Artistic Team

Ms. Kregel is the owner of Metamorphosis Dance Academy and Artistic Director of Metamorphosis Dance. She began her training in Victoria, Texas with Debbe Busby and continued there as a member of Victoria Ballet Theatre from 1984 to 1993. She also studied with the Boston Ballet and Joffrey, San Antonio. She holds a B.A. in Dance Pedagogy from Butler University graduating with honors in 1997. Her career continued following graduation with the Alabama Ballet. Her career highlights include roles in The Nutcracker, Les Sylphides, Petrouchka, La Viviandière, Swan Lake, Coppélia, La Bayadère, Dracula, George Balanchine’s Serenade, Giselle, and Johan Renvall’s Between the Lines. She also appeared as a guest with the Indianapolis Opera in Die Fledermaus and on an international tour to Taipei City, Taiwan with the Butler Ballet. She has taught for The Jordan Academy at Butler University and for Exclusively Ballet in Birmingham before returning to Texas where she taught for Tapestry, Ballet Austin, and The Dance Studio. In 2004, she opened Metamorphosis Dance Academy and has been directing and dancing with Metamorphosis Dance since its merger with Austin Dance Ensemble in 2003. Under her direction, the company has performed Sleeping Beauty, Swan Lake, Cinderella, The Little Mermaid, and Wonderland as well as debuted many original works of both emerging and seasoned choreographers.

Melissa Glouchkova has been teaching ballet since 1986. Her teaching experience includes Corpus Christi Concert Ballet, Ballet Academy, Texas Ballet Concerto, Fusion Dance, Premiere Dance Center, Tapestry Dance Company and Academy where she was a company member for 10 years, Westwood High School’s Fine Arts Academy, Chula Vista Fine Arts Academy in Corpus Christi, TX, Rodnichok Vorkuta, Russia (guest teacher) and Metamorphosis Dance Academy which she considers home. Originally from Corpus Christi, Texas, Melissa began her classical training under Nancy Sulik, Artistic Director of Corpus Christi Concert Ballet, and attended summer intensives at Ballet West, Houston Ballet, Compania Nacional de Danza Classica, Mexico and the Joffrey School of Ballet, NY as well as received many scholarships to prominent schools such as Boston Ballet, The National Ballet School, Canada and Academie de Danse Princesse Grace, Monaco. In 1991, Melissa was one of five dancers chosen to participate in the Kirov Ballet’s “Glasnost Buddies”, a program which allowed her to take classes with the Kirov Company. Her professional dance career includes wonderful roles in productions such as The Nutcracker, Raymonda Pas de Dix, The Sleeping Beauty, Swan Lake, Les Sylphides, Coppelia, Beauty and the Beast, The Red Shoes, Stayin’ Alive, Sign of the Times, and Swinging Then and Now. In addition to teaching ballet, Melissa is a certified pilates instructor and owner of Center Pointe Pilates in Round Rock. She was a Master Pilates trainer at Castle Hill Fitness for 16 years, holds a BA in Interior Design, is certified in the Cecchetti Method of ballet, has a secondary education certification in Dance.

Carly Criscoe began taking ballet when she was three years old. Her formal ballet training began with Tanju and Pat Tuzer in 1988. She has had the privilege to receive additional training from Ann Arnoult, Dana Lewis, Danny Herman, and Rocker Versatique. Ms. Criscoe has trained in the Boston Ballet Summer Dance Program, David Howard Summer Dance Program, and the Tuzer Ballet Summer Dance Program. She has performed in various musical theater productions with Garland Summer Musicals, Plano Repertory Theater, and Georgetown Palace Theater, such as “My Fair Lady,” “Brigadoon,” “Fiddler on the Roof,” “Can-Can,” “The Music Man,” “Will Rogers’ Follies,” and “Pal Joey.” Ms. Criscoe has been a resident artist with Metamorphosis Dance since 2009. She has performed various roles in various productions. Some of these productions include The Nutcracker, Swan Lake, Cinderella, Sleeping Beauty, The Little Mermaid, and Wonderland. Ms. Criscoe graduated from the University of Texas at Austin with a bachelor’s degree in Government and a minor in Spanish. She has been in the accounting and bookkeeping profession since 2007.

David Foster was born in Dallas, Texas and has trained in Ballet under Paula Morelan, Shelley Padilla, and many others. David has also studied Graham, Limón, and Horton Technique. He has performed works by Tiffanee Arnold, Lesley Snelson, and Brandy Niccolai. David is thrilled to be apart of Metamorphosis Dance and would like to thank Danielle Ehoff, Orlando Canova, Melissa Glouchkova, and Melanie Kregel for their support. 

Kendall Haschke began her dance career at the age of three at Busby Dancenter in Victoria, Texas, where she studied a variety of dance styles, including ballet, tap, jazz, modern, pointe, and summer character classes. At ten, she joined The Victoria Ballet Theatre dance company, performing in many productions over the years such as The Nutcracker, Firefly, Coppélia, Swan Lake, and in many original works until she was thirteen. After relocating, Kendall started her journey with Metamorphosis Dance in 8th grade and danced there through her high school graduation in 2024. Over the years she has had the pleasure of dancing in many shows with Metamorphosis. Some of her favorites include Alice in Wonderland where she danced as the Dormouse, Red Shoes in the role of Kara, and performing in The Nutcracker as Clara. She has also expanded her knowledge of dance working with numerous instructors from Texas, and has attended programs such as Joffery Winter Intensive and Regional Dance America. In addition to dancing, Kendall began teaching children’s ballet classes at sixteen, finding joy in mentoring young ballerinas, and continues to do so. She is now excited to continue her dance career as a Resident Artist with Metamorphosis Dance. 

Lauren Hawkins was born in Austin, TX and primarily trained at The Austin City Ballet. There she had the wonderful opportunity to perform in Ballet productions starting at an early age. Some of her favorite ballets include La Bayadère, Midsummer Night’s Dream, Peter Pan, Sleeping Beauty and Coppélia. She has been dancing since the age of three and has attended Summer Intensives at The Virginia School of the Arts, Houston Ballet, Richmond Ballet, and Ballet Austin. She has trained with the Richmond Ballet in their Trainee program, and performed with their company in their annual Nutcracker, Stoner Winslett’s Windows, Malcolm Burn’s Romeo and Juliet and George Balanchine’s “Who Cares?.” During her years in college, she danced and taught for Ballet Lubbock and Austin City Ballet. After transferring from Texas Tech, Lauren graduated from Texas State University with a degree in English and Mass Communications. She is incredibly grateful to have worked with some of Austin’s finest that have shaped the dancer she is today. Those women are Carol D’Avila, Terry Lynn Wright, Arletta Howard Logan, Dana Lewis, Paula Sansom, Vlada Sheber, Melanie Kregel and Melissa Glouchkova. Lauren not only has a passion for dance, but for marketing as well. With that passion, she also works behind the scenes, managing Metamorphosis Dance’s social media platforms as Marketing Director. Lauren has performed with Metamorphosis Dance as a Resident Artist since 2017.

Katrina Kutsch, a native of Austin, Texas, began her dance training at the age of three under the direction of Lucretia Lomax Alvarez at The Dance Studio. There she studied Ballet, Jazz, Tap, and Lyrical and was blessed to receive training from Svetlana Krylova, Brenna Kuhn, and Amanda Booth-Neidhardt. In 2004 she expanded her training to include Ballet and Jazz at the newly established Metamorphosis Dance Academy, under the direction of Melanie Sistrunk Kregel. In 2006 she received the Senior Best All Around Scholarship at Texas Association of Teachers of Dance (TATD), and in 2008 she received the TATD Merit Scholarship to continue her dance education. Katrina graduated Magna Cum Laude from Southern Methodist University in 2012 with a BFA in Dance Performance and a Minor in Psychology. While at SMU she performed a wide variety of works, including George Balanchine’s Serenade, Robert Battle’s Battlefield, Danny Buraczeski’s Pithecanthropus Erectus, Martha Graham’s Panorama, Adam Houghland’s Five Preludes, and Jessica Lang’s Prayers to name a few. In 2013 and 2014 she attended the Hubbard Street Dance Chicago Summer Intensive and is very thankful for the life-changing experience. In 2012 she returned to her hometown and became a Resident Artist with Metamorphosis Dance. While with Metamorphosis Dance, she has performed roles such as Snow White, the Sugar Plum Fairy, and the Mad Hatter highlighting her talents in contemporary, ballet, and tap. She is incredibly grateful to all the teachers she has had throughout the years and hopes to share her experience, knowledge, and love of dance with the next generation of artists.