Katrinka Stayton is a sought after competitive dance choreographer as well as judge and master teacher. Katrinka is  currently the Director of Dance Lab Omaha  and teaches for Omaha Academy of Ballet and Dance Dynamics and is the new Dance Director for Lewis Central High School. She was previously on Faculty for Midland University. Ms. Stayton has trained with Ballet Omaha, University of Iowa, Steps on Broadway and Broadway Dance Center.  Katrinka then went on to perform with Joffery Ballet, Moscow Ballet, Dayton Ballet, Central Dance Theatre,  and Brooklyn Dance Consort.  Ms. Stayton also started a successful dance company in Omaha, NE called Project Diva and Dance Lab Omaha. Katrinka specializes in ballet and contemporary and jazz competitive choreography and teaches contemporary, ballet, partnering, pointe, jazz, jazz/funk, leaps and turns, pilates, yoga, barre and tumbling.  Ms. Stayton has choreographed and taught for ballet schools in the US and France, competition teams, universities, opera companies,  dance companies, and high school dance programs. Her students including JoJo Siwa have appeared on Abby’s Ultimate Dance Competition,  Dance Moms, Nickelodeon, Alvin Ailey, and  many Broadway National Tours, and the super bowl.