Faculty
Shelby Walls
Owner/Dance Instructor
Ms. Shelby was born and raised in Bakersfield, CA and started dance at the age of 3, spending majority of her time growing up in a dance studio environment. She danced competitively for 15 years and has been teaching and choreographing for 10+ years in styles such as jazz, ballet, lyrical, acro and jazz funk. Shelby is a graduate of California State University of Bakersfield with a degree in Business Management. She is passionate about getting creative with choreography and inspiring young artists. The time and dedication she puts into her studio and students is incomparable.
Elizabeth Amacker
Dance Instructor
Ms. Lizzie has been dancing since she was three years old and starting competing when she was five years old. Lizzie studied genres of tap, ballet, contemporary, lyrical, jazz and acro. She recently graduated from Lyle's College of Beauty and loves doing hair! Lizzie looks forward to teaching kids and improving their technique skills!
Ashley Reynolds
Dance Instructor
Ashley Reynolds grew up in Bakersfield, CA and has been dancing since the age of two. She danced competitively for 14 years with Ms. Shelby and has trained under award winning choreographers in styles such as ballet, jazz, and lyrical. During her dance career she booked several jobs including dancing during a Lakers Game half time show and acting in a Sizzler commercial. After graduating high school Ashley moved to San Diego where she met her husband, John. Now that she’s back in Bakersfield she’s excited to be apart of the DN family!
Kellie Grantham
Dance Instructor
Kellie Grantham grew up in Bakersfield, and started dancing at the age of 11. She studied dance styles of tap, ballet, jazz, lyrical, and cheerleading. Kellie enjoyed being on her studios Cheerleading and dance competition teams. After graduating from High school, Kellie started teaching dance at Turning Point Academy while she attended beauty school to become a manicurist. During her time teaching at TPA, Kellie was on the shows team and also assisted with some of the TPA company team dances. Kellie is excited to be teaching at DanceNation! Kellie’s favorite part of teaching is seeing the her students joy and excitement as they grow in skill and technique!
Connie Walls
Office Manager
Ms. Connie has been married for 30+ years and has two grown children. She was a dance mom for 16 years and is now enjoying her role as "dance grandma." Connie is a graduate of California State University of Bakersfield with a degree in Accounting. She worked for the City of Bakersfield for 30 years, as an accounting supervisor, retiring in December of 2017. One of her goals after retiring was to help her daughter, Shelby, fulfill her dream of opening her own dance studio, DanceNation!
Romy Hernandez
Dance Instructor
Romy Domanique Hernandez was in her first dance recital before the age of two and has been dancing ever since. She loves all styles of dance equally and studies them all to strive to continue to be the best well rounded dancer she can be. Romy likes to spend her summers training at dance intensives and workshops throughout California. She also dreams of becoming a working dancer in movies, musics videos, a ballet company, broadway, and even a Rockette! Romy has found a love for teaching and choreographing and hopes to inspire young dancers to shine bright and explore their creativity!
Kaylee Born
Dance Instructor
Bio to come!
Tiffany Lara
Dance Instructor
Bio to come!
Mistie Maldnoado
Acro Instructor
Bio to come!