serena webb

Founder/Artistic Director

Serena Webb received her BFA Degree in Modern Dance from Utah Valley University in 2008, and is a Barre Above fitness trainer. She has danced for many years, specializing in Ballet, Modern, Contemporary, and Jazz Dance. Serena has been trained in the Vaganova method of ballet, and took from the Ballet West Conservatory in her youth. She has danced in the Ballet West's Nutcracker and Utah Opera's Hansel and Gretel at a young age. During college, she performed on Utah Valley University's pre-professional Modern Dance company Contemporary Dance Ensemble.

Serena has worked with a variety of other professional dancers and choreographers with companies such as Ballet West, Ririe-Woodbury, Repertory Dance Theater, Utah Metropolitan Ballet, and Alivin Ailey. She co-founded Body Logic Dance Company in 2009, where she worked as Artistic Director, dancer, choreographer, and board member.  She co-founded Body Logic Dance Academy in 2014, and expanded her passion for dance education and a strong technical foundation in young dance students, while providing them a supportive and nurturing environment.  She founded Serena Webb Dance Theater and Webb Dance Academy in 2023.

kirsten tucker

Academy Director

Kirsten Tucker started dancing at a very young age, and trained extensively in Ballet with Children's Ballet Theatre and Russian Institute of Ballet.  She also danced on Skyline High School's dance company for three years where she learned to teach and choreograph.  She was accepted into University of Utah's ballet program in 1994, and was a company member on their Character Dance Team.  There she worked with a variety of dance professionals on Utah Ballet and Ballet West. She danced in a number of productions such as "The Ice Queen," "Giselle," and was highlighted as a soloist in William Christensen's "Coppelia," one of the last productions he directed before he passed away. She is a current company dancer and Associate Director of Serena Webb Dance Theater.

jENNESSA HOWARD

Instructor

Jennessa trained from the age of four at the Academy of Russian Classical Ballet under the direction of her mother, Michelle Klemetson, she continued her dance education at Mt. San Antonio College studying Ballet, Modern, Jazz, and additional dance forms under renowned instructors including Amy Nakamura, Michele Shear, and Lee Martino.

Her training also includes aerial silks, static trapeze, hand balancing, and contortion through American Acrobats under Karen Castle. Throughout her performance career, she has appeared in productions and festivals including Moscow Ballet’s Nutcracker, Palm Springs Choreography Festival, A.C.D.F.A., Santa Monica’s Mix n’ Match Choreography Festival, Diavolo Summer Intensive, and C.S.U.N.’s Martha Graham Winter Intensive American Document.

She has also performed professionally at Symbiosis and Oregon Eclipse music festivals, where she further explored world dance and Butoh under Anastazia Louise.

She holds Associate Degrees in Kinesiology and Dance, as well as a California State Certification as a Dance Teacher. She has taught Ballet and Modern at multiple studios throughout California, including Move, Prima Dance, Studio X Dance Complex, and A Terre.

As an instructor and choreographer, she is passionate about mentoring young dancers and helping students grow in both technique and artistry. Several of her students have received overall awards and recognition at competitions including KAR, Showstopper, Spotlight, Radix, and Starpower.

She is excited to work with the students of Webb Dance Academy and Serena Webb Dance Theater here in Murray, Utah.