Alicia Bravo-Nunez
Co-Owner/Director/Instructor
 
Alicia Bravo has over 20 years of training in ballet, tap, jazz, hip hop, acro, lyrical, and contemporary. Alicia attended Arizona School for the Arts for 4 years where she trained at Ballet Arizona focusing on ballet, pointe and modern classes. She danced on Elite competitive teams for nine years where she has won numerous dance awards and scholarships. She has traveled the US taking classes at various professional companies such as The Edge in LA, and Broadway Dance Center in New York City.
 
Alicia has choreographed and directed various projects for the Agua Fria High School Dance and Drama department in 2012 and 2013. She graduated Rocky Mountain College with Honors and a degree in Physical Education and Health, minoring in Business Management. She also received her Child Development Associate Credential. She performed with Terpsichore Modern Dance Company in Billings, Montana for 2 years. In 2014 to 2016 she was a dancer for the Indoor Football League’s Billings Wolves. Alicia has taught and judged for various dance studios, gyms, and high schools in Montana and Arizona since 2013. Ms. Alicia has been involved and passionate about Early Childhood Education since 2013 where she is currently a Senior Program Director of Early Learning for Valley of the Sun YMCA. Alicia’s creativity and love for dance has sparked an eagerness to inspire young dancers everywhere.

Leticia Clamor
Co-Owner/Director/Instructor
 
Leticia has studied at different studios in the West Valley since a very young age. Leticia discovered her love for the creative art of choreography as a young teenager. She took serious roles of leadership in both her performance lines and pom squad. During college, Leticia was a member of the Moving Company at Scottsdale Community College, Glendale Community college Dance Company, as well as Grand Canyon University’s dance Company. She believes that ongoing dance education is of the utmost importance to her teaching. Leticia's choreography is recognized throughout the valley. She has taught various classes to students all around the west valley. She believes that the arts enrich the life of dancers and families in addition to building the community through cultural awareness. Leticia hopes to be a catalyst for young people that are in search of finding joy in the art of dance. Leticia strives to deliver the highest quality of dance training, while nurturing each student’s unique gift of talent and creativity. Leticia encourages all dancers to achieve their fullest potential.



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Valerie Moore-Colvert
Valerie's first word as a child was "go" and she has been going ever since. She received her Bachelor's in Dance Performance and Psychology at Ball State University. She also had a global dance career performing in Japan, England, Ghana, and throughout the United States. Valerie made Chicago her home for 15 years where she co-founded Rebound Dance, a not for profit production company, and was resident choreographer for two musical theater companies. She taught ballet, pointe, tap, jazz, and modern at various school in Chicago and her hometown studio in Michigan. In 2009, Valerie fell in love with classical Pilates and received her comprehensive certification. In 2019, Valerie received Pilates Method Alliance certificate, a true honor.

Valerie believes anyone and everyone can learn how to dance! And dance class does not just teach dance- hard work, leadership, dedication, creativity, the list goes on and on. Ms. Valerie then moved to Arizona and met the Bravo ladies right away. They bonded immediately and Valerie has always been part of the family.

​Niamey Thomas
Niamey Thomas is a Creative, Educator and Storyteller. Graduate of Arizona State
University (ASU) with a BA in Communication, Minor in Dance and Certificate in
Brazilian Studies.
With her strong faith background and love for the community she graduated from
Elevate International Antioch Discipleship and Arts program in 2017 where she learned how to be a disciple implementing projects and initiatives to enrich the community through Art. A graduate from AmeriCorps Public Ally program in 2018 where she continued to strengthen community efforts and engagement.
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Niamey has been dancing for eighteen years; she has been a member of the WNBA
Phoenix Mercury Hip-Hop Squad, Anomalous dance crew, Arizona Raw Talent and
many more. She has performed all around the valley, Chicago, Atlanta to name a few cities and has trained with amazing world-renowned choreographers. She has taught many dance residencies in Phoenix, Mesa, and Tempe. Creator of Artists’ for Change an artist’s development program that focuses on community arts advocacy and networking. With the goal of infusing community and self-awareness by using arts. Currently Niamey is on a new journey of being Adjunct Faculty at Grand Canyon University (GCU). She is the CEO and Founder of A Young Realist (LYR), which focuses on providing art that questions the status quo through storytelling. LYR focuses on providing education, knowledge and resources for communities of color. Niamey has curated “The Show”, Artists for Change VOL 1, 2, & 3, and host #LYRillestsessions. Niamey has hosted/MC many events within the community and is a dynamic Speaker, Teacher, and Facilitator. She is an Artist and writer for “The I Am Root Co.” (A collective of artists), a Youth Dance Director at Prayer Assembly COGIC.

Amber Stokes
​Amber Stokes is a dancer, educator and loves to share her passion of dance with her students. She has been dancing for about 15 years and teaching dance for the last 6 years. She received her Bachelor’s Degree in Dance Education from Grand Canyon University in 2016. In 2016, she found Wight Noise Dance Studio where she spent the last 6 years teaching children of all ages how to dance, cheer and tumble. Amber also runs a dance program at BASIS Phoenix Central teaching students from kindergarten to fifth grade. Amber gave birth to her first baby back in January; her name is Remington.
Amber loves to watch her students grow and succeed. She likes to push them to their limits because she knows what her students are capable of accomplishing. Amber is focused, passionate and always has her student’s best interest at heart. She feels that when her kids succeed, she succeeds.

Ella Mooney
Ella Mooney has been dancing in studios for 9 years. She has discovered her love for creating and teaching through her former hip hop adult crew. Ella’s favorite style of dance is Hip Hop and Freestyle. She was on a competitive adult hip hop crew for 5 years and was captain 2 of those years while also interning another hip-hop class. 
Ella believes that teachers have the biggest impact on students' growth in and outside of the classroom. Ella loves to support students' self-confidence and helping students to feel comfortable in their movement and listening to all the different aspects of music. 

Leticia Fierro
Leticia Fierro has been a dancer her whole life. She began her formal training at the age of five studying at Ballet Arizona and continuing at Arizona Youth Ballet. In addition to ballet she has studied and competed in many styles throughout the years including jazz, lyrical, contemporary, and ballroom. As an adult Leticia has continued her dance training through various classes and clubs in university and has begun pursing a teaching certification in ballet from the Royal Academy of Dance.  

Leticia believes that a dance class should be a space where everyone feels welcomed and encouraged to be the best dancer they can. She feels that what we can learn in a dance class goes beyond the art of dance itself and enriches the lives of dancers Leticia strives to share her love for dance with her students and desires to instill confidence in dancers to reach their full capacity.

Monica Bravo
Coming Soon

Andrea Rosas
Andrea has a total of 20 years of dance experience. She was born in Anaheim, California and called the west valley her new home when she was 10 years old. She has recently found a new love for dance in the form of teaching. She received her Associates in Fine Arts with and emphasis in Dance from Glendale Community College. She is currently working on receiving her bachelor’s degree in Dance Education. Andrea is trained in many different dance forms including, jazz, tap, ballet, modern, musical theater, hip hop, contemporary, lyrical and pointe. On top of teaching at Bravo Dance Family, Andrea also teaches dance at a local community center. Andrea has judged auditions for numerous dance and pom teams at the local high school and has been a guest choreographer for them as well.
Andrea believes the art of dance enriches the lives of everyone it reaches. She loves to see her students’ passion grow for dance as the years go on. Andrea believes the classroom should be a safe space for students to grow and explore the arts. She also believes her students deserve exceptional dance training from well trained teachers. Andrea is excited to see her students achieve great things this year.