Adison Hillstead

Adison grew up in Evanston, WY where his passion for dance was quickly realized at a young age. His natural ability to adapt quickly to harder footwork and technique took him to many dance studios from Wyoming to Utah and drove his motivation for competitive clogging. In his youth, Adison had the opportunity to go on tour to San Diego/Catalina Island, Branson, and New York, and even got to try his fast footwork on the Radio City Music Hall Stage. Adison joined the Clog America Folk Dancing Ensemble at the age of 15 and had already traveled to 10 different countries as a performer by the age of 19. Adison was a cheerleader for his high school, and in college while pursuing degrees in fire science/EMT, Adison also took hip hop and ballroom dancing and competed in hip hop as well. Adison currently tours seasonally with Myrtle Beach based all-mens clogging team ALL THAT and has been a performer for Disney and Celebrity Cruise Lines since 2016. He is a proud member of the America On Stage National Hall of Fame, and recipient of the Ring of Glory as well as the America On Stage Legacy Award. Adison recently had a special feature on season one episode two of Game of Talents on Fox with ALL THAT! He is the proud father to Lexi Lyn and Jett Hudson, with number three on the way, and enjoys spending quality time with his family and friends, while staying active with biking and rock climbing.

Hailey Hillstead

Hailey grew up in Twin Falls, Idaho and has been dancing since 1998 taking classes and workshops in Clogging, Irish Step Dancing, Tap, American Folkdance, Hip Hop, Lyrical, Ballroom in Idaho, Utah, Nevada, and Oregon and has been a dance choreographer since the age of 16 producing routines for competitors, teams, pageant winners, musical theatre productions, soloists and workshops. Hailey competed clogging in the 90's and 2000's across the west coast in Idaho, Utah, Arizona and California. While going to school in Portland, OR, Hailey was a member of Portland's in.GAUGE Dance Company’s hip hop team until having to quit due to a dance injury (2013). She portrayed Marzipan Elf for the Portland Sugarplum Elves for four years, and started her own performance clogging group Eclectic Rhythm (2011-2013) consisting of her and three other dancers. Hailey was recently a featured choreographer from 2021-2023 for the America On Stage pro level show solo before becoming a permanent member of the America On Stage All Around Solo Committee with choreography now performed and competed by hundreds of dancers on the America On Stage competition stage every year! Her first love is choreography and is often found pouring her heart into projects, routines and shows for her dancers. Hailey is the creative and productive brains behind all things at Ground Control Studio and is passionate about providing a safe and inclusive space for all dancers who walk through their studio doors. Hailey has been a guest judge for Mr. TFHS (2019) and Battle Royalé, a Twin Falls Drag Queen competition. She is also a thespian in her free time and has performed with several theaters in Oregon and Idaho; her favorite character she’s portrayed was Velma Kelly in Chicago the Musical for the Orpheum's Repertoire Theatre of Twin Falls. On top of running Ground Control Studio full time, Hailey is also a certified Floral Designer (Portland Floral Design Institute Graduate) and has a wedding floral business Desert Rose Floral Artistry. She also prides herself in her roles as step and mom to two incredible dance kids.