Tresa Honaker, Artistic Director

Tresa attended The St. Louis Visual and Performing Arts Academy on a dance scholarship, where she studied classical ballet, jazz, and modern dance. She worked exclusively with young children at the Lagervale Dance Institute in Minneapolis, Minnesota.

On the West Coast, Tresa continues to choreograph and perform both in Northern California and in the Los Angeles area. She is involved extensively with The Edge and Focus Fish, in L.A., at Step I in Sacramento, and with Trapeze Arts and The San Francisco Circus School in San Francisco.

Tresa was an accomplished young gymnast as well as a skilled diver and dancer. She was a founding member of The Movement Alliance Modern Dance Company and is currently the founder and director of AirAligned aerial dance group. Over the last several years as director of AirAligned, Tresa has produced several amazing, innovative works.

Tresa is a seasoned instructor and has taught and choreographed for NCSA, Stellar Gymnastic Academy, TMA and for AirAligned. Tresa is currently the team Dance Coach at Rising Starz Gymnastics and a staff instructor for Sierra Dance Institute where she has worked for over six years teaching Jazz, Acro and Ballet.

Tresa is a contributing member of The Center for the Arts in Grass Valley, California. She has directed, choreographed and performed for many events over the last several years and has been instrumental in the growth of children’s performance workshops held at The Center.