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Kerri Bauer - Owner/Jazz Instructor
Kerri was born in Mesa, Arizona and is a native Phoenician. She is the youngest of seven children and has
loved every minute of it. Kerri began dancing at the age of five at a studio in Tempe. She was very well
trained in jazz, tap, ballet and acrobats by her dance instructors and mentors such as Julie Renn, Nancy Schade,
Loretta Doak, Doug Caldwell and Jackie Sleight.
Kerri continued to love dance and started to compete and perform throughout the United States. She has been
awarded many dance scholarships and titles for her love and commitment to dance. When Kerri was eleven,
she was asked to choreograph her own solo and compete against over 200 other dancers in the Jr. Miss
Broadway competition held in New York City. Kerri performed her solo and received 1st runner up to Jr. Miss
Broadway! She was also a member of "Perfectly Matched," a teen dance group that performed and won on
the television show Star Search in 1991-92. Kerri also performed on many T.V. Pilots and industrial shows such
as Nike, Avia, O.P. along with several National car shows.
Kerri attended McClintock High School in Tempe. She was a member of the McClintock Pom Squad and Senior
Dance Company for all four years. In March of 1994, while she was only a senior, she received an invitation
to dance and finish off the season with the Phoenix Suns Dance Team. At the end of her senior year, she
was a member of the 1994 Arizona Rattlers Dance Team. Kerri then auditioned to become a member of the
Phoenix Suns Dance Team. She continued on to become Co-Choreographer and a seven year veteran. Kerri
has traveled many places with the Phoenix Suns such as Toronto, Canada to perform at the World Games and
Mexico City, for NBA Exhibition Games. She also had the chance to Co-Choreograph for the Harlem Globetrotters
2001 World Tour.
Kerri has always had a dream that one day she would open her own dance studio and share her love
for dance with children. In April of 2001, Kerri accomplished just that and created All About Dance,
where the name says it all. She wanted to provide a positive atmosphere where children of all ages
could learn to love dance just as much as she does. Kerri & her husband Andy are enjoying parenthood
with their 2 1/2 year old son Mason and are expecting Baby Boy # 2 - Max in September.
Emily Finch - Ballet, Pointe, Pre-Pointe & Pre-School Combo
Emily Finch, a native of Marshalltown, Iowa, began dancing at the age of three. She attended the University of New Mexico for a year where she studied Movement Analysis with Bill Evans. Emily then transferred to Arizona State University where she earned her BFA in Dance Education. She was the 2001 Outstanding Dance Education Student for the ASU Department of Dance and the 2001 winner of the Arizona Choreography Competition.
Following graduation, Emily danced with two Valley modern dance companies, Center Dance Ensemble and Desert Dance Theater. Emily then moved to Iowa where she was an Instructor and Studio Director for the Robert Thomas Dancenters in Newton, Iowa Falls, Ames, and Story City. Emily was a core member and of Des Moines' only professional modern dance company, Hurley and Dancers and has performed in Canada and Minneapolis with the company.
Emily is currently teaching ballet and pointe at All About Dance in Scottsdale and also teaches at Tempe Dance Academy. Emily holds dance parties in her living room every night with her daughter Stevi Anne and her husband Josh.
Steve Horrell - Hip-Hop
Jan Lawton - Tap
Jan Lawton has been teaching dance for over 40 years. She has studied, trained and performed in all dance forms, enjoying Tap as her forte. Jan enjoys teaching children and adults at all levels as well as being very proud of her rewarding, professional career. Jan owned and directed Lawton's School of Dance in San Diego, CA. for eighteen
years. She has directed and coordinated national dance conventions, choreographed for stage, television and commercial work, judged for national competitions and done many other tasks to keep her very involved in her chosen profession.
Jan is now the Director of "Tap West", which promotes and celebrates Tap as an original American art form , a National Dance Week Delegate for Arizona, teaches dance classes throughout Phoenix, and in her spare time directs and performs with "TNA" The Totally Not Authentic, Just for Fun , Scottsdale Polynesian Dance Troupe. Jan contributes her love of teaching dance to staying young at heart. She is grateful to have worked with and learned from many great dance masters that have given her a fulfulling dance education.
When all is said and done, Jan loves to teach dance in a refreshing and postive manner , and is honored to pass on her knowledge of dance to future dancers.
Kasey McHale - Jazz, Contemporary/Lyrical, Junior Company, Musical Theater & Teen Company
Kasey began dancing at the age of 10 and danced competitively in Arizona for 8 years where she won numerous scholarships and awards for performance and choreography. She was a member of the Desert Mountain High School Varsity Pom squad in Scottsdale for three years, University of San Diego Dance Team and was also a member of the first company group at All About Dance!!
To continue her passion of dancing, she began teaching jazz, lyrical, and Pom and Cheer classes in 2005 at All About Dance while pursuing an undergraduate degree in Marketing at Arizona State University. She has choreogrpahed several routines for all the company groups at All About Dance and is currently the Teen and Junior Company instructor.
Outside of All About Dance, Kasey has also had the opportunity to choreograph and coach the Desert Canyon Middle School Pom and Cheer squad. Kasey enjoys everyday that she spends at All About Dance and finds no greater joy than watching her students learn and progress as dancers!
Caitlyn Taylor - Ballet, Hip-Hop, Jazz, Lyrical & Pom & Cheer
Caitlyn Taylor was born and raised in Iowa Falls, Iowa. She has been taking dance lessons since the age of 3. She has had extensive training in ballet, pointe, tap, lyrical, jazz and hip-hop. She danced with the Dancenter Dancers competition team for 7 years, attending competitions through out the Midwest. With this team she performed in group numbers, duets and solos, winning numerous awards and recognition. She was a 4 year member of her top ranked high school dance team. She won 1st place in the state high school dance solo competition her junior year performing a jazz solo. Caitlyn was selected to be an instructor for the National Dance Alliance program her senior year of high school and has traveled the country teaching dance workshops. Caitlyn is currently attending Scottsdale Community College majoring in their dance program. This fall will be her second year teaching at All About Dance.
Natalie Varty - Jazz, Mini Company & Tap
Natalie Varty, born in Sao Paulo, Brazil, grew up in Fountain Hills, Arizona and has been
dancing since she was 3 years old. She started competing at the age of 10 under the
instruction of famous choreographer Brian Friedman and has extensive dance training in
jazz, lyrical, hip-hop, tap and ballet.
With her talent and passion at 13 she was selected
and invited at a national dance competition to join an exclusive dance team in Los
Angeles called Team Rave LA. Performing with Team Rave for 3 years she had the
opportunity to dance across the west coast at places such as, Paramount Picture Studios,
Venice beach, Disneyland, the Parade of Lights at Christmas time and many other wellknown
charities. In addition to dancing, she was on the Varsity cheer team at her high
school where she was co-captain her senior year and helped lead her team to win the
State title and 10th at Nationals in LA.
During her senior year she also joined the elite
Paradise Valley All-Stars dance team balancing her time with this team and cheer. While
attending classes at Arizona State University, Natalie had the opportunity to dance for
singer Neil Young in 2003 at his concert at the Dodge Theater and has been teaching at
All About Dance for the last 4 years. She just graduated from ASU with a degree in
Broadcast Journalism and a minor in Business and is looking forward to another great
year sharing her passion with all the dancers at All About Dance!
Tiffany Varty - Hip-Hop, Jazz, Junior Company & Stretch & Flexibility
Tiffany Varty was born in Sao Paulo, Brazil and has been dancing since she was three, with her twin sister Natalie. With over 20 years of dance under her belt she learned to dance from famous choreographer Brian Friedman. She was chosen to be a part of "The Best in the West" exclusive dance team in L.A. "Team Rave L.A," who she danced with for four years performing at various events such as Children of the Night, Nickelodeon, Paramount Studios and The Parade of Lights.
She was also co-captain, along side her sister, for her cheer team in high school and was a part of the Paradise Valley All-Star Team. She has choreographed competition routines for various high schools in the Valley and performed as a backup dancer for Neil Young.
Tiffany recently graduated from ASU with a degree in Broadcast Journalism and a minor in Business. She also worked here in the valley with Channel 3 and is looking forward to her great future ahead in Journalism. Tiffany truly believes there's nothing in the world that compares to dancing, and will to continue to share her love and excitement of dance with children of all ages.
Kayleigh Wampler - Acro, Ballet & Jazz
Kayleigh was born in Southern California, and then moved to Scottsdale and finished high school at Desert Mountain. Kayleigh started gymnastics at the age of six and continued with it for twelve years at Precision Gymnastics in California and then at Xtreme Gymnastics in Arizona. She was a competitive gymnast holding many state titles in California and Arizona. She left gymnastics behind and started an interest in dance her senior year of high school. Kayleigh made the Desert Mountain Dance Company and has created a passion for dance ever since! She is a full time student at Scottsdale Community College where she currently dances with the Jazz company S.A.J.E for the past two years. Dance has been a fun transition for Kayleigh and she can't wait to share her passion through teaching at All About Dance. |
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