Meet your Staff

Rachael Trexler
Rachael has been dancing for over 25 years. Taking classes at a variety of studios throughout the Lehigh Valley, Rachael has had the privelege of performing in Disney, on cruise ships, in Las Vegas, and more. After studying dance at West Chester University, with a primary focus in Modern, Rachael began teaching styles of jazz, contemporary, lyrical, hip hop, and tap. Her choreography has received many awards such as the regional choreographer award for "stations", regional choreographer award for "sandman", regional choreographer award for "haunted forrest", regional choreographer award for "I Found God", true commitment award for "soldier", true entertainment award for "nightmare", true commitment award for "praying" and more. Her teams have received highest overall scores on both regional and national levels for her soloists, her trios, and her groups. Rachael puts a heavy focus on choreography, creating images and stories with her students, and breaking down movement and intention.
Coupled with her experience is her passion to teach and her love to watch all of her kids grow and express themselves. She is looking forward to continuing the creation experience with all current and prospective students!

Robert Trexler
Robert is a 17-year veteran of the Lehigh Valley theatre community, appearing in over 25 productions. He was most recently seen as Colonel Mustard in "Clue" at Cedar Crest Collage and in the titular role of Vince Lombard in “Lombardi” at Northampton Community College. Other notable roles include Jackie Elliot in “Billy Elliot the Musical” (Civic Theatre of Allentown), Dennis Dupree in “Rock of Ages”(Civic), Michael Novak in “God of Carnage”(Civic), Sam Byck in “Assassins” (Civic), The Monster in “Young Frankenstein” (Civic), Amos Hart in “Chicago” (Cedar Crest College), and Dave Bukatinsky in “The Full Monty” (Civic). Robert has also appeared in three films, most notably as the timekeeper in “Creed 2”.

Jaedon Muhl
Jaedon Muhl is a renowned performer and choreographer. Most recently, he assistant directed and choreographed Cabaret for Dieruff High School. The production earned 11 Freddy nominations winning 3 awards, a full tuition scholarship for one of his students and an internship at Civic Theatre for another student. Jaedon has choreographed many shows including Suessical, Bright Star and Gypsy. Notable acting credits include Squidward in The SpongeBob Musical, Sheldon in The Prom, and Bobby in A Chorus Line. Jaedon has performed and choreographed for Civic Theatre of Allentown, The Ephrata Performing Arts Center, The Pennsylvania Playhouse and MunOpCo Music Theatre. He has been nominated for 7 Broadway World Regional Awards for his performances and choreography.

Caylee Swinger
Caylee Swinger has been dancing for over 15 years. She grew up in dance studios in the Lehigh Vally, and completed her dance studio career under B.U. Studios. She attended the Lehigh Valley Charter Arts High School where she studied the styles of Ballet, Modern, and Jazz. She is furthering her education at Moravian where she is focusing her efforts on childhood pyschology while taking master classes at Steps on Broadway in New York City

Georgia Kotze
Ballet
Georgia instructs our Ballet level 2 and 3 classes, emphasizing technique, terminology, and across-the-floor exercises. While studying at Lehigh Valley Charter Arts High School, she also competed as a dancer in the Lehigh Valley, participating in various competitions along the East Coast. Her passion for dance drives her to share her knowledge with the younger generation.
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Dana Dominko
Dana brings over 30 years of experience in acro, gymnastics, acro for dance, and park. As a member of the Acro Dance Teachers Association, she is dedicated to teaching proper acro techniques and clean transitions to children and dance studios across the Lehigh Valley. Dana's main objective is to help kids understand how to use their muscles correctly while building the confidence and skills needed to tackle beginner, intermediate, and advanced movements. We are excited to have Dana as part of our studio team.

Crystal Williams
Crystal studied dance at Marianne's School of dance at the age of 4. She was a member of their competition team and eventually became a teacher. She has taught at other studios throughout the years. Crystal is on the board of directors for Munopco music theatre company in Allentown. Crystal has been performing with Munopco since 1994. Other than performing, you can see her choreographing shows and dances. She has performed in Walt Disney World and Caesars Palaces resorts.
She is thrilled to be at B U Dance studios and teach our youth

Lulu Shipman
Modern, Jazz and Company
Lulu Shipman participated in local studios throughout her elementary, middle, and high school years. She graduated from B.U. Studios and is now pursuing further education with an emphasis on teaching younger children. With a deep passion for dance, she enjoys crafting imagery and through movement. Lulu is enhancing her dance education by attending master classes at Steps on Broadway in New York City.

Jasmine Morrison
Jasmine is a creative director for all things dance, raised in Queens, NY. Credits as a dancer include Annita, Lizzo, Netflix, SiriusXM Radio, Yitty, the BET Awards, the MTV VMAs, and more. Her biggest opportunity was being casted on the Emmy Winning reality TV show on Prime Video: "Lizzo's Watch Out for the Big Girrrls". Aside from being a professional dancer, she has been a dance instructor for 15+ years, teaching around the east coast at dance studios, like En Motion Theater Company, TKO Dance Company, Devore Dance Center, Star Legacy Dance Center, and Eleve Dance Theater. Her work has performed on the Apollo stage, Starpower, Step Up 2 Dance, and more. Jasmine's goal is to empower people through dance while fostering performance skills along the way.

Ty Macleod
Ty Macleod is a graduated senior from the Lehigh Valley Charter Arts High School. Ty grew up in dance studios in the Lehigh Valley and completed his dance studio career under B.U. Studios. He is currently attending Shenadoah University, studying to get his BFA in Dance.

Amanda Swinger
Office and Finance Manager
My name is Amanda! I am married have one daughter, 2 pups and 2 chickens. I am no stranger to the dance community. My daughter has been dancing since the age of 8. I previously managed a dance studio for several years and prior to that I coached a cheerleading squad. I work full time as an authorization specialist for LVHN and I am a server at Berlinsville hotel part time. In my free time I enjoy….oh who am I kidding I don’t have free time! Which is why I am back in action at the studio even though my daughter is done dancing!