Faculty


Melanie Kregel

Melanie S. Kregel


Melanie is the owner of Metamorphosis Dance Academy and co-founder of Austin Metamorphosis Dance Ensemble. Melanie began her training in Victoria, Texas with Debbe Busby and continued there as a member of Victoria Ballet Theatre from 1984 to 1993. She has done summer study at the Boston Ballet and The Joffrey Workshop TX. She holds a B.A. in Dance Pedagogy from Butler University.



Melissa Glouchkova

Melissa Glouchkova


Melissa Glouchkova has been teaching ballet for the past 23 years. Her teaching experience includes Corpus Christi Concert Ballet, Ballet Academy, Texas Ballet Concerto, Tapestry Dance Company and Academy where she was a company member for 10 years, Rodnichok Vorkuta, Russia (guest teacher) and currently at Metamorphosis Dance Academy and Premiere Dance Academy.



Katrina Kutsch

Katrina Kutsch


Katrina Kutsch, a native of Austin, Texas, began her dance training at the age of three under the direction of Lucretia Lomax Alvarez at The Dance Studio. There she studied Ballet, Jazz, Tap, and Lyrical and was blessed to receive training from Svetlana Krylova, Brenna Kuhn, and Amanda Booth-Neidhardt. In 2004 she expanded her training to include Ballet and Jazz at the newly established Metamorphosis Dance Academy.



Alyssa Hook

Alyssa Hook


Alyssa Hook received training from the Austin Conservatory of the Arts and currently makes Metamorphosis Dance Academy her studio home. She has trained under professional dancers Ann Arnoult and Dana Lewis. Alyssa attends Texas State University and is working towards her degree in Exercise and Sports Science while dancing alongside all the beautiful dancers of the Austin Metamorphosis Dance Ensemble.