erin Bastian

Erin grew up in Wichita, Kansas. She started dancing and tumbling at the age of 6. She trained in jazz, tap, clogging and gymnastics. She has been coaching gymnastics and tumbling for 25 years and loves helping athletes and dancers reach their goals.

Flynn Ericson

She continued to train there while attending New Mexico School for the Arts for high school, expanding her experience with ballet, jazz, contemporary, and modern techniques.

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.

Haley Poinsett

Haley began her dance career in New Jersey at 2 years old. She instantly fell in love with ballet

and hip hop! Growing up she explored more styles of dance, as a teenager she found jazz and

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

Johnathan Harris

Jonathan Harris is currently a Soloist with Ballet Idaho. He began his formal dance training in Dallas, TX before moving to New York at the age of 16 to pursue further ballet instruction in the Balanchine style at the School of American Ballet.

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.

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.

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.

Mandy Leslie

With over 20 years of coaching experience, Coach Mandy has dedicated her life to the art and sport of acrobatics, gymnastics and tumbling. Known for their deep understanding of movement, technique, and safety, Coach Mandy has trained countless athletes from beginners to elite performers.

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

Melissa Klipfel

Melissa Klipfel and her family made a big move to the Boise area in June 2023, swapping their roots in Idaho Falls for a new chapter in the Treasure Valley. Growing up in Idaho Falls, Melissa’s life has always been intertwined with dance.

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.