DANCE EDUCATORS
Who We Are
Integrity Dance Arts is dedicated to bringing quality dance education to McKinney and the surrounding areas. Our team of educators have worked hand in hand together, to provide exceptional training and dance education.
BIANCA REBELLO
CO-OWNER
Bianca Rebello holds a Bachelor of Fine Arts from Dallas Baptist University. Bianca was a member of the McKinney North High School NorthStars Drill Team for 4 years, serving as Lieutenant and Captain. After high school she was a scholarship recipient in the Dance Department at Collin College and a member of the Collin Dance Ensemble before joining Dallas Dance Company under the direction of Michelle Davis and, later, Kiyomi Mercadante. She has performed choreography by Melissa Bjork, Elledanceworks, Lesley Snelson, and jhon r. stronks. Bianca has over 15 years of teaching and directing experience throughout the DFW area. Bianca is currently a member of Full Circle Dance under the direction of Tiffanee Arnold. Click here to find out more information about Full Circle Dance.
SHELLEY O'DONNELL
CO-OWNER
Shelley O'Donnell had a passion for dance and gymnastics at a young age. She started as a competitive gymnast and had the opportunity to attend training camps at the world-famous Karolyi training facility. She switched gears and started taking more dance classes as her interest in dance grew. After dancing as an officer on her high school drill team, she attended Navarro Junior College where she was an officer on the junior college dance team. She followed her passion and studied dance at the University of North Texas where she received her Bachelor of Arts in Dance. While there, she performed in many performances and was also a member of Chi Tau Epsilon, a dance honor society. Shelley had the privilege of her choreography being chosen to be seen at the American College Dance festival where it received top honors. She has had the opportunity to work with many top dance instructors, traveled to New York to train with the Limon Dance Company and studied ballet with David Taylor Dance Theater in Colorado. Shelley has worked for American Dance/Drill Team and American Cheer Power/Dance. She continues to choreograph and judge for drill teams in the Dallas area. She has managed top studios in Dallas in addition to owning her own studio before starting her family. Shelley is passionate about helping her students find their individual joy in the expression of dance.
TIFFANEE ARNOLD
ARTISTIC DIRECTOR OF PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT
Tiffanee Arnold, Artistic Director of Full Circle Dance, is a choreographer, educator, performer and dance advocate. She has worked for over 25 years establishing the dance program at Collin College as a nationally respected training ground for dance talent. Her excellence in choreography has been recognized by selection for the prestigious gala performances of the American College Dance Assocaition an unprecedented nine times, and numerous students who studied with Tiffanee have transitioned into prestigious dance programs and professional dance companies. She currently serves as Professor of Dance at Collin College and formerly served as Dance Chair/Discipline Lead for over twenty years. Tiffanee was a performer and guest choreographer with Elledanceworks Dance Company for seventeen years. In addition to teaching, Tiffanee is a strong advocate at the national level by currently serving as an elected South-Central Regional Director and Board Member of the American College Dance Association. She continues to teach master classes throughout the region and has been commissioned for dance residencies at Illinois State University, New Mexico State University, Western Illinois University, Stephen F. Austin State University, Texas Woman's University, Newman Smith High School, Creekview High School, Sunset High School, and Booker T. Washington High School for the Visual and Performing Arts. She will be working with the dancers at the University of North Texas this fall.
The success of Collin College Dance and the student Collin Dance Ensemble, the college’s student dance company she directs, has garnered Tiffanee not only regional but national attention. Her initiatives at Collin College earned her the 1998 Promising Professional Kitty McGee Alumni Award from Texas Woman's University, where she earned her Master of Fine Arts degree in Dance Performance and Choreography. In 2005, Tiffanee received the Outstanding Professor Award in the Fine Arts Division at Collin College. Her undergraduate institution, Western Illinois University, awarded her its Distinguished Dance Alumni Award in 2007. She has also received numerous "Faculty Recognized Scholarships" on behalf of the Collin College President to honor her service to the college by giving financial assistance to college dance students.
From Tiffanee:
“I am honored to contribute to the growth and development of Integrity Dance Arts just as I am honored to work with these young dancers. I look forward to this upcoming year where Full Circle Dance and Integrity Dance Arts fully embody artistic collaborations.”
ANNA WARD
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DANCE INSTRUCTOR
Anna Ward received her earliest dance training from Frank and Irina Pal in her hometown of Wichita Falls, TX. Ms. Ward was a scholarship student with Neubert Ballet at Carnegie Hall, New York City and at the Harvard Summer Dance Center. She was a choreographer and a performer as a young student. While living in New York City, she studied with Istvan Robosky and Peter Nelson. She had modern dance training at the Murray Louis/Alwin Nikolias Dance Lab.
Upon returning to Texas, Ms. Ward began her advanced study with Mme. Nathalie Krassovska in Dallas. She choreographed and performed in many ballets for the Krassovska Ballet Jeunesse of Dallas. For many years she directed the children’s program at Krassovska School of Classical Russian Ballet and also taught and choreographed for three years at City Ballet Dallas.
Ms. Ward performed in the musical TEXAS as the Lead Flame under direction of Neil Hess. Along with dancing principle roles with the Ballet Jeunesse she also performed with North Texas area companies such as Irving Ballet, Ballet Met, Dance Fusion, Allen Civic Ballet and others. She enjoyed six seasons with the Dallas opera as a featured dancer.
Anna Ward’s choreography has been set on many Texas ballet companies such as Allen Civic Ballet, Ballet for the 21st Century, The Woodlands Festival Ballet, Galveston Ballet and Irving Ballet. She has twice participated in the Southwest Regional Choreography Conference. She held the position of Artistic Director for Galveston Ballet from 2005 until 2010. She holds a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree from Emerson College in Boston and a Texas teaching certificate from Dallas Baptist University.
Ms. Ward was recently honored by being named Artistic Advisor for the Ballet Foundation for the 21st Century, located in Dallas, TX. Ms. Ward was commissioned to teach at the prestigious Salzburg International Ballet Academy in Austria for the summer of 2008. In the summer of 2009 Ms. Ward traveled to New York’s Long Lake Performing Arts Center to choreograph several original ballets. In June of 2010 Galveston Ballet was invited to tour Norway to perform Ms. Ward’s choreography.
She is part of a network of international faculty for Salzburg International Ballet Academy (SIBA) and European Dance Arts Salzburg (EDAS). She continues to pursue the creation of her original ballets.
KATIE SULLIVAN
DANCE INSTRUCTOR
Katie Sullivan started training in classical, street, and broadway tap from a very young age and continued studying dance while attending Eastfield College. She has attended advanced Tap training led by nationally known teachers and performed at various festivals and events in DFW. After moving to Georgia at the age of 18, Katie taught dance and began choreographing and leading competition teams for several years. After moving back to Texas, she has taught Tap and Hip Hop for the past 7 years in McKinney. As a certified fitness instructor, Katie has been teaching Zumba and Cardio dance for over 10 years. She truly has a passion for helping others and teaching to all ages.
Hanna Jordan
DANCE INSTRUCTOR
Hanna Jordan has grown up in the dance community since she was 3 years old and has always been inspired by dance as an art form. With this strong connection to Modern dance she chose to attend Texas Woman’s University and earned a Bachelor’s Degree in Dance along with a Secondary Teaching Certification.
While at TWU she performed in many adjudicated concerts, including “Dance Up Close” and “Dance 208” and also choreographed her own work. Before starting at TWU she was at Collin College for two years, and was an active member of Collin Dance Ensemble. Being a part of CDE allowed Hanna to participate in dance residencies with Elledanceworks Dance Company, Cheryl Chaddick Dance Theater and Artist Jhon R Stronks. With CDE she had the opportunity to attend the American College Dance Festival in 2009 and 2010, where she participated in master classes and performed in adjudicated concerts. She also contributed in the student choreographers’ showcase in 2010 held by CDE, where she choreographed and performed in her own piece.
Hanna began teaching in high school during dance clinics and as a Senior Dance Officer of The Colony High School Topcat’s dance team. After high school she began teaching master classes of many styles of dance for fitness camps, and then started her experience teaching in a studio atmosphere. She has over 10 years of experience teaching a wide range of styles for recreational and competitive dance. She is also member of Full Circle Dance.
Hanna aspires to encourage students to their full potential and provide them with a supportive dance education where they can freely express themselves.
Aubrey Seidel
DANCE INSTRUCTOR
Aubrey Seidel possesses a lifelong love for dance. At the age of two, Aubrey began dancing at her local studio and quickly realized her passion for performance. This would lead her to participate in many local theatre events, recitals, and dance competitions throughout her life. In high school, Aubrey was a member of the Flower Mound High School Rosettes Drill Team where she served as a social officer. Her time on drill team allowed her to dance in the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade in New York City, perform in Los Angeles, and compete in major competitions across the state of Texas. She was also selected for specialized teams within her drill team, including Jazz, Hip-Hop, and Lyrical. As an adult, Aubrey auditioned and was selected for The Texas Legends Dance Team where she got her first taste of being a professional dancer. After that, Aubrey moved on to attend Austin Community College where she trained in modern dance. During this time she also discovered the joy of aerial arts and cabaret style dance through her local studio.
In 2013, Aubrey’s husband’s military orders took them to Alaska where she served as a competitive dance instructor for 3 years. It was in this role that Aubrey discovered her love for teaching. Aubrey’s husband received orders again in 2016 to Georgia where Aubrey served as a competitive instructor for 1 year. In both of these teaching roles, Aubrey’s coaching and choreography was awarded numerous times at competition. However, her proudest accomplishments as an instructor were when she was able to connect with her students, watch them improve over time, and witness their joy and confidence flourish.
Aubrey is now the mother of two precious little girls and the proud wife of a police officer. She considers her family to be her greatest gift in life, and she is grateful for their support in returning to teaching as well as pursuing a bachelor’s degree in education. In addition to dancing, Aubrey loves hiking, eating good food, and making people laugh. She is thrilled to be apart of the Integrity Dance Arts team, and she cannot wait to share her love and knowledge of dance with everyone.
JILLIAN ABNEY
DANCE INSTRUCTOR
Jillian Abney is so thankful for the opportunity to join the staff at Integrity Dance Arts! She spent five years performing for the Disneyland Resort as a parade performer, stage performer and character in many shows and parades. She also had the privilege of working at Universal Studios Hollywood during their Grinchmas Holiday season as Cindy Lou Who. After her time with Disney and Universal Studios, she continued performing with local theater companies in the San Francisco Area. Recent performing credits include Guys and Dolls; Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat; Mamma Mia - Sophie (Tri Valley Rep) The Drowsy Chaperone - Janet Van Degraff (Showbiz TheatreCo). She was also an Elly Award winner for "Leading Actress in a Musical" from the Sacramento Area Regional Theatre Alliance (SARTA.) Jillian began teaching full time as a classroom teacher in 2017 and had the opportunity to lead her school’s show choir and choreograph for each annual school musical. After having 2 beautiful children and relocating to the Dallas area, she is ready to combine her love of performing with her experience of teaching and growing children.
Melissa Bjork
DANCE INSTRUCTOR
Melissa Bjork’s love of movement started at age 5 with gymnastics and quickly evolved from competitive swimming, softball, basketball, volleyball, and cheerleading, to musical theatre, show choir, and dance. An Allen Eagle Tallenette officer alumni, Melissa began studying jazz, lyrical, tap, and ballet in high school before receiving formal training under Tiffanee Arnold as a member of the Collin County Dance Repertory, the student modern dance company at Collin College. She then went on to receive her B.F.A. in Dance from The Ohio State University, trained at Peridance Center, Mark Morris Dance Center, and former Dance Space Center while living in N.Y.C., studied with Janice Garrett in San Francisco, and later received her M.F.A. in Dance from Texas Woman's University.
As a performer, she has worked with a variety of dance artists and companies including Joe Alter, DanceWorks, Mark Dendy, Bebe Miller, John Giffin, Susan Hadley, Heather Mims, Muscle Memory Dance Theatre, Victoria Uris, among others, as well performed reconstructed works of Doris Humphrey and Norman Walker. From 2006-2017 she was a performer and choreographer with Elledanceworks Dance Company. She is currently a founding member of Full Circle Dance (2018-present), the professional dance company in residence at IDA.
As an instructor, she has taught all ages and levels of ballet, modern, jazz, lyrical, contemporary, tap, drill team prep, and musical theatre. She has taught at Collin College, The Atlantic Coast Opera Festival, Texas Christian University, Texas Woman's University, Super Yoga Palace, and Dance Depot, in addition to master classes at Chamberlain Performing Arts, Creekview High School, and the American College Dance Association South-Central Region Conference (ACDA).
Her choreography has been presented in academic and professional venues and festivals throughout Dallas-Fort Worth, New Jersey, New York City, Ohio, and Pennsylvania including Allen High School, ACDA, Atlantic Coast Opera Festival, Bath House Cultural Center, Collin College, DUMBO Dance Festival, Latino Cultural Center, PILOT: Choreographers Take Flight, The Ohio State University, Teatro LATEA, Texas Woman’s University, and others.
Melissa lives in Lucas with her husband and five children, whom she homeschools.
KAITLYN REYNOLDS
DANCE INSTRUCTOR
Kaitlyn Reynolds fell in love with dance in middle school after taking a drill team prep class and knew that this is what she wanted to pursue. In high school, she was a member of Marcus High Schools JV team the Silver Stars for her freshman year and then a Marquette line member from her sophomore year through senior year. After high school, Kaitlyn attended Kilgore College where she was a World famous Kilgore College Rangerette under the direction of Dana Blair and Shelly Wayne and received her Associate of Arts degree. After Kilgore, Kaitlyn continued to study dance at the University of North Texas where she received her Bachelor of Arts in Dance. While there, she performed in several performances including the New Choreographers Concert and the Faculty Dance Concert. Kaitlyn is a certified teacher in the state of Texas with a certification in dance and P.E. and she currently is a substitute teacher for both Grapevine-Colleyville ISD and Prosper ISD. She is passionate about instilling a love of dance in all ages and is super excited to become apart of the Integrity Dance Arts team.
Ashley Aguilar
OFFICE ADMINISTRATOR
Ashley Aguilar is excited and honored to be joining the faculty at Integrity Dance Arts. Ashley began dancing at the age of 5 in the very same building IDA currently calls home. She spent her younger years focusing on tap, jazz, and clogging. Ashley spent 3 years on the McKinney North High School NorthStars Drill Team where she served as Junior Lieutenant and Captain. She then attended Collin College and performed with the modern dance company, Collin Dance Ensemble, under the direction of Tiffanee Arnold.
In 2012, Ashley moved to Orlando, Florida to work at Walt Disney World as a performer. She had the opportunity to perform in multiple parades as well as meet and greets across all four theme parks and several resorts on the property, bringing classic characters to life.
Ashley has been back in the Dallas area since 2015. She and her husband have three beautiful daughters and in 2020, they jumped headfirst into homeschooling and haven’t looked back.
STUDENT TEACHERS
Integrity Dance Arts is dedicated to bringing a quality student dance education program to McKinney and the surrounding areas. Our student teachers have over 10 years of training under the direction of co-owners Bianca Rebello and Shelley O'Donnell. They have assisted summer camps and learned how to prepare and teach classes. These dancers train over 15 hours a week at the studio and are also looking to further their dance education after high school.
ADYSON O'DONNELL
STUDENT TEACHER
Adyson O’Donnell has been dancing since the age of 3. Adyson has been competing since the age of 5 and is a founding member of the IDA performance company. Adyson trains in all styles but her favorite to perform is jazz. Adyson is currently a fourth-year member of the McKinney Boyd High School Bailadoras and is currently serving as a senior officer. She has also been involved in many school activities such as the national junior honor society, partners PE, and does volunteer hours for green cord. Adyson enjoys being around younger children and is eager to help dancers enjoy dance as much as she does.
