Brittany Hudson-Trent started dancing at the age of 4 under the instruction of Christie Tate at The Berea Dance Academy training in Tap, Ballet and Jazz.

Her freshman year of High School she joined The Berea Festival Dancers, a local folk dance group. She always knew dance was her passion but it wasn't until then she fully understood how powerful the art of dance could be. It was with the BFD she was able to tour abroad to teach folk dance in the schools. When she saw the childrens' faces light up when she performed and how excited they were while being taught dance she knew this was her life goal, to teach and educate dance and art to the youth. She was able to travel to Australia, Fiji, Ireland, Germany, Iceland and Denmark.

After High School Brittany wanted to further her dance education and attended Eastern Kentucky University where she trained in Modern dance for 3 years. She  participated in EKU Dance Theatre for 4 years where she served as the Costume Manager and Secretary, won best choreography numerous times, and won the Most Improved Dancer Award.  Her college experience only furthered her passion for dance and what goes into creating/making a Production as she was able to take part in lighting design, stage managing and putting up and taking down stage sets.

After College Brittany auditioned for Lexingtons Blackbird Dance Theatre. They partnered with KCT in 2015 for the Winterfest performance of Cabaret where she played a Kit Kat Girl - Frenchie. She participated in many other original adaptations including Romeo and Juliet - Capulet, Titus Andronicus - Roman son Martius, Ovid's Metamorphosis - Proserpina,  Minerva, Muse. Broken Queen -Aurora, Macbeth-Lady Macbeth and choreographed, and Robando-Carmen. She also Co-directed and Co-choreographed Ole Luk Oie-The Red Shoes

Andrea is a native of Corbin, Kentucky where she began her dance training at the age of 4 at Gail Frederick’s School of Dance and Gymnastics. Andrea knew at an early age that dance is what she wanted to do with her life. While taking classes at her studio, she immersed herself in ballet, pointe, tap, jazz, and gymnastics. Andrea began instructing at the studio at age 14.

At 17, Andrea was 1 of 30 high school students from across the state to be selected as part of the Kentucky Governor’s School for the Arts in Dance. There she focused on ballet, pointe, and modern from some of the leading dance educators in the nation.

During her high school years, Andrea was a 4-year member of the first dance team at Corbin High School. This is where she fell in love with the style of dance team.

Once in college, Andrea was a member of the University of Kentucky Dance Team and the Kentucky Wildcat Danzers where she was a member of the 1995 NDA National Dance Champion Squad. Andrea went on to coach the Wildcat Danzers from 1999-2004.

During her college career, Andrea was a Universal Dance Association Instructor, a National Dance Alliance College Instructor, and also a member of the dance team for the semi-professional hockey league the Kentucky Thoroblades.

After college, Andrea started Champions Elite All-Star Dance Team out of Lawrenceburg, Kentucky where she served 20 years as the Head Coach. Champions competed in hip hop and pom for kids ranging in ages from 4-18 and have won numerous National Titles.

Andrea was also the Assistant Coach of the University of Kentucky Dance Team from 2009-2016. There she helped lead the team to one of the top 3 teams in the nation at UDA in hip hop.

Andrea is now the head coach of the Western Hills High School Dance Team and a dance instructor at the Stewart Home and School. She travels judging dance team competitions across the nation, as well as international competitions in Japan, England, and Scotland. Andrea enjoys sharing her passion for dance with others and loves being a part of the KDA Family.

Suzanna Benassi was born and raised in Frankfort, Kentucky and began her dance career in her hometown at age 4 in 2003. She danced for two years, and then decided to shift her career to gymnastics at age 6 at a gym in Versailles, Kentucky. She was able to move up through the basic classes quickly and was asked to join the level 3 competition team the next year in 2006. Throughout her gymnastics career she was able to advance to a higher level each year at the beginning of every fall and continued practicing and competing with the gym in Versailles through level 6. In the spring of 2010 she made the decision to change gyms to a facility in Lexington, Kentucky to compete as a level 7 gymnast. In the fall of 2010 she sustained an injury during practice, but continued practicing until she was advised by a doctor to take a break in early 2011. Due to this injury, along with another injury from gymnastics that required surgery, the decision was made to end her competitive gymnastics career and pursue dancing once again. She restarted her dance career in 2012 at a studio in Frankfort and trained in contemporary, jazz, and acrobatics classes. While she was a dance student, she was also an assistant in 2 acrobatics classes for the younger students at her studio. She had the pleasure of performing in 4 different studio productions during this time. She continued to dance until the fall of her junior year of high school in 2015.

Suzanna became a gymnastics coach during her senior year of high school in August of 2016. She has had the pleasure of teaching ages 2-18 in various skill levels in all four of the events that are in gymnastics: bars, beam, vault, and floor. She taught classes for beginners, co-coached the pre-team, assisted with the level 2 coach, and taught a tumbling class for middle and high school students at two different local gyms. In addition to coaching during her senior year, she also job shadowed at an elementary school in a fifth-grade classroom throughout the entire school year. She found that the concepts for teaching that she learned in the classroom carried over to teaching in a gym or studio.

Suzanna has a passion for working with children and always has. What she loves most about coaching and teaching is building a positive environment that helps to promote a love for learning. While it’s important to correct the small mistakes that take place in acrobatics, it’s just as vital to celebrate the victories that students achieve in class. She knows from experience the difference it makes when you have a coach or teacher who is encouraging and who gives positive and constructive criticism, and that’s what she strives to do during her instruction.

Lexington native Caroline Combs has been dancing since the age of four. She began her training at the Lexington Tap & Jazz Company in traditional jazz dance and rhythm tap, and with Dancers’ Studio in ballet and modern dance. She is a 2012 graduate from the School for the Creative and Performing Arts where she majored in contemporary dance for nine years. Caroline is working towards her bachelor’s degree in Arts Administration with a minor in Dance at the University of Kentucky. There she was also a member and Vice President of the UK Dance Ensemble where she got to broaden her experience as a choreographer. In 2016 Caroline joined Movement Continuum, Lexington’s original contemporary dance company, and is currently dancing in their eighth season productions.

Samantha Koon is a dancer, teacher, and choreographer based in Lexington KY. Growing up, Samantha trained under the principal dancers of Louisville Ballet, such as Brandon Ragland, Justin Hogan, Dale Brannon, and Kathy Sawyer, studying Vaganova and Cecchetti techniques. But don't let her bunhead beginnings fool you; Samantha also trained in many other styles of dance including modern, tap, jazz, acro, contemporary, theatre, and hip hop, under notable instructors such as Theresa Bautista and Rebecca Uhey.
In 2018 Samantha attended GSA for Dance and was one of the student choreographers chosen for the final showcase. Upon graduation, she went on to join Kentucky Ballet Theatre’s company for a season and continued her fourth year of teaching at the same time. Currently, Samantha teaches at and choreographs for several studios and educational institutions across Kentucky.
Samantha is excited to be adding new students and opportunities to her life!