About Us
We started our dance program to give opportunities for dance to be accessible to the community in a nurturing, positive, and creative environment. With a Performance Troupe and a recreational dance program, each student will find the right training for their dance goals. Our unique performance Troupe is designed to inspire, engage, and excite young minds and give them the opportunity to perform multiple times a year around the community. Our open recreational classes are for anyone who has dance in their heart. All dancers are embraced at Looking Glass Dance Academy, where our goal is to help you become the dancer you were meant to be.
Our Team
Eliza Kellberg Eliza has been dancing since the age of 10 when she was introduced to Jazz at The French Woods Performing Arts Camp in New York. In 2016, she received her degree in dance from the University of North Carolina at Asheville. Over the past 20 years she has studied with such notable dancers as Joyce Stahl, Denis Hyland, Ann Dunn, Tricia Renshaw, Fleming Lomax, and Allison Hertzberg, among others. She has studied gymnastics, ballet, pointe, jazz, hip-hop, contemporary ballet, and character dance. Eliza has danced with the Coffee Mill Dance Studio in her hometown of Key West, Florida, the Burklyn Ballet Theatre in Vermont, the Key West High School Competition Colorguard and Eurythmics Team, the local Key West Dance Team, and the Asheville Academy of Ballet. She has studied at Steps on Broadway and Broadway Dance Center in New York City. Eliza has performed in the Dirty Dancing Festival at Lake Lure for several years, has performed many times with The Asheville Ballet, and has been a member of the Trillium Dance Company. She worked at Vance Elementary teaching dance in the after-school enrichment program. Eliza is a ballet, tap, jazz, modern and contemporary instructor and teaches all ages at the beginning and intermediate levels. Currently, Eliza teaches at WNC Dance Academy and runs the dance program at Looking Glass Dance Academy. Teaching and making connections with students are inspiring and rewarding experiences for her. She believes that dance is a wonderful experience for people of all ages and can express creativity like nothing else.
Megan McDonald Megan McDonald is a tap and theatre dancer who has trained and performed in North Carolina and New York. She trained at Asheville Center of Performing Arts and then at Steps on Broadway with Ray Hesselink, Randy Skinner, Kat Ponza and Josh Bergasse. She has also trained with the Radio City Rockettes and with tap teachers Alan O’Nickel and the late Harold Cromer. She performed with Untapped Little Rock in several Legends of Rhythm shows as Ann Miller and was a featured tap dancer in The Melody Lingers On: A Musical Review of Irving Berlin and La Comedia’s Holiday Celebration. In Asheville, she has enjoyed being able to take part in the Nutcracker and the Dirty Dancing Festival with the Asheville Ballet and being able to gather dancers together to perform for nursing homes in the area. Megan is the Cofounder of Looking Glass Dancers Society.
Jacy Gauthier Jacy Gauthier is an assistant dance instructor as well as a dance mom. She is currently studyinhg for her elementary school teacher licensure. New to Western North Carolina, she enjoys dancing along with her daughter and is excited to be a part of Looking Glass Dance Academy.