Allison Evans

Mrs. Evans has spent 13 years teaching dance, specializing in Lyrical, Ballet, Jazz, Tap and Contemporary. She enjoys teaching all levels of dance from beginning l evel dance through training advanced dancers. Many of her alumni have gone on to attend schools such as; Julliard, UCLA, USC and Long Beach State. Ms. Evans danced professionally for the Golden State Warriors, (Warrior Girls), and San Francisco 49ers(Goldrush) and has judged for regional competitions, national competitions, United Spirit Association cheerleading competition, United Spirit Association Dance team competitions, State pageants and numerous dance studios in helping choose their competitions teams. In September of 2004 Ms. Evans opened her own dance studio in Elk Grove, Ca. After five years in business, Elite Studio of Dance has developed a outstanding reputation for properly training dancers of all ages and levels.

Heather Matsumoto-Caden

Heather received her training through Deane Dance Center and Elite Studio of Dance, where she specialized her training in ballet, lyrical, jazz and tap. She has had the pleasure of training with Allyson Deane, Barbara Crockett, Don Schwennesen, Richard Shi, Allison Evans, Cindy Salgado and Cheryl Copeland. Ms. Matsumoto participated for three years in the Sacramento Ballet’s Nutcracker, with the Strauss Festival of Elk Grove and performed on the Elite Studio of Dance Competition Team from 04-08. In addition to being a Co-Owner of Elite Studio of Dance where she has the pleasure of teaching dance to all age groups, she dances with j. Leah Dance Company.