Wright Foot Forward Instructors
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Megan Brandel - Megan is our Director of Upper School programs; she also teaches early childhood, youth, teen and
adult classes. She grew up dancing in the Boise area and earned her Bachelor of Fine Arts degree in Modern Dance
from the University of Colorado at Boulder. She has also studied Elementary Education, trained extensively in ballet,
tap, and jazz dance, and is a Yoga Alliance certified Hatha yoga teacher. Megan has performed professionally in Idaho,
Colorado, Washington, and New York City, and has danced with Idaho Dance Theatre, Speaking of Dance (CO), 3rd
Law Dance/Theater (CO), and the University of Colorado Legacies project. She has well over 10 years of experience
teaching all ages and ability levels and loves connecting with people through dance.
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Kaloni Garcia - Kaloni is an apprentice instructor. She started dancing when she was 3 in Palm Springs, California.
Kaloni is on the Timberline Dance Team and won first at nationals last year. She has taken many classes from
professional dancers and has received scholarships from them. Kaloni is one of the teachers for Timberline High
School's dance camps for children. She loves all types of dance.
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Max Nguyen - Max is an apprentice instructor. Max started dancing when he was 3 after first seeing Michael Jackson
perform "Beat It" on an awards show. He is self taught and currently trains only in hip hop but is looking forward to
learning more dance forms. His style of hip hop is quite new; people have not seen anything quite like it. Max
auditioned for the movie “Step Up 2” and was in the top 150 finalists out of thousands of contestants. He would like to
auditioned for the movie “Step Up 2” and was in the top 150 finalists out of thousands of contestants. He would like to
also audition in the future for “So You Think You Can Dance.". His ultimate goal in life is to become a professional
dancer and dance with the newly established dance crew “Jabbawockeez.” Max is the Mascot for the Timberline
Wolves at Timberline High Shool where he also plays on the tennis team.
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Jennifer Peck - Jen is our art instructor. Her classes are aimed at exposing children to select artists and art concepts
while using multiple art projects to allow them to find their individual creative voices. Jen has been teaching art to
pre-school and elementary age children for the past seven years with an emphasis on 19th and 20th century art.
Currently she is the volunteer 'art parent' for her children' classes at Adams Elementary. Previously Jen owned a
Creative Textiles for the Home business, an outgrowth of her love of working with textures. Jen holds a Bachelor of Fine
Arts from the Portland School of Art (now the Maine College of Art) in Portland, Maine.
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Lacey Vander Boegh - Lacey teaches early childhood, youth and adult dance classes. She has been dancing for 17
years and has extensive experience in ballet and pointe, as well as jazz, modern and ballroom dancing. Lacey has
participated in numerous dance competitions and continues to use dance in the talent component of her participation
in beauty pageants. Lacey was the captain of her high school dance team, and was also an All-American Cheerleader
and Drum Major. Today she continues to receive formal dance instruction through course work in the Theater Arts
Department of Boise State University where she is majoring in Communications. Lacey is also a drum major for Boise
State’s Blue Thunder Marching Band.
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Jennifer Waters – Jennifer grew up in Idaho dancing from an early age in her mother’s dance studio. She has been
teaching ballet, tap jazz and hip hop for the last 13 years. Jennifer was the Vallivue High School dance team coach in
2000-2001 and the Vallivue Middle School dance team coach for three years. Her solo choreography, “It’s Alright,”
premiered at the Boise State University Creative Research Conference and was also preformed at “Will Dance for
Food” and the BSU Dance Showcase. She has also performed as a soloist in “Santa Baby,” and the NYC production of
a “Roast and Toast.” She enjoys acting for the camera locally and hopes to one day audition for a musical!
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Brenda Wright – Brenda teaches early childhood dance and Kindermusik classes. She has over 25 years of
experience developing and teaching early childhood dance and creative movement programs, initially in the Maryland
suburbs of Washington, D.C. She opened her first dance/exercise studio in 1981. Upon moving to Boise in 2002, she
began teaching her Wright Foot Forward early childhood dance program at the Fort Boise Community Center through a
contract with the Boise Parks & Recreation Department. Brenda opened her first Idaho studio, Wright Foot Forward, in
2006. Brenda holds a certification in Early Childhood Development and a professional certification in Early Childhood
Dance. She is also a certified Kindermusik instructor and a certified infant massage teacher. Brenda is a member of
the board of directors of Idaho Dance Theatre.
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