Malea Boggess

Malea has been dancing since the age of two, and is now a choreographer for multiple competitive studios in Northern California. Malea trained and danced competitively in jazz, contemporary, lyrical, tap, and hip hop where she has placed in top overalls at some of the country’s biggest dance competitions. By age thirteen she booked a tour alongside dancers from America’s Best Dance Crew. Malea was a member of the Rocklin High School dance team throughout her high school years, and was a student director in the dance program both her junior and senior years on top of dancing competitively on her studio’s elite team. Malea then attended Sacramento State where she was a part of the Hornet Girlz Dance Team for one season under the direction of Jolie Roberts. Malea’s dedication has resulted in her receiving scholarships from such as Stephen “Twitch” Boss from SYTYCD and well known tapper Gregg Russell. Malea has had the opportunities to take from icons such as Krista Miller, Nicole Kirkland, Janelle Ginestra, Courtney Galiano, Mark Meismer, Mia Michaels, Aliya Janell, Matt Steffanina, D-Trix, and many more! Malea was also apart of Chapkis Dance Family under the direction of Greg Chapkis and a part of Kreativ Mndz LA under the direction of both Kolanie Marks and Antione Troupe. Malea earned her bachelor's degree in sociology from Sacramento State in fall 2021. She now spends her time choreographing for studios and judging.