Meet Karenza Strode
Technique & Contemporary Teacher Karenza Strode has been dancing since she was seven-years-old, competitively from age 8 to 17. During her dance career, she won the titles of Miss Star of Hope at Starbound Nationals in Lake Tahoe and Jr. & Sr. Sweetheart at the I Love Dance competitions in Sacramento. While growing up in arts, she also performed in The Nutcracker, Jazzed up Like the Dickens and Scrooge, where she performed the roles as Clara & The Snow Queen in Nutcracker and Tiny Tina (Tiny Tim) in Scrooge. After graduating from high school, she went on to perform in the tribute show, Red Hot Superstars at the Grand Sierra, while she continued to take classes keeping up on her training. Ms. Karenza continues to work at Starbucks as a shift supervisor when she is not teaching dance at Xscape, along with the other amazing & talented teachers. |
Meet Ms. Nina Carpenter
Assistant in Hip-Hop Flip-Flop Classes Nina Carpenter is 26, coming to Xscape from the East Coast, she has lived in Reno for close to four years. While living in Massachusetts, she danced for 14 years, most of which were competitive. Training in styles from pointe, ballet, tap, jazz, hip-hop, lyrical and modern. Upon graduating from high school, she continued brushing up on her dance skills. She spent two of her college years as a cheerleader, but dance will always be her first love. For the past nine years, she worked with children, not only at the dance studio, but in her daily life. She worked at Hanscom Air Force Base in Massachusetts for about five years at the Child Development Center and has worked for over four years at Aleph Academy in Reno! She is so grateful for this opportunity at Xscape with my love for teaching and dancing! |
Meet Ms. Patricia Fahey
Jazz 1 / Beg. Tumbling Teacher Patricia Fahey has grown up at Xscape, taking classes and participating in the competitive dance team with Nelly Reynolds for five years. Prior to dancing at Xscape, she had extensive trampoline and tumbling training and was a member of Gym Nevada and Legacy T&T’s competitive teams. She qualified and participated in Nationals several times and was a three time state champion. In her free time, Patricia was a member of the Health Science Academy and the GATE Institute at Hug High School and is currently aiming for a AP Capstone and CTE diploma with honors. In school, she also extends her love for music and the arts by being the principal cellist for the concert orchestra. She has a great love for children, which makes teaching dance and tumbling at Xscape such an amazing opportunity! |