Who We Are
Miss Sarah,Owner
"Miss Sarah" Johnston is the Owner of Showtime Dance, Inc and the Artistic Director of Showtime Ballet Company.
Her first dance class was at the age of 3, and she immediately knew what she had to do with the rest of her life. Miss Sarah graduated Magna Cum Laude from the University of Arizona with a BFA in Dance Performance and Education, and she has been teaching dance for over 25 years. She is a CA State certified preschool teacher with a certificate in Early Childhood Education.
She performed professionally in Ballet, Modern and Jazz Dance with Canyon Movement Company in Flagstaff, Paul Powell Productions in Tucson, with Watson Dance in Yorba Linda, and in "The Glory of Christmas" at the Crystal Cathedral. For 5 years, she danced at Disneyland in: Parade of Dreams, A Christmas Fantasy Parade, Disney’s Electrical Parade, and Fantasmic! At Disneyland, she also taught Physics and Leadership Workshops through the Youth Education Series, and stage managed children's performing groups from all over the world.
“Miss Sarah” has taught ballet, pointe, modern, jazz, lyrical, contemporary, tap, hip hop, leaps and turns, improvisation, and choreography for Momentum Dance Center, Pacific Dance Center, Canyon Dance Academy, Orange County Dance Productions, Flagstaff Arts and Leadership Academy, and Coconino Community College. She performed in Arizona, Las Vegas, the Grand Canyon, and Italy. She taught Ballet and Contemporary Dance at the American College Dance Festival in New Mexico and Washington State, and at the Dance and the Child International conference in The Netherlands.
She co-created Canyon Movement Company's "Nutcracker Suite in Modern Bare Feet," which is now in its 20th year, and the inspiration for the "An Orange County" Nutcracker.
Miss Sarah is a certified yoga teacher and a certified "Rhythm Works Integrative Dance" instructor for children with special needs. Her newest title is Director of Children's Ministry at Aldersgate United Methodist Church in Tustin, but her most-loved role is that of "Mom" to her own two little dancers.
MISS brittni
"Miss Brittni" Sinift is originally from Vacaville, Ca. She has been dancing since the age of 3. Growing up she studied ballet, pointe, jazz, lyrical, tap and musical theater. She was a founding member with the Vacaville Ballet Company who performed in many Principal roles. In high school Brittni studied at the Joffrey Ballet School in NYC. While studying there she also attended master classes at Broadway Dance Center.
Brittni went on to get her B.A. in Dance from UC Irvine along with a certification in Classical Pilates. While in college, she joined the Walt Disney Company. Within that time she has traveled the world! She has been on a National tour with Disney Live Productions and lived in in China performing at Hong Kong Disneyland. She continues to perform in many shows for Disney, Knott’s & Universal. Studios. She added Stilt Performer to her repertoire at Universal Studios Hollywood and became a member of the American Guild-Variety Artists.
Miss Brittni has been teaching dance since High School to all ages (ages 2-80+). Brittni loves to share her passion along with technique in Dance and Pilates. She hopes not to just instill good direction and discipline to technique but also passion and love for the art form.
MISS mirissa
Mirissa Jones is a Southern California based Dance Instructor and Choreographer specializing in the education of young and beginning dancers in the styles of jazz, tap and ballet. She trained as a competitive studio dancer and as a member of Los Alamitos High School dance team. She began her teaching career with Elevation Studios is Signal Hill, CA where she helped develop and direct their Summer Camp program, serving as an introduction for young performers not only to various styles of dance, but also voice and acting for both stage and camera. She continues to teach and pursue her goal of sharing the joy of dance with new students everyday.
MISS valerie
"Miss Valerie"is a dancer, choreographer and performer based in the greater Los Angeles area, with 30 years’ experience. Some of her performance credits include Project X.X.T. with The Bastette Group, Shoreline
Project with the Assembly Dance Company, NACHMO LA with the Carpool Dance Collective, Principal dancer with Showtime Ballet Company (Dewdrop Fairy), The Santa Barbara Dance Collective Collaborative with Akomi Dance, the White and Black Swan variations from Swan Lake with Stage Fright Theater Company, and The Orange County Dance Festival with 7th Street Dance Company.
Miss Valerie has been a dance educator for over ten years and has vast experience teaching all ages. Her passion is to foster an environment where her students feel a sense of community, and feel seen and heard. She is also passionate about teaching proper technique, alignment, and educating her students about injury prevention.
Miss Valerie strives to inspire the next generation of artists to love dance and to always remember the fun they had along the way.
MISS Zelaya
"Miss Zelaya" took her first dance class at three and a half years old. From then on, she remained a focused performer throughout her life. At the age of fifteen, she was able to attend a brand new high school in Palm Springs Unified School District which was structured to have a performing arts focus. While simultaneously being a Captain of her High School's Dance Team and belonging to a Musical Theatre conservatory, she also eventually became a captain of the first generation of iLLusionists, the first competing Hip Hop youth dance crew of its kind based out of the Coachella Valley (where she grew up). Through this experience, she discovered the Hip Hop dance community. She learned not only about the history and evolution of Hip Hop, but also learned about various foundational styles and techniques such as popping, grooves, basic breakdance technique, locking, etc. She is still an active and honorary member of the iLLmazing Dance Family which also includes the competing adult team, Animazing. Miss Zelaya also starred as Clara in
"An Orange County Nutcracker" 2024
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What Parents Say About Our Teachers:
"We will sign up for more dance classes! She told us she wants to be "Miss Sarah" when she grows up."
- Cindy C, Aldersgate Mom
"You are amazing in every way! Thank you so much for taking such wonderful care of our kiddos!"
- Kristel S, Aldersgate Mom
"She thoroughly enjoyed the last year attending classes with you...it was lovely to see her learning the names of the steps and seeing her love of ballet flourish.
Thank you so much!"
- Rosilene K., Outschool Mom