Our Staff
Kristen Schaefer
Studio Director
Kristen grew up outside of Philadelphia, PA where she developed a love for dance at the young age of five. She started with a ballet/tap combo class and every year added another class to her schedule. Before her mother knew it, she was spending 20 hours a week in the dance studio growing her passion for dance. Kristen has had the opportunity to study multiple styles of dance including Ballet, Pointe, Tap, Jazz, Lyrical, Modern, Contemporary and Acro.
Her love of dance grew as she began to enter to the competition circuit, and take classes at workshops across the United States learning under world reknown choreographers such as Mia Michaels, Ray Leaper, Frank Hatchett, and Finish Jhung. Living in the East Coast also afforded many opportunities to take classes at Famous Broadway Dance Center in New York. She also has also taken classes in Boston, Los Angeles, and South Carolina.
In addition to dancing competitively Kristen was also a Varsity Cheerleader in High School. Upon completing High School, Kristen was selected as a member of the World Famous Kilgore College Rangerettes where she was a member of the 62nd line. As a Rangerette Kristen was selected to be a part of their elite dance group the Swingsters, and was selected as an Officer her Sophomore year to lead the group. Some of her featured performance opporunities as a Rangerette include: The Cotton Bowl, Chicago’s Jingle Elf Parade, and the Indianapolis 500 to name a few. While at Kilgore Kristen also served as President and Secretary of the Dance Club, and held a dance scholarship in the dance department. During this time Kristen also worked with Starmaker Dance and Performance camps across the U.S. teaching and judging line and officer camps, as well as private camps.
After Kilgore, Kristen was accepted into Texas A&M Univeristy where she continued pursuing a dance degree. While at A&M Kristen was part of the EmSu Dance Company. In 2006 before finishing up her Minor Degree, Kristen was asked to be a featured performer for ACDFA in Utah.Soon after graduation Kristen was hired by KBTX in Bryan/College Station as a General Assignments TV News Reporter. Her work has been featured on CNN and MSNBC and earned her recognition from the Associated Press. As a reporter she covered everything from Health to Hurricanes and developed a passion for telling stories and engaging people in the news. Her dance/performance background served her well in LIVE television broadcasts. While working as a reporter Kristen also still taught dance and choreography at local high schools and drill teams.
After moving to the Humble/Kingwood area in 2010 Kristen soon opened up her Photography Studio, Nestalgia Photography, which has had a home on Main St in Humble since 2012. She began teaching at a local dance studio soon after that acting as Asst Director for the competition team. Kristen has gone on to work with several teams, and soloists. Many of her students have been High Score finalists, title winners, and has won choreography accolades across the state. But what Kristen values the most is that God has given her the passion to mentor dancers and get to know them individually year after year.
In June 2016 Kristen opened up Revolution Dance Center in Porter, Texas. Since she was a little girl Kristen dreamed of owning her own studio. God opened major doors for her to be able to find a spot, and establish a team of dancers join her in this exciting adventure. She can’t wait to see where God directs her path with the studio as we enter year four, season five. Kristen resides in Kingwood, Texas with her two sons and husband. She feels super blessed to get to do her two passions and call them her job! It truly is a calling from God she hopes to pass down to her students.
Andreea Mateescu
Ballet Instructor
Andreea is an internationally-recognized, classically-trained ballerina from Europe. She has
been featured as a soloist ballerina at the “Ion Dacian” Opera House in Bucharest, the capital of
Romania, and has been featured and choreographed for shows, travelling all over the world.
She also choreographed and produced the shows for some of the top artists in Romania.
Andreea received her dance instruction from several notable ballet teachers, including the
Russian’s Bolshoi Theater ballerina Motovilova, while training at the Arts College Constanta,
and Oleg Danovski at the “Oleg Danovski Ballet Theater” in Constanta, Romania. Andreea was
named as a Lead Choreographer and Costume Designer to the Bucharest-based Globus Circus
where she worked for over seven years, choreographing circus and dance acts, designing the
lights and music of the shows, and also designing the costumes.
She introduced children to dance as a Ballet Teacher and Choreographer in Romania, Australia
and the United States.
Andreea has received numerous awards and prizes, including the Bucharest Mayor Prize for the
best Dance performance in 2010 and 2 times winner of the Bronze Clown Award at the Monte
Carlo Circus Festival for Choreography and outstanding performance. Andreea loves teaching
children and sharing with them the love she has for ballet, dance art and performance. She is
now excited to be in America as a ballet, dance teacher and choreographer.
Her skills are recognized by The American Guild of Musical Artists, opening a path for her
successful career!
Jennifer Bradley
Hip Hop Instructor
The Houston, TX native has an extensive background in commercial dance, theater, drill team, studio management, adjudicating, film and commercial print work.
Jennifer developed her commercial dance training in LA’s notable dance studios such as Edge Performing Arts Center and Millennium Dance Complex. In Houston, TX Jennifer trained at So Real Performing Arts Center later competing at World of Dance as a company member, she also trained at Planet Funk Academy where she later became a director and choreographed works performed at the Hobby Center, the International Film Festival and Great Day Houston.
Jennifer is a former “Miss High Kick” KFHS Goldduster, she competed and attend numerous dance camps under the direction of Shannon Brewer Fisch and Leila Mull.
Jennifer developed her commercial print background at Page Parkes Agency where she studied acting and film. She’s been featured in Health and Fitness Magazine and ENVY Magazine as a featured dancer and choreographer.
To date Jennifer is heavily involved in music industry conferences across the globe giving her insight towards the direction of the music industry. She has been featured in over 15 music videos as seen on BET, VH1and MTV including some of the industry’s hottest recording artists such as UK artist Shelley Harland, Paul Wall, Slim Thug, Rick Ross and many more.
The choreographer made a name for herself with her groundbreaking hip hop choreography and her unparalleled intensives. Jennifer’s choreography has not only been featured in music videos but at the El Portal Theater in Los Angeles, CA, World of Dance, Miss Texas Pageants, Super Bowl LIII celebrity event in Atlanta, GA, The Ala Moana Center in Honolulu, HI, Danscape, Houston Rockets Halftime, the Health and Fitness Magazine Expo and a variety of regional and national dance competitions.
The driven educator has a passion for sharing her knowledge teaching master classes, workshops and intensives. Given Jennifer’s experience managing one of the world’s leading franchise studio’s, Millennium Dance Complex in TX, Jennifer established an artist development company, Innovation by Jennifer LLC which offers artist development services and studio management consulting.
Jennifer is currently an adjudicator for 8 NATIONAL TALENT, Legacy Dance Championships, Danceline Productions and she is currently training students of all levels in hip hop, jazz, contemporary, lyrical, heels and body conditioning throughout the Greater Houston Area and beyond. She is thoroughly committed to developing the growth of aspiring artists from all walks of life through the Innovation Tour one 8 count at a time.
Rebecca Estrada
Contemporary Instructor
Rebecca Estrada realized early on that her life purpose was in education. As a first generation high school graduate and college attendee, she always set her mind on coming back to her community and being that teacher that inspired her and gave her quality lessons both in and out of the classroom. Lessons that continue to guide her today as she educates the next generation of dancers and choreographers.
Rebecca is a graduate from Sam Houston State University where she obtained a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Dance and minored in Spanish. She had the opportunity to perform all over the country, assist in setting collegiate works at universities, perform with the SHSU dance company and received a dance scholarship while attending SHSU. She began her career at her alma mater, Aldine ISD in Houston, Texas. There she was a Dance Teacher and Company Co-Director at Carver Magnet High School where she was part of a team that focused on pre-collegiate dance study and artistry. She Co-directed the Award-Winning Aldine Dance Company and had her choreography featured for the Mayor and City of Houston.
She directed her own dance company while working for the Magnet Vertical at Houston Academy. Rebecca recently joined the Revolution Dance Center Staff as a contemporary teacher and choreographer for RDC competition teams. Rebecca has had her choreography win multiple awards and accolades at both the Regional and National level. When not in the dance room,
Rebecca is a Dual Language teacher in New Caney ISD where she has been recognized as Teacher of the Year, serves on multiple school and district committees and has written district math curriculum online lessons for the NCISD 5th Graders.
Rebecca thrives on incorporating her diverse background to develop classroom and dance lessons that promote confidence, life long learners, and a fun and safe learning environment that encourages ALL students to explore and dive into new experiences.