Bonnie founded Colorado Dance Center in 1982 and is proud of its inviting and enriching studio environment. She has been teaching dance professionally since 1967 and has extensive and diverse experience in performing and choreographing ballets, jazz, and musical theater productions. She was a member of Colorado Ballet and director of its Littleton training school before establishing Colorado Dance Center. Bonnie also performed locally in various musical productions as an actor, dancer and choreographer. She holds a Masters degree in Elementary Education with emphasis in integrating the "The Arts" into education. Bonnie also teaches Theater Movement at Arapahoe High and is choreographer for many local High School Musicals. She is a lifetime member of the Colorado Ballet Guild and received the Governors Raising Colorado Civic Excellence Award for her work with children at Colorado Dance Center. Her greatest pleasure is to teach and share her love of dance with her students.
Kathy has been a ballet and jazz instructor at Colorado Dance Center for over 20 years, teaching both children and adults. She received her formal dance training in Chicago, Illinois, and has been a member of several dance companies in both Chicago and Denver. Kathy choreographs regularly for local High School and Middle School productions. She holds a Masters Degree in Education and is a drama coach and language teacher at Euclid Middle School in Littleton. Kathy enjoys both teaching and choreography. Her goal is to help each individual dancer strive to become the best she can be. Kristine has extensive experience as a performer, choreographer, and ballet teacher. She was a prima ballerina for the Salt Lake City Chamber Ballet Company and was affiliated with Ballet West. Kristine owned and directed her own Dance Studio until moving to Colorado. Currently, she is the director of our beginning pointe program. Kristine loves her students and wants to help them excel in their self-mastery of ballet technique and make the love of dance a meaningful part of their lives. Lisa began her professional dance career in Los Angeles and has credits in television, movies and theater. She relocated to Colorado eleven years ago to work for the international organization, Up with People, where she held the position of Choreographer/Associate Director. Lisa has taught Jazz for the past 20 years. Her goals are "to motivate, inspire and teach all who are willing to open their hearts, minds and bodies to the beauty of DANCE!" Sally instructs the Creative Dance and Early Years Ballet program. She has an extensive dance/movement background including modern dance, folk dance, ballet, mime and drama. She has been teaching children professionally since 1969 and is the founder of "Creative Times," a movement, music and drama program. Sally has choreographed original shows and given creative movement workshops at pre-schools and elementary schools for students and teachers. Sally has a special talent of being able to motivate young students through her unique, creative program which allows students to fully experience the joy and wonder of music and dance. Robin has been teaching ballet in the Denver Metro Area for over 30 years. She has staged numerous ballets including: the Nutcracker, Sleeping Beauty, Coppelia, Firebird, Les Sylphides and Paquita. Some of Robin’s other accomplishments include: Ballerina with Denver Civic Ballet, Ballet Now and other local companies; Choreographer for reproductions of a children’s musical theater company; and presently Ballet Mistress for the Department of Dance and Movement at the Denver School of the Performing Arts. Robin attended Loretto Heights College with a major in Ballet and a minor in Modern dance. She also studied music, dance medicine and education at other colleges and universities. Robin’s greatest pleasure is to teach and pass on her love of dance to her students. Christina’s love of dance began at Colorado Dance Center where she established her foundation for Ballet and Pointe. Along with ballet¸ she has studied Jazz¸ Tap¸ Hawaiian¸ Hip-hop¸ Modern¸ and Lyrical dance. Christina participated in high school and community theater productions, and at age seventeen began to teach at various studios. She studied Modern and Ballroom dance in college, and she was accepted into the Composite Dance Major Program with an emphasis in Ballet at BYU Provo. While in Idaho, Christina became lead teacher and choreographer for Dance Tech’s competitive Senior Jazz team and Hip-hop III team. She has also been an honorary judge at Idaho’s Technical Dreams State Competition. Christina is thrilled to be back at Colorado Dance Center as a teacher, where she firmly believes in its philosophy of dance education. She looks forward to extending her joy of dance to her students. Joanna has loved and studied ballet in Denver since she was nine years old. Joanna knew very early that she wanted to be a ballet teacher. To prepare for teaching, Joanna has taken the teacher certification courses in the Cecchetti method of ballet. She also has studied the modern dance methods of Martha Graham and Horton, as well as Spanish style dancing including Flamenco and Esuela Bolero (a soft-shoed style of dance much like ballet). She danced in the performing company of the Imperial Academy of Dance. Joanna is excited to be following her dream of teaching and sharing her love of dance with her students here at Colorado Dance Center. Nancy was a former prima ballerina with Colorado Ballet and danced leading roles in Romeo & Juliet, Giselle, Firebird, Nutcracker, and many other famous ballets. She began teaching ballet in the late 1960's and discovered this to be one of her passions. Nancy held a Masters Degree in Music. She was an accomplished composer, pianist, and recording artist of dance CD's which are sold throughout the United States. She shared her experience, expertise, and love of dance and music with her students through her teaching and her choreography. She will be missed greatly.