Strong Dance Studios:
Pre-Professional Company
Our Pre-Professional Company is our traveling company that will showcase choreography throughout Southern California. These dancers are looking to challenge themselves in new ways and push their dancing even further, all while performing for new eyes and in new environments. This program is a way to explore dance, past what they are used to at the studio. We created our Strong Pre-Professional group in hopes to not only give our older and more experienced dancers an opportunity to mature as dancers but to also give our younger dancers something to strive for and look forward to as they continue to grow with us. Below are the faces of Strong Dances Studios first ever Pre-Professional Dance Company!
Meet our Pre-ProfesSIONAL Company
Bio Coming soon!
Brenna P.
Brenna Popp is a Sophomore in high school. She loves to dance, and is included in her song team and drama club at school! Her inspiration to dance comes from her teachers, peers, and parents. She’s been dancing for 7 years at Strong and 9 years in total. She has been in all 3 of the company’s seasons, and she loves it! She cannot wait to perform in more pieces and continue her journey dancing with the pre-professional company!
Aliya L.
Bio coming soon!
Brooklyn L.
Brooklyn Loken began dancing at Strong Dance Studios at the age of 3. Training in dance for 13 years, and theatre for 10, Brooklyn loves performing on stage and hopes to pursue it! Brooklyn is a Senior at Kennedy High School and is incredibly involved, being the Vice President of Choir, Theatre, and Hip Hop Club, as well as many other leadership positions in other clubs! Being that Brooklyn has been dancing for 13 years, she has trained in basically every dance style Strong has to offer, including Strong Pre-Professional Company; Which she is proud to say she devotes her passion to.
Bruno M.
Bruno Mckenzie is 17 years old and this is his 3rd season of the Strong Pre Professional Company. Bruno started dancing at the age of 10 inspired to dance by his mom and quickly fell in love with ballet and contemporary dance. His goal is to go to college for dance in New York and be a professional dancer in a modern/contemporary company. Bruno is very excited to continue his ventures at Strong pre professional company and explore new opportunities in the dance world.
Eadie B.
Eadie is 16 years old. She is a Junior at Orange County School of the Arts. She has been dancing at the studio for 6 years and she is excited to start her 3rd season in Strong PreProfessional. Eadie has performed many roles such as Dew Drop, the Nutcracker, Simba, Drosselmeyer, and Rat King. Dance brings her so much joy and it has also given her wonderful friendships throughout the years. She can’t wait for many more wonderful opportunities.
Hailey G.
Hailey is a Sophomore at Pacifica High School. She is 15 years old. She has been dancing for 10 years at Stong and 12 years in all. She loves dancing because it makes her happy when she is having a rough day. Her favorite part about dancing at Strong is that she has created a bond with her friends like no other and is happy to call them her family. Princeple roles she has been granted are Sugar plum, Snow Queen, Clara Eń pointé, and currently Dew Drop in the Nutcracker. She was also the principle role of Prince Naveen in Princess and the Frog. Other lead roles in Strong productions she has been include Fritz, Drosselymeyer, and Harlequin doll in Nutcracker. In Aladdin, the Gennie; Lion king, Timone; and Beauty and the Beast, Cogsworth. Leadership experiences she has are the apprentice program at strong for many seasons, ASB at her middle school and now at her highschool, and captain on her middle school dance team. She is currently on her high school's dance team. A goal she would like to accomplish is to go to dance in her future.
Jocelyn D.
Jocelyn is in 9th grade and she is 15 years old. She has been dancing at Strong Dance Studios for 11 years and has been on pointe for 3 years. Her favorite thing about the studio is helping out the littles and seeing them grow. She also loves the family she has made with her dance friends. Some lead/prima roles she has been granted in the past years are Belle in Beauty and the Beast, Dew Drop in the Nutcracker of 2022, Lion in Wizard of Oz, and is Clara Act II en pointe in the studio’s Nutcracker production in 2023! One of her goals for dance is to step out of her comfort zone and try new styles of dance. A fun fact about Jocelyn is that she is the youngest member on the company! She looks forward to a great season!
Mia P.
Mia is 16 and in 10th grade. This is her 6th year dancing at Strong and she is also on her high school's competitive Dance Team. Mia loves dance because it helps build her confidence. She loves being an inspiration to many young dancers who look up to her. Her favorite part of being at Strong is spending time with her dance family and the people that support her most, her teachers. Mia has had the honor of 2 lead roles as the Wicked Witch of the West in Wizard of Oz and Mama Odie in Princess and the Frog. She is taking multiple classes to work towards her dream of her first principal dance role at the studio. Mia is excited for Season 4 of Pre-Pro!
Claire K.
Claire is a sophomore at Oxford Academy. This is her seventh year dancing and has been a part of Strong for six and a half years. She is excited to be part of the third season of Pre-Pro and cannot wait for the new opportunities to come and help build her confiDance. She is grateful to have found a second family that makes her enjoy her passion of dance. Pre-Pro has definitely helped expose her to the several skills that has made her into the dancer she is today.
Gemma P.
Bio coming soon
Halle L.
Bio coming soon!
Lillian M.
Lillian is in 12th grade. She started out with ice skating and 8 years ago her coach told her she needed a ballet class to help with pointing her feet, and she has been dancing at Strong ever since. She learned she loves dancing especially because she gets to inspire little kids as the older girls inspired her when she first started out.
She has been Jafar in Aladdin, Glinda in Wizard of Oz, the Beast in Beauty and the Beast, and currently is Snowflake, Flower, Miss Stahlbaum, and Lead Marizpan in the Nutcracker. She is the Associate Director of the Apprentice Program at Strong, where she gets to manage apprentices helping out their little kids. Lillian's goal for the future is to become a Professional Dancer and an author.
Jenavie M.
Jenavie is 18 years old and is attending Cal State Fullerton to pursue a dance major. At school she is currently studying Ballet, Modern, and Contemporary. She is so excited to see where the journey of college takes her. She has been dancing since she was three years old and has been dancing at Strong for 9 years. With the experience she gained from Strong she has now completed her goal in becoming an instructor at Strong Dance Studios. Jenavie loves to dance because she is able to express herself throughout the beautiful form of art. She hopes to inspire others through her passion of dance. Jenavie’s goal for the future is to get accepted into a contemporary/modern dance company.