Meet The LDC Team
Gonzalez, Tonya ( Owner)
Tonya has been dancing since age four. She has studied Tap, Jazz, Ballet, Musical Theater, Acro and Cheer. As an adult she studied Dance and Fitness at Santa Rosa J.C. while teaching for The Dance Center in Santa Rosa. At that time she performed with S.F. Tap troupe and other varies Bay area companies. Tonya studied dance at the University of New Mexico while running a dance and theatrical company on Travis A.F.B. After returning to The Napa Valley in 1996, Tonya began teaching dance in St. Helena at Little Feet. Tonya is certified by DEA ( Dance Educators of America) AFFA, and ACE. Tonya’s passion for dance and fitness continues to grow and she is most excited that her two daughters Graycen and Bri share the same love for the Arts.
Loveless, Graycen (Instructor)
Graycen started at Little Feet School of Dance when she was 3 years old. She is classically trained in Tap, Jazz, Hip Hop, Ballet, Cheer, Gymnastics, and lyrical. In high school, Graycen was a Napa High Spiritleader and competed in Pom, Jazz, and Hip Hop. Her team still holds the highest score at NDA championships. While Graycen was earning her Degree in Nutrition and Psychology, she also got the chance to dance on her college dance team. Her last year of college, she became the Captain on her dance/ cheer team. Graycen enjoys teaching dance to all ages and is so excited to be a part of Legacy Dance Collective as she follows in the footsteps of her mother, Tonya.
Perrin, Darby (Instructor)
Darby Perrin has been dancing since she was five years old. Growing up in Napa, she studied and performed jazz, ballet, and hip hop at a local dance studio. As her love for dance grew, she eventually began commuting to San Rafael to train in ballet and contemporary at Marin Dance Theatre, where she danced for ten years. Darby participated in Youth American Grand Prix in 2017 and 2018 in which she placed in the top twelve in the senior contemporary division. Throughout her years of training, Darby has been a demonstrator for younger levels of students, and was an assistant teacher in introductory level ballet classes. She regularly taught 3-5-year-olds ballet in her last year at Marin Dance Theatre. Darby has a passion for dance and enjoys working with kids. Her hope is to share that love of dance with her students.
Montelli, Marina (Instructor)
Marina started her dance career at the age of 4, with classical ballet. Since then she has studied tap, jazz, hip-hop, ballroom, tumbling, and cheer at several studios and gyms all over the bay area. In college, she studied Nutrition and Dance while continuing to take jazz at The Dance Center in Santa Rosa. More recently, Marina spent three years coaching for the Cheerleading Institute of America, a year round, competitive, traveling all-star cheer team. With the most memorable competition taking her to Hawaii where her team competed against teams from all over the world like Australia, Japan, and Canada. Then four years ago, she was one of the founding coaches of Carpy Gang Cheerleading here in St. Helena, where you can find her on the sidelines coaching and cheering on her two daughters and her son during football season. Marina has turned her passion for the art of dance and cheer into a passion for teaching and coaching young dancers and athletes to tune into their passion for performing arts all while building confidence, work ethic, and life skills that help them be successful in and out of the studio.-- Marina Montelli