Andrea Rose Bergstrom, Teacher
Andrea has been dancing since she was just a young girl and has
always had a passion for teaching others. She has been trained in ballet, tap, jazz, modern, pointe and hip hop.
Andrea was a part of the California performing arts group, The Young Americans - with the Young Americans she
traveled around California performing and teaching children of all ages the importance of music and dance. Andrea was
also a dance and music instructor for the Cheboygan Youth Center and the Cheboygan Opera House. Andrea is a student
at Eastern Michigan University studying psychology.
"There are three things I cound not live without: Loving, Laughing
and Dancing!" - Andrea Rose Bergstrom
Jackie Busch, Teacher
Jackie Busch started dancing at the age of 3, and has
been loving it ever since. She grew up studying at and competing with her hometown studio in Portage, Michigan.
She was able to travel the country and train with some of the top working dance professionals within the industry. Currently,
Jackie is the co-chair of a local dance company where she works as a dancer, choreographer and producer of their annual shows.
She has taught jazz, lyrical, contemporary, ballet, tap, and gymnastics - her favorites being jazz and contemporary.
"I don't want people who just want to dance, I want people
who have to dance" - George Balanchine
Angela Corradin, Teacher
Angela Corradin has been dancing since the age of seven.
She is trained in the Cecchetti ballet method, tap, jazz, modern, contemporary and pointe. She began competing locally
and nationally with Spotlight Dance Academy out of Grand Haven, MI. She was fortunate to learn from many famous dancers
and choreographers including Debbie Allen, Mia Michaels, Gus Giordano and multiple others in New York City, Chicago, Las Vegas
and Detroit. She taught all forms of dance at Spotlight Dancee Academy and worked as a chorus dancer with the Cherry
County Playhouse. While earning her Bachelor of Science in Architechture at the University of Michigan, she was the
director/choreographer for the UM student-run dance group, Pure Dance Extreme. She is currently working as
an architect with a historical renovation architecture firm (the firm that renovated Hill Auditorium!).
"The body is made for the soul to express itself" - Angela Corradin
Adrienne LeGasse, Teacher
Adrienne was born dancing. She began her dance training
at the young age of three in her hometown of Rochester Hills, MI. She attended some of thetop studios in the area until
she received the honor of a scholarship for the the Professional Program at Broadway Dance Center in New York City.
There, under the direction of renowned instructor and choreographer Wes Veldink, she was able to continue her training with
some of the most respected and well-known dance professionals in the nation and in the world. At the conclusion of the
program, Adreinne performed in the show Atom and Eve, produced by Wes Veldink. She was also a member of Jared
Grimes' company, TADAH, with who she performed in Broadway Underground and she can be seen in the Live!
At Broadway Dancer Center instructional video "Be the Music in Hip Hop." Adrienne was a member of Rhaspody James
' hip-hop/street jazz company, Rhapsody: The Company and a member of Calen Kurka's contemporary jazz company, Pushing
Progress. Adreinne has been sharing her knowledge of dance with students for the past five years as a teacher.
"An artist cannot fail; it is success to be one" - Charles Horton Cooley
