Instructors

Welcome to Le Centre, our instructors have an amazing experience waiting for you.

 

Sabrina Nioche, a native of France, has studied dance throughout her life starting at the age of 6. She is trained in classical Ballet, Modern, and Hip Hop.  Sabrina has studied at Marin Ballet, Marin Dance Theatre, College of Marin, and participated in the Alvin Ailley school of Dance summer intensive. Sabrina has furthered her interest in Dance forms by receiving instruction from many well respected teachers in the San Francisco Bay Area. She has been teaching the Pilates Method since 1994, The art of Gyrotonic  since 2007 and has owned a movement studio in Mammoth Lakes since 2002.

Private and small-class lessons in Pilates & Gyrotonic® are available. Call Sabrina at 760.709.1889 to schedule your sessions.

 

Born in Los Angeles, Paula Padilla has several years of dance training.  Her passion for dance inspired her involvement in dance teams throughout school, during which time she choreographed and competed in a variety of disciplines.  Paula continued dancing in college as a Songleader for the USC Trojans, and has appeared on national television, performing in World Cup Soccer’s opening and closing ceremonies, and alongside Hank Williams Jr., Buster Poindexter, Mic Fleetwood, and Donnie and Marie Osmond.  Having lived in Mammoth Lakes for more than a decade, she has been teaching dance, and is grateful for the opportunity to continue sharing her passion for dance with the community.

 

 

Tatiana Susoeff has been studying ballet since the age of three.  She loves teaching ballet and other styles of dance to all ages.  She is happy to share her joy of dance with the Mammoth community.

 

 

 

Andy Selters is well known as a climber, writer, and photographer known for challenging work around the world. One of his secrets for maintaining health and vitality is his T’ai-chi practice. He learned traditional Yang style in the 1980s under grand master T.Y. Pang and his protege Robert Fong. After over 27 years of practice and now 3 years of teaching, Andy brings a highly evolved awareness of the form and how it carries us into moving positively, effectively, and without conflict or tension. He has a supportive and gradualist teaching style that fosters growth in both beginners and advanced practitioners. More information at www.andyselters.com

 

Jaime Marso has taught Classical Ballet at the California Ballet School (San Diego) where she was a student for more than 15 years.  Her worldwide dancing experience includes ballet, tap, jazz, hip-hop, flamenco, modern, tahitian, and hawaiian.  She has her Masters Degree in Geo-physics and when she is not dancing, she works for the USGS and Mammoth Mountain Ski School.

 

 

 

Summer Dabe was born and raised in Temecula, CA where she was trained in multiple styles of dance including jazz, ballet, modern, tap, hip hop, ballroom, and Irish dancing since the age of 8 and competed for many years.  Summer’s performing arts passion developed while she was involved in a youth theater group, CYT, and cast in over 20 plays and productions.  Summer was also a part of her high school Advanced Dance Team all 4 years and was honored to be elected captain her senior year.   After high school she studied dance at MSJC where she choreographed and performed in their Dance Production.   Since then she has taken a couple years to explore her creativity in the Cosmetology Industry and received her license.   Now as a new resident in Mammoth, Summer hopes to inspire her students and spread her love for dance at Le Centre Arts Studio.