Meet Our Team!

Ciera Shine is a very versatile dancer from the DC, Maryland, Virginia area. She’s been dancing since the age of three learning everything from ballet to tap, hip hop, modern, and jazz. She danced at Junior Mode and Marcellus Dance Studio. In High School, she stepped with the Dance Place Step Team in Washington DC. She graduated from Virginia State University where she joined VSU’s number one Dance organization,  Sankofa Dance Theater where she ventured more into jazz, African, and technique styles of dance. 

Ever since graduating with her BA, Ciera has focused on contemporary dance and the skill of stretching,  breathing, and dancing safely. She continues to go to dancing classes to perfect her skills and perform at local events when called upon. Ciera has always loved gracing the stage with her talents and loves the opportunity to pass that skill, confidence, and strength to the next generation.

Hobbies: Videography, Editing & Acting.

Ladae Green has had a passion for dance since the age of 5 years old. She was put in a dance school until age 7 and was enrolled in the performing arts middle school at Mario A. Loiederman. Her passion and fire for dance grew, and led her to build a dance portfolio and career by creating and performing her own solo pieces for the Fillmore in Silver Spring, MD and the Strathmore for an MLK day tribute. These opportunities landed her in the Bethesda Magazine! While attending Richard Montgomery High School, Ladae joined the cheer team her freshman year and became the captain by her Sophomore year.

After high school, Ladae continued her studies at the University of Maryland, where she currently majors in Criminal Justice with a minor in Dance. She is also a part of the Majorette dance team called “Star Strutters”. During her freshman year of college she joined an acrobat team in which she was a part of the balancing act and performed choreo in those acts. Ladae’s coaches saw a gift in her and made her the Dance Act Coordinator, giving her the leadership role to choreograph solo pieces for the team.

Hobbies: Singing, drawing and working out.

Katelyn Navarro has been dancing since the age of 3 years old and absolutely LOVES to Dance!

She started with ballet and jazz classes while also doing musical theater, then later transitioned into competition dance when she went to high school. Katelyn is now a college student at Maryland University and the Co-President of a student-run dance ensemble on her campus.

Furthermore, Katelyn is excited to begin her dance journey as a new Lead Choreographer for STL Dance!

Hobbies: Watching movies, baking, and hanging out with family.

Kelley Mugo started dancing at the age of 5 locally in Columbia Maryland. At the age of 11, she started dancing competitively. While dancing for a local studio, she also had the opportunity to dance for Wilde Lake High Schools Dance Company for three years, located in Howard County Maryland. She has trained under the classical ballet syllabus of Cecchetti and has passed student-level exams thru Grade VI and teacher-level exams thru Grade III. She started teaching during her senior year and continues to teach lessons in ballet, jazz, tap, and lyrical, now going on 17 years. In addition to recreational classes, Kelley has taught competitive groups and soloists. Her students had gone on to dance collegiately and professionally for the NBA, NFL, NHL, and semi-pro trans.

Kelley has also trained students in Level 1 cheer and Pom. Kelley achieved her Bachelor’s degree in Nursing at Towson University in 2007 and was commissioned in the US Army in 2009. She obtained her Master’s degree in Nursing at La Salle University in Philadelphia and is currently a Nurse Practitioner. When she’s not dancing, Kelley loves to watch sports and travel. Last year, Kelley spent her free time cheering for the Washington Capitals as a member of the Capitals Spirit Squad as a professional NHL cheerleader.

Kelley is most excited to continue the year with excitement and enthusiasm and looks forward to her first year with Sky’s The Limit!

Hobbies: Watching tv, stamp collecting, and scrapbooking.

Akelei Davis is a versatile and passionate dancer from Goldsboro, North Carolina. Starting at the age of three, Akelei has trained in every dance genre from ballet to majorette. She started at Artistic Dance Academy in Goldsboro studying ballet, jazz, musical theater, tap and contemporary, as well as Studio 33 where she also took on lyrical and modern, and began teaching younger dancers.

When she moved to Jacksonville she joined her school’s dance program, and joined the Diamonds of Jacksonville Majorette dance team. She danced all the way to graduation in 2020. She states that her favorite dance quote is “Dancers are the athletes of God” -Albert Einstein Outside of dance, Akelei has also done cheer, softball and musical theater!! Including being dance lead in her school’s production of Grease. While Akelei is attending Howard University for a degree in political science and psychology,  she still fantasizes owning her own fine arts studio where students can express themselves through all forms of the Arts.

Hobbies: Watching tv, stamp collecting, and scrapbooking.