Teaching Team
Creative, Passionate, Experienced
Leo Caudillo
Owner | Director | Instructor
Dancing is in Leo's blood. His passion is to create an environment where everyone feels safe, loved, and inspired to dance! He strives to develop an understanding that good training and hard work are fulfilling and rewarding. He is openhearted to learning and growing within his own practice to help his students grow in theirs. His dance classes have high energy, are challenging, and a teacher who will be their biggest cheerleader. His passion is Invictus Dance Project and he hopes it becomes your forever home!
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• COVETED VALLEY QUINCEANERA
& SPECIAL EVENT CHOREOGRAPHER
• AWARD-WINNING NATIONAL &
INTERNATIONAL CHOREOGRAPHER
• PROFESSIONAL DANCER
DeAnna DiGuiseppi
Team Director | Instructor
Phoenician dancer since the age of 6 and teaching for the past 11 years, Miss DeAnna aspires to share her joy and love of dance to every age group; she especially loves working with younger dancers. She strives to positively shape their minds and bodies while creating a strong & safe foundation of flexibility and technique. She is always looking for opportunities to grow and learn more in order to better herself and her teaching perspectives. She has already earned certifications in stretching, acrobatics, and ballet in Nationally and Internationally accredited organizations. Forever an optimist, DeAnna is excited to be a helpful force in the wonderful new adventures of IDP!
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• ACROBATIC ARTS CERTIFIED
• BALLET ACCREDITED, ROYAL ACADEMY OF DANCE
• NUMEROUS COMPETITIVE & COSTUME AWARDS
Velaine Jollé
Choreographer | Graphics | Instructor
Dancing for over 40 years in the Valley and teaching for more than 30. Velaine has traveled the nation as a professional dancer and had the opportunity to expose herself to a multitude of dance genres. She is strong, and creative and encourages her students to learn about how dedication and a hard work ethic will bring them success, confidence and joy to their dance training as well as, the opportunity to achieve their goals. Many of her previous students have gone on to become professionals in the world of dance and she feels fortunate to have helped them along in their dance journey. Miss V hopes to continue to inspire young artists and create productions to excite, entertain and awe her audiences.
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• ACROBATIC ARTS CERTIFIED
• CHOREOGRAPHY & JUDGES AWARD WINNER
• OVER A DECADE OF CONCEPTUALIZING FUN, VISUALLY STIMULATING RECITALS & SHOWS
