Our Instructors

  • Hailey Smith

    Owner/Director

    Hailey Smith is a native of Jacksonville and began dancing at the age of 3. She is now the co-owner and director of her first and only dance home, Bravo School of Dance. Hailey has studied all forms of dance, and has a passion for Ballet, Contemporary and Modern. She has had the opportunity to learn from many teachers including Rebecca Levy, Dulce Anaya, Laurie Byrd, Alex Wong and Carlos Garland, all of whom have strengthened her technique and love for dance. 

    Hailey began competitive dance at the age of 7 and received many high awards. In addition to competing, she has also performed in many local productions and has held several roles in the Community and First Coast Nutcrackers.

    Hailey attended Pine Forest, Lavilla Middle School and Douglas Anderson School of the Arts for dance, and after graduation, participated in FSCJ’s danceWORKS where she was in many productions. Hailey graduated in July 2021 with a Bachelor of Science in Health from the University of North Florida’s Exercise Science program. 

  • Kyle Wynn

    Owner/Director

    Kyle Wynn is a Jacksonville native where he began his dance training at the age of seven. He has studied tap, jazz, modern, ballet, contemporary, acrobatics and hip hop. Growing up, he performed at many local events and in various stage productions including the First Coast Nutcracker, events at Walt Disney World, the Wild Adventures Summer Concert Series, the Jacksonville Landing, and the Toyota Gator Bowl Pre-Game Show. While attending Jacksonville University, he got the opportunity to work with many notable choreographers such as Christian Von Howard, Jennifer Muller, Kiki Ely, Twyla Tharp, and David Parsons.

    Professional dance credits include the 2005 Superbowl Halftime Show, The Miss Florida Pageant, and Royal Caribbean International among others. He joined the Bravo Faculty in 2013 and went on to become co-owner/director in 2020. Kyle is ecstatic to be in his new role and can't wait to see what the coming years have in store. 1, 2, 3, BRAVO!

Lenna Caraway

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Sabrina Clark

A Jacksonville native who started dancing at the age of 3 and began her teaching career at 16. She graduated from Douglas Anderson School of the Arts after training with Florida Ballet and Jacksonville Ballet Theatre. After graduation, she obtained her bachelor’s degree in Business from Louisiana Tech University, while spearheading the restructuring of their dance program. Sabrina went on to cheer 5 seasons in the NFL for the Jacksonville Jaguars and the Atlanta Falcons, where she served as Team Captain and Pro Bowl Representative. She has also performed with numerous artists including Rachel Platten, Alicia Keys, Kenny Chesney, Outkast, Big n Rich, and Motley Crue. When she is not teaching, Sabrina spends her time working as a Zookeeper, and hanging out with her wonderful dog, Jackson.

Keiara Hatten

Keiara was born and raised in Jacksonville, FL. When Keiara was young, she used to dance to Beyoncé and Ciara music videos as entertainment when she was on punishment. The enjoyment from dancing to the music videos is where her passion and curiosity for different types of dances started. Keiara has trained at Bravo school of dance as a student for 10 years, where she found her main interest in Hip Hop, Tap, and Jazz. At 18, she constantly subbed classes which helped her teaching skills with dance students. She then became an instructor at the age of 19. She graduated with her diploma from Sandalwood High school and FSCJ with her AA at 17. She is now currently working on her bachelor’s degree in Exercise Science at the University of North Florida, to one day become a Physical Therapist.

Laura Mauldin

Laura is thrilled to be back at Bravo to mark her twelfth recital with the studio she's proud to call home. She's been a dance and acting instructor for nearly twenty years but is also active in local community theater as a writer, choreographer, and actor. She was most recently seen onstage as Alison in Fun Home at the Limelight Theatre and as Nostradamus in Something Rotten! at Theatre Jacksonville. Laura is also the creator, writer, producer, and star of an original web series called Lemoncurd. The show has been featured on several local media outlets including The Florida Times Union, First Coast Connect with Melissa Ross, River City Live, and EU Jacksonville among others. It was also an official selection at the LOL Film Festival and the Miami Web Fest taking home top awards at both. Instagram/Facebook: @Lemoncurdshow Facebook.com/lemoncurdshow Look out for season two in 2022!

Faith Norton

Faith Elise Norton, a native of Jacksonville, FL recently graduated from the Boston Conservatory at Berklee and currently teaching at Lavilla School Of The Arts. She received her dance training from Jacksonville Centre of the arts and has furthered her dance studies by attending renowned summer intensives such as Alonzo King Lines Ballet, Point Park University, DARC Dance festival (Paris, France) and many more. Faith has also performed works by Levi Marsman, Jennifer Archibald, Debbie Allen, Otis Sallid, and Juel D. Lane.

Hanny Mena-Smith

Hanny grew up in Cuba, where she began her dance training at the age of five. Upon moving to Jacksonville, Hanny continued her dance training at the Florida Ballet Training Center under the direction of Laurie Picinich-Byrd. Hanny has taken the American Ballet Theatre student examination, which she has passed with merits. She has participated in Youth America Grand Prix, both in the Junior and Senior divisions. She also had the opportunity to attend Youth America Grand Prix Finals in New York with an ensemble, performing with many other ballet dancers from around the world. During her summers as a trainee, she took summer intensives with Orlando Ballet and Joffrey Ballet. After graduating from high school, she was accepted into Jacksonville University as a double major in Dance and Biology (Pre-dentistry). While dancing at Jacksonville University, Hanny has had the opportunity to take class from well recognize professionals such as Jennifer Muller and Kristen Gallagher to name a few. Not only has Hanny taught ballet in the public-school programs, but she has also taught ballet to Parkinson Patients during her undergraduate years. Her work with Parkinson Patients was featured on Florida Collegiate Honors council and Florida Times Unions under the direction of Cari Coble. Ms. Hanny is a ABT certified teacher. Currently, she is finishing up her master’s degree at Jacksonville University. She hopes to get her Doctorates soon. Hanny is looking forward to sharing her love and passion with our students.

Emma Smith

Emma has been dancing since the age of 2 at Bravo School of Dance. She trains in all styles of dance and has a passion for contemporary and ballet. Emma is currently a dance student at Douglas Anderson School of the Arts. She has participated in many local performances including the First Coast Nutcracker with the Jacksonville Symphony. Emma is also an apprentice with the pre-professional dance training program, Dancelook, and is a senior member of Bravo’s competition team. She enjoys taking dance classes at workshops, doing makeup and spending time with her friends and family.

Perri Truster

Perri, born in Kansas and raised in Florida, has been dancing since she was 6 years old. Perri started competition dance a year later and traveled coast to coast to many dance conventions and competitions. She attended Douglas Anderson School of the Arts freshmen year of high school and was a member of the Florida State University Golden Girls Dance Team. She danced on the sidelines for football, basketball, and volleyball games. During her last year on the team, they placed 3rd in the nation at the Universal Dance Association.
Most recently, Perri danced professionally on Royal Caribbean’s Mariner of the Seas performing in “Gallery of Dreams” and “Centre Stage.” In 2021 she received her personal training certification and is now finishing her bachelors degree in Exercise Science at University of North Florida.

Stephanie Smith

Stephanie is a native of Jacksonville and is a School Principal with Duval County Public Schools. She has spent the last 20 years watching her daughters dance and is so excited to now be a teacher at Bravo. Stephanie is teaching the integrative dance class called Rhythm Works! Dance for All!!