Ereeni Bernitsas
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Ereeni Bernitsas

Ereeni Bernitsas is so excited to be teaching this summer! She has been dancing with Fierce Factory for 11 years, and has competed for 7 seasons. Along with being on FFDT’s competition team, she is also a part of her high school's dance team, and is a junior lieutenant for the ‘23-24 season. She is so excited to be teaching and can’t wait to spend the summer with your kids!

Dalanah Freeman
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Dalanah Freeman

Dalanah had what most people in the dance world would call a “late start,” to her dancing career. Her dance career began in Dance I, her freshman year of high school at Ridge Point High School. Her love and passion for dance grew after auditioning for the Ridge Point Royals Dance Team, in her years on the team, she served as a founding member, sophomore class representative, Jr. Lieutenant, and Captain her senior. After graduation, Dalanah joined MA Dance company where she traveled around the world teaching high school dance camps, choreographing, and judging competitions.

Dalanah received BA in Mass Communications with an emphasis in Social Media Marketing, at Sam Houston State University, and is a PROUD alumna and former Captain of the 8X National Champion Orange Pride Dance Team. After graduation, Dalanah went to cheer for the Houston Texans NFL Organization and took her first high school directing job as the Assistant Director of the Illusions Dance Team at George Bush High School. She currently just finished serving as the Head Director of the Illusions Dance Team. Her time at George Bush has been spent loving her team and creating dancers of the future! She is now married and enjoying being a wife and new mommy to her daughter.

Dalanah has an intensely competitive spirit and an equally strong passion for dance and sharing with the next generation, and cannot wait to share her passion with the talented dancers at Fierce Factory!!!

Taylor Gross
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Taylor Gross

Taylor started dancing at the age of 3 and immediately fell in love with it! She traveled across the country with her competitive dance studio and attended HSPVA (High School for the Performing & Visual Arts) as a dance major. After graduating high school, she attended Texas A&M as an education major and dance minor and was a member of Dance Arts Society.
In 2016, she became a Houston Texans Cheerleader and danced with them for two amazing seasons. During her time as an HTC, she was chosen to travel to Playa del Carmen for the swimsuit calendar photoshoot, Mexico City for the Texans' international football game, dance for Super Bowl LI, represent the team at numerous appearances across the state, and was a team captain for the 2017-2018 season. In 2019, Taylor moved to Chicago and made the NBA dance team for the Chicago Bulls. During her rookie year, she was chosen to dance at the 2020 NBA All Star game.
Taylor moved back to Houston in early 2022, and she couldn't be happier to be home!!! She works for a dermatopathology lab and is a signed model with Page Parkes Modeling Agency. She loves to bake and spend quality time with her husband and two kitties!

Dara Sayrie
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Dara Sayrie

OWNER & DIRECTOR

Dara McFarlane is a professional dancer and choreographer born and raised in Friendswood, Texas. She discovered her passion for dance at the age of 8 and hasn't stopped since. Dara attended Friendswood High School while also competing in many dance competitions locally and nationally. After graduating high school, she became one of the world-renowned Dallas Cowboys Cheerleaders for two years, where she had the opportunity to travel on USO tours to Iraq and Afghanistan to perform for our soldiers for the holidays. From Dallas, Texas Dara then moved to Los Angeles, California and began dancing for the prestigious L.A Laker Girls from 2009-2013.
Currently, Dara has moved back to the Houston area where she is focused on going back to school to receive her degree in Communications. She is continuing to share her love and passion for dance with other young people and teaching dancers the importance of having fun doing what you love and learning to be confident in who you are. In 2016, Dara got married and they are now the proud parents of their baby boy, Legend.