Directors

Tiffany's love for dance began early while growing up in her mother's dance studio. In high school, she was a Pearland Prancer and was on the Elite Jazz and Kick Companies. She also started teaching young dancers at her dance studio during this time. Tiffany attended Tyler Junior College after graduation, and danced on the Internationally Famous Apache Belle's drill team. While on Apache Belle's she performed at Dallas Cattle Barron's Ball, The Capital One Bowl Game, multiple NFL halftimes, Sounds of the Season Gala, and partnered with USO to perform for military troops in Japan. Tiffany has a degree in Interdisciplinary Studies from Texas A&M University, and a Masters of Education from Sam Houston State University. She resides locally with her husband, Cutter, and their beautiful bay girl. Tiffany is happy to have found a home at Dobie with the Lariaettes and Dobie Dance Department. She loves getting to work with such amazing students everyday!

Savannah was born and raised in Dallas-Fort Worth, where she first started dancing at Laura’s Dance Dynamics. This is where she first fell in love with dance. In high school, she was an LD Bell Raiderette and danced on the encore team and served as an officer her senior year. Upon graduation she attended Texas State University where she received her Bachelor of Fine Arts in Dance Education. At Texas State she was a four-year World-Famous Texas State Strutter serving as social officer for three years and selected to perform on pom squad and jazz elite. While on Strutters she performed in Costa Rica, opened the 93rd Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade, danced in Disney World, the Sunbelt Basketball Tournament in Pensacola, FL, and countless collegiate football, basketball, baseball, and volleyball games. Also, during her time at Texas State Savannah was a two-year member of Orchesis, a modern based dance company through the dance department. Currently, she is on staff for Showmakers of America where she teaches drill teams across Texas in the summer. She is very excited for this year at Dobie with the Lariaettes and the dance department!  

Perla branched out and started her first dance class in middle school. After falling in love with the art, she continued her dance career. In high school, Perla was a South Houston HS Jannette where she served as Colonel her senior year. After graduation, Perla attended Trinity Valley Community College as an Internationally Acclaimed TVCC Cardette. As a Cardette, she served as Lieutenant, was part of the Showgirls competition team, performed in a Texas Legends game, was a Collegiate Assistant for the TDEA Convention, and became a National Champion in 2017 at the DTU competition in Las Vegas. Perla then continued her education at Sam Houston State University where she was part of the Orange Pride Dance Team. There she had the opportunity to compete at the NDA Nationals in Daytona, Florida where they made history by winning two national titles in 2019. While in college, Perla also taught, choreographed, worked camps, and hosted master classes for dance students of various levels and ages. After graduation, Perla worked at Clute Intermediate as both the dance and cheer coach. During her time there, she strived to plant the love of dance in all her students. She is excited to continue this journey with the Lariaettes and Lassos. Go horns!