josie moss
owner / director
Josie Moss was born and raised in the small town of Troy, IL where she started her heightened dance training at age 9 under the direction of Jane Mannion. After graduation, her dance training took her to Chapman University where she graduated with a BFA in Dance Performance in 2017. Josie has trained in a variety of styles such as hip-hop, contemporary, jazz, tap, modern, ballroom, ballet and trained under prestigious choreographers such as Will Johnston, Nick Watkins, Kelly Fulton and many more. During her Chapman years, Josie has performed in a variety of different shows including the Fall Faculty Concert performing in Will Johnston’s “You”, Chapman Dance Alliance, and the Spring Dance Concert. Josie was also the president of Chapman's elite hiphop crew, Team Shaka. Josie has choreographed and taught for many studios and dance teams including McKendree University, PAVE School of the Arts, Jane Mannion’s School of Dance, Professional Dance Center, just to name a few. Josie is apart of Collective Vision, a choreography duo with Emily Roberson that travels to different high schools for dance team choreography. Josie was the head dance team coach for Triad High School for 3 years. Josie has also traveled with Hall of Fame Dance Challenge. Josie and her husband Cole opened their studio, Dance Network, in 2020. Since then the studio has flourished into what it is today. They are excited to provide opportunities for students for years to come.
Elaine Baer
dance staff
Elaine Baer currently resides in Highland, Illinois with her husband and four children. Her life in the dance world has been widespread. She has been fortunate enough to make a life of it, professionally and recreationally. As a child, Elaine grew up in dance education at Pat Fields School of Dance, as well as on the Highland Varsity Dance Team, and continued her love for it until after she graduated high school. Elaine was a Rams Cheerleader for 7 years and served as a line captain. Elaine went on to coach for Central Cheerleading, Triad Dance Team, and she is the current Highland Middle School dance team coach, her team receiving the Grand Championship at IDTA state. Elaine has taught at Jane Mannion's for the past 16 years. She enjoys getting to educate young minds, and share her love and passion for dance with them, with the hope they will love it as much as she does. Elaine looks forward to being able to continue to share her passion with the youth of the community for many years to come
Tayler Rubio
dance staff
Tayler Macios grew up as a competition kid in St. Louis. She is the winner of many regional and national championships. After graduating high school Tayler moved to Los Angeles to continue her training as a scholarship student at the EDGE Performing Arts Center. Now a graduate, Tayler has started her career as a professional dancer. Her credits include many live performances with former Pussycat Doll, Kaya Jones, where they toured all over Asia and the United States. Tayler has also performed at the Bellagio in Las Vegas for the Eplus New Years Eve show and Eplus’s After Grammy Party featuring Jessie J. She can also be seen in the Daft Punk ft Pharrell Williams music video “Loose Yourself to Dance” and TLC’s “What Not to Wear”. Tayler’s career is just getting started and she plans on living her dream as a dancer for many years.
Emily Roberson
dance staff
Emily Roberson grew up in Edwardsville IL, where she has been dancing since she was 2 years old. She trained in the competition world until she graduated high school and then went on to study at the University of Arts, in Philadelphia: where she graduated in 2020, cum laude with a BFA in dance. In high school Emily was on varsity dance team for four years. She was captain of the dance team, a four time all american and won miss IDTA in 2015. She trained at Jane Mannion’s School of Dance where she won many regional and national titles. In 2014-2016 she was a company member of Hollywood Vibe. Then in 2016-2017 she was apart of the MVA+ program with Velocity Dance Convention. Within these two conventions she traveled and assisted many choreographers. Emily has studied and performed in works by Tommie-Waheed Evans, Wayne St. David, Thomas White, Kyle Hanagami, Sidra Bell, among many others. While attending the University of the Arts Emily performed in many works from students and outside choreographers. In 2019 she performed in the Young Choreographers Festival at the Symphony Space in NYC. She also presented her senior thesis “and never done;” in that same year. Among the years she has choreographed for many dance teams and studios in the Illinois and Missouri area. In 2021 Emily was a company member of the K/P Project and performed a piece at the City Foundry in St. Louis.
Danielle Carey
dance staff
Danielle Carey grew up in Troy, Illinois, and has been dancing since the age of 10. She began her training at Turning Pointe Academy of Dance, where she studied from ages 10 to 15, and later trained and competed at Dance Network during her senior year. Throughout high school, Danielle was a four-year member of the varsity dance team, serving as captain her senior year. Her achievements include being a three-time IDTA Rising Star and an NDA All-American.
Danielle graduated from Triad High School and is currently attending Southern Illinois University Edwardsville. She is pursuing a double major in Dance and Psychology, with a minor in Mathematics, and plans to continue her education in dance movement therapy. Danielle is also a member of SIUE’s University Dance Company, which allows her to continue training, work with a variety of choreographers, and perform regularly. She is extremely grateful for these opportunities and cherishes the ability to continue doing what she loves while sharing her passion for dance with her students.
Kelly Fulton
dance staff
Kelly Fulton grew up training in the Midwest. She has traveled to Italy and Spain as a
featured member of The American Dance Company, helping to win “The World Dance
Championships” two years consecutively. Kelly also performed in Canada and Australia,
representing the USA as Rainbow Dance Competition’s “Dancer of the Year” in the
“Battle of the Countries”. Fulton has performed in choreography showcases at The
Duke Theater in New York City as well as The El Portal Theater in Los Angeles.
Currently, she spends her time traveling to studios and dance teams nationwide
choreographing, training, and teaching masterclasses. Most recently, she received the
title of “Choreographer of the Year” from VIP Dance Competition. She is an adjudicator
for Hall of Fame Dance Challenge and teaches for Tribe Dance Convention as well as
KAR Dance Convention. Kelly’s passion remains in the classroom, where she dedicates
herself to inspiring the next generation of young artists. Her students have gained
acceptance into prestigious dance programs at universities across the country and can
be seen working professionally in Hollywood.
cHARLEY sIEVERS
dance staff
Charley Sievers currently resides in Madison County, IL with her husband and three
children. She grew up as a competition kid in the St. Louis area. She had great
success both regionally and nationally, continuing her training across the country from
Las Vegas to New York City. As a dancer, she’s performed alongside tap greats like
Chloe Arnold and Cathie Nicholas, and in an NYC theater production under the
direction of Dennis Caspary.
In college, she studied education and is a certified secondary education teacher, but
quickly found herself back in the dance world. She’s been teaching and
choreographing for 19 years, and is certified in Acrobatic Arts and Vaganova ballet. As
a choreographer, she’s worked with multiple studios, high schools, and universities,
winning many national championships and choreography awards. She prides herself in
bringing energy and enthusiasm to the classroom, teaching with great detail and
explanation, and she’s very excited to join the Dance Network faculty
Ava Robinson
dance staff
Ava Robinson grew up in Danville, Illinois where she attended Jodi’s Dance Unlimited. She has been dancing for 17 years and competing, regionally and nationally, for 10. She has attended various clinics and camps across the US. She is currently on the SIUE Competitive Dance Team. They attend NDA Nationals each year and attend various school events like basketball games. She is an Education Major and Dance Minor at SIUE. She works in the SIUE Theater and Dance Costume Design Shop. She is so grateful to enter the new stage of teaching dance!
Amelia Erich
ballet
Amelia grew up in a few places including Miami, Boulder and Los Angeles. Amelia trained at a competition studio in Manhattan Beach where she trained in all styles until deciding to focus primarily on ballet. She also trained at the Colburn School in the Dance Academy as well as a Professional Division student at Pacific Northwest Ballet (PNB) in Seattle. Amelia trained at PNB for two years before accepting a job at Saint Louis Ballet. She has danced featured roles in numerous ballets with Saint Louis Ballet and is excited about what’s to come! Amelia is very passionate that ballet is fundamental for all dance styles and she absolutely adores teaching the Dance Network students!
Natalie Kessler
ballet
Natalie has had years of experience in regional and national companies such as; Mid-Illinois Ballet, Ballet Theatre of Annapolis, New York Theatre Ballet, Saint Louis Ballet, and many regional ballet companies. Nathalie received her early dance training from Doris Dieu at the Performing Arts Studio in Collinsville, IL where she studied the Cecchetti Method. Nathalie has passed several of her professional and teacher exams, recently earning her Cecchetti diploma. She is a member of the Cecchetti Council of America. Nathalie also studied at Webster University. Her teaching experience includes instructing ballet and pointe at numerous studios and is very excited to work with the Dance Network team!
