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Melanie Tyler-Horne

Owner / Director

Melanie Tyler-Horne is the founder and owner/artistic director of Creative Dance Elements Performing Arts Center in McKinney, TX. Melanie started dancing at a very young age and continues to pursue her training today professionally; as a judge, master teacher, and taking classes from the top names in the dance industry. Her dance training includes Jazz, Tap, Ballet, Modern, Lyrical, Hip-Hop, Drill Team, cheerleading,tumbling, and leaps and turns. She has trained extensively with renowned dance artists such as Mia Michaels, Nick Lazzarrini, Ray Leeper, Gil Stroming, Suzie Taylor, Robin Dunn,  Dee Caspbery, Doug Caldwell, Justin Giles, as well as many more NY, LA, Chicago, and Dallas Choreographers. Melanie started her training in the "convention" circuit at a very young age and still continues to further her training in all forms of dance. She also trained in New York at Steps on Broadway and Broadway Dance Center, as well as Millenium Dance Complex in LA. Melanie continues her training every year to stay current with all the latest styles and techniques while also giving all her students the same opportunity. Melanie believes strongly that when a dancer walks in the doors at CDE, she is helping to write that dancers resume.

Throughout her dance career, Melanie has participated in numerous and various events such as halftime performances for the San Antonio Spurs and the Dallas Cowboys. She has also performed Industrials for Mary Kay and Toni and Guy, Mistle-Toe and Magic, the Texas State Fair, the East Texas State Fair, Batman Stunt Show at Six Flags Over Texas, and various other local venues/industrials. Melanie has been awarded many dance scholarships at conventions and competitions including, Tremaine, West Coast Dance Explosion, LA Underground, LA Dance Force, and Dance Olympus. She also received highest honors as "Dancer of the Year in the DFW area. In her Drill Team career, she was an officer of her high school Drill Team in Tyler, TX. She has choreographed for numerous Drill Teams including McKinney High School Marquettes, Jasper Middle School, Plano West Senior High, Rockwall High, Allen High, Tyler Junior College Apache Bells, and the world famous Kilgore Rangerettes.

Melanie has taught dance in the Plano/ McKinney area since 1998 and in her spare time travels around the country teaching Master Classes for various national talent competitions and choreograph's for other studios abroad. She has been recognized as a top choreographer regionally and nationally numerous times, winning the coveted title of "Teacher of the Year" in the Dallas area. Melanie has trained some of the best dancers in the DFW area that have taken home titles such as Mr. and Ms. Starpower, Starlite Outstanding Dancers, Showbiz Dancer of the year, etc. With Melanie's training, many of her students have gone on to become some of the best choreographers in the DFW area as well as being assistants to world renowned choreographers at major conventions such as Tremaine and The Pulse as well as many others. She is known across the country for having technically trained dancers, as well as very emotional performers. Melanie teaches her dancers everything that she has learned, and having grown up in the competitive/convention world herself. Melanie’s number one goal is to give her students the highest level of training and as much exposure to the hottest names in the dance world by bringing in highly acclaimed master teachers/choreographers as well as traveling outside of the the DFW area to expose them to what it takes to be a professional dancer, on Broadway, choreographer, etc!!! Melanie takes great pride in making sure she gives her dancers what they need to reach their highest goals and as much knowledge to prepare them in their next step in their dance life.