Dance

HEAD COACH

Lissy Lex Burboa: Lissy Lex Burboa has danced professionally and competitively for over half her life. Lissy started her training at 5 years old at Long Beach Ballet Arts Center after attending their performance of The Nutcracker, and immediately fell in love with dance, particularly ballet. As her love for dance grew, she began to take more classes and fell in love with competing. As a competitive dancer, Lissy was named Miss Dance California and was Runner-up to Miss Dance USA in 1999. Professionally, Lissy has danced for the Los Angeles Classical Ballet, performed in the Glory of Christmas at the former Crystal Cathedral, now Christ Cathedral, danced in a Discovery Channel special about dance, and was featured on NBC with Rob Fukuzaki. Lissy attended the University of Arizona where she graduated with honors and received her Bachelors of Fine Arts in Dance with an emphasis in education. While at the University of Arizona, she was a member of their Arizona Dance Ensemble. Lissy has been coaching for over 20 years and worked for UDA as a Head Instructor, choreographer and judge for over 5 years. Lissy is honored to have been with the Rosary Dance Team since 2015, bringing home multiple local & National Titles. She has also been Dean of Students at Rosary since 2021. Lissy, her husband Paul, and their two kids, Cash & Saylor love a weekend away on a lake, enjoying a delicious meal or just a relaxing together as a family.   lburboa@ROSARYACADEMY.ORG

VARSITY ASSISTANT COACH

Nicolet (Luebke) Godfrey '13: Nicolet (Luebke) Godfrey '13 has danced competitively for 20 years, first at studios, then moving on to her years on Rosary Dance Team, and eventually at the collegiate level. While she was at Rosary, Nicolet won five National Championship titles at NDTC in Orlando, Florida - one on JV her freshmen year, and four on Varsity her sophomore through senior years. After high school, Nicolet attended The University of Mississippi, where she was a member of the Ole Miss Rebelette Dance Team. There, she had amazing opportunities, such as performing with Brad Paisley twice on his Country Nation College Tour and appearing on Good Morning America. With the Ole Miss Rebelettes, Nicolet also competed against other Division 1 schools at the College National Dance Team Championships in Orlando, Florida, where Ole Miss placed 7th in the nation in Hip Hop her junior year. She also cheered and performed half time routines at the Peach Bowl in Atlanta and the Sugar Bowl in New Orleans, along with regular season football and basketball games. After graduating from Ole Miss with her Bachelor of Arts in English, Nicolet worked for a year at Database Marketing Group, but eventually returned home to Rosary Academy. First, she worked in the Activities Office and helped the dance team as a proud alum while she earned her teaching credential and Master's in Teaching at Brandman University, and now she is the Rosary Academy Varsity Dance Team Assistant Coach. Nicolet is thrilled to once again be active in the Royal community.

JUNIOR VARSITY COACH

Katie (Russell) Peach '13: Katie (Russell) Peach ’13 knew she wanted to be part of the Rosary Dance Team when she was growing up after years of watching the dancers with the gold poms perform at Servite Football games. She made that dream a reality by spending years training and competing at the Dance Spot in jazz, ballet, tap, lyrical, pointe, etc. While she was at Rosary, Katie won five National Championship titles at NDTC in Orlando, Florida - one on JV her freshmen year, and four on Varsity her sophomore through senior years. She was co-captain her junior year, and captain her senior year. After Rosary, Katie decided to attend UC Berkeley, where she spent all four years on the Cal Dance Team, serving as captain for two years. She graduated with her Bachelor of Arts in Media Studies & History in 2017. Katie decided she wasn’t quite done dancing yet, so she spent one year as a professional cheerleader in the NFL for the Oakland Raiders. Finally, it was time to hang up her poms and pursue coaching. Katie spent three years as the Varsity Dance Team Assistant Coach for Carondelet High School, an all-girls Catholic school in Northern California. There, she helped lead the team to win a 2022 National Championship in Jazz at JAMZ Nationals in Las Vegas, Nevada. After almost 10 years in the San Francisco Bay Area, Katie and her husband decided to move back down to Orange County. On top of coaching, she also works full time as the head of Finance and Human Resources at a local insurance defense law firm. Katie is so excited to be back at Rosary, coaching the team that positively impacted her life so much.

CHOREOGRAPHER

Dan Sapp: is the director of PACE Allstars in Westminster and head coach of the OCC dance team. He has been coaching and choreographing for several nationally recognized universities throughout his career and has been involved with Rosary as a coach and choreographer for over 10 years. His world-renowned choreography achievements also include choreographing for the movie Bring It On. He has won over 23 World Championship titles along with several hundred National Championship titles, was inducted into the International Hall of Fame for Dance, and was the recipient of the International Coach of the Year award in 2014. Dan Sapp is well known around the world in the dance industry, but his most famous attribute stems from his passion to promote and motivate his dancers to be their personal best both on and off the dance floor.