Elpis - July 18

Basileia Christian Dance Company

 MEET THE DIRECTORS 

  • Donna Grady head shot

    Donna Grady

    Donna's training includes ballet, tap, jazz, lyrical, contemporary, tumbling and pointe. As a high school student, Donna received a dance scholarship to Scottsdale Community College where she continued to hone her skills and technique. Donna will be teaching and directing Tria/Tessera, Pente, Eksi, Epta and Crew this season. Donna and her husband, Marco, are parents to three precious girls who are following in their dancing mama's footsteps.

  • Patty Gregersen head shot

    Patty Gregersen

    Patty's experience includes instruction for children, youth, and adults in ballet, modern, jazz, and lyrical dance. Patty was also a competitive gymnast and the former artistic director of the Mountain Pointe High School Dance Company where she produced over a half-dozen full-length productions. With her husband and best friend, Paul, they have four children. Patty had a dream for many years of directing a dance company whose main purpose is to glorify God. 

  • Katie Phelps head shot

    Katie Phelps

    Katie started dancing at age two and solely studied ballet until age 10 where she began training in lyrical, jazz, contemporary, tap, clogging and tumbling. She was selected to be a part of Ballet Etudes and Ballet Arizona's Nutcracker. She began teaching at age fifteen and loves to see her students' technique and passion in dance grow with each class. Katie lives in San Tan Valley with her husband, Joe, and their three-year-old son, Liam.

  • Phoebe Grady head shot

    Phoebe Grady

    Phoebe has been a Basileia Apprentice for the last four seasons, assisting with teaching, choreographing, mentoring, and social media. She has been a BCDC dancer since the beginning and is excited to continue apprenticing for the company her mom co-founded ten years ago. Last year Phoebe joined the business-owning world by launching Aesthetics by Phoebe.

 

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