Alyssa Fadelli
Instructor
Alyssa started dancing with Vacaville Ballet at the age of 3. She kept dancing with them and eventually became part of the company as a corps de ballet member from 2017-2020, dancing in roles such as Spanish Hot Chocolate in The Nutcracker and a Storm in Mutiny!. Wanting to gain experience in other dance genres, she made the decision to start dancing at another studio. While at this studio, Alyssa studied jazz, lyrical, hiphop, as well as continuing ballet. Once she graduated, Alyssa made her way back to her original home… Vacaville Ballet! She is currently still performing in VBC’s productions and continues to take ballet classes at the studio.
Mikaila Henning
Instructor
Mikaila began dancing at the age of seven at Sacramento Academy of Dance, where she trained in the Cecchetti method for ten years. In her final year, she had the honor of dancing the role of Clara in The Nutcracker. While Clara was a dream role, her favorite parts to perform were the Candy Cane and the Doll because she loved making the audience laugh. During her training, she also participated in the Sacramento Ballet’s eight-week Intensive. She earned her Bachelor’s degree in Psychology and has a strong passion for working with children. She currently works as a nanny, where she has discovered not only how much she enjoys teaching and encouraging children, but also how much they teach her in return. By taking the time to truly listen to children, she has learned valuable lessons about creativity, resilience, curiosity, and seeing the world through their eyes.
Mikaila is excited to be teaching Pre-Ballet classes as well as the upcoming parent-and-toddler class, Toddler Twirlers, where she looks forward to sharing her love of dance while fostering music, imagination, confidence, and encouraging active listening in every class.
No matter how much time passes, she always seems to find her way back to the ballet studio, and she is thrilled to now be returning to the ballet world as a teacher.
Jules Magistrado
Instructor
Jules started dancing ballet at the age of 5. She trained for 13 years at Benicia Ballet, as well as attending multiple summer intensives. At Benicia Ballet, Jules performed the role of Cinderella in Cinderella, the Songbird Fairy and Silver Jewel in Sleeping Beauty, as well as other roles as part of the corps de ballet in Swan Lake, Don Quixote, Coppelia, and Carnival of the Animals. Jules has developed a passion for teaching, working as a teaching assistant and choreographer at Benicia Ballet for several years. Since graduation, she continues to dance ballet and contemporary, as dance will always be her passion.
Phia Price
Instructor
Phia’s first ballet experience began at the age of 6, where she performed as a Gingerbread in The Nutcracker with VBC. After a lengthy break, Phia started dancing again when she was 10 where she performed jazz and lyrical pieces with a competitive company. She started taking ballet classes at age 12, and quickly fell back in love with it. In 2022, she rediscovered VBC and auditioned for The Nutcracker, where she performed as several supporting roles. Shortly after, Phia started taking classes with VBC and officially joined the company in 2023. Since then, she has been featured as lead roles such as the Snow Queen and Dew Drop Fairy in The Nutcracker, the Scarecrow in The Wizard of Oz, and Bertie and Mary Poppins in Mary Poppins. Along with her own dance experience, Phia is extremely passionate about teaching and has been teaching classes since 2024, where she started as an assistant before acquiring her own classes.
David Richards
Instructor
David Richards began his dancing under Iacob Lascu at the Lascu School of Ballet in Bloomfield Hills, MI. While earning his degree in Industrial Design at the College for Creative Studies in Detroit, he also danced on full scholarship at the ballet school and performed in many full scale ballets, including The Nutcracker, Sleeping Beauty, and the opera Aida and performed as a guest performer with the National Ballet of Canada as part of Lascu’s performing company. After obtaining his Industrial Design degree, David attended the Pacific Northwest Ballet School as a full scholarship summer student and accepted their invitation to study year round where he performed with the company in their Nutcracker. David’s professional career included dancing for San Jose Cleveland Ballet, Hartford Ballet, and other engagements after relocating to the Bay Area.
David began teaching ballet in 2006 where he discovered a passion for helping students of all ages and levels grow as dancers. He currently teaches ballet at the San Ramon Valley Dance Academy and at Jazz N’ Taps as well as teaching visual arts at the Vallejo Charter School and Mare Island Health and Fitness Academy.
Chloe Thornbrugh
Instructor
Chloe began training at the Vacaville Ballet Theatre at the age of 6. In 2013 she joined the Vacaville Ballet Company, performing her favorite roles of “First Mate” in “Mutiny!”, “Snow Queen” from “the Nutcracker”, and the “Wicked Witch” from the “Wizard of Oz”. She attended summer intensives such as American Ballet Theatre, Ballet West, and Kaatsbaan Extreme Ballet Intensive, where she was able to receive training from professional dancers including Sascha Radetsky, Stella Abrera, Kathryn Morgan, Katlyn Addison, and many more. She was also able to receive training from ABT’S director Kevin Mackenzie, and Martine van Hamel. She was accepted to Nashville Ballet companies’ pre professional training program in 2020. Miss Chloe is a Pointe Safe Certified Instructor.