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| Mrs. Wendy |
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| Owner, Artistic Director |
Wendy Owner The
owner of Dance Line Image has provided Liberty area dancers with dance instruction and choreography for over 22 years. Mrs.
Wendy has studied with many talented dancers/choreographers as Frank Hatchett, Charles Kelly, Gus Giordinio, Karen Hebert
and Paula Chappell to name a few Mrs. Wendy is a graduate of Liberty Senior High School and was a member of her high school
pom-pon team. Attending KCK Community College she was a member and assistant choreographer of the KCK Blue Devil Dancers.
Mrs. Wendy had the opportunity to become a professional dancer in Las Vegas during her high school years but decided to stay
local to teach dance classes. This is where her heart was "working with children and teaching them how to dance".
From 1987-1997 Mrs. Wendy instructed and choreographed for the Missoui State Pom and Dance Line Champions for 10 consecutive
years. Since opening Dance Line Image in the fall of 1997 students continue to achieve success in recreational dance along
with competition squads. DLI"s Competition squads have won may awards for dance and choreography. During the time the
studio has been open Mrs. Wendy has choreographed 3 musical. "Crazy For You", "Anything Goes" and "Guys
and Dolls" put on by the Liberty Sr. High School. She also choreographed "Oliver" for the Liberty Theatre Company.
Dance Line Image now clebrates their 12th year in Libery, Mo and very pleased to be celebrating the grand opening of its sister
studio Plattsburg Dance Academy. Mrs Wendy has been dancing since the age of 3 and has never wanted to stop. Mrs. Wendy continues
training along with her students to give them the best possible dance training and to provide a creative outlet for all students
of our dance family.
| Ms. Nadia |
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| Competitve Program Director |
Nadia Ms. Nadia began performing in
elementary school participating in many talent shows and musical theatres. She began performing competitively with her elementary
cheer team and went onto win a National Championship with her high school squad an gained a national rank as an individual
competitor. Professionally Ms. Nadia is a veteran dancer for the Kansas City Brigade Girls, she has performed at the American
Royal, Kemper and Sprint Arena as well as at Kaufman Stadium. She has spent the last seven summers as an Instructor
for the Universal Cheerleaders Association heading camps and providing cheer and dance choreography for competitive teams
across the United States. Ms. Nadia has also served as the head Rally Advisor in charge of both the cheer and dance squad
for a local high school while attending San Jose State University. Ms. Nadia is currently the Head Coach for the University
of Missouri-Kansas City Cheerleading team. After ending her first season at UMKC with six cheerleaders the squad has now grown
to 24 members. Ms. Nadia is excited about her new role with Dance Line Image and hopes to continue the tradition of success
and growth.
| Mr. Jeremy |
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| Choreographer |
Jeremy Mr. Jeremy developed a passion for dancing and choreographing at a very young age.
Inspired by Michael Jackson, he had learned several rountines by the age of six just from watching the videos. When he was
fifteen he began B-boying, inspired by the movie Beat Street. He has competed in and won several B-boy and Freestyle competitions.
Now twenty-five Jeremy has incorporated many styles into his choreography. He has worked with famous choreographers like Chris
Judd, Dave Scott, Mia Michaels, Brian Friedman, Lorie Ann Gibson, Scotty Nguyen, Wade Robson and Shane Sparks. As A choreographer,
instructor and performer Jeremy has been involved in all aspects of the hip hop world. He is a member of the TigerStyle
Crew, a hip hop performance group that has perfomed in front of huge audiences. There most recent performance was opening
for the America's Best Dance Crew Tour in Kansas City, on October 6th 2008. He is also a member of the Lost Boyz, an all B-boy
performance group. He has performed across the world from Las Vegas to Barbados. He is constantly working to push the envelope
and change the way people view dance. Mr. Jeremy is a talented hip hop dancer with an arroay of dance experience as a choreographer.
Amber Ms. Amber began dancing at the age of two. After placing 7th
overall in the Kids Artistic Review Ms. Amber traveled all the way to New York to be apart of their review. As a competitive
dancer Ms. Amber has traveled and competed in national competitions for Starpower, Showstopper, and Showbiz. She has studied
at the Alvin Ailey studio and in high school was on the St. Teressa dance team. She has taken a 1st place title in jazz, choreographed
and danced a hip hop duet in the Kansas Spectacular that placed 1st runner up overall. Ms Amber was a veteran dancer for the
Kansas City Brigade and is now a proud member of our Dance Line Image staff.
CiCi Ms. CiCi began teaching dance at the age of 15 years old and from there has enjoyed teaching
and choreographing to children throughout Kansas. She has been competing in Secular dance competitions since she was
twelve with Dance Ascension and with The Movement Authority under noted choreographer and professional dance Kacy Combs.
She has staffed for National Dance Alliance (NDA), choreographed and performed with Unity Hip Hop of University of Kansas
and danced for the University of Kansas Spirit Squad. She currently choreographs and teaches with Dance Line Image in the
Liberty Missouri and Dance Gallery in Lawrence, Kansas. In addition she has been recognized by Pulse faculty and currently
is a Pulse protege-a scholarship allowing her to take from the well-famed, such as Mia Michaels and Brian Friedman. specializing
in jazz technique, street jazz and contemporary movement her classes and choreography center around unique movement and expression
with knowledge.
| Ms. Tuesday |
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| Choreographer |
Tuesday Ms.Tuesday is excited to be a part of the dance faculty at Dance Line Image. She
has just returned to Kansas City form New York City. While in New York, she worked with Choreographers Tze Chun, Megan Bymes
and Ellie Goudie-Averill and kept busy teaching dance at The Little Red Schoolhouse and with Education in Dance, a program
that teaches creative movement at school throughout New York City. She received her B.F,A in dance from Texas Christian University.
She has been teaching dance throughout the Kansas City area for the last 9 years. She has been a principle dancer and choreographer
for City in Motion Dance Theater, AHA! Dance theater, 940 Dance Company and co-artistic director of Trapdoor Slippers.
| Ms. Kahla |
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| Choreographer |
Kahla Ms. Kahla began dancing when she was three years old. she studied at Dance Line Image for the next 9 years, perfecting
her skills. Then she studied at Priscilla and Dana's for 3-4 more years and competed in Ocean city, Maryland and Daytona,
Florida. Ms. Kahla also was a cheerleader form the 8th grade year to the 11th grade at Liberty High School. She was a captain
of her freshman squad at SVJH and helped to create new cheers and choreograph routines for assemblies. She competed with the
varsity squad her sophomore and junior year. At a young age, she performed in Casper and the Wizard of Oz at Starlight Theatre.
Ms. Kahla is currently a dancer for the Kansas City Chiefs cheerleaders.
 Johnna Mrs. Johnna began dancing when she was five years old and has been trained
in Ballet, Jazz and Modern. She also holds her verification as an aerobic instructor. Mrs. Johnna has been teaching dance
for the last nine years, the last seven of them have been spent teaching at Dance Kine Image. Mrs. Johnna has danced on her
high school and college dance teams and spent one summer traveling and teaching high school dance camps for Dymmie Cheerleading
Association. Mrs. Johnna spent one season dancing for the Kansas City Chiefs as a Chiefs Cheerleader and then went on
to dance for the Atlanta Falcons as a Falcons Cheerleader. Mrs. Johnna has also sent sometime on stage dancing in theatre
production of "Anything goes" and "Oliver".
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