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2006 -2007 Kudos
Congratulations to the 2007 Senior Class and good luck in your future endeavors!
Johanna Combs will attend University of Northern Colorado in Greeley, majoring in Musical Theater, French or History. Courtney Covell will be working in Denver and going to Kenya to volunteer at an orphanage. After that she plans to attend college in Florida. Roselinda Galashaw will move to New York to pursue her dance career. Dahlia Hertz will attend the College of New Jersey in Trenton, majoring in English. Marlena MacArthur will attend the University of Arizona in Tucson, majoring in Nutrition with a minor in Dance. Penda N'Diaye will attend New York University, majoring in Dance. Britt Stewart will attend Loyola Marymount in Los Angeles, majoring in Dance. Alyssa Winchell will attend University of Northern Colorado in Greeley, majoring in Health Sciences. Jennifer Witt will attend Western Oregon University, majoring in Dance and Geography. We will miss you all!
Nathan Sherman (9th) will attend the American Ballet Theatre Summer Intensive at the University of Alabama in Tuscaloosa, Alabama. This will be Nathan's second summer at ABT. (Information on ABT summer programs is at: http://www.abt.org/education/summerintensive.asp)
Danielle Cole (7th) has been accepted to Colorado Ballet's 2007 Summer Intensive Program. (Information on Colorado Ballet's summer program is at: http://www.coloradoballet.com/academy/summer_intensive.shtml)
Meredith Winnefeld (7th) won the Junior Solo Championship at the Kids Artistic Review (KAR) Competition. She was first runner up for Miss Jr. Dance and was selected for a KAR summer dance intensive. The second runner up for Miss Jr. Dance was Taylor King (7th). (Information about KAR is at: http://www.dancekar.com)
Madison Shelpuk (6th) was accepted to American Ballet Theater's Summer Intensive to be held at the University of Alabama. Madison also competed in the Jump Convention and was awarded a Gold for her Solo and Trio pieces and a scholarship for a program in NYC this summer.
Kelsey Gibson (10th) is one of 30 dancers selected to attend an intensive ballet workshop with legendary ballerina Suzanne Farrell at the Kennedy Center in Washington, D.C. this summer. (Information on the Kennedy Center program is at: http://www.kennedy-center.org/education/farrell/home.html)
Steven Achziger (9th) won first place and scholarship money in the junior men's division of the Denver Ballet Guild's 2007 Young Dancer Competition. Many other DSA dance students also participated. (Information on the Young Dancers Competition is at: http://www.denverballetguild.com/programs.html)
Mariesha Nash (8th) won a convention scholarship at West Coast Dance Explosion in January 2007. She also was the recipient of convention scholarships at LA Elite and Adrenaline.
Three DSA dance majors were selected by the Moscow Ballet to participate in their Denver performances of the "Great Russian Nutcracker" in December 2006. Dancers selected were Victoria Quintana (9th) - Butterfly, Peyton Lucey (7th) - Chinese (older divertisment), and Meredith Winnefeld (7th) - Le Chocolate Spanish (older Divertisment).
Earning scholarships at the recent "Company Dance" regional convention held in Denver were DSA students: Dante Esian, Jordan Kleins, Meredith Winnefeld, Lexi Saenz and Sam Lipps. The convention featured noted choreographers and teachers such as Brian Friedman and Blake McGrath.
Chaz Shanley (9th grade) placed 2nd in the Intermediate Men division at the 2007 Southwestern Regional Figure Skating Championships. Because he was one of the top four competitors, he will go on to compete at the 2007 U.S. Junior National Figure Skating Championships in Cleveland, Ohio in November 2006. Chaz was the only male skater at the intermediate level from Colorado to qualify for Junior Nationals.
Lindsay Parker (junior) attended the Complexions summer intensive in August 2006. Complexions is a program developed by dancer Desmond Richardson. Lindsay worked with a ballet master in the mornings and the Complexions company in the afternoons at the Baryshnikov Arts Center in Manhattan. Only 40 dancers were accepted for the inaugural year of this program. More information at: http://www.complexionsdance.org/summerintensive.html
Eighth graders who attended the Snowy Range Summer Dance Festival '06 at the University of Wyoming in Laramie in July are: Maura McKay, Makenzie Burdt, Kara Powell, Nyasha James-Davis, Sophia Avila-Brewster and Reese Goldman. The faculty of the 11-day dance intensive features Peter Pucci, Gail Benedict, Yoav Kaddar, Keith Saunders, Susan Israel Massey and Lawrence Jackson, a former member of Cleo Parker Robinson's Dance Troupe in Denver. The Giordano Jazz Dance Chicago performed at the final festival concert. More information at: http://outreach.uwyo.edu/conferences/dancefestival/
Meredith Winnefeld (7th grade) won the preteen division of the 2006 National Bation Twirling Association National Competion held at Notre Dame University last summer. She also won four gold medals for her baton twirling at the AAU Jr. Olympic games in Virginia Beach, Virginia.
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