Spirit

List of 2 members.

• Yesenia Cortes 

  Accounting Associate & Varsity Song Coach

  (818) 933-3613

  cortes@ndhs.org

  Bio

  Yesenia Cortes is the Varsity Coach for Notre Dame High School's Song Team.  Coach Cortes’ career as a dancer, choreographer and teacher span over ten years.  Her technical training stems from a foundation in Ballet with concentrations in Jazz, Contemporary, Peruvian, Hip-Hop, Jazz Funk, Pom, and Pointe. She has been a part of various competition teams where she has competed both regionally and nationally.  Coach Cortes has been honored with a total of 12 National Titles in Pom and Jazz, nine of which were won with Rosary High School’s Dance Team.   She continued her dance training  with Loyola University of Chicago, where she received her degrees in Economics and Political Science, as a member of their dance team.  Loyola’s Dance Team is amongst the Top Five Division I Dance Teams in the nation and has continued to be a nationally ranked program. She has also worked as a dance instructor for Universal Dance Association and has had the privilege of working with various different high schools and colleges in technique training and choreography. Coach Cortes is a proud member of the California High School Cheer and Dance Association and the National Dance Coaches Association. Both communities strive for the continuation and growth of dance as a sport, providing safety guidelines for teams, and the overall aid dance can provide to youth development.

• Kelly Hare 

  hare@ndhs.org

  Bio

  Kelly is excited for her 3rd season as the Notre Dame JV Song Coach. Kelly danced and cheered as a girl and has stayed involved with both through the years. She was a Notre Dame Song mom, where her daughter was a four-year All American, and MVP of Varsity Song. During that time she witnessed the hard work, commitment and dedication that is required of the amazing Notre Dame Spirit Program. Kelly was an actor and singer for many years, but now enjoys helping actors get the part. She is a Producer, Casting Director and a Private Acting Coach specializing in Audition technique. Her knowledge of casting and coaching actors transfers into creating exciting and precise routines for her team.