Kayla Iverson - Owner/director

Kayla has been dancing since she could walk, but has been training formally for over 20 years. She was a Davis High D'ette throughout high school & has choreographed and coached for Davis and other Utah high schools since she graduated. She began teaching dance when she was 18 years old and quickly realized that her passion in life was teaching this art form to younger generations. She understands the power and impact that dance lessons have on young children and knew she needed to start a dance studio that emphasized the positivity, safety, and love that dancing helps children to feel and cultivate. She created Ardour Dance Centre in 2013 as a result and has owned and directed it ever since. Kayla has her Bachelor's Degree in Business Administration and is a certified physical education teacher and yoga instructor. She has also been certified twice from the Pulse on Tour's dance teacher workshop in NYC. She also teaches dance and yoga full time at Ben Lomond High School in Ogden, coaches their dance company, is a mommy to 3 beautiful girls, and a wife to her junior high sweetheart.  

Lauryn has been dancing for over twenty years. She fell in love with dancing at the age of nine and danced on many competition teams training in ballet, jazz, hip-hop, and lyrical. In high school, Lauryn was privately trained in jazz and contemporary dance styles to increase her strength and flexibility. When Lauryn graduated from high school she continued independently dancing at a studio in Cholula, Mexico where she worked on ballet skills and choreography. In 2011, Lauryn directed the competition teams at The Dance Shack where she taught her dancers hard work, sportsmanship, and love for dancing. She has attended many dance conventions; her favorites led by dancers from SYTYCD. In New York, she continued her dance education in a Teacher Workshop with the Pulse on Tour. Lauryn graduated from the University of Utah with a bachelor’s degree in Early Childhood Education. She loves teaching. After 5 years of teaching at Challenger School, Lauryn now enjoys time at home with her two little boys. She has been teaching at Ardour since 2014 and feels passionately about helping dancers grow their talent and develop a love for the art of dance.

Teaching is something I was meant to do my whole life. I began teaching my first class as a swim instructor at age 12. I then moved to instructing gymnastics followed by swimming stroke coach, and water safety instructor. I then took up instructing tumbling followed by weight training, bodybuilding and powerlifting. I also became a preschool and physical education instructor and substitute teacher with over 10 years’ experience. I owned my own Tumbling Studio/Weight Gym and taught to the military children on the days I was not in my studio for more than 20 years. My style of teaching is very individual even in a class setting.  Teaching body position and proper muscle use in a progressive style with each skill building on the next. I improve their skills through building self-confidence using a positive class environment that promotes thinking and problem solving.  Most of all, I love what I do and love to see them grow through confidence.