Dance Teacher

With a BFA in Dance from CU Boulder and a serious passion for movement, Summer brings technical expertise, somatic intelligence, and individualized care to every student. Having spent the last 15 years as both a dancer and dedicated dance educator in the Denver Metro area, she excels at creating organized, supportive, and thriving environments for young artists. Summer believes that well-rounded, healthful, and holistic training helps dancers build not just technical skills, but a strong work ethic and unstoppable self-confidence. She is thrilled to share her energy, experience, and love for dance with the MCDA family!

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Kshitija C. Saturdekar, originally from Mumbai, India, is a dancer, choreographer, and nature lover based in Colorado. In 2026, she is celebrating twenty years as a professional dancer and teacher. She has trained globally under renowned instructors in Hip-hop, Contemporary, Jazz, Indian Classical, and Bollywood styles, and her professional journey has taken her to Austria, Singapore, Australia, France and across the USA. Kshitija holds an MFA in Dance with an emphasis in Choreography and Hip-hop studies, an MA in Sociology, and a diploma in fashion and textile design. She enjoys her time teaching at MCDA and loves working with her dancers! In her free time, Kshitija enjoys reading, hiking, trying new restaurants, and FaceTimes with her family.

Gretchen LaBorwit is thrilled to be back with all the wonderful dancers at MCDA! Gretchen started her love of dance with ballet at the age of 7 and then soon found jazz, tap, and modern and she was hooked. She completed her undergraduate at Point Park University with a concentration in Jazz Dance in 2008. She performed with numerous companies in Pittsburgh including kNot Dance and the Pillow Project. In 2012 she moved to CO and performed locally with Evolving Doors Dance and Cindy Brandle Dance Company. In 2020 she completed her Masters in Fine Arts from CU Boulder with a concentration in Film and Photography. Most recently she has performed with Viskosity Dance and Mountain Summer Dance Project. When she isn’t dancing, she works as a server and manger at the Boulder Cork and during the day hikes dogs with Boulder Doggie Adventures.

Jillian Olson grew up dancing in Broomfield, Colorado.  She studied ballet, tap, jazz, lyrical and modern at Danstek, Becky Shaw School of Dance, and at Hannah Kahn Dance Company. During high school, she attended the Jazz Dance World Congress with the Giordano Dance Chicago, the Boulder Jazz Dance Workshop at CU Boulder, and was on her high school poms dance team.  She graduated with a Bachelor of Arts in Dance and Art History in 2003 from the University of Colorado where she was also a member of the Buff Gold Dance Team.  After receiving her degree in dance, Jillian began her teaching career while working at Boulder Body Wear and starting a family. She has taught Creative Movement, Ballet, Jazz, Tap, Contemporary, and Pre-pointe and has been a part of the Mountain Contemporary Dance Arts family since 2017.  When not at MCDA, Jillian spends her time with her husband Travis and three kids Alexa, Maia & Luke and is a partner in at Colorado Alternative Wellness in Broomfield.