Meet Our Faculty

Ms. Ali is the founder of LA AcroDancers. She has been training in dance and gymnastics for 30 years, specializing in modern technique, contemporary, dance acrobatics and contortion. She graduated from Wesley Institute in Sydney, Australia with a BFA in Dance Performance, specializing in Performance. Ms. Ali has danced, choreographed and taught internationally in the U.S., Mexico, Argentina, Belize and Australia. She has 20 years teaching experience, including training nationally competitive dance acrobatic teams in Sydney, Australia. Upon returning to the U.S. Ms. Ali retired from the professional dance world and began working in education as a teacher for Gabriella Charter Schools, while teaching with Everybody Dance! in Los Angeles. She went on to work as the Dance Education Coordinator for United Children’s Learning Academy and Center for Autism and Related Services and later became the school’s Preschool Director.

Avery Potemri is a gender-fluid creative director, dancer, filmmaker, and choreographer determinded to tell stories untold. They recieved a Bachelors in Fine Arts Degree in Commerical Dance, which provides Avery with the skills to obtain positions in a room as a student, teacher, or collaborator. As a non-binary artist they continuously break boundaires by showing their integrity in exopression through their androgyny.

Gloria Martinez was born in Sinaloa, Mexico and grew up in Los Angeles, California. She graduated from the dance program at Alexander Hamilton High School mainly specializing in ballet and modern dance. She is an alumni from Los Angeles Acro Dance Academy and studied contortion, acrobatics and danced with the company. Gloria will be continuing her dance studies at University of California Los Angeles.

Mrs. Miracle Blakenship has 20 years of dance and acrobatics training and has 10 years of teaching/choreographing both dance and acro. She's taught many genres of dance (i.e. ballet, modern, jazz, jazz funk, contemporary, lyrical, hip hop, pom-cheer dance, heels, and dancehall/soca) and many genres of acrobatics (i.e. gymnastics, controtion, lyra, acro-dance, circus standing acrobatics, and cheer stunting). She also obtained a Bachelor of Arts Degree at SDSU in 2021, and a Master of Science Degree at USC in 2023. From 2019 to 2022 Mrs. Miracle was the director and choreographer of her own dance company. Currently, she is a company dancer at Pacific Ballet Dance Theatre, and she is a dance instructor and gymnastics coach at many local studios in Los Angeles, CA.

My name is Alicia Cutaia and I am a professional dancer, instructor, choreographer, fire performer, and harness aerialist. Currently located in Los Angeles, I have been fortunate to have been able to follow my dreams and perform across the USA and Internationally doing what I love. As a performer, I am committed to professionalism, collaboration and innovation. I am skilled in adapting to different choreographers’ styles and embodying characters and emotions through movement. I am a quick learner and able to pick up choreography quickly, making me an asset to any production team. I have obtained a BFA as a double major in Classical Ballet and Jazz with honors from Point Park University in Pennsylvania. My training was furthered as a scholarship recipient at Hubbard Street Dance, North Carolina Dance Theater and River North Dance Company. I have worked with and performed pieces by many renowned choreographers from all over the world.

Elizabeth Rodriguez, is a native Angelina who has worked with youth since age 12, earning the 2012 Kohl’s Regional Volunteer of the Year Award. Elizabeth was exposed to Hip Hop in high school and focused all of her efforts on teaching dance at non-profits such as Inner-City Arts, the Crown Jewel Club, and J.U.I.C.E. Elizabeth subsequently graduated from UCLA with a double major in Dance and Spanish. Her main styles include Breakin’, Hip Hop, House, experience in other styles under the Hip Hop umbrella, as well as experience in various Latin dance forms. Elizabeth has had the opportunity to study and perform with Open House, Versa-Style Next Generation, Physical Poets, Inner-City Arts Repertory Dance Co. and Contra-Tiempo Futuro. Elizabeth truly believes that everybody can dance and continues to give back to her community, hoping to inspire youth through Hip Hop.

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