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Leslie Chirchillo is a graduate of The Dance Institute in Akron, OH. Her training has been with Ohio Ballet, Dance Institute, Hubbard Street Dance Chicago, Gus Giordano, The Joel Hall Dance Center in Chicago, City Ballet Theatre, and Eisenhower Dance Ensemble. She has received the Gaynor Minden Excellence Award in dance, as well as scholarships with the University of Akron, Giordano, and JHDC. She has performed with City Ballet Theatre in Milwaukee, danced the roles of Clara and the Sugar Plum Fairy with MCM Productions and has performed with Center Dance Ensemble in Oakland, Michigan. Leslie has been an instructor at City Ballet Theatre, Eisenhower dance Ensemble Center for dance, Metro Milwaukee Ballet Center, Encore Dance, and this will be her second season with Lake Shore Dance Studio. Maria Hackbarth: Miss Maria rejoins our faculty after completing a BA in dance from UW-Stevens Point in 2005. Miss Maria is skilled with all age levels and is ready to create a Ballet, Jazz, Lyrical/Modern, Pointe, Character, and Musical theater solo for you! |
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Faculty
Krystal Colburn Miss Krystal has studied dance for over a decade. She graduated the program at Lake Shore Dance in 2007. While at Lake Shore Dance, Miss Krystal took advantage of the full course of study available, taking classes in ballet, tap, jazz, lyrical-modern, Hip Hop, and Pointe. Her natural ability for Hip Hop and Lyrical-modern quickly became apparent. Miss Krystal worked her way through Lake Shore Dance’s teacher training program successfully. She quickly became the head teacher of the studio’s hip hop program.
Her training at Lake Shore Dance was enhanced by guest artists and master teachers including: Jim Keith, Dena Rizzo, Michael Pereira, and Mary Ann Lamb. Working with these talented artists helped Miss Krystal to develop and hone her own skills and teaching style.
Miss Krystal has performed with Lake Shore Dance Company in various outdoor events and “The Nutcracker”. She has danced several roles in “The Nutcracker”, including the dancing doll “Columbine” and “Dew Drop”.
During her senior year, Miss Krystal joined the Premier Competition team. She participated in groups that were recognized for outstanding choreography, high points and “Emotional Connection”. She performed two breath-taking solos which drew her audience in and captivated the judges with her strong stage presence and unique style of movement.
Miss Krystal has also been an active member of Danceit! Performance Ensemble – a volunteer group of talented performers and choreographers that present a benefit concert each summer on behalf of local non-profit agencies. In addition to sharing her talent as a performer with the ensemble, she has choreographed several new works for the concert which have been received very well.
Miss Krystal is very excited to begin her third year on the faculty of Lake Shore Dance. She looks forward to sharing the art of dance with your family!
Morgan Kempfer
Miss Morgan has had a passion for everything art related since she was very young. At the age of three she studied under Miss Amy at North Shore Academy of Gymnastics where she took both ballet and gymnastics. Miss Morgan came to Lake Shore Dance at the age of eight and continued there for many years studying ballet and tap. During middle school and high school she left the studio to pursue the dance teams. Through dance team, Miss Morgan studied jazz dance. She won many regional titles with the Thomas Jefferson Middle School and decided to continue on with the dance team in high school. Miss Morgan was on Junior Varsity for one year and Varsity for two years. On the Port Washington Varsity Dance Team she competed in many solo competitions, placing high in every one she competed in. As a team she traveled to Minnesota twice for the United Performance Association’s Nationals competition, competing against teams from all over the country. Her junior year the team placed first in the division two pom competition and eight overall. Miss Morgan was captain senior year and led her team to fourth in the division two pom competitions and fifth overall.
Miss Morgan was very happy with her decision to stay with the dance team for all those years, but her senior year of high school she decided that she wanted to come back to her basics. She enrolled in ballet at Lake Shore Dance and has danced there ever since. While at the studio she has studied Lyrical, Hip Hop, Pointe, and Ballet. Miss Morgan has danced the principle role of candy cane in the Nutcracker, has danced with Danceit! Performance Ensemble, as well as performing in the spring productions.
Shortly after returning to Lake Shore Dance, Miss Morgan entered the studio's proven teacher-training program. Because of her natural ability to connect with the children and the confidence she showed, she was quickly promoted to co-teacher. As co-teacher, she studied under Miss Gwen and Miss Amy. By the fall of 2007, she had completed the training program and now is a full member of our staff.
Miss Morgan is currently a junior in the Peck School of the arts at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee. Her major is art education and hopes to one day become an art teacher in an elementary or high school. In college she has had the opportunity to take tap at Danceworks in Milwaukee under the instruction of artistic tap director Amy Brinkman-Sustache. Miss Morgan will always hold the arts and teaching close to her heart and hopes to inspire your children to do the same.
Carrie
Martin: Miss Carrie
has studied dance with a passion for eleven years combining the outstanding
training offered at Lake Shore Dance with many convention, master class, and
advanced training events. In her continuing studies, she learns ballet, tap,
jazz, lyrical-modern, Acting, Pointe, and Hip Hop. She has studied with Mary
Ann Lamb, Cris Judd, Brian Friedman, Jim Keith, Michael Pereira, Andre’
Tyson, Rebecca Downing, Charissa Seaman, Dena Rizzo, Kenny Ingram, Geo
Hubela, and Joel Hall – just to name a few.
During her convention studies, Miss Carrie has been decorated with
scholarships and recognitions. These many awards include a Company Dance
Regional Scholarship, winning the opportunity to compete for the “Performer
of the Year”title; a CDC Junior Division Scholarship, and a Joel Hall Jazz
Camp scholarship for a week of master classes at the Joel Hall Dance Center
and a scholarship for full tuition to attend another Joel Hall Dance
convention. Most recently, Miss Carrie received the Clear Talent Group Agent
Award as a semi-finalist. As a soloist competitor, Miss Carrie has received
several special awards, including Outstanding showmanship and personality,
the “Eye of the Storm” award for “Most Entertaining Routine”, Out of the box
dancer, Personality plus award, Edgy dancer, crowd pleaser award, and Great
Personality judges award.
Miss Carrie has actively performed with Lake Shore Dance Company including
many outstanding performances in the company’s traditional Nutcracker
performance. In 2007, Miss Carrie danced the role of older Clara
beautifully. She also is a long-time member of our Premier Competition team
and the Performance ensemble Danceit!. Additional performance experience
includes the Port Summer Musicals, and as an Arabian Dancer in the Moscow
Ballet,
Training in our teacher-training program, Miss Carrie worked her way under
the keen eye of the directors from Demonstrator all the way to faculty
member. She first showcased her choreography skills in the benefit concert
in 2007 with an exciting contemporary piece. In 2008, she branched into
group choreography and solo choreography.
Miss Carrie says “I love working with all ages. I teach students age 5 to
adult. The key is to know when it is time to work hard and to have fun. If
class isn’t fun to a degree, the students will be less interested to learn.
ON the other hand, too much fun and not enough focus can lead to little
progress. It’s all about balancing it out and having a positive attitude.”
Miss Carrie would love to share her love and dance and her joy of performing
with you! Sign-up for her classes and private lessons today!
Jessica Seyfert
Miss Jessica has had a passion for teaching and dancing her entire life. She started her serious dance training here at Lake Shore dance for 5 years before she graduated in 2006.Miss Jessica is currently completing a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Dance, K-12 Certification to teach Dance, and Teaching Certification for Early Childhood Education. She is anticipating on graduating from the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee in 2011!
In her teaching method Miss Jessica is persistent on using positive reinforcement and encouragement to enhancer dance's confidence and technical skills. She especially enjoys working with younger dancers to share her inspiration and passion for dance.
Melissa Stern:
has trained in dance for sixteen years and continues her studies as
a dance major at the University of Wisconsin – Milwaukee under the
exceptional collegiate staff. Throughout her years of study, she has
experienced ballet, tap, jazz, pointe, and lyrical-modern. Miss
Melissa has been a scholarship winner at Lake Shore Dance because of
her positive attitude and dedication.
Miss Melissa has performed with Lake Shore Dance Company, performing
the principle role of the “Snow Queen” with grace and elegance for
two seasons. She also was an active performer with Lake Shore Dance
Competition team, receiving high awards and recognition with her
team and solos. Miss Melissa has been an active member of Danceit!
Performance Ensemble since it’s first season, not only performing,
but actively raising funds for the non-profit groups.
Miss Melissa studied the art of teaching dance at Lake Shore Dance
since middle school and her natural ability to connect with and
inspire small children to love dance soon became clear. Miss Melissa
has been a faculty member at Lake Shore Dance for three years and is
one of Ozaukee County’s top children’s teachers. Her positive
attitude and constant energy will capture your child’s attention and
she is ready to share her love for dance with your child!
Miss Melissa believes that “watching students learn and a get a step
correct after so much hard work put into it is the most rewarding
experience that I could ever be a part of.”
Sign–up today for Miss Melissa’s class and private lessons!
Rachel Woltring:
Miss Rachel has studied the art of dance for thirteen years and continues to
grow as a dance artist. In her time with Lake Shore Dance, Miss Rachel has
studied ballet, tap, jazz, pointe, lyrical-modern, Hip Hop, and Acting. She
has taken advantage of every convention and master class opportunity offered
further developing her artistry. Through these special opportunities, she
danced with Dena Rizzo, Mary Ann Lamb, Jim Keith, Cris Judd, Gregg Russell,
Eddie Garcia, and Michael Pereira. Miss Rachel is the recipient of a Lake
Shore Dance scholarship after showing major progress in just one year’s
time.
While at Lake Shore Dance, Miss Rachel has performed with Lake Shore Dance
Company, performing nearly every role in the Nutcracker. In addition, Miss
Rachel has performed many outstanding solos, including volunteering her
skills to the fundraising event “Under the Influence of Music”. Miss Rachel
has been a performer with Lake Shore Dance’s award winning competition teams
for over a decade.
Miss Rachel has apprenticed the directors of Lake Shore Dance to develop her
natural ability to teach. Miss Rachel is a compassionate and patient
educator who teaches students of all ages in class and private lessons. She
also has a special gift working with dancers with special needs.
Miss Rachel feels that “everyone has their own favorite style and it is her
goal to broaden each dancer’s horizon” through education and exposure to the
arts.
Miss Rachel is now accepting new private lessons – sign-up to work on
technique and learn a solo, duet, or trio for the show!
Student Faculty
Jenni Aichele:
Jenni
Aichele has studied the wonderful art of dance for over thirteen
years. She started with a creative movement class at the age of two
and moved on to study tap, jazz, ballet, and lyrical/modern.
She grew up in Taylor Michigan and
studied under the well known Michigan dance studio Sherry’s Academy
of Dance.
She studied there for ten years and
participated in their competition team for tap and jazz for five
years. The team won numerous high gold and platinum awards in
regional and national competitions.
She moved to Hartford, Wisconsin at the age of
fourteen and set in search for a dance studio. She came across
Encore Dance Studio and tried it out for a season. She also assisted
for creative movement, ballet/tap combo 1 and 2, and a tap class at
The Schauer School of Dance for a
year and a half before coming to Lake Shore Dance.
When Lake Shore Dance took
over, she now feels as though she “has found her home.” As she
started classes she became a demonstrator for Miss Amy’s Tap A
class.
She quickly moved up to a co-teacher
because of past experience, and how well she worked with the
children. This year she is teaching two tap classes and an Advanced
Beginning class.
Currently she is a junior in
high school and is going on to college to study child development
and elementary education.
She is still studying tap, jazz, ballet,
lyrical/modern, and recently added ASE and pre-pointe to her dance
experience.
Jenni can not wait to start her new classes and to
share her passion for dance through fun yet structured classes!
Alyssa Albers has danced for ten years, primarily at Lake Shore Dance.
In one of her first years at Lake Shore Dance, the directors recommended
that she advance past her recommended level due to her advanced technical
level. In her ten years of dancing, Miss Alyssa has studied ballet, tap,
jazz, lyrical, pointe, conditioning, Hip Hop, and ASE. She also performed
her first solo at age seven. In addition to her studies with the talented
faculty at Lake Shore Dance, she also has had the opportunity to dance with
Michael Pereira, Jim Keith, Andre’ Tyson, Brian Friedman, Mary Ann Lamb,
Elizabeth Parkinson, Mary McCloud, and Barry Youngblood.
Miss Alyssa is an active member of Lake Shore Dance Company and Competition
team. She also performs with Lake Shore Dance’s volunteer group, Danceit!
Performance Ensemble.
Miss Alyssa began training in Lake Shore Dance’s teacher training program at
age 12, showing great aptitude for connecting with her students and an
ability for communicating skills to her students. She now is a sought-after
private lesson teacher and choreographer.
Miss Alyssa believes in dancers taking responsibility for their own learning
process and motivates her students to really strive for excellence. She says
“seeing someone succeed after trying numerous times is just amazing!”
Miss Alyssa is one to watch over the years – dance with her by signing up
for classes and private lessons today!
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