Victory School of the Arts
TEACHING STAFF

Christine Comtois
Dance Instructor for Victory School of the Arts
Christine Comtois, a recent graduate from University of Central Oklahoma, has been dancing since the age of 3. Her passion for dance and love of children lead her to teaching at the age of 14. By 16, she was choreographing theater production numbers as well as competition numbers. At the age of 17, she won her most treasured award "Up and Coming Choreographer" at I Love Dance Competition. In college, Christine honed her technique in Jazz, Modern and Ballet; she also took several classes to enhance her teaching ability. Christine's most recent performances include Victory's Worship DVD "Wait",  Perpetual Motion's annual concert and played "Anybodys" in Midwest Regional Ballet Theatre's production of "West Side Story." 

Steven Jesseph
Music Instructor for Victory School of the Arts
Steve has been playing guitar since he was 14 years old with Christian music groups, home fellowships, and church worship teams. He currently serves on the Victory Church worship team as an acoustic guitarist. His vision is to take others, who want to worship God through music, to a higher level. 

Starla Jones
Dance Instructor for Victory School of the Arts
EMAIL: coming soon!
Starla has been dancing for over 15 years, studying since she was a child in her home state of New Mexico. While in New Mexico, Starla performed in The Nutcracker with guest performers from National Classical Ballet of Mexico and Lubbock Ballet Theatre. She served as an Assistant Teacher for several years before moving to Oklahoma. Starla has been a faithful member of VSA as dancer and Assistant Teacher for many years, as well as a member of the Victory Church Worship Dance Team. She attends Victory Church and is also involved with Hannah's Promise, a ministry that provides childcare for parents of children with special needs.



Melissa Kendall
Dance Instructor for Victory School of the Arts
Bio Coming Soon!

Lorriana Lee
Dance Instructor for Victory School of the Arts
EMAIL: lorriana@victorydance.tv
Lorriana started ballet and gymnastics at 5 years of age at The Madame Edgcumbe School of  Dance in California. She danced in the Vallejo Ballet Company's Nutcracker at 7 years old. At age 8, she moved overseas to Turkey. She took dance and gymnastics on base at the AYA on Incirlik AFB, Turkey. Later moving to Oklahoma City, Lorriana danced at Ballet Oklahoma for one year. At age 12, she began dancing at The Dancenter and stayed until age 25, eventually teaching there. In 1987, she was accepted to the Oklahoma Summer Arts Institute at Quartz Mountain for Modern Dance. She has acted and performed in musicals at USAO in Chickasha, including Oklahoma!, The Music Man, and A Midsummer Night’s Dream. In 2003, she began taking classes at Victory School of the Arts and joined the Victory Worship Dance Team. This is her second year on staff at VSA teaching Worship Dance and substituting in other dance classes when needed. We love Lorriana’s spirit and are so honored to have her as part of our team. 

Natalie Lewis
Dance Instructor for Victory School of the Arts
Natalie Lewis has toured in every major city across the USA, internationally, including Holland, Singapore, and Maylasia and Africa. She was also a company member of Ad Deum Dance Company. She performed with Carman as dance captain on the Heart of A Champion tour and LFO on the Summer Girls tour. Along with teaching at the Millennium in Hollywood, she currently has been on staff with Dance Revolution since 2002 teaching Jazz and Hip Hop, and faculty with Ad Deum and Project Dance. Other credits include television, theatre, and industrials with names like Nickelodeon, Paramount, Chevrolet, Clariol and Logics.

Tori Lucas
Dance Instructor for Victory School of the Arts
Bio Coming Soon!

   
Ashley Murphy
Dance Instructor for Victory School of the Arts
EMAIL: ashley@victorydance.tv
Ashley has danced for 20 years and has taught for 13 years. Ashley graduated Summa Cum Laude with her degree in Dance Education from the University of Central Oklahoma where she was a member of the UCO Kaleidoscope Dance Company. She has danced professionally with Prairie Dance Theatre and choreographed for Council Road Baptist Church, Moore Public School Choirs, and Perpetual Motion Dance Company.

 
Jennifer Stevenson
Dance Instructor for Victory School of the Arts
EMAIL: jennifer@victorydance.tv
Jennifer has studied dance for over 20 years and studied at the collegiate-level at UCO. In 2005, Jennifer received her teaching certification through Dance Masters of America. Jennifer is on demand as both a teacher and choreographer as she has choreographed for Jewel Box Theatre, Frontier City, American College Dance Festival, UCO's Kaleidoscope Dance Company, and remains on staff as a choreographer for Six Flags Theme Parks. In Summer 2006, Jennifer served as Director for the Edmond Summerstock production of 'Grease'.

Jessica Taylor
Dance Instructor for Victory School of the Arts
Jessica Taylor attended the State University of New York at Brockport to complete her Master of Arts in Dance Education with k-12 certification.  Since 1995, she has been a dance specialist, program originator, and guest artist in residence at public and private schools in Illinois, Utah, New York, and Oklahoma.  While at SUNY Brockport, she held the position of Graduate Teaching Assistant.  She taught at the Buffalo Academy of Visual and Performing Arts in Buffalo, NY and was teaching artist in residence for DanceWise, a Project Grant in Putnam City, OK.  She is a dance company member with Perpetual Motion, Modern Dance Oklahoma.  Jessica has performed at notable professional venues such as: the Contemporary Dance Collective Series 2004 and 2005, ArtWalk Festival 2004, and the Image Movement Sound Festival 2004 in Rochester, NY and at the Tulsa Living Arts New Genre Festival 2007, the Oklahoma Contemporary Dance Festival 2007 and 2008, the Centennial Dance Celebration 2007, Quartz Mountain 2007, and the Tao of Motion Performance 2008 in Oklahoma.