VISION
Our vision is to provide a foundation in dance technique, connect students to guest artists and teachers, experiences with professional performances, and connect to the community at large. We also strive to empower all students to find trust, and confide in each other in order to create and appreciate differences, similarities and the art of movement.
MISSION
Our mission is to create a safe environment where students can build self-confidence, develop technique in classical and contemporary styles, build a foundation for leadership skills and community involvement, define their voice, and cultivate relationships within the studio, school and community to inspire creativity, acceptance, and appreciation of the arts.
COURSE DESCRIPTIONS
DANCE I provides a foundation of dance technique, alignment, history, and language of dance terminology. Students become acquainted with basic technique in ballet, modern, and jazz, as well as anatomical awareness that is pervasive throughout their lives. Gaining movement skills and finding confidence and enjoyment through movement are a focus of this class. No previous dance experience is necessary. This year-long course may be used for a Fine Art credit.
DANCE II continues to build on the foundation of dance technique, alignment, and the language of dance terminology. Students study ballet, modern,and jazz, as well as the foundational work in choreography and composition. Experiencing different choreographic principles and processes are a focus of this class, as well as studying master works. This year-long course may be used for a Fine Art credit and requires Dance I as a prerequisite.
DANCE III/IV continues to build on the foundation of dance technique, but focuses on student choreography projects from various stimuli including spoken word, text, artwork, emotions, and stories. Experiencing different choreographic principles and processes are a focus of this class, as well as studying master works. This year-long course may be used for a Fine Art credit and requires Dance I and II as a prerequisite. With the completion of Dance III, students will receive completer cords for graduation.
DANCE TROUPE (By Audition Only) The Hot Springs Dance Troupe is the student performing company, which develops professional approaches to class, rehearsals and performances. Dancers are exposed to a variety of styles, choreographers, repertoire and music including ballet, modern, tap, jazz, contemporary, and clog. The exploration of the process and essence of the art form helps students develop technical skills, artistry and a broader scope of life as citizens-artists-athletes in a global community. Performances offer a great opportunity and exposure for students to experience what it is like to be part of major productions, working alongside technical and production crew, musicians and other dancers. The creative process drives this company to produce works that speak to audiences as a form of voice, artistic and athletic expression.
IB Dance This course focuses on the composition, performance and analysis of dance, or “expressive movement,” which is practiced amongst people of various backgrounds, and for a variety of purposes, throughout the world. It is an International Baccalaureate course.
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Amy Bramlett Turner, Director Xenia Lizbeth Alegria Martinez (Hot Springs, AR) received her (Long Beach, California) started early ballet training from Edmond her training when she was in Cooper and her ballet, jazz, tap, kindergarten at age 5 at Oaklawn contemporary, and clog training Visual and Performing Arts. From from Andrea Pierkowski. She Kindergarten to fourth grade, completed her BFA in Ballet and she was under the instruction of Modern Dance as the Nordan Fine Arts Scholar at Laci Cozart, who taught her tap and ballet. Then, Texas Christian University in 2011. Upon graduation, at HISI she was taught by Mrs. Pritch. She has Amy danced professionally all over the world with been under the instruction of Amy Bramlett Turner Royal Caribbean Productions, Princess Cruise since seventh, Mrs. Turner teaches her ballet, jazz, Lines, Young! Tanzsommer, and studied abroad in modern, tap, contemporary, and clog. Last year she the U.K. Amy is a recognized Arkansas Artist in also was a featured dancer in the musical, “Little Education and has been nominated for the Hot Shop of Horrors”. Since 2015 she has been in Springs 2015 Young Professional of the Year by the Hot Springs Dance Troupe which lets her the Greater Chamber of Commerce. She was have more dance experiences and opportunities. chosen as a 2016 Avant-Garde Honoree of the In the dance troupe, she performed in places like ACANSA Arts Festival. She has worked as the the Muses Creative Project’s Celtic Springs, resident choreographer and principal dancer for the Hot Springs Women's Chamber of Commerce’s Muses Creative Project and resides as the Dance Dancing for a Cause, and the Uzuri Project. Director for Hot Springs Junior Academy and World She is happily dancing to this day and looks Class High School, her own Alma Mater where she forward to getting a degree in dance. She has also provides dance opportunities and training to the toured with Young Tansommer! For two weeks. very community that raised her. Amy founded and Xenia hs also has class with dancers from Jessica directs the HSSD student company of advanced Lang. She is an aspiring dancer and hopes to have dancers, the Hot Springs Dance Troupe, where she more experience for her future. has the opportunity to train and work individually with advanced students that are dedicated to studying the art of dance, and work to perform within the community and abroad. Amy is excited to continue to study and grow as she continues her Masters of the Arts in Dance Education at the University of North Carolina at Greensboro. She is most thankful to her parents, her supportive love of her life, Zachary Turner, and to be blessed with her son, Elliott. Amy has enjoyed dancing and choreographing in several fundraising events in the community such as the Levi Hospital Baron’s Ball, the American Cancer Society Summer Gala and Dancin’ for a Cause (2014-2017) and Festival of the Trees, where she acts as the Dance liason for the Women’s Chamber of Commerce.
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Alyssa Brown (Hot Springs, AR) Serenity Cupples (Jackson, TN) has been a member of the Hot is fourteen years old, attends Springs Dance Troupe since 2015. school at Hot Springs World Class Alyssa began dancing at the age High School and is in the 9th of seven at Oaklawn Visual & grade. Serenity has been dancing Performing Arts School with Laci for three years under Mrs. Amy Cozart. Last summer she toured Bramlett-Turner. She very recently with Young! Tanzsommer, where she took classes found her passion for dance and hopes to proceed with Charles Martin and Cassandra Crowley, and through life while continuing to dance. This is several Austrian dancers! She is currently studying Serenity’s first year on the Hot Springs Dance ballet, jazz, and modern as a member of the Hot Troupe, although she was an HSDT apprentice in Springs Dance Troupe with Mrs. Bramlett-Turner. 2017-2018. She has appeared as a featured dancer She has taken master classes with Jennifer Maddox in the HSSD 7-12 musicals Guys and Dolls and from Henderson State University, Deanna Karlheim FootLoose, and has performed in two winter (Ballet Arkansas), Stephen Stone (University of showcases (2017, 2018), and two spring showcases Arkansas at Little Rock), Jammie Walker and Laura (2018, 2019), all under the direction of Ms. Lauren Mead (Jessica Lang Dance). She has also taken a McClendon and Mrs. Amy Bramlett-Turner. master class with Matt Boyce and danced to a piece Serenity is currently a dancer and assistant at the choreographed by Savannah Boyce of UnTapped. Maxwell Blade Theatre of Magic and Comedy. Her first performance with the Hot Springs Dance Troupe was at Dancing into Dreamland in 2015, and since has performed at Relay for Life, the Hailey Dabbs (Hot Springs, AR) NAACP Martin Luther King Jr. Prayer Breakfast, age fifteen, is a Pre-AP student at and Garvan Gardens Happy Commercial, Creative Hot Springs World Class High Mind Exhibit at Mid America Science Museum, School where she receives daily which was also featured on THV11. Alyssa has dance training in ballet, jazz, enjoyed dancing for the Women’s Chamber of modern, and tap under the direction Commerce Dancin’ for a Cause and Festival of of Amy Bramlett Turner. She has the Trees. Alyssa is the current President of the been training in classical ballet five days a week National Honors Society for Dance Arts chapter at with Edmond Cooper at HSCDTC since 2014. Hot Springs World Class High School. In her free Since then, Hailey has performed numerous roles time she enjoys reading and watching tv. She plans in The Nutcracker, including Clara for the last to continue dancing through her high school and four years, Cinderella, Peter Pan, Coppelia, and college career. Midsummer’s Night Dream. Hailey attended The Glenda Brown Choreography Project Intensive in Kansas City in the Summer 2018. This summer she attended the Ballet Arkansas Intensive for the second year. Hailey’s love for dance began at the age of four and she hopes to dance professionally as well as through college.
Jayelyn Hill (Hot Springs, AR) has Mrs. Deanna Karlheim and the dance companies been a member of the Hot Springs Untapped, Jessica Lang Dance, and New Creation Dance Troupe since 2015. She Dance Company. Camila traveled to Europe with the started dancing when she was three Hot Springs Dance Troupe In 2018 and performed years old at her cousins’ dance n various locations throughout Austria, Italy, and studio. She is now a member of the Germany, for thousands of local audience members, National Honor Society for Dance and hopes to be able to attend again her senior year in Arts at Hot Springs World Class High School. 2021. Camila enjoys singing as well and is a member Jayelyn has had the pleasure of meeting and also of the young artists’ program in the Muses Creative taking classes with wonderful artists such as Ms. Arts Project. She also has a passion for learning and Deanna Karlheim, ballerina with Ballet Arkansas, her favorite classes are Humanities and English. She also Mr. Eric Williams, Jon Drake and Rico “IMove” is an avid reader, and she loves traveling and meeting Sergent, Ms. Jennifer Maddox, the Director of Dance people from other cultures and new places. at Henderson State University and many more. In the summer of 2018, Jayelyn danced in Europe with the Young Tanzsommer Stars of Tomorrow Tour. She had Hayley Mitchell (Camp Lejeune, the pleasure of working with Mrs. Glenda Brown and NC) is a seventeen year old Charles Martin. She has also been featured on THV performer who has been dancing for 11 in 2016, and again in 2017. Jayelyn has had the fifteen years. Over the years, she life changing opportunity to work under the direction has learned many styles such as of Mrs. Amy Bramlett Turner, the Hot Springs Dance clog, jazz, hip hop, tap, salsa, Troupe director. Jayelyn plans on going to college to modern, contemporary and ballet. further her education on the wonderful art of dance. She began focusing more strictly on ballet at age eight with Hot Springs School of Classical Dance. She began pointe work at age nine, and later joined Camila Holden (Hot Springs, AR) the Hot Springs Children’s Dance Theatre Company, is a student at Hot Springs World since then she has taken part in many performances. Class High School. She started These performances include The Nutcracker (Moscow dancing at age four, taking ballet, Ballet), Aladdin (Arkansas Festival Ballet), Cinderella tap, and jazz classes with Ms. Suzie (HSCDTC), Peter Pan (HSCDTC), and has been a Baxter. She later also studied with part of three performances of The Nutcracker with Mrs. Rebecca Sayadian and Mr. HSCDTC. Hayley also is Vice President of the Edmond Cooper. She has been a part of many National Honor Society of Dance Arts at Hot Springs productions with the Hot Springs Children’s Dance World Class High School, as well as a dancer in the Theatre Company including The Nutcracker, A Hot Springs School District student company, the Hot Midsummer Night’s Dream, Cinderella, and Peter Springs Dance Troupe, for three years. Hayley has Pan. She is now going into her fourth year with the represented her school as Senior Class President, Hot Springs Dance Troupe under the direction of representative for Hot Springs Sister City Delegation Mrs. Amy Bramlett-Turner. She has performed with in Hanamaki, Japan, and studied theatre at Arkansas the Dance Troupe at the Women’s Chamber of Governor’s School. Currently, Hayley works as a Commerce of Hot Springs Dancing for a Cause, Magician’s Assistant at the Maxwell Blade Theatre Arkansas State Fair, The National Park Rotary Club, of Magic as featured dancer and choreographer. She the NAACP Martin Luther King Jr. Breakfast, intends to pursue her dancing career into her college Festival of the Trees, Whittington Block Party, Arts years. as well as through college. in the Park, and many other events throughout the community. She has taken master classes at UALR with Mr. Stephen Stone and Bill Hastings, as well as
Abigail Robertson (Hot Springs, of Commerce, Muses Creative Project, and Dancing AR) is a sixth-year dance student. Into Dreamland competition in Little Rock, where they She fell in love with dancing at a won “People’s Choice.” She recently toured with the young age and then began studying Hot Springs Dance Troupe, Young! Tanzsommer under Amy Bramlett Turner through throughout Austria, Italy, and Germany, where she met, the Hot Springs School District observed, and performed a dance with a group of Dance Program. She then began Tyrolean dancers and other pre-professional companies. studying under Edmond Cooper through the Hot Her favorite role, thus far, was the beginning soloist Springs Children’s Dance Theater Company. Through- in the HSDT work, “Our Piece of Peace.” Over the out her years with Mr. Cooper, she has performed in summer, she continued to take ballet, jazz, and modern every production in the last three seasons, including classes with Mrs. Bramlett-Turner. She also took The Nutcracker, Sleeping Beauty, Peter Pan, and jazz and ballet classes with Jon Drake. She is excited Coppellia. Additionally, she is a member of the Hot about this year’s repertoire, including a revamp of Springs Dance Troupe directed by Amy Bramlett the first HSDT dance, “Sing Sing Sing”, “Cell Block Turner, where she has taken master classes with Tango”, and “The Equity Walk.” Jessica Lang Dance, Maleek Washington, Jon Drake, and master teachers at the Arkansas High School Dance Festival. Abigail has attended Ballet Arkansas Jariah Selman (Hot Springs, AR) Intensives during spring and summer breaks and is excited to be a new member of recently attended Texas Ballet Theater Summer the Hot Springs Dance Troupe. Intensive on scholarship. She plans to pursue her Jariah began dancing at the age of dreams of dancing professionally and is currently three, as something to do for fun. working towards attending a conservatory of the arts. In the year of 2009, Jariah began dancing at Oaklawn Visual & Performing Arts (OVPA) with Mrs. Laci Cozart, at the Madi Rose (Hot Springs, AR) age of 4. At OVPA, she studied Ballet in Kindergarten, started dance classes at the age Tap in the first and second grade, Cheerleading in the of five at Oaklawn Visual and third grade and fourth grade, and Dance Team in the Performing Arts School with Laci fourth grade. When Jariah was in the fifth grade, her Cozart, where she danced, sang, and dance teacher was Mrs. Alexis Pritsch, who taught acted in multiple musicals. At Hot Jazz and Hip-Hop. Jariah enjoyed learning a different Springs Intermediate she took dance type of dance, which was Hip-Hop, even though it with Alexis Pritsch for two years then continued to isn’t her favorite, she’ll do whatever it takes to make Hot Springs Junior Academy where she trained in her a better dancer. Once Jariah reached the seventh ballet, jazz, and Irish tap with Amy Bramlett Turner. grade and met Mrs. Bramlett-Turner, everything During this time she also started taking classes changed. Mrs. Bramlett-Turner teaches Ballet, Jazz, outside of school for ballet, jazz, and tap technique and Modern. Since the seventh grade, Mrs. Bramlett- with Andrea Pierkowski. Madi has taken master Turner, has helped Jariah meet some of her goals. classes with Bill Hastings, Jennifer Maddox, ballet She has also encouraged Jariah to keep going, even if and contemporary with Deanna Karlheim from Ballet something is difficult. When Jariah was in the eight Arkansas, Stephen Stone, Untapped, New Creation grade, Mrs. Bramlett-Turner, encouraged Jariah to Dance Company, Charles Martin of Kansas City audition for Hot Springs Dance Troupe, so she was Ballet, Cassandra Crowley, Frantisek Kostolnik, determined to keep studying and maintain her a Russian ballet master, Carsten Lumiere Sasse. academic excellence in school. Jariah is excited and As part of the Hot Springs Dance Troupe, she has blessed that she had people to encourage her along performed for the Uzuri Project, Arts in the Park, the the way. Jariah does plan to continue dancing in the Rotary Club, NAACP, Hot Springs Women’s Chamber future, as well as plans to study Interior Designing.
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Constance Smith (Hot Springs, she strives to become a professional choreographer AR) is excited to begin her first and continues to work hard and learn. She’s very year on the Hot Springs Dance ambitious, confident, commits with no fright, and Troupe. Previously, Constance was inspires her peers. She also has a passion for a T-Stepper for the 2018-2019. history, science, medicine, and teaching and is Constance first began taking involved in ROTC at HSWCHS. Tango”, and classes with Alexis Pritsch at the “The Equity Walk.” age of ten, and Amy Bramlett Turner at Hot Springs Junior Academy and Hot Springs World Class High School. This summer she’s taken professional dance Emory Ugartechea (Hot Springs, classes with Jon Drake. Constance is currently AR) is a very passionate dancer. studying ballet, jazz and modern as a member of Hot She has been dancing with Mrs. Springs Dance Troupe with Mrs. Bramlett-Turner. Amy-Bramlet Turner since she was In Constance’s free time she enjoys eating and in 7th grade. She began dancing at studying for her classes in order to maintain high Oaklawn Visual and Performing academic success. It is her dream to pursue a Major Arts Elementary School with Laci in Criminal Justice to become a lawyer, and Minor Cozart. Emory has been a member of the Hot in Dance at Monroe college in New York City. Springs Dance troupe for two years. She takes classes with Miss Andrea Pierkowski, and has now started dancing on pointe. Emory Ugartechea has Moriah Thacker (Hot Springs, taken master classes with Jessica Lang Dance and AR) is a student at Hot Springs at Henderson State University. She starred as a High School. In the third grade at featured dancer in the musical Guys and Dolls, and the age of 8, Moriah took ballet was a Rehearsal Director of the musical Footloose. and jazz classes at Oaklawn Visual Just recently she was given the opportunity to be and Performing Arts Elementary apart of the 2019 Glenda Brown Choreography School. After four years of dance Project in Kansas City, Missouri. Emory earned a she started studying with Mrs. Amy Bramlett-Turner $500 dollar scholarship and with the help of her in seventh grade. Within the three years after starting sponsor, Charlie Elmore, she was able to raise the to train with her, she’s performed seven shows and rest of the money needed to pay for the trip. It was four flashmobs. She’s been introduced to many as two week dance intensive where she studied different types of dance including tap, jazz, hip-hop, with nationally known teachers and choreographers modern, lyrical, contemporary, and tango. She’s including Thom Clower. Emory learned new had the amazing opportunities of taking classes at choreography every day and performed every night. Henderson State University at the first Arkansas It was an extraordinary opportunity. Emory High School Dance Festival, auditioning and Ugartechea can’t wait to see what many more performing her own choreography in the Student opportunities there are to offer. She is a spunky, Choreography Showcase, performing at Poyen sassy, fast learner, and is ready to take on any Junior High and High School, joining Hot Springs challenges that come her way. Dance Troupe and National Honor Society for Dance Arts, and helping to teach a young blind girl from I Can! Dance, how to tap. In the future,
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Jaleana Woodfork (Hot Springs, Hot Springs Varsity Softball player. Outside of AR) Jaleana’s love for dance started school Mallory was a 2018-2019 Sweetheart, 2017 when she was at OVPA. She started Hanamaki Exchange delegate, and is very involved with ballet classes. In just a few in her church. When Mallory graduates high school years she was taking jazz and tap she would like to attend UCA and become a as well. She was in several shows pediatric nurse practitioner. during the years at OVPA including musicals and recitals. Jaleana has been dancing all her life and she doesn’t plan on stopping now. She Rachel Snider (Hot Springs, AR) plans on continuing dancing and growing to become is a junior at Hot Springs World an amazing dancer because no one is perfect. By the Class High School. As a freshman time she got to high school she was busy with several she was a part of the Junior High opportunities. For instance, she danced at Relay for Cheerleading Squad, Bowling, Life, a commercial for Garvan Garden, the Women’s Cross Country, Varsity soccer Chamber of Commerce’s Dancin for a Cause, Festival team, Student Council, and Beta of Trees, and many more. Jaleana has danced at Hot club. As a sophomore and junior, she was involved Springs Middle School and Hot Springs World Class with year two Senior High Beta Club, JV Swimming, High School in jazz, ballet, modern, hip hop, and tap. Cross Country, National Honor Society for Dance She has traveled to perform in Europe with Stars of Arts, Spanish Club and Lady Trojan Varsity Soccer. Tomorrow. She has had the chance to look at different Before Rachel started behind the scenes, she cultures and how they do things. Jaleana dances and danced at Dance Arts then was apart of competitive trains with this amazing dance teacher, Amy Bramlett gymnastics until she realized that backstage, Turner, who dedicates her life to creating dance helping others is more her style. She started being opportunities for Hot Springs Dance Troupe. She dance manager as an eighth grader. During freshman has inspired Jaleana to keep dancing and because of year she started training to be a Hot Springs Dance that she will never quit. Jaleana is now part of the Troupe Manager, as Junior Manager. While in Hot Springs Dance Troupe which is a wonderful training Rachel got to attend Young Tanzsommer in opportunity to get to dance with such an amazing Europe during Summer 2018 with HSDT. She now group of girls and continues to grow with them. is a current Hot Springs Dance Troupe manager as It is her senior year can’t wait to see what happens well as HSSD Dance Program Manager. In her in her future. sophomore year, she continued to do many clubs, activities, and sports while being HSDT Manager. Outside of school she attends First Lutheran Church Mallory Bratton (Hot Springs, AR) and often volunteers with her church to help her is a junior at Hot Springs World community. Rachel enjoys being outside and working Class High School. She started with animals in her free time. Rachel plans to attend dancing in seventh grade with Mrs. National Park college for her first two years then Bramlett Turner and became a transfer to University of Arkansas at Little Rock manager of Hot Springs Dance and study in the medical field. Troupe her sophomore year. Mallory is involved in Senior Beta Club and Student Council. She is a Hot Springs High Cheerleader and
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Payton Cooper (Hot Springs, AR) summer classes and attend a dance camp with has been dancing since she was troupe to improve her dance technique. She hopes five years old. She started her being an apprentice of Hot Springs Dance Troupe dancing passion at OVPA where will improve herself as a dancer and a person. She she danced with Laci Cozart. will be taking dance class through her freshman Payton is currently an apprentice year with her teacher Mrs. Amy Bramlet-Turner. of Hot springs Dance Troupe with Next year she hopes to be an official dancer of the Mrs. Amy Bramlett-Turner. While an apprentice on Hot Springs Dance Troupe family. Dance Troupe, Payton has been studying technique of jazz, ballet and modern dance. She hopes that she will make it on Dance Troupe next year. In the future, Keoina Plummer (Hot Springs, Payton wants to be a lawyer or a professional dancer. AR) has been dancing for five Dance is such a big part of her life and she hopes it years. She began dancing at continues to be. Oaklawn Visual and Performing arts Elementary School with Laci Cozart. She is currently an Katie Plummer (Hot Springs, AR) apprentice of the Hot Springs has been dancing for five years. Dance Troupe with Mrs. Amy Bramlett-Turner. She started dancing at the Oaklawn As an apprentice, she studies the technique of ballet, Visual and Performing Arts Magnet jazz, and modern dance. She hopes next year to Elementary School. At OVPA, she officially become a member of the Hot Springs started dancing in kindergarten Dance Troupe. In the future she either wants to go with Laci Cozart, where she also to Ouachita Baptist University or Henderson State danced in 1st grade and 2nd grade. She futhered her University for her college education. In college she dance experience at the Hot Springs Intermediate would like to major in business and minor in dance School and Hot Springs Junior AcademyDance arts. Her dream career is to own a business that is Program. This year she is an apprentice of the Hot related to dance. She hopes that dance will continue Springs Dance Troupe. This summer she has taken to be a big part of her life for many years to come.