Wendy is a highly accomplished executive and business leader with demonstrated technical, operations and business management experience. She has notable success articulating organizational vision and executing strategies to maximize operations performance and profitability.

Wendy left her executive role after 21 years in financial services and technology. She spent a year consulting in the dance industry in studio operations and management. She decided her next venture would leverage her business experience and her love of dance which started at age 5. Wendy danced for 13 years  (ballet, pointe, jazz and tap) with her focus on competitive baton twirling. She won many state and national championships and was captain of her dance / baton twirling team in high school.

Wendy was born and raised in New Bedford, Massachusetts. She graduated from Bryant University in Rhode Island with a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration with a concentration in Finance. She spent her professional career working in Boston and relocated with her job to Texas in 2011.

Wendy lives in Southlake, TX with her husband Michael, her beautiful daughter Emma (who is also a dancer), and 2 shitzu-poodle fur babies Brenson and Brody.

Wendy loves her new role as a business owner. She loves seeing the dancers explore their passion for dance and the joy that she sees in and outside of the classroom and stage. She also loves the costumes – from vision to creation.

I was born in Kiev, Ukraine, in 1981 to professional championship athlete parents. Since childhood my parents enforced a commitment of hard work which helped me to later overcome difficult situations.  At the age of 7, my mother took me to the “arts school” in Kiev.  The professor of the dance class, L. Shatilov, an honored artist of Ukraine, exclaimed after checking my physical abilities: “A child like this is born once in a hundred years. She must be professionally engaged in the ballet.”

I first attended the Kiev Ballet School 1991–the only specialized school in Ukraine that trains professional ballet dancers.  By the end of the fourth year of training, I had already been included in the corps de balletscenes of the National Opera of Ukraine, among the older dancers.  During the last year I danced solo pas de deux and a number of modern dance compositions.  Upon graduation, I was the only one in the class who received the esteemed invitation to go to St. Petersburg and audition for the Eifman Ballet Theater.

The audition was a success and I was offered a contract with one of the best theaters in the world.  Working in this theater was not easy, but within a year I firmly established myself in the main part of the troupe and was engaged in all the productions of the theater.

From 1999 to 2004, as a member of the theater, I toured all over the world.  I danced in the U.S., France, England, Germany, Poland, Spain, Portugal, Israel, Croatia, South Korea, and other locations.  In addition, Eifman’s Theater performed on numerous Russia stages including the Bolshoy Theater in Moscow.

In 2004, I decided to expand my experience in teaching and choreography. At the invitation of A. Andreev, honored artist of Russia and a master of the St. Petersburg State Theatre Arts Academy, I was selected as assistant teacher-choreographer of his Drama class. Working with students of the Drama Department opened new pathways of artistic thinking and ways to apply it in through many mediums in the profession. I realized that in order to dance well, one does not necessarily have to encompass perfect physique and ballet training. When creating choreography for my students, I tried to focus not only on common rules, but also on the individuality of the artist.

Ultimately, applying the same principle, I choreographed several productions for Operetta Theater, such as “Sylva”, “Cinderella”, and “Mr. X”.  The 2005 premieres of these productions were successfully held in Riga, Latvia; Vilnius, Lithuania, and are standard repertoire of the Operetta Theater program.

In 2007, I returned to performing on stage and became a member of the St. Petersburg State Academic Theater named after L. Jacobson.  A month after signing a contract, I successfully performed the role of Myrtha in the ballet “Giselle” and immediately was promoted to the position “Soloist of the Highest Category”.  As a soloist, I toured extensively with the Theater in Russia, U.S., Mexico, Germany, Japan, and Israel.  My performances received high critical acclaim.  In 2010, the St. Petersburg Committee of Culture awarded me the Diploma of Recognition: “for the best preservation of traditions and invaluable contribution to the development of Russian ballet”.

In the conferral of my certification, to ascribe the highest status for the soloist of the ballet, the chairman of the Certification Commission stated:  “Images of Ms. Ilina’s characters, written in secretly-fragile choreographic patterns, unveil a saturated palette of her diverse personality.  Each new work opens up new facets of her talent.  She is able to lead and to assist the partners exceptionally well in the creative process.”

Currently, I have reached a pinnacle of acquired skill and practiced expertise.  I now feel compelled to expand my accomplished experience to the teaching profession. I know how to help students to expand their professional and artistic horizons, have complete confidence in themselves, and to transfer their inner thoughts and feelings through the art of dance.

Constance Dolph, a native to Dallas Texas, began her classical training under Nathalie Krassovska of the Ballet Russe. She was a pre-professional dancer with Dance Institute of Dallas where she performed leads roles such as Lilac Fairy, Giselle, and Odette. In May of 2013, Constance graduated from Southern Methodist University with a BFA in Dance Performance where she performed works by Martha Graham, Shen Wei, Millicent Johnnie, Max Stone, Bruce Woods, and Mel Tomlinson. Following graduation, she performed with Martha Graham’s second company, Graham II, in the works Lamentations, Temptations of the Moon, Appellation Springs, Cortege of Eagles, and Acts of Light. Recently returning to Dallas from New York City, we are excited to have Constance Dolph sharing her knowledge and talents with our Ambition dancers.

Cara Switzer brings over 19 years of teaching/directing experience with her. Cara is an accomplished dancer, singer, instructor and choreographer who graduated from the University of North Texas in 2003 with a degree in Business Administration. She has been studio trained since the age of 4 and has loved the arts from the beginning! Her experience, combined with a focus on building her student’s confidence in the classroom and onstage are a proven recipe for success! Cara’s dance resume includes over 35 years of studio experience, and teaching in the DFW area since 1998 at various reputable studios, including 11 years as a Dance Company Director and Instructor at Lifesong Studio and 7 years as an Instructor at Doubletake Dance Studio.  As a child, Cara grew up in the entertainment industry, with credits in television, film and print, including JC Penney, Dilliards and the Saturday morning TV show “All Star Kids”. She worked alongside artists such as Jo Anne Worley (from Laugh In) and many others. As an adult, Cara concentrated her efforts in the competitive dance world and has coached and choreographed several National Champion soloists and groups and her students and routines have received numerous overall and top awards at both Regional and National competitions. Cara is consistently recognized for her creative routines and choreography and received “Best Choreography” at competitions including Stage One, Hall of Fame, Talent on Parade, Starquest, International Dance Challenge and many others. Her routines also won the coveted “Critics Choice” award at both the 2010 & 2011 Onstage NY Competition. Cara also served as the choreographer for the Colleyville Heritage High School Ovation Jazz Choir from 2000-2005 and Cara did choreography for LifeStage Theatre’s 2007 production of Scrooge, the Musical, 2009’s Seussical and 2013’s Wizard of Oz. She has also choreographed for jazz choirs and musicals at schools all over the North Texas area. While being at the studio is one of her passions, Cara also has a lot of enthusiasm and experience with Drill Team working as an instructor, choreographer, and adjudicator for American Dance/Drill Team School for several years. She now is a veteran judge for Crowd Pleasers Dance Company, with over 15 years of judging experience. She now serves on Crowd Pleaser’s core judging panel and gives seminars on judging at various dance and drill team events. She also judges drill and dance team tryouts all over the North Texas area.  In 2004, Cara was instrumental in the development of a dance ministry at Highland Meadows Christian Church (now Compass) in Colleyville, TX where she served as choreographer. Cara and her students have participated in many televised events such as the Macy’s Thanksgiving Parade, the FedEx Orange Bowl, and many Dallas Cowboys Halftime Performances with stars such as Destiny’s Child, Carrie Underwood, Kelly Clarkson, Jessica Simpson, Billy Gilman, Toby Keith, Creed, The Jonas Brothers and many others. Cara has three beautiful children, Sawyer, Savannah & Sutton and they reside in Hurst, Texas, where Cara continues to teach dance and manages a custom dancewear company, Just Dance Customs.

Daniel S. Lim graduated with a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Dance from Southern Methodist University where he trained in Ballet, Modern, and Jazz. Soon after, Daniel joined Bruce Wood Dance as a company member and featured performances on World of Dance Houston. Lim has also performed in A Chorus Line (Larry), toured as a backup dancer for Vietnamese artists such as Pham Luu Tuan Tai (Isaac), Bao Ahn, Hong Ngoc (Ruby), and Song Luan. Daniel is currently in his first season with the Zion Dance Project. Daniel Lim joined the Ambition Dance Productions faculty in 2020 and teaches Contemporary & Jazz technique.