Meet Our Instructors
Cara Richter
A Pennsylvania native, Cara began her dance training at Pennsylvania Regional Ballet at the age of 3. In 2004, she received a scholarship to complete the summer intensive program through her ballet company. She competed with her high school dance team to win states her senior year. She continued her love for dance in college, dancing with InMotion Dance Team at Temple University. After college, Cara began instructing dance before moving to Florence in 2017. Once in Florence, she began teaching all genres of dance for CROW. Cara and her husband Joshua have three young boys. She is absolutely ecstatic she gets to share her love for dance with her students and thanks you for choosing her studio!
Elyse Owens
Elyse was born in Billings, Montana and moved to Florence in 2010, where her family has well established roots. In 2014, Elyse has soaked up every bit of training available to her, always giving her all. Elyse has training in many areas from silks, Lyra (aerial hoops), tap, contemporary, jazz, hip hop, and her favorite ballet/pointe, and she recently went to New York to train with the Joffrey Ballet School through the summer of 2024 and is going to train at a Chicago-based ballet school later this year. She has worked with a multitude of instructors over the last 10 years in Oregon, California, New York and many other places. She is excited to share her passion for dance with her students.
Kritzia Scaparo
Kritzia started dancing at a young age with Carlsbad Parks & Recreation in Southern California. Dancing helped her express herself and build confidence. She joined the Varsity Dance Team at Vista High School and excelled for all four years. Kritzia then earned two scholarships to study dance in college. In college, she joined a Touring Performance Dance Team, where she inspired high school students in North County San Diego to pursue dance. She represented MiraCosta College at The American College Dance Festival for two years in a row.
Kritzia trained with Ooh La La Dance Company in La Jolla, California. Under the guidance of world champion Susie Nguyen, she became a core member of the Latin ladies’ styling team, Cosabellas, while also working as the head administrator at the academy. Kritzia toured internationally as a Napa Girl, representing the National Soccer Team of Mexico, and performed overseas in French Polynesia at the Intercontinental Bora Bora. Kritzia embraces every opportunity in dance with enthusiasm. Whether it’s taking classes, teaching, creating and learning new choreography, or performing, she finds immense joy in every aspect of her dance journey!
Roshny Bhakta Martuscelli
Roshny Bhakta Martuscelli (pronouns she/ella) has been passionate about dance for as long as she can remember. She began her dance training at the age of six in Panama city, Panama where she was born. Since immigrating to the United States, she has trained with some of the finest instructors from the Eugene, Portland, Seattle, and Los Angeles area in ballet, modern, jazz, contemporary, hip hop, and African dance.
Currently, she teaches at flex Studios, Rebelle Movement, and Unity School of Dance in Eugene as well as being the Artistic Director for Elite Dance Company (IG: elite_dance_eugene). She is also the assistant coach for the Sheldon Colleens and is an active judge and adjudicator for the Oregon Dance Team Judges Association, the Washington State Dance Team Judges Association, and travels nationally with Dance Team Union and their sister company Inferno Dance Competition.