Miss Caitlin has 22 years of dance experience and she has spent the last 10 years as a dance educator. She began her teaching career as an assistant and guest teacher for 5 years and in 2008 joined the Motion Express staff as a full time instructor. Miss Caitlin was a troupe member and soloist with Dance Force and was the recipient of multiple first place, judges’ choice and special awards, including a gold trophy at the 2002 International Dance Challenge in Las Vegas. Most recently Miss Caitlin has studied photography at the School of the Art Institute in Chicago.

While in Chicago she continued her studies in dance with several renowned choreographers and teachers. She studied at the Lou Conte Dance Studio, Joel Hall Dance Center with Joel Hall, Nick Pupillo and Kelly Ann Vitacca and at Visceral Dance Chicago with Nick Pupillo.

As a choreographer for Dance Force Miss Caitlin has received many special judges awards and entertainment awards over the years and her dancers have placed consistently in the overall high scores at many regional and national dance competitions.

In 2011, Miss Caitlin along with Miss Andrea were privileged to have their choreography win “video of the year” for the St. Louis region.

Miss Caitlin is also a coach and choreographer for Power Club Express and has choreographed routines that have won gold medals at both National and International competitions. Most recently she had the privilege of choreographing an acro gymnastics routine for the popular NBC show “America’s Got Talent”.

In addition to teaching and choreographing, Miss Caitlin is a talented costume, props and accessories designer. Her photography and costume work can be seen on her website www.caitlinleonard.com.