Lou Moulder began dancing at the age of 3. Originally from Dallas, Texas, she began teaching Adult Ballet in Eugene in the summer of 2008. In 2013, she graduated Magna Cum Laude and received a Bachelor of Arts in Dance at the University of Oregon. She is also a Certified Group Fitness Instructor and a Certified Functional Movement Specialist (ACE). In addition to her Adult Ballet Program that she has maintained since 2008, she previously taught at a local barre studio for 6 years. Since early 2018, she started seeing clients privately for Functional Movement Training as the owner of Rebelle Movement. She combines her knowledge of dance and Pilates with her keen understanding of the body to create personalized movement phrases to increase fluidity, strength, and flexibility in the body. She is currently seeing clients for Functional Movement & Dance classes in group and personal sessions.
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Roshny Bhakta Martuscelli’s lifelong passion for dance has taken her from her early ballet training in Panama City to leading, coaching, and choreographing for dance teams and studios across Oregon. She’s made an impact as the director of Dance Factory in Eugene, OR from 2011-2019 and continues her mission to give back to the dance community through roles with Elite Dance Company, Rebelle Movement, Flex Studios, and more. Alongside her work in dance, Roshny is a birth worker, dedicated mom, and the commissioner of the Oregon Dance Team Judges Association. Forever a student, she thrives on inspiring dancers from all walks of life.
Chelsea Godon is a Eugene based teacher, choreographer and performer. She began dancing ballet at age 3 in Clackamas, Oregon. Soon after she continued dance in Silverton, Oregon picking up styles of jazz, hip hop, contemporary and musical theatre while also studying ballet and pointe in Salem and Portland. After graduating high school, she studied modern dance, ballet, improvisation and choreography at Lane in Eugene as well as picking up burlesque and Tahitian through the community. Chelsea has been teaching dance for 7 years now in different communities and has choreographed for full company musicals, solos, small groups and competition teams. She currently dances and performs with Dance Northwest and Elite Dance Company in Eugene, Oregon and is a faculty member at Rebelle Movement and The Downtown Athletic Club.
Jean Nelson was born and raised in Chicago, IL. After taking tap class as a young girl, Jean rediscovered her love of tap dance at Carleton College, and in 1982 she received a BA in Art History. She danced with Shirley Jenkins’ Seattle-based modern dance company STRONG WIND WILD HORSES from 1984-1986, where the company performed the Shim Sham at the end of every performance!
While working on her Masters Degree in Dance (1986-1989) at the University of Oregon in Eugene, Jean began to tap again in earnest with the late, great Janet Descutner. Along with Janet and Deborah Miller, Jean was a founding member of the Northwest Tap Consort in 1990, and performed with the company until 1992. As a Non-Tenure Track Faculty in the University of Oregon Department of Dance from 1995-2017, Jean taught all levels of tap dance, modern dance, Yoga for Dancers and Looking at Dance. She is also a yoga instructor at Eugene Yoga and the Downtown Athletic Club, and a Certified Gyrotonic Trainer. In addition to teaching tap dance at Rebelle Movement, Jean also teaches at the Shedd Institute of the Arts, where she has contributed tap choreography for the Shedd Institute’s musical theatre productions.
Current tap inspirations are Savion “The Man” Glover, Sarah Reich, Brenda Bufalino, Jessie Sawyers, Gregory Hines, and Chloe and Maud Arnold.
Kendra Lady started dancing at age 8, and has trained in studios in Oregon, Virginia, and Illinois. She attended Von Heidecke’s School of Dance for three years in Naperville, Illinois, where she studied Balanchine and Vaganova techniques under the instruction of Kenneth Von Heidecke. In 2014, she transferred to the University of Oregon to major in dance. At the U of O she studied modern, ballet, jazz, improvisation, and West African dance. She was a part of Dema, a West African dance performing ensemble led by Habib Iddrisu, for three years, and performed in several modern dance concerts. She also attended summer intensives with the San Francisco Conservatory of Dance, Bates Dance Festival, and the American Dance Festival. Kendra graduated from the U of O in June 2017 with a BA in dance and earned the Outstanding Dance Major award. She currently teaches dance classes at Xcape Dance Academy, performs with Lou Moulder’s Rebelle Ballet & Chelsea Godon's Rebelle Burlesque troupes, and is a performer and member of the Fermata Ballet Collective.
Rachel Eisel has been dancing in Eugene/Springfield for over 13 years. As an ACSM Personal Trainer, an Oregon State University graduate, and an Elite Dance Company member, Rachel uses her love of dance and fitness to help her students find new and exciting ways to move and train. Rachel herself has trained in jazz, contemporary/modern, lyrical, ballet, tumbling, urban choreography, and jazz funk, and loves to teach dancers of all ages and skill levels in these disciplines as well as in fitness and health. Rachel is the owner of The Alpha House, which focuses on personal fitness training.