Directors/Teachers

Owners/Directors

At Gravity Dance Center you get the benefit of having three professional directors, not only run the studio, but also teach your kids.

Sharee, Mattie, and Meggan have extensive training and experience in dance. Each of them began their dance careers at the age of 3 and have never looked back. Their passion and drive for the art of dance is what makes Gravity Dance Center such an amazing place.

Sharee Hansen

Director/Owner

Mattie Larsen

Director/Owner

Meggan Jensen

Director/Owner

Director of Ballet

Eric Shiring

Director of Ballet

Eric Shiring began his dance career in Cedar City, UT at Canyon View High School, Cedar City Junior Ballet, and OnStage Dance Center. He was awarded multiple scholarships in dance to attend Southern Utah University. During his final year he was granted a scholarship to study abroad at Fontys Dance Academy in the Netherlands. During his time at SUU, Eric received awards for outstanding choreographer, outstanding performer, outstanding dance ensemble, and SUU’s Personality of the Year. He performed and worked with Ririe-Woodbury Dance Company, Repertory Dance Theatre, Shapiro and Smith Dance Company, and selected to perform for Alwin Nikolais Centennial Celebration in New York City.

After receiving his Bachelors in Dance, Eric moved to Los Angeles, CA where he danced, performed, and choreographed for Disney, Universal Studios, commercials, short film, award shows, and live televised events. He was a principal dancer in Los Angeles Choreographers and Dancers and ZeroGravity Dance Company. Alongside his independent dance career, he worked for one of the largest dance studios in the Los Angeles area, Revolution Dance Center, which focused on educating and training students to work professionally in the dance industry.

Eric was later injured from stunt work for Universal Studios and was told that his dance career was over. After months of weight and dance training, Eric was able to push through his disability and premiered an original work. This work got him accepted into the University of Roehampton in London, U.K. to pursue his master’s degree. Here he studied many various dance techniques and methodologies. He taught at Roehampton University as a guest lecturer in ballet, jazz, and contemporary dance while being a principal dancer for Combination Dance Company. He graduated in 2020 from the University of Roehampton with distinctions with a Master of Fine Arts in Choreography.

Eric currently resides in Salt Lake City, UT and is working as an artist is residence. He is currently a teacher at Altara Elementary and Jordan Valley School, as well as, Gravity Dance Center as the new Director of Ballet.

Instructors

Rylee Steyee

Rylee Steyee has taught at Gravity Dance Center since the studios opening in 2016. She teaches an array of styles which currently include jazz, hip hop, strength and conditioning, and choreography. Through her many years teaching at Gravity, she has won multiple choreography awards and seen the dancers at Gravity flourish and grow exponentially as dancers and human beings.
Her background in dance includes all styles as she trained for many years with Gravity Dance Center’s owners, at Pioneer High School for the Performing Arts, and in the Ballet/Modern program at Utah Valley University- she is also PBT certified.
Rylee recently graduated from the University of Utah with a bachelor’s degree in Strategic Development, making the Dean’s List and joining the David Eccle’s Business Scholars program.
In her free time, she enjoys working out and going on adventures with her Goldendoodle named Blue.

Josh Curtis

Josh started dancing at the age of 10 being placed in a recreational Hip Hop class, where he instantly fell in love with performing on stage for everyone to see. He officially started training at the age of 13 where he went on to train in Jazz, Lyrical, Ballet, Tap, and contemporary. Josh attended a performing arts high school called Pioneer High School for the Performing Arts so that he was able to focus on dance and train for a professional career. Josh has also worked and trained with many of Salt Lake city’s most sought-after teachers and choreographers. As a young dancer Josh was introduced to the convention world where he has been recognized and shouted out by some of the biggest choreographers in the industry, and also was Nuvo Dance Convention’s breakout artist winner of 2016 and 2017. Josh had the opportunity to perform as a zombie in Odyssey Dance Theatre’s production of thriller for 2 years and immediately after he graduated high school joined the company to be casted in the full show. Since then Josh has continued on training and started dabbling in street styles such as House and Breaking. Josh currently dances with a local professional company as a company member and mentor for Junction Dance Co, Directed by Megan Adelsberger.
While Josh was training at his performing arts high school, he was also taking weekly technique classes and joined a competition team at Gravity Dance Center. Josh then started his teaching career with Gravity at the age of 17 and has now been teaching and choreographing at the studio for 5 years. Josh quickly gained a massive love for choreography since teaching at gravity and has received many outstanding choreography and specialty awards since. Gravity has become a second family to Josh and he cherishes and loves his students dearly.

Kelsie Helm

Kelsie started dancing at age 6. She trained in jazz, ballet, hip hop, modern, and tumbling. She participated in Dance Company and Drill Team throughout high school.

Kelsie has been teaching for 10+ years. She specializes in jazz technique, hip hop, and acro/tumbling. She is Acrobatic Arts certified in levels 1 & 2, back handsprings and aerials. She has had several competition routines receive overall and highpoint rankings, as well as specialty and judges choice awards.

Kelsey Condie

Kelsey grew up dance and competing at Colette’s Dance School where she trained in jazz, ballet, lyrical/contemporary, hip hop, and tap. Here she also able to learn from various choreographers and dance professionals through master classes and conventions. She danced through high school as well and was a part of Dance Company all three years. It was here that she gained her first experience with choreography. After high school she went on to study dance at the University of Utah and graduated in 2015 with a Bachelor of Fine Arts. At the U she received extensive training in modern technique, ballet, improvisation, and composition. She began teaching dance backin 2012 and has been with Gravity since its beginning. Here she teaches ballet, jazz technique, combo classes and competition team choreography. She loves every minute she gets to spend working with students and couldn’t imagine doing anything else. She has also been a guest teacher and choreographer for many high school dance groups and drill teams. In 2018 Kelsey went on to further her teaching education and received her state teaching license with a dance endorsement. She is currently on her fifth year as the Dance Company director and dance teacher at Highland High School.

Brynn Hall

Brynn started dancing at the tender age of 18 months - stealing the show at her first recital at only 22 months old. She made a competing company at age 4, dancing with 7 and 8 year olds. From ages 6 to 18, Brynn trained at Revolution Dance Studio, where she studied ballet, jazz, tap, hip hop, modern, and pointe. Brynn obtained prestigious ballet training at RDS from Rowland Butler, founding member and principal dancer of Ballet West, Artistic Director of Pioneer Dance Company, and Professor at the University of Utah, Carol Iwasaki, former Ballet Chairperson at the University of Utah, Christopher Anderson, former soloist at Ballet West, Tyler Burkett principal dancer at Utah Regional Ballet, and Cheryl Gilger, former principal dancer at Northeast Ballet Company. Brynn has won multiple local and national titles including, Regional Kid’s Artistic Review winner, second overall at Celebrity Nationals at Sea, and was a High Overall and scholarship winner at JUMP, NYCDA, Hollywood Vibe, The PULSE, 24/7, Adrenaline, and became a Hall of Fame dancer. Brynn has studied under many well known choreographers and dancers such as: Thayne Jasperson, Dennis Caspary, Mandy Moore, Wade Robson, Gil Stroming, Gina Starbuck, Mia Michaels, Carmit Bachar (The Pussycat Dolls), Eldon Johnson, and more. She demonstrated for Ray Leaper and Laurieann Gibson (nationally renown for working with Michael Jackson, Lady Gaga, and Beyonce). Brynn was the first freshman scholarship recipient in dance at SUU focusing on ballet, as well as the first freshman to receive the Outstanding Tap Award. At the end of her freshman year, she was the Lauretta Perry Scholarship recipient for 2015-16. She has found her love teaching the many forms of dance in which she was trained. She is grateful to be a part of Gravity Dance and Learning Center for her fifth year!

Olivia Helm

Olivia has been dancing since the age of 2. She started as a dancer for Gravity and became a teacher after graduating high school. She has trained in the following styles: Jazz, Ballet, Hip Hop, contemporary, modern and more. She teaches acro, technique, hip hop, as well as choreographs. She is currently dancing in the professional company called Junction.

Taylor Beck

Taylor has been dancing since the age of 2. She has been trained in jazz, ballet, contemporary, tap, modern, and hip hop. As a child, she trained and competed in studios, and was captain of her high school's drill team. After high school, she was a part of the dance program at BYU for two years, where she learned that her true passion was to teach in the studio. Taylor taught at Onstage Dance Studio in St George, Utah for six years, and worked with the competitive teams and dancers there. She loves taking classes (as much as teaching) and continues to train and further her dance education any chance she gets. Taylor has always had a love for dance, but even more so a passion for sharing her love of dance with her students!

Morgan Wachter

My name is Morgan Wachter and I trained at In TheSpotlight Dance Center in Fresno, Ca. I worked in all styles of dance such as jazz, contemporary, lyrical, hip hop, and tap but my main focus was ballet. I trained in classical ballet and was able to attend multiple summer intensives such as ABT, Boston Ballet, The School of American Ballet, and The Rock School of Dance. In addition to my ballet training, I was a convention and competition dancer for 10 years and attended everything from Showstopper Nationals to conventions such as Jump, Nuvo, NYCDA, and many more. After graduating high school, I attended Long Beach State University where I majored in Kinesiology and minored in Dance. While in college, I taught ballet at Studio Fusion in Huntington Beach, Ca. I was also fortunate enough to work as a parade performer and character at Disneyland for 5 years. Dance has been a part of my life since I was 3 years old and I am excited to continue that journey with Gravity Dance Center!

Ambree Hatch

Ambree Hatch started dancing from the moment she could walk. She danced all through high school at Taylorsville high and was a officer for her dance team for 2 years. She has been teaching dance for 20 years and has a true passion for working with kids.She is currently working for the non competitive program here at Gravity and loving it.

Elenoa Nielsen

My name is Elenoa Nielsen. I started dancing when I was 5 years old and danced with Gravity Dance Center on their Senior Company and Intensity. While dancing with Gravity, my teams and I won multiple High Point and Judge’s Choice awards. I also danced at JUMP, NUVO, Hollywood Connection, RADIX, and Hip Hop Utah. I won a Jazz and Contemporary scholarship at NUVO and have also danced with Salt Contemporary Dance for their Junior SALT Company and in the production PAN for two years, one of those years being the lead, Tiger Lily.

Abbie Simpson

Abbie has been dancing her whole life. She is trained in a wide variety of styles and continues to develop her technique and theory. In high school, she was on AISU’s Dance Company and Ballroom Team, and enjoyed being in many leadership roles. Outside of school, she has also enjoyed being a competitive ballroom dancer. Abbie also enjoys bringing dance to her community through charity work and creating media for a cause. She is currently a Dance Education major at UVU and hopes to teach dance full time. She has a special interest in somatics, anatomy, and strength training.
“Teaching makes me happier than anything else. I’m so excited to be working with all the amazing staff and students and Gravity!”

Michael Heng

Michael Heng has been dancing since the age of 11. He was mostly self taught, learning from YouTube and other breakdancers. Michael never attended formal dance classes until High school. During college he was part of the SLCC Dance Company.

As a breakdance teacher Michael has been instructing since the age of 16. He believes the best part of being an instructor is seeing the hard work of the students come to fruition, through performance and/or technical movement.