Nathan Bentley is a young dancer and choreographer who will enter into his ninth year of teaching dance this season. He grew up in Upton, MA, where he took dance classes at Dance Works Academy beginning at 4 years old. While there, Nathan primarily studied hip hop, but also trained in tap, modern, contemporary, lyrical, and musical theater. His love for dance grew with him as he started branching out into taking more classes at workshops and conventions, where he has had opportunities to learn from some of his biggest inspirations; choreographers such as Ian Eastwood, Brian Puspos, and Dave Scott. He credits a lot of his passion and early career's success to Alycia and Lynsey Beatrice, who took him under their wing at DWA when he was younger and helped him explore his art at a deeper level.

Michelle Hayes has been teaching dance for the last six years. Michelle grew up in central MA and started dancing at a young age, studied at Paula Meola Dance Studio in High School. She continued studying at Keene State College, graduating with a BA in Theatre and Dance with a concentration in Performance and Choreography. Michelle has taught ballet, jazz, lyrical, and creative movement. She spent 2014-2019, teaching and dancing in Washington, DC. During her time there, she was a company member of professional dance companies UpRooted Dance, Next Reflex Dance Collective, a guest artist for Jody Oberfelder, darlingdance, ClancyWorks. 

Keegan grew up in Spencer and studied at two local studios, Sharon Girouards' The Dance Centre and Dance Techniques. Keegan was both a team member and choreographer for the Worcester State University Dance Team. As an adult, Keegan has studied at Faucher School of Dance in Auburn, Center Stage Dance Studio in Rochdale and now Beatz Dance Studio where she began taking adult hip hop and jazz classes in 2021. Keegan is committed to welcoming our youngest hearts into an inclusive, body positive, gender neutral space that cultivates a healthy early relationship with movement and music. 

Brianna fell in love with dance at just 2 years old when her parents signed her up at Dance Works Academy in Upton, MA. Growing up dancing with Lynsey, Alycia, and Nathan always pushed her to learn new skills and try different styles—from Ballet to Hip Hop and even Acrobatics. She's all about passing that passion on to her students, showing them that everyone can dance and dream big. 

Amanda started her dance journey in Wallingford, CT at Academy of Dance and Music (formerly Judyth Parks Academy of Dance) under the direction of Judyth Parks and Courtney Billings. While at the Academy, Amanda trained heavily in a variety of styles and became the youngest member invited to their inaugural Junior Company. Over the next 12 years, she remained a member of the elite Company and trained extensively in tap, jazz, ballet, lyrical, modern, pointe and hip hop. After graduation, Amanda went on to study Dance at Hofstra University and earned her B.A. in Theater from UMass Amherst. While at both schools, she was an active member of several dance teams and clubs which expanded her repertoire to include contemporary, heels, West African, and step styles. 

Ashlyn is a lover of all performing arts. As a four year old they started ballet classes in their hometown at Acton Boxborough Dance Center. Ballet class quickly blossomed into a love of all dance including tap, jazz, hip hop, modern, lyrical, and pointe. The last couple of years Ashlyn has had the opportunity to teach dance at ABDC and Rise Up Dance Community before joining Beatz Dance Studio. Dance isn't the only performing art Ashlyn has done; they've performed in theater and done extensive work in costuming for many different types of performances.