Kellie Johnson

 “All Music Must Dance”

George Gardner

All my life I heard my father say “All Music Must Dance”……. and so it has.

             Yes, I hate to admit it but I just turned 30 and not quite ready to accept it.  I was born and raised in Northeastern Arizona in the small town of Holbrook.  I am the seventh of eight children.  My mother and father were both schoolteachers.  My Dad taught music for over fourty years, and he involved us in every project he could dream up.  This is where I got my passion for theatre and dance.  I married the man of my dreams ten years ago.  He is from the even smaller town of Joseph City.  We now have three wonderful boys, ages 8,3 and 1.

             I studied dance at BYU and ASU.  I graduated from ASU with my bachelors in Theatre.   I started teaching dance about 12 years ago.  I have taught dance to local high schools and a couple of community colleges.  I was hired to be the Dance Clinician for the Northeast Regional Festival for the Junior High level then later as the Assistant Dance Clinician for the High school level a couple of years later I was asked to be the Head Clinician for the High School level.  This involves teaching about 2-3 hundred students from the surrounding schools.  I was also hired to be the theatre choreographer for Northland Pioneer College for two years. Most recently I taught several performance art classes of all age groups at the Mesa Arts Center where I really fell in love with teaching.

             I am so excited for the opportunity to teach the classes I love. We started classes at the Johnson Performing Arts Studio, October of 2006, and have enjoyed every minute of it.  I really hope this is not only a good opportunity for me to continue doing what I love but to offer a little something to our community.  I really look forward to spending time with all my students and really getting to know all of you.

             My father passed away 3 years ago of cancer and he was a man that inspired many, and gave all he had to his students and the community. He is truly my inspiration and hero.  I would like him to know that

“All Music Will Dance”

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Sarah Whitmore
 

Hello to all my fellow dancers!  My name is Sarah Whitmore and I am very excited to begin teaching dance again, and meet all of my students.  Some of my greatest joys in life have come from  performing the art of dance and more specifically teaching it.

 

I began dancing in high school and quickly became a paid choreographer for different organizations in California.  I then earned my bachelors degree in Dance Education from Brigham Young University receiving awards and formal

acknowledgements from the program at graduation.  I moved to Colorado and began teaching choreography and creative/modern dance in the performing arts school “Attitudes”.  Life then took me to Las Vegas where I became the Dance Program Director in an inner city school.  I found some of the most choice and rewarding experiences of my life as I taught those amazing girls and boys!  I miss them dearly!

 

On a more personal note, I am a spazz and love to sweat in class.  The more laughing in my classes the better.  I can out eat any man I know when it comes to pizza, and my favorite dessert is ice-cream!

 

 I feel privileged to have this opportunity, and can not wait to start teaching!  Come ready to sweat!

 

 

 

 

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Carrie Sandberg

 I grew up in Ohio and I come from a family of nine children. I attended college at Brigham Young University where I earned a Bachelor’s degree as a Music Elementary Specialist. I taught elementary music classes for a year. Soon after, I began working on a Master’s degree. I still continued my contacts with the elementary school as a TA for a 3^rd grade teacher and I assisted with the music classes occasionally. In April of 2004, I received my Master’s Degree in Oboe Performance. For the past few years, I have been a stay-at-home mom. I have two girls. Music and teaching are my favorite pastimes. I look forward to teaching the Music Mania class and learning with you.

 

 

 

 

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Clogging is an art form and very much a part of our heritage. It began in the Appalachian Mountains and now enjoys widespread popularity throughout the United States and around the world. It has evolved since the 1700’s and is often compared to tap dancing. The basic difference is that in clogging the heel keeps the down beat. The shoe is similar to tap shoes (that’s right, you don’t wear wooden shoes) except instead of having one tap on your heal and one on your toe you have 2 taps on your heal and 2 taps on your toe, known as double taps to create a jingle. It very upbeat and performed to a variety of music (pop, hip hop, country, blue grass . . .)

 Hello! My name is Kendal McAllister and I will be teaching clogging along with tap and ballet. I enjoy all forms art wither it be dancing, music, painting, fashion, or design. I started dancing at a formal dance academy when I was 3 years old in Farmington New Mexico. I began teaching at age 15 and continued into college at Brigham Young University. While I pursued my bachelor degree in Arts I was a teaching assistant in clogging classes at BYU and also worked as a private dance instructor locally. My husband and I then moved from Utah to Arizona shortly after we graduated from college. We are getting use to Arizona and we are enduring the heat!

I have enjoyed the art of dance throughout my life. I am looking forward to sharing my passion for art with my students.

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Tedd Glazebrook 

 

Hello, My name is Tedd Glazebrook and I look forward to teaching you the guitar this year.  I have been involved in some form a musical activity since I was two years old.  I have studied voice, piano, guitar, and drums throughout my life.  The guitar is by far my favorite instrument.  I have been playing the guitar for the last 10 years.  For two years I studied music at Yavapai College in Prescott Arizona, but went on to receive my degree in Business Management and an MBA in business.  I also serve in my church as the Music Chairman. I enjoy playing and practicing my music everyday.  Music is my passion and I look forward to sharing and teaching you what I have learned.

 

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Erin Guereña

 

Hello! My name is Erin Guereña and I will be teaching beginner ballet and Stability Ball exercise classes. A native to Arizona, I love the sun and the heat! I am a mother of two and have made fitness my profession. I am working on an education in Exercise and Wellness and I am a trainer for Water Fitness Instructors for the Valley of the Sun YMCA’s. I love fitness it all forms.

I danced as a young child but mostly pursued my talents in swimming. Though most my expertise is in the water environment, I have discovered through watching my daughter dance, that there are similarities to both water and dance movements, thus the creation of Synchronized Swimming. Both exercises build strength, flexibility, endurance, grace, and posture. Ballet is an art that will make extreme demands on your body. I have worked with children and taught swimming lessons for over ten years but I am very excited for this new challenge and I can not wait to grow and learn with your ballerina!

 

 

 

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Suzy Bills

I love music—whether making it myself, listening to someone else perform it, or dancing to it. I’m constantly amazed at how much music influences my life. I enjoy singing, and I’ve learned to play the flute, saxophone, trombone, some percussion, and the organ, but playing the piano is definitely my first love. I’ve been playing for about 17 years and began teaching piano lessons when I was in high school. I enjoy helping my students increase their piano skills and their love of music. I like to include various learning activities in my lessons and encourage my students to explore the piano and music—and have fun doing it! It’s a win-win situation, because I have fun exploring with them!

I’m a Phoenix native and much prefer the heat to the cold and snow! I received my bachelor’s degree from Brigham Young University in Provo, and my full-time job is as an editor of college curriculum.