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FALL NEWSLETTER
 2013

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Fall Registration
New Fall Classes
New Staff
Master Class With Melody Lacayanga
Master Class With Ricky Palomino
Western Welcome Week
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Centerstage Starz    Dancer Gallery

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2011-Arielle 

  

Itchy

   

Tommy

2011-Kailee  

 

 

2011-Casey  

 

 

2011-Itchy_2  

 

 

2011-Tessa and Maya  

 

 

2011-Emily  

 

 

MeaganM  

 

 

Leah  

 

 

2011-Itchy  

 

 

2011-Britt and Devyn  

 

 

2011-Jenna  

 

 

2011-Caty  

 

 

Maya  

 

 

Shawn and Nadia  
DATES TO REMEMBER
  • Friday, August 30, 2013 - Last Day of Summer Classes
  • Tuesday, September 3, 2013- First Day of Fall Classes
  • Sunday, October 13-Saturday, October 19, 2013 - Fall Break, STUDIO CLOSED
  • Thursday, October 31, 2013 - Halloween, STUDIO CLOSED 
  • Wednesday, November 27 - Saturday, November 30, 2013 - Thanksgiving Weekend, STUDIO CLOSED
  • Monday, December 9 - Saturday, December 14, 2013- Studio Winter Showcase Performance
  • Saturday, December 21, 2013- Fall Session Ends
  • Monday, December 23, 2013 - Saturday, January 4, 2014- Winter Break, STUDIO CLOSED
  • Monday, January 6, 2014 - Spring Session Begins
  • Monday, March  24 - Saturday, March 29, 2014- Spring Break, STUDIO CLOSED
  • Saturday, May 17, 2014- Spring Dance Recital , end of Spring Session

Fall Registration

 

 We are currently accepting registration forms for our Fall Session. Classes are filling up fast! Fall Session begins Tuesday, September 3, 2013.

 

Note: If you were registered for our Summer Session, you will need to re-register for the Fall Session. Our Summer Session is a stand alone session with a limited schedule and shorter time period. Fall does continue right into Spring, so you will not need to register again except to add or change classes.

New Classes For Fall!

 

Adult Jazz Monday 7:45-8:45 p.m.

Turns and Progressions I (5-8 year olds) Tuesday 4:15-4:45 p.m.

Lyrical I (5-8 year olds) Tuesday 4:45-5:15 p.m.

Pre-Pointe* Tuesday 4:45-5:15 p.m.

Break Dance I (5-8 year olds) Wednesday 4:15-4:45 p.m.

Hip Hop I (5-8 year olds) Wednesday 4:45-5:15 p.m.

Stretch and Strength (10&up) Thursdays 6:45-7:15 p.m.

Int/Adv Tap Friday 4:15-5:15 p.m., 5:15-6:15 p.m., or 6:15-7:15 p.m.

Tumbling I (6-10 year olds ) Saturday 10-11 a.m.

Tumbling II (11&up) Saturday 11 a.m.- 12 p.m.

  
Meet Our New Staff Members!                   
Kat Larson - Front Desk Manager
   

Kat Larson was brought up to appreciate the fine arts, especially the theatre. She was an active member of Younger Generation Players, starting in third grade, taking ballet, tap and jazz as well as acting classes, and participating in main stage productions such as Wizard of Oz, Pinocchio and Aladdin. She performed in the musical group Grace Notes, was in the Ladies Select choir at Powell Middle School, and Concert Choir at Littleton High School.
 She received a B.A. in Psychology with a minor in Sociology from the University of Colorado in May of 2010. She obtained a Master of Arts degree in Religion from Liberty University in May of 2012. Kat has always enjoyed working with young people of all ages and most recently was employed by East Elementary School in Littleton, working with kindergarten and first grade math interventions. She has also worked with middle and high school students as an AVID facilitator, helping to foster critical thinking skills as those students addressed various academic problems.
 Kat has been involved with Centerstage Starz for over 3 years and is looking forward to her work at the front desk.

  
  
Lynn Price - Front Desk Manager

Hi, I am Lynn Price, a business and social entrepreneur who always tries to balance making a living with making a difference.  For a living; I have vast experience in sales, business development and communications in entertainment, telecommunications, technology and non-profit ventures.  For a difference; I am founder and President Emeritus of Camp To Belong, an international non-profit that reunites brothers and sisters placed in separate foster, adoptive or other out of home care - most notably for quality time at summer camps.  I have four young adults, including my 'baby', Jamie, who grew up at Centerstage Starz and is now teaching.  That full circle is a beautiful thing!  I am happy to be 'back' seeing the next generation live their dance and theatre passions!

 
  
Kristin Thoes - Dance Instructor 
Kristin has been passionate about dance since she could walk and started taking lessons at the age of two. She has received extensive training in jazz, ballet, lyrical, and poms, as well as danced competitively with great success for 10+ years.  Kristin was a member of the Denver Broncos Cheerleaders for 5 years (2003-2007).  During this time she loved performing for over 75,000 fans, but she considers her most important contribution was her ability to be part of the Broncos performance team that traveled overseas to entertain our US troops. Since the age of eleven, Kristin has taught many students, ages 3 through 40, dance, cheerleading, gymnastics, and horse back riding.  She has also won numerous awards for her outstanding choreography and creativity.  Kristin received a Bachelor of Arts from the University of Colorado at Denver, majored in Communications, minored in Sociology and has a certificate in public relations.  

Andrea Kehler - Dance Instructor
 

Andrea Kehler began her professional performing career in her teens when she appeared with the National Tour of Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat. Favorite performing credits include Drama Desk nominated Cut to the Chase (Little Angela), The Gregory Hines Tribute, How to Succeed... (Hedy La Rue), Cinderella (Anastasia), Nunsense (Sr. Robert Ann), Wizard of Oz (Scarecrow & Toto puppeteer), Snoopy (Woodstock), Peter Pan (Tinkerbell), and she has been honored to perform and work along-side legendary entertainers such as Ann Reinking, Ben Vereen, Sam Harris, Terrence Mann, Alix Korey, and Charlotte d'Amboise.  Directing and choreography credits include Seussical, All Shook Up, Bye Bye Birdie, Dear Edwina, and many others.  Andrea is the Producing Artistic Director of Broadway Training Intensive in Denver and the Creative and Marketing Director of Broadway Bound Kids in New York City.  She directed the dance program and founded the acting program at The School of Blessed Sacrament in NYC, co-created and directed Summer Theatre Project in Denver, and has taught in programs ranging from The Butler University Department of Theatre, to the Denver Center Theatre Academy at the DCPA, and many schools and studios across the country.

 

  
Kevin O'Keefe - Dance Instructor

Kevin has trained with many well known names in Hip Hop including Eric Finn, Kwickstep, Clyde Evens, Kenny Jimenez, Rennie Harris, and Gary Kendall. He has taught all ages and levels in the studio as well as on the collegiate academic level including Colorado College and CU Boulder. Kevin has also taught Master Classes and workshops throughout the United States and at international conventions, with such prestigious organizations as Culture Shock in San Fancisco, CA and The Arena in Zurich, Switzerland. He has also choreographed and performed extensively, including the Denver Nuggets half time shows, Summer Fest in Los Angeles, and the Denver Hip Hop Festival.

 

   

Erica Kalhoefer - Tumbling Instructor
Erica will be teaching our tumbling classes. She has been coaching gymnastics/cheerleading for several years for all age groups, her favorite to coach are floor and cheer. She is also well versed in other sports, including dance at Centerstage. Her approach to coaching is to teach with progressions by teaching the basic version of any skill and adding onto it part by part until a student is mastering the advanced version. It creates less reliance on a spotter and more confidence within the student to be able do the skill correctly.
She is currently a pre-med student at UC Denver. She is fan of professional sports, especially all the Denver teams, and Erica enjoys reading and baking.
  
  
Jamie Price - Dance Instructor/Company Director
Jamie is an alumni of Centerstage Starz Theatre and Dance Studio. She called the studio her home from 1997-2007. She was a student/company member and also an instructor/choreographer. She was trained in a wide variety of dance styles and participated in theatre and voice classes. She attended Denver School of the Arts as a Dance Major. She then went to Highlands Ranch High School and was on the Varsity Poms team. Jamie decided to finish out high school by home schooling and moved to Los Angeles at age 17 to pursue a professional performing arts career. When she returned to Colorado, she received a Wedding and Event Planning Certificate from Arapahoe Community College, Corporate Learning Division and an Events Planning Coordinator Certificate from Front Range Community College.  Jamie performed with the Mammoth Wild Bunch Team for the 2008-2009 season. She also worked for Max Media (radio stations 101.5 and 107.1) as a promotions assistant. Today she is back "home" at Centerstage Starz Theatre and Dance Studio working with non company members and company members.  She is loving giving back and paying it forward. It truly has come full circle for her and the Centerstage Starz family. 
  
Master Class With Melody Lacayanga
Melody 
 
    
Friday, August 23, 2013
 Ages 7-11 5:00-6:30 pm
 Ages 12 & up 7:00-8:30 pm 
 Cost: $40
  
  
Melody Lacayanga is tiny and powerful, and she's taking the commercial dance world by storm. The feisty, California-born dancer grew up dancing with Chris Jacobsen's Dance Company of San Francisco, but it was her successful turn on "So You Think You Can Dance" Season 1 that made Melody famous. During the show's first season, ballet-trained Melody dominated each style that was thrown her way, from the jive to the paso doble and snagged the runner-up title. Since "SYTYCD," Melody has continued dancing professionally, performing with Sonya Tayeh Dance Company and Mark Meismer's Evolution. She has danced on "The Ellen DeGeneres Show," "Idol Gives Back,"  and "Glee" and performed at the Europe MTV Movie Awards.
Most recently, Melody performed on Miley Cyrus' Gypsy Heart World Tour and was an All-Star on Season 8 of "SYTYCD."
Master Class With Ricky Palomino
 
 
    
Friday, August 30, 2013

 

Ages 7-11 5:00-6:30 pm
Ages 12 & up 7:00-8:30 pm
  
Cost: $40
  
Ricky Palomino is a producer, director, choreographer, dancer and master teacher. Ricky is currently producing and directing a number of soon to be released projects. He is a choreographer on "Abby's Ultimate Dance Competition" on the Lifetime television network. He recently choreographed and directed the full length theatrical show "The Transit of Venus" for the Kielecki Teatr Tanca in Poland. He has been a master teacher and choreographer for iHOLLYWOOD, CanDance, and SHOCK dance conventions. Ricky danced in New York with Cedar Lake Contemporary Ballet as an original founding member, H.T Chen Dance & Co and both Alvin Ailey and the Broadway Dance Center as a scholarship recipient. Ricky was a Dancer on the hit FOX show "So You Think You Can Dance Season 3" and was a Macy's Stars of Dance dancer for "Dancing With the Stars". He recently performed in the dance documentary "Movement One" created by Emmy nominated choreographer Teddy Forance and producer/composer Jon Arpino. He was just featured in the book Dancers Among Us - A Celebration Of Joy In The Everyday by photographer Jordan Matter. He assisted Emmy award winning choreographers: Mia Michaels on Season 4 of "SYTYCD" and Wade Robson on Cirque Du Soleil's "Believe" featuring Criss Angel and "The MindFreak". He also assisted Emmy nominated choreographer Chris Scott on "SYTYCD" season 9. Ricky has worked alongside Gloria Estefan and has choreographed for The Pointer Sisters, Kristine W, Taylor Dane, and the legendary Patti LaBelle.   

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Centerstage Starz Will Perform At Western Welcome Week!

 

We are so excited to be a part of Littleton's Western Welcome Week.  Our Company Dancers will be performing on  Saturday, August 17th at 1:50 p.m. on the Main Stage.

 

For more information on Western Welcome Week, please visit their website:   http://www.westernwelcomeweek.org/index.php/.

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Centerstage Starz Theatre and Dance Studio
8150 S. University Blvd.
Centennial, Colorado 80122
(303) 713-0355
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