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Instructors
Daniella Ambrosino
Kelsey Anderson
Kelsey is an intraoperative neuromonitoring technologist from Philadelphia. She started dancing in kindergarten and continued studying dance through college on scholarship. She finds dance to be the best outlet for getting through difficult times, relieving stress, and exploring creativity.
Kelsey is an avid runner and outdoor enthusiast who makes dance a priority in her life, and you'll find her attending many technique classes at the studio, as well as instructing dance cardio and the occasional vixen fitness.
Becoming a member of Pulse's adult performing company has provided Kels with a community where she is supported and empowered by people who are also passionate about building a movement community.
Kelsey is an avid runner and outdoor enthusiast who makes dance a priority in her life, and you'll find her attending many technique classes at the studio, as well as instructing dance cardio and the occasional vixen fitness.
Becoming a member of Pulse's adult performing company has provided Kels with a community where she is supported and empowered by people who are also passionate about building a movement community.
Creacy Boggess
Creacy began dancing at a young age in praise dance and drill teams in Texas. After years of training in hip hop and jazz, she learned she connected with hip hop dance the most, especially while attending West High’s dance program under Lori Bradford. Creacy minored in dance at UAA while dancing and competing with Underground Dance Company’s team Hardcore. Creacy continues to dance and teach in Anchorage, Alaska.
Bethany Drier
Rose Sierra Hart
Rose is so grateful to be a part of The Annex community both as a student and as a certified yoga instructor! She'll be back in the spring/summer!
Rose has been consistently practicing yoga for 12 years and completed her 200hr YTT in August 2021. She offers a vinyasa flow practice that focuses on accessibility and intuitive movement, so you can expect body-positive inclusive cues and posture variations that crescendo to upbeat music and wind down to a relaxing savasana. When Rose isn’t practicing yoga, she can be found mountain biking, rafting, hiking, camping, and skiing in the great Alaska outdoors with her little dog, Daisy.
Rose has been consistently practicing yoga for 12 years and completed her 200hr YTT in August 2021. She offers a vinyasa flow practice that focuses on accessibility and intuitive movement, so you can expect body-positive inclusive cues and posture variations that crescendo to upbeat music and wind down to a relaxing savasana. When Rose isn’t practicing yoga, she can be found mountain biking, rafting, hiking, camping, and skiing in the great Alaska outdoors with her little dog, Daisy.
Dawn Jensen
Dawn studied modern dance at the University of Alaska for five years. She is currently a pole student and heel choreography instructor a local pole studio. She enjoys creating soft, liquid movement that focuses on musicality, sensuality and typically includes a few heel clacks! When not in a studio, you can often find her curled up with her dogs and a good book.
Joyce Mayer
Joyce is a long-time member of Anchorage's dance community. She is a ballet enthusiast certified in barre, mat, and reformer Pilates, and is a 200 hr RYT. She has performed alongside a myriad of organizations, and is a Studio Pulse/Annex OG instructor who has gained the love and appreciation of many students for her vast technical and anatomical knowledge and encouraging teaching approach.
Aurora Milam
From the age of seven, Aurora was classically trained in piano performance for 13 years, and through her passion for music was born a love for ballet. She began formal dance training in New York, and brought with her a heart for teaching to dancers of all ages here in Anchorage. She believes every dancer, regardless of age, deserves the chance to pursue their passion with confidence and support.
Robyn Minor
Robyn is a contemporary and hip hop dancer with experience training and teaching across Alaska, including with but not limited to Studio Pulse Center for Dance, Drift Gallery Dance Studio, Dance Dynamics, and local high schools. Her experience includes competition dance, youth, and adults of all levels. When she's not dancing, you'll find her painting, knitting, or baking specialty cupcakes.
Regina Pilkus
Originally from Metro Detroit, Michigan, Regina began training at the age of 4, under the direction of her teachers which were both members of the Cecchetti Counsel of America. Regina danced competitively in all styles of dance and began instructing dance in 1999, becoming a highly credited teacher, assistant director of a studio and top choreographer in Michigan & Alaska over 20 years. This is Regina's 8th season with Pulse Dance Company.
Maxwell Renner
Summer Smith
Summer Smith (She/Her) grew up in South Jersey and trained at The Rock School for Dance Education and the University of the Arts in Philadelphia. She went on to work with Ballet 5:8 as a Company Artist, and their Production Designer. She then joined Moonwater Dance Project in their inaugural season, and Winifred Haun & Dancers as a Company Dancer. Summer performed soloist and corps roles in works by Hanna Bricston, Christine Cox, William Forsythe, Noelle Kayser, Ronen Koresh, Kevin McKenzie, Caleb Mitchell, Preston Miller, Marius Petipa, and others. Summer's choreography has received awards and recognition by 3Arts, RDA and YAGP, and she has presented professional dance works at the Athanaeum Theater, Frank Lloyd Wright’s Unity Temple, Hamilton Park Cultural Center, Links Hall, and many other theaters and community spaces. Summer is passionate about arts advocacy, and currently serves on the Nome Arts Council Board of Directors in Nome, AK. She has been a part of Winifred Haun & Dancers since 2017, and was promoted to Assistant Artistic Director in 2020. In 2023 she relocated to Alaska, and became Winifred Haun & Dancer’s Managing Director.
Ashlinn Kaskey
Stephanie Wonchala
Stephanie is the owner of Studio Pulse and its Annex, and is currently on a short hiatus following a surgery on her tootsies (see you soon!).
She is an Anchorage choreographer, dancer and dance educator who L O V E S movement in all its forms. She opened Studio Pulse Center for Dance in 2013, expanded into its Annex in 2019, and serves as the Executive Director of Pulse Dance Company, a non-profit adult contemporary performance troupe she founded in 2010.
Stephanie feels that movement is for everyone, and dance is the most visceral shortcut to joy. Whether instructing a yoga or fitness class, Stephanie will incorporate accessible elements of dance that feel GOOD.
Since 2010, her teaching has been heavily influenced by yoga, meditation, and primal movement. Her gift is meeting students where they are and motivating them to fulfill their greatest potential - whatever it may be that day - in a light hearted and fun atmosphere. Proper alignment, creative sequencing, and clear cueing are all utilized in Stephanie's classes, keeping students both safe and on their toes!
As an instructor for nearly two decades, Stephanie is grateful to have guided thousands of Alaskans across all ages through various kinds of movement experiences, and looks forward to moving with YOU!
She is a Rasmuson and Connie Boochever award recipient, and continues setting new works annually.
For more on her professional/artist bio, simply follow the link below.
She is an Anchorage choreographer, dancer and dance educator who L O V E S movement in all its forms. She opened Studio Pulse Center for Dance in 2013, expanded into its Annex in 2019, and serves as the Executive Director of Pulse Dance Company, a non-profit adult contemporary performance troupe she founded in 2010.
Stephanie feels that movement is for everyone, and dance is the most visceral shortcut to joy. Whether instructing a yoga or fitness class, Stephanie will incorporate accessible elements of dance that feel GOOD.
Since 2010, her teaching has been heavily influenced by yoga, meditation, and primal movement. Her gift is meeting students where they are and motivating them to fulfill their greatest potential - whatever it may be that day - in a light hearted and fun atmosphere. Proper alignment, creative sequencing, and clear cueing are all utilized in Stephanie's classes, keeping students both safe and on their toes!
As an instructor for nearly two decades, Stephanie is grateful to have guided thousands of Alaskans across all ages through various kinds of movement experiences, and looks forward to moving with YOU!
She is a Rasmuson and Connie Boochever award recipient, and continues setting new works annually.
For more on her professional/artist bio, simply follow the link below.
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