Kim Zvara: (Hip Hop Instructor)
This is my 5th season with center stage and 2nd year as program director. I have been dancing since I was 4 years old. For many years, I took ballet and jazz at a studio where I grew up. I went on to participate in my middle school dance team and also danced 4 years on the varsity team in high school. One of my dearest memories is the year my high school team won state. I attended St. Norbert College in De Pere, WI where I double majored in marketing & math and danced on the varsity dance team. I now teach math at Menomonee Falls High School & in May, my husband and I are looking forward to welcoming our first child into the world. We are very excited! Although I will be taking a leave for the beginning of the season, I look forward to returning this summer to coach the hip-hop team. I truly love dancing more than anything in life and I am so happy to have the opportunity to assist in providing your daughters the chance to discover and exercise that same passion
Stephanie Gasper: (Junior Team)
I started teaching for Center Stage in 2006. This will be my second year as program director and well as my second year working witht he Junior Team. I began dancing at the age of three. I attended a local studio where I took tap, jazz, ballet and modern dance classes. In high school, I student taught elementary and preschool dance classes at the studio. I became involved with dance team in middle school and also was a member of the Menomonee Falls Varsity Dance Team, where I served as captain my senior year. I currently am a college student majoring in business managment and work part time as an adminstrative assistant for the Waukesha County Juvenile Center. I am thrilled to be starting another season with Center Stage. Dancing was my first love and I am so grateful to be able to share that love with my dancers.
Ashley Hurst: (All-Star Team)
I began teaching dance for Center Stage in 2007. This will be my second year as a program director and also my second year as the head coach of the All-Star team. I began dancing at the age of 3 and I danced at Barb's Centre for Dance and then Nothern Dance Academy, both in Green Bay, until the age of 18. During those years, I studied many different styles of dance and traveled across the nation for various competitions. I was also a member of the Bay Port High School dance team and won many state and national titles. After high school, I went on to college and was a 3 year member of the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee dance team. I am majoring in early childhood education and I am currently in my last semester of classes. In the fall, I will be a student teacher in the Milwaukee Public School District and I will be graduating in December of 2009. In addition, I have a wonderful fiance and I am looking forward to being married in July 2010. I am absolutely crazy about dance and I find it so rewarding to share my knowledge and love for it with children!
Instructors:
Amanda Jacobi: (Mini and Red Teams)
Amanda is a current freshman at Marquette University. This will be her fifth season as a Center Stage Coach. She has training in tap, ballet, jazz, and hip hop. She was a member of Menomonee Falls Varsity Dance team for all four years of high school and is a current member of Marquette University's Dance Inc. She is so excited to be coaching and is looking forward to a great season.
Student Instructors:
Aimee Mercure:This will be my first year coaching for Center Stage and I'm very excited. I started dancing at a studio when I was 4 and stopped after a couple years. In middle school I rediscovered my passion for dancing and have kept going since then. As an 8th grader I was on JV at Menomonee Falls. My freshmen and sophmore years of high school I danced on Menomonee Falls Varisty dance team and will continue to do so. More recently I have also taken several years of studio ballet, tap, and jazz. To dance is a magical feeling I believe everyone should experience and I look forward to helping others feel that.
Kristin Prescott: Hi. My name is Kristin this coming school year (2009/10) i will be a somphore at Menomonee Falls High school. I have danced all my life and was a freshman on the Menomonee Falls Varsity dance team this year! I will be teaching the rec team and hip-hop team this year at Center Stage and I am very exicted about coaching both teams. And I'm looking forward to a great season.
Kayla Mandry: This will be my first year coaching Center Stage. I am 15 years old and a freshman at North Junior High School. I have been dancing since I was 3 at Nancy Diane Studio of Dance. At the studio I take ballet, jazz, and modern dance. When I was younger, I participated in Center Stage and I think it is a very good feeder program to develop the girls to dance at the high school level. In eighth grade, I was on the Menomonee Falls junior varsity dance team. My freshman year, I was on the Menomonee Falls varsity dance team and I will continue to be on the team throughout high school. I love to dance and it is my biggest passion. I hope I will be able to continue dancing throughout my life. I am so excited to be given the opportunity to help coach Center Stage and I am looking forward to a great season.