Danielle Storey grew up training at Tempe Dance Academy and Nina Marlow School of Ballet in Phoenix, Arizona. Her competitive dance training prepared her for many elements related to a professional career and she attributes her long term success to a steadfast focus on ballet training and injury prevention through cross training.  Danielle received a performing arts scholarship to the Meadows School of the Arts at Southern Methodist University where she studied Dance Performance and Corporate Communications. Her passion for teaching performing arts and storytelling through the medium of dance is centric to her life’s purpose. Her art and athleticism has been enriched by amazing teachers and choreographers over the span of her childhood and professional journey.  She is so grateful for the opportunity to pass on these valuable lessons to a generation of her own students. Before her recent move back to Phoenix,  Danielle taught and choreographed for studios and high schools in the Austin, TX area. She directed competitive programs at Balance Dance Studios and many of her students are now pursuing their own collegiate and professional dance journeys. 

Some of Danielle’s more prominent working relationships include choreographers Danny Buraczeski, Kristin Nicoliasen, Quinton Weathers, Cat Cogliandro, Cheryl Copeland, Devon Adams, and Millicent Johnnie.  With experience in the commercial dance world of Los Angeles, she understands what it takes for pre-professional dancers to make a living with their art. Some of her most memorable LA experiences include assisting dance legend Jackie Sleight, apprenticing for Diavolo Dance Company and participating in the creative process for Disney’s Frozen show at California Adventure. Her contemporary style is most inspired by her time spent in LA training with Jason Gorman and Cat Cogliandro, who taught her how to tell a human story through dance. Danielle aims to train dancers into anatomically aware, sharp, dynamic and daring performers. Throughout her 14 years of experience as a dance educator she has cultivated an approach that reaches beyond the final product of an excellent performer. While preparing her students with a competitive edge, she thrives on nurturing with a holistic approach. Dance training is life training and building character is just as important to her as building a “winning” dancer. Her mentorship is aimed at encouraging positivity, self-love, grit, confidence and personal responsibility.