Jaclyn Butterfield has been dancing for 20 years and has been dancing professionally, instructing and choreographing in the LA, Riverside and Orange County areas for 10 years. She was chosen out of 100,000 dancers to be one of sixty contestants on MTV's "The Wade Robson Project". In addition, she has also danced professionally for Fox Video Countdown on Fox Family, Access Hollywood, Disneyland, Dodgers Stadium and Urban Force Hip Hop Troupe. Her choreography has won numerous awards and has been recognized at both the local and national levels. In addition, Jaclyn is frequently featured as a guest choreographer for the Laguna Beach High School dance program.
While obtaining her Bachelor of Arts in Psychology, Jaclyn completed an advanced research project proving that dance can be used as therapy in the depressed elderly and is currently making strides towards publication. She also prides herself on continuing her own training in order to deliver the most current styles of dance to her students and staff. She currently trains at master conventions with Marty Kudelka, Mia Michaels, Leslie Scott, Wade Robson, Chris Judd, Dave Scott etc. Her students have gone on to work professionally in stage, music video and the commercial industries.
Audrey is a favorite of many Team OC students. She brings her love of hip hop to all who join her classes. She was raised in Arizona and moved to California to pursue her dream of dancing and choreographing. She is currently represented by DDO Artists Agency and has well-rounded training in Hip Hop, Jazz, Tap, Lyrical and Modern. She currently teaches in both Los Angeles and Costa Mesa. She has been a part of and formed many teams and currently performs with the prestigious Boogiezone online community team Breed and an all girl group named Essence. Audrey is a great teacher and a rare talent and Team OC is very fortunate to have Audrey on Staff.
Brenna Traynor has been working for Team OC since February of 2008. She comes from a strong classical ballet background, having trained in Olympia, WA, for 19 years, New York for 3 years and is currently pursuing a degree in dance pedagogy and performance at Orange Coast College in Costa Mesa, CA, with plans to transfer to California State University, Long Beach. She is a current member of Watson Dance Company, a local modern company, based in Placentia, CA. She was a soloist dancer for Ballet Northwest with roles such as Snow Queen and Chinese in The Nutcracker, Carabosse in The Sleeping Beauty and Kostha (aka Kashchei) in The Firebird. Brenna has taught developmental/creative movement and beginning ballet previously at Johansen's School of Ballet as well as the Fantasia Twirling Corps for 6 years in Olympia, WA. She is looking forward to continuing her career in dance here at Team OC!
Michele McCutcheon has been dancing for eighteen years, with over eight years of teaching experience in the disciplines of ballet, tap, jazz, lyrical, contemporary, hip-hop, and musical theater. In 2008 she received a Bachelor of Performing Arts in dance performance from the prestigious Oklahoma City University, graduating with the honor of summa cum laude. There, she choreographed and assisted faculty with praise and high honors in the annual choreography showcase, Christmas, and spring shows. Upon graduation, Michele moved to Las Vegas to pursue her professional career, where she danced in several notable Las Vegas shows. She also toured all over the country with grammy award winning artist Sharam in his Get Wild tour.
Aside from her professional career, Michele was also honored with the exclusive one year Dance with the Force scholarship at the Edge dance studio in Hollywood, California, where she studied under numerous accomplished artists in the dance industry. Michele is excited to be a part of Team OC and to share her love and knowledge of dance with the next generation of dance artists.
Heather has over 20 years of dance training with top professionals on the west coast and 10 years of teaching jazz, lyrical, modern and ballet. She has danced with the American Ballet Theatre, for the Walt Disney Company, MTV and numerous national award winning dance teams. She has also produced and choreographed for the Brea-Olinda High School dance program. Her choreography has been awarded nationally and seen all throughout Orange County and L.A. In addition to teaching and choreographing for Team OC, she choreographs for an independent company names Images Dance Company.
