Lyla was put on this earth to dance, and has been dancing almost as long as she has been alive. It is her passion and she puts her heart and soul into it. Lyla feels privileged to have a career teaching, performing, producing and choreographing. In addition to the 100’s of private events and concerts Lyla has participated in, Lyla has produced and/or choreographed popular musicals such as Footloose, Grease, Pippin, Aladdin Jr, Peter Pan, Lion King Jr, Beauty and the Beast, It’s a Wonderful Life, The Music Man and The World Goes Round. She has also produced at least a dozen original works. Lyla has worked with several local schools, the City of Clearwater, Eight O’Clock Theater, the Gulf Coast Dance Theater, and the St. Petersburg College Theater Department. Lyla has performed with Tapped In Inc. under the direction of Morgan Angellillis Storrison for the last nine years. In 2018 Lyla won Best Dancer in Creative Loafing’s Best of the Bay Contest.

Lyla doesn’t just choreorgaph musicals. Her passion is tap dancing. Lyla recently completed ITapOnline Teacher training with International tap dancer and teacher Hillary-Marie. Between her life long tap dance education, musicality training with Hillary Marie and other master teachers, her education in Jazz music and Lindy Hop, Lyla has an extremely well rounded perspective on multiple tap styles and historical choreography.