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Jocelyn Labsan
Associate Artistic Director of Cherry
Creek Dance Performing Company and
7dancers
Director of Ballet
Former Artistic Director of Colorado
Ballet and Academy of Colorado Ballet.
Performed as a soloist for Colorado
Ballet and Tampa Ballet. Teaches
ballet and partnering.
Andrew Thompson
Member of Colorado Ballet from 1998-2006.
Spent 18 years with Minnesota Dance
Theater. Teaches ballet and
partnering. Resident Choreographer
for 7dancers.
Tanya (T. C.)
Leonard
1999-2001 Denver Nuggets Dance Team
Member. Teaches all styles, specializes
in young children's classes.
Charter member of the Cherry Creek Dance
Performing Company. Teaching staff
at Cherry Creek Dance for 16 years.
Nikki Boole
Originally from Los
Angeles where she grew up dancing all
styles. She worked for Disney for
8 years as part of the their Disney
Character Talent and part of the
parades. She danced for the L.A.Clippers Dance Team for 2 years and
currently dances for the Denver Broncos
Cheerleaders. She teaches various
classes but specializes in ballet.
Natalie
Kitka
Natalie is from Amherstburg,
Ontario, Canada where at the age of nine
she moved away from home to begin her
formal dance training with the National
Ballet School in Toronto. She has
danced with the Royal Winnipeg Ballet,
David Taylor Dance Theatre and is
currently with her second season with
7dancers. She teaches all
styles of dance.
Emily Sasson
Specializes in hip hop and jazz.
Former WNBA dancer, choreographer, and
team captain. Current
choreographer and guest performer with
7dancers.
Lauren
Giangregorio
2nd year member of the Denver
Broncos Cheerleaders. Lauren grew
up dancing all styles and specializes in
tap!
Brianne
Liljestrand
Specializes in children's classes
and teaches all styles. Trained
with the Maui Academy of Performing
Arts.
Matt
McDonald
Matt's expertise as a Bboy has been
gained over the passed 12 years. Having
traveled to perform from Korea to Italy
while gaining cultural perspective
competing from NY to LA. He is a member
of the prestigious Soul Mechanics Crew
which holds numerous Colorado titles.
His focus is to share the raw
foundation of Bboying; top rocks,
footwork, power moves, freezes and
musicality to aid students in
discovering their own unique abilities
and style through the art of Bboying."
Lindsey Hall
Current member of 7dancers.
Trained in all styles of dance.
Specializes in children's classes.
BA from the University of Wyoming in
dance with a minor in nutrician.
Katie Layman
2009 Miss Colorado winner and competed
in the Miss America Pageant, former
Radio City Rockette & Denver Broncos
Cheerleade. Katie teaches jazz and
musical theatre.
Lonnel
Layman
Cruise ship performer for more than 10
years. Trained in and teaches all
styles of dance.
Amy Fogarty
Amy is a second year member of
7dancers,
as well as a second year instructor at
the studio.
Amy
is a very versatile dancer! She has
studied dance her entire life and
attended summer programs with American
Ballet Theater, Pacific Northwest
Ballet, Kirov Academy of Ballet, and the
School of American Ballet, all on
scholarship.
Lonnel
Layman
Third season member of
7dancers.
Specializes in modern and children’s
classes. BA in dance from the University
of Wyoming with a minor in Nutrition.
Megan
Chmelik
Megan has danced professionally with
Ballet Arizona. She danced various roles
in the Nutcracker, Sleeping Beauty, Don
Quixote, and more. She teaches ballet
and combo classes.
Amy Hollinger
Originally from
Berkeley, California, Amy Hollinger
began her training with Berkeley Ballet
theatre, and later with the Kirov
Academy of Ballet, where she graduated
as
Valedictorian.
Amy is a also a 2nd year member of
7dancers .
Victoria
Quintana
Former member of
7dancers
and the Cherry Creek Dance Performing
Company. Teaches lyrical, jazz and hip
hop from kids through adults.
Donovan Helma
Donovan is an fantastic tapper as well
as a very inspirational instructor. He
has studied with many tap legends
including Savion Glover, Robert Reed,
and Henry Le Tang, just to name a few.
In 2004 and 2006 Donovan toured and
performed with the national cast of Tap
Dogs.
Toni Damico
· Grew
up dancing in Minnesota, studying all
styles of dance. She is a current
Denver Broncos Cheerleader, a model for
many dance catalogs and costume
catalogs. Degree in Communication
Studies from the University of
Minnesota.
Sayaka Karasugi
· Former
soloist with Colorado Ballet. Originally
from Kumamoto, Japan. Studied at
Kumamoto Ballet, Shanghai Ballet and
Royal Winnipeg Ballet. Cast member of
the TV show
Toy Castle.
Aubree
Thayer
Grew up in Arizona, dancing her
entire life. Now specializes in
tap.
Ashley
Gehrke
Former Denver Broncos Cheerleader and CU
Express Member. Teaches hip hop,
cheerleading & children's classes.
Jennifer Murphy
Former company member of the Canton
Ballet as well as a full scholarship
student at the School of American
Ballet. Teaching primarily ballet
and children's combo classes.
Current member of
7dancers.
Liz Harris
Former member of the Denver
Broncos Cheerleaders. Head coach
of CU Express. Former member of
7dancers.
Former member of CU Express and
Cherry Creek Dance Performing Company
member for 5 years.
Heather
Watson
Former Radio City Rockette.
Charter member and now a resident
choreographer of 7dancers.
Has trained in L.A., danced on cruise
ships and for many corporate events.
Specializes in lyrical and jazz.
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A Denver native, Stephanie
has dedicated her life to the Denver
Dance Community. She has trained with
the country’s finest instructors and has
an extensive dance resume. Stephanie
works closely with Radio Disney's Street
Team as their choreographer. A
Musical theater performer, Denver
Nuggets Dancer, Denver Broncos
Cheerleader (captain and pro bowl
representative), corporate/industrial
shows dancer and performer at many
social/charity functions. Although
Colorado is her favorite place to
perform, a few of her most memorable
performances have been in Mexico, Spain,
Japan and Hawaii. Stephanie is currently
a participant in the Impact Denver
program through the Denver Metro Chamber
of Commerce. Last year Stephanie
was honored with the Denver Business
Journal's exclusive "Forty Under 40"
award for exceptional business people &
a lifetime achievement award for
Excellence in the Arts from the City of
Arvada. Stephanie still continues
to perform as well as teach throughout
the country, many times along with her
performing company. Stephanie loves
sharing her dance knowledge and
experience with her students at her
home, Cherry Creek Dance.