Our Mission
Heart2art serves youth in the San Diego Community, primarily with a focus in Dance and Arts Integration. Heart2art based in Coronado California prepares dancers for the competitive experience by offering professional training with Artists in the community. We serve our community and the dancers by offering supportive, fun and educational experiences in Dance.
Education
IH2A began integrating their arts curriculum model to local schools in the San Diego Unified
School District. Primarily with our local International Baccalaureate elementary schools in San
Diego. Our goal with our school residencies is to provide and engaging arts experience for the
youth. We specialize in integrating arts with core curriculum, standards, units of study and IB
learner profiles. Teaching Artists work closely with teachers to provide a unique learning
experience to transform traditional learning models with Kinesthetic Arts Engagement.
viviana alcazar
ARTISTIC DIRECTOR
Viviana Alcazar graduated from California State Long Beach where she received her BA in Dance. Since moving back to San Diego Viviana has been an active part of the Dance Community, performing with the Malashock , Trolley Dances, and the PGK dance project. Viviana has created original pieces for local dance companies featured throughout the West Coast. She has been a Teaching Artist with Coronado School of the Arts since 2018 and a choreographer with TranscenDance since 2016. Viviana has continued to expand her passion of dance and background in Yoga & Pilates with her certification in Yoga Sculpt and Barre. Viviana has been the Director of Heart2art Dance since 2013 when she first began the company in Coronado, California.
TROY WILSON
CREATIVE DIRECTOR
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TEACHING ARTISTS
Moana Rakanace
Teaching Artist
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KRISS WAGNER
Teaching Artist
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Lenin Guitierrez
Teaching Artist
Born and raised in San Diego, Lenin Gutierrez has been passionate about dance since a young age. In High School Lenin began his training in cultural dances such as Ballet Folklorico which strengthened his interest in dance. During those early years, dance was a fun activity, whilst winning friendly school and community competitions.
In College Lenin's dance interests expanded as he completed his studies in Ballet, Jazz, Modern and Hip Hop. Soon after, he joined several professional dance teams Urban fx, Gwownups, Culture Shock and understudied with PG Dance Project. Giving back and helping others develop their own love for dance, Lenin has taught young dancers at San Diego Center for Children, Cornerstone, The Children School and Culture Shock Dance studio.
Appreciating all the different experiences in a variety of styles of competition and dance videos, Lenin continues his journey of learning and growing in the craft he is most passionate about.
Jordan Harmon
Teaching Artist
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Leo francisco
Sports Psychologist, PH.D.
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Cybele Peña
Teaching Artist
NicolE roerick
Teaching Artist
Originally from Fargo, ND, relocated to San Diego in the fall of 2018 after living abroad in Cairo, Egypt for 4 years. She is a passionate teacher and Yogini. She found Yoga through Dance and has benefitted from it in more ways than she thought possible. She has been practicing since 2007. She also completed 200 hours towards her advanced certification in Thailand in November 2016 and completed her Teen Yoga certification from the UK in October 2017. She is currently pursuing her full 500 hour Advanced YTT. She has studied Hatha, Vinyasa and Yin styles, and has also worked with Anusara and Iyengar teachers. The diversity comes through in her teaching. She also is trained in Stott Pilates and has her MFA in Dance.
Nicole focuses on working towards proper alignment and muscle usage in the body while also focusing on individual needs and adjustments. Her teaching is fluid, direct, and very light hearted. Nicole gives much gratitude to her teachers that helped deepen her knowledge of the practice and teaching of yoga.
Matt phelps
Teaching Artist
Matt “Bebop” Phelps has been an active member in the hip hop community as of 2013. In June of 2014, Matt officially became a member of Wild7s, a freestyle dance crew based in Oceanside California, who he battles and teaches with internationally. In 2016, Matt joined Culture Shock San Diego and trained under Sean Memije and Anna Sarao. In 2019, with crew member Ethan Nguyen, founded and directed “Koalition” an exhibition dance team at UCSD. Matt continues his infinite education in hip hop culture by taking various workshops and learning from his mentors and pioneers of the culture.
Cybele Peña has been working as a dance teaching artist for 19 years. She currently teaches for Culture Shock Dance Center, Isadoranow, Arts for Learning San Diego, Bocón, TranscenDance, H2A, and now runs successful independent classes for youth and adults. She currently teaches dance residencies at Birney, Jefferson, McKinley, Monarch School, Roosevelt, and La Jolla Country Day (starting in 2022). She was a guest choreographer for San Diego School of Creative Performing Arts most recent dance concert and their summer intensive. In Venezuela, she completed several courses in various traditional forms of dance that required completion of theory and historical research as well as performance. She has many years of performing experience, working as a dancer with live bands in Los Ángeles and San Diego, such as the Monette Marino Band, Puerto Rican Bomba group Bomba Liberté , Mark Lamson and more. As a choreographer, she has been sought out to create and teach for music videos, wedding dances, quinceañera dances, and performance art presentations. She sees dance as a critical tool for education reform and social justice. She loves teaching about dance as a dynamic, embodied way to investigate culture and history and deepen our understanding of our connection to people around the world.
