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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
Maxwell Renner has been training with Studio Pulse, and then performing with Pulse Dance Company, since 2023. Drawn to dynamic movement from a young age, Max sees dance as a universal language—one that plays a vital role in human connection, storytelling, and shared experience.
When not rehearsing, you can find Max at the ballet barre, in hot yoga, lifting weights to better lift dancers, exploring photography, and on long walks with his dog Stella. You may recognize him as the king from Pulse’s Alice in Wonderland, or as a featured performance artist in Pulse’s 2023 finale concert. Through Pulse Dance Company, Max is grateful to connect with a deeper sense of creativity and community, and for the freedom to explore a new artistic pathways. He recently performed and premiered new work in Pulse's Season 15 finale concert, and is an emerging teaching artist with a distinct movement voice.
When not rehearsing, you can find Max at the ballet barre, in hot yoga, lifting weights to better lift dancers, exploring photography, and on long walks with his dog Stella. You may recognize him as the king from Pulse’s Alice in Wonderland, or as a featured performance artist in Pulse’s 2023 finale concert. Through Pulse Dance Company, Max is grateful to connect with a deeper sense of creativity and community, and for the freedom to explore a new artistic pathways. He recently performed and premiered new work in Pulse's Season 15 finale concert, and is an emerging teaching artist with a distinct movement voice.
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.
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