Sierra - Owner

Sierra has been dancing since age three and has been teaching for almost 15 years. Her training includes many years of tap, jazz, ballet, hip-hop, contemporary, and other styles. Sierra has achieved her Bachelor of Science in Kinesiology as well as minors in Spanish and Dance from San Diego State University. Her passion for teaching extends further than just the steps. In her classes, she strives to not only produce wonderful dancers but, more importantly, create wonderful people.

Bella- Cheer

Bella was born and raised in Ventura, CA, and has been cheering since the age of 7. She started her cheer career with the Ventura Packers and Buccaneers sideline cheer teams, and made the switch over to competitive cheer shortly after. She cheered competitively with the California Allstars for 5 years before finishing off her cheer career at Ventura high school, where she was on Varsity for 3 years, and served as Varsity captain her senior year. She is a recent graduate from Cal Poly San Luis Obispo, where she earned a Bachelor of Science in Environmental Engineering. She loves coaching cheer at the studio because it allows her to share her love of cheer with her students!

Chloe - Tap & Ballet Combo, Tap, Office 

Chloe was born and raised in Ventura, CA, and has been studying jazz, tap, and ballet since she was three years old. She trained as a teacher's assistant and has been a teacher now for over 10 years. Chloe attended VHS where she was on the dance team all four years, and a captain her senior year. Chloe is an alumna of Pure Joy Moving Company and has done multiple shows with the Ventura College Dance Program. She looks forward to meeting our wonderful families while teaching and working the office here at Billy Clower.

Sage - Jazz, Acro, Contemporary 

Sage is a Director, Choreographer, and Teacher; born and raised in Ventura, CA she has studied dance for over 20 years. With over 10 years of teaching experience, she has studied dance pedagogy at multiple institutions. Sage is an alumna of Pure Joy Moving Company, former Captain of Ventura High School Dance Team, and an alumna of the Ventura College Dance Program, where she was assistant to the head of the Dance Department, a featured choreographer, and an associate producer for multiple Ventura College Dance Productions. Her choreography has appeared throughout the country, including on the East Coast where she was the head of the Dance Department at a prestigious Summer Camp. She is currently the Drama Director at Santa Clara High School, where she Produces, Directs, and Choreographs at least two full musical productions per year. She continues to share her love of dance and theatre through her teaching at Billy Clower.

Sylvester - Hip Hop

Sylvester started freestyling as a kid and learned about choreography in his senior year of high school when he joined a local hip-hop team. He continues to train in LA when he can, in order to keep growing as an instructor and dancer. Sly loves the family-friendly environment of Billy Clower and how hungry the kids are to learn new things. In addition to teaching Hip Hop, Sylvester is the director of our award-winning Billy Clower Dance Company. Under his guidance, our hip hop team has received the Hip Hop Genre Award and Best In Show Award at Adrenaline, the Best Overall Elite Senior Division, Judges Choice at Rainbow Dance and was voted the #2 Dance Troupe in Ventura County.

Cassidy- Tap

Cassidy started dancing at the age of 3. Early on her instructors saw her potential in tap, and she started performing (and winning) tap solos in competitions at the age of 9. By the age of 17, she began taking classes at the Lou Conte School of Dance in Chicago, IL, and was asked to audition for a professional tap company as an understudy. Upon auditioning, Cassidy became a full member of the Chicago Tap Theatre. She performed in the midwest and toured the south of France with them for 4 years. During this time she taught students throughout the Chicagoland area, most notably at the Joel Hall Dance Studio. She also attended Columbia College Chicago as a dance major. After moving to Ventura County, She spent a season performing with the tap group Pumping Metal in Oxnard, and has since performed with the band Noble Creatures and poet Lady May, and has had her taps recorded as musical accompaniment. She has taught at the Ojai Recreation Center, was a featured guest choreographer and teacher for multiple years at Nordoff High School, and is on faculty at Encore Dance Studio in Santa Paula. In January 2017, Cassidy opened her own dance studio/performance venue, Ojai Arts Exchange, with her musician, singer/songwriter, and producer husband Bernie Larsen. Cassidy instructs group classes & private lessons in tap, ballet, and jazz. Bernie and Cassidy perform all over Southern California as a duo; he plays guitar and sings and she performs improvisational tap.

Maddie - Ballet, Contemporary & Tap & Ballet Combo

Maddie grew up in Ventura County and has been dancing for 17 years. Her love for dancing began at Oakley ballet center and later she spent summers dancing with Joffrey Ballet at their summer intensives. She currently is a freelance dancer, and a hairstylist at Rise Salon in Ojai along with instructing  at Billy Clower. She has performed in a wide variety of ballet productions ranging from The Nutcracker to Cinderella and hopes to continue performing for as long as she can. Her love for dance has translated into teaching as she completes her AA in Dance at Ventura College. 

Keen - Hip Hop

Joaquin began dancing his junior year of high school. He then went on to join many local and LA based teams, training and competing in many styles.  He found that he enjoyed Hip-Hop and Freestyle the most. Joaquins passion for teaching his students not only includes dance itself, but how to be confident & unique people.

Kyle- Office 

Kyle works as our Office Manager and loves to help out with classes wherever needed. He has been dancing for many years, and working with Billy Clower since 2022. Kyle looks forward to helping you with everything from choosing the right classes, to boutique orders, keeping the studio clean, and helping with recital production! He can't wait to meet you and your kiddos!!!

Kerri- Ballet, & Pointe 

Kerri began her dance training at age 3 at Jill Johnson’s Dance Studio and trained rigorously in classical ballet at Oakley Ballet Center. She attended summer intensive programs with Ballet Pacifica, Ballet Austin, and Joffrey Ballet and apprenticed with Joffrey Ballet in 2009 where she performed both classical and contemporary works. She danced professionally for companies such as Zen Arts, Quixotic, Insomniac, Sensation, and Bienale Danza. Kerri has over 14 years of experience teaching ballet and she is a certified Progressing Ballet Technique instructor. From

2016-2021 she worked as the artistic director of Aviano Community Ballet Theater in northern Italy where she choreographed and directed full-length productions. Kerri graduated from California State University Channel Islands in 2014 with a bachelor's degree in psychology and a minor in performing arts. In 2020 she graduated from California Southern University with her master's degree in psychology and she is currently beginning her doctoral degree in clinical psychology. Kerri integrates her knowledge of psychology in her teaching methodology and she emphasizes training dancers in both strong technique and positive motivational strategies. 

 Nevaeh - Cheer, & Acro 

Nevaeh has been doing competitive cheer since she was 10 years old. She’s competed at Summit, Worlds and other popular competitions. She’s been coaching for 2 years and absolutely loves it! Her love for cheer is like no other. Nevaeh's favorite thing about cheer is tumbling! Her goal for her coaching career is to educate kids on how to tumble, and base correctly and safely. Nevaeh is a senior at Foothill Technology High School and wants to major in the medical field . She is motivated to help kids get new skills, and be confident in everything that they do!