Jana Chapeton - Director

During her 18 years of training Jana has studied jazz, tap, hip hop, Afro - Haitian, Dunham technique, and choreography. Jana has been most influenced by Janel Tomblin - Brown, Ehud and Daynee Krauss, Susan Whipp, Alicia Pierce, and Kimberly Iniguez. In May of 2002 she completed her Bachelor's degree in dance at San Francisco State University.

Jana loves working with beginning level students and preschool dancers. She is most motivated to help students discover dance and movement. Jana has been teaching through out the Bay Area since 1998. Some of her previous performance and Choreography highlights include Kaiser Permanente's Educational Theatre Group, Anything Goes, It's a Wrap with Guggenheim Entertainment, Speaking of Dance and He Said She Said with Visual Rhythm Dance Company, Rocky Horror Show with City Lights Theatre Company, Wholeness with Bliss Dance Company, and Paramount Great America's Celebration Parade.

Currently, Jana is focused on expanding Small Fry Dance Club. Since February 2007 the company has seen over 1000 students in 20 schools through out the Bay Area.

Carlos Chapeton - Director

Carlos is Jana's husband and Co-Director of Small Fry Dance Club. While Carlos' background is not dance he brings other strengths to the table. Carlos has been a web/graphic designer for over 10 years. His experiences have included both freelance design and working for a silicon valley start-up company. Later in his career Carlos began teaching at the College and High School level.

Carlos brings his talents to Small Fry Dance Club and is now in charge of our marketing efforts. Apart from that Carlos is also in the office helping with customer service needs, making sales calls, and helping to manage the office.

Carlos is excited to be a part of Small Fry on a full time basis and cannot wait to help Small Fry Dance Club continue to expand and bring dance to kids all over the Bay Area.

Stephanie Costello - Teacher

Stephanie M. Costello started dance lessons at Doreen's School of the Dance at the age of 3 years. After 13 years of training in Ballet, Tap, and Jazz she found her love for teaching at that same studio. At only 16 she began teaching Pre-ballet, Ballet, Tap, and Jazz. During her 4 years at Doreen's, she became a member of Dance Master's of America with a teaching certificate. Under her mentor Mimi Costa-White-Past President of Dance Masters of America, Stephanie traveled to Las Vegas and New York for National Conventions. In 2007, she went off to San Jose State University to further her education in Dance and Psychology. In her time there she studied with Gary Masters, Fred Mathews, Janie Scott, Heather Cooper, and Maria Basile. Furthermore, she studied all levels of Ballet, Jazz, Modern, and Choreography. During College she paid her way by teaching dance classes for recreational centers and studios. In 2010, she graduated with two degrees and a passion for working with young children. She currently teaches dance classes for Pre-K level in various styles. Stephanie is also enrolled in child development classes and applying for Credentials/ Masters Program to teach young children.

Rena Guidry - Teacher

Rena Marie Guidry has been a dancer most of her life. In childhood Rena studied ballet, tap, and jazz. Later in life she has added hip hop, modern, salsa, liturgical, and Samba. Rena Marie has performed in several self-produced dance theater productions in the bay area, and utilizes all of these styles to tell the stories.

Some of Rena's educational milestones include a Masters of Arts in Counseling Psychology with and emphasis in drama therapy from the California Institute of Integral Studies in San Francisco and a Bachelor of Arts in History with an emphasis in Latin America from University of San Francisco.

Rena is currently a teacher at ODC with the Rhythm & Motion Dance Program, and is now joining Sambaxe Dance company. When not dancing Rena can be found teaching and counseling youth. The most important aspect of life for Rena Marie is her family, and she shares her love of dance with them daily.

Jyovonne Montosa- Teacher

Jyovonne. has been teaching dance since 2007 with a continued focus on teaching young children. She has been dancing for 14 years and has extensive experience in ballet, jazz, and Horton-style modern technique. In addition to teaching formal dance classes, she also has a strong background in direction and choreography for children’s theater productions. She is currently choreographing musicals for Oakwood school in Morgan Hill and teaches ballet in various studios in the South Bay area. Previously, she was the Assistant Director for the Morgan Hill Ballet and the Co-Director of the Morgan Hill Dance Center. Jyovonne believes in the importance of teaching children through fun, accessible means that engage their imaginations and inspire them to learn and grow. She graduated Cum Laude from Santa Clara University with a Bachelors of Arts in Theater Arts with Dance emphasis and was certified to teach by Dance Masters of America in 2008.

Courtney Parkin - Teacher

Courtney grew up dancing at Long Beach Ballet Arts Center, performing annually in The Nutcracker as well as ballets such as Swan Lake, Coppelia and Cinderella. Through high school she performed in Guangzhou, China and around the west coast with the Long Beach Ballet Theater. Courtney continued to dance at UC Santa Barbara and decided to pursue her BFA in ballet and modern dance which included improvisation, choreography and pedagogy classes. With the UCSB student company, Courtney had the opportunity to perform around California, New York and Italy. Upon graduating, she promptly moved to San Francisco to pursue teaching and performing. Courtney currently performs with Venture Dance Projects and Erin Malley and also teaches at Duo Dance Academy in Daly City.

Senchal Rodriguez - Teacher

Senchal discovered dance at the age of 18.  She has studied jazz, tap, ballet, modern and hip hop.  Senchal has performed with Visual Rhythm Dance Company, Bliss Dance Company, Dance N Such, and Positive Steps. Some of Senchal performance highlights include Visual Rhythms production of “I-Time”, “Open the Door”, and  “Dance Underground” as well as Bliss’ production of “Woman in Love” and Ohlone College Spring Dance Concerts from 2003-2005.   Senchal discovered her passion of working with children at the age of 22 and has been studying child development since then.  Senchal is excited to bring her experience and knowledge to Small Fry Dance Club.

Karen Runde - Teacher

A native of the Bay Area, Karen has 20+ years of dance training in classical ballet, modern dance, and hip hop and 10+ years practicing yoga. She loves working with children and has extensive teaching experience in Japan and the US at the junior high, elementary, pre-school, and toddler level.

Karen began her classical ballet training at the age of 6 at Ayako School of Ballet under the tutelage of Ayako Takahashi. For 12 years, she was a company member with the Peninsula Youth Ballet in Belmont, where she performed leading roles in The Nutcracker, Paquita, and Sleeping Beauty. She also competed in the California State Talent Competition and received Grand Champion and 1st place awards in the ballet division.

Karen has a BA in World Arts & Cultures (WAC) with a concentration in dance from UCLA. Karen is also a passionate environmentalist and has two MS degrees in Environmental Science from Lund University in Sweden and Roskilde University in Denmark.

Laura Van Dyke - Teacher

Laura McComb Van Dyke grew up in Media, Pa and studied dance primarily at the Pennsylvania Ballet’s Rock School West, Pennsylvania Academy of Ballet, and Media Dance Center in Ballet, jazz, tap, and lyrical. During her last year in High School she was also able to study modern at Temple University along side their B.F.A and M.F.A students. She graduated with honors from Rutgers University’s Mason Gross School of the Arts with a B.F.A. in dance. She has been teaching dance to ages 2 through adults steadily now since 2007, including three years as Associate Director of Hudson Dance and Movement where she helped develop their curriculum. Many of her ballet students have gone on to be accepted into the School of American Ballet, American Ballet Theatre’s school, and Ballet Academy East in New York City.

Her professional experience includes dancing for Kelley Donovan and Dancers, and Nikki Manx Dance Project in New York City, New Jersey, and Boston. Her choreography has been presented at the Boulder International Fringe Festival, the Philadelphia Fringe Festival, and many venues and festivals throughout New York City and New Jersey. She is also a licensed Massage Therapist in New York. Laura looks forward to bringing her passion for and knowledge of movement to children while continuing her own education as a teacher.