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KATHY CHAMBERLAIN - Founder/Director/Owner Recognized for her high caliber training standards, each year Ms. Chamberlain's students are accepted and awarded scholarships to nationally recognized dance academies and have been accepted to many prestigious institutions of higher education. A native, Ms. Chamberlain began her training in Dallas at the Etgen-Atkinson School of , where she later began her teaching career. She received a Ford Foundation Scholarship to study at the School of in New York before ultimately returning to Texas to teach. Since 1977, her focus has been to lovingly teach and work with young dancers whose dreams are based, like hers, on a love for the art and beauty of dance. Ms. Chamberlain has served as an adjunct faculty member at Southern Methodist University Meadows School of the Arts. She is actively involved in supporting the arts within North Texas. Altrusa International Inc. of Richardson, Texas recognized Ms. Chamberlain as one of the Outstanding Women of Today in Small Business for 2006 and she was a nominee of ArtCentre of Plano’s 2008 Love of Arts award. Ms. Chamberlain worked with HIT Entertainment, Inc. as a consultant for the Angelina Ballerina® animated television series which premiered on PBS in the fall of 2009. Ms. Chamberlain is the recipient of the ArtCentre of Plano’s 2010 Central Market’s Arts in Education Award. During the 2010 winter season, she was among a select group of twenty dance instructors who were invited to attend The School of American Ballet’s Teacher Conference in . In August 2011, Ms. Chamberlain was named one of the Top Ten Women of Collin County by Neiman Marcus Willow Bend for her contributions to the community. In February 2014 the Richardson Arts Alliance presented Ms. Chamberlain with the Lifetime Achievement Award at the Heart for the Arts Gala. In October 2017 the Dance Council of North Texas awarded Ms. Chamberlain the Mary Bywaters Award for Lifetime Achievement in Dance. As Founder and Artistic Director, she originally established Chamberlain Ballet in 1984 as a non-profit organization dedicated to giving dance students professional training and performance experience. Ms. Chamberlain is proud of the growth of her school and non-profit company and looks forward to the many more years to come.

ELAINE ALVAREZ in Divertimento #15, , Four Temperaments, Pre-Ballet and Ballet Instructor Midsummer Night's Dream, (), Fancy Elaine Alvarez is a native Texan who began her dance training Free, Four Seasons (original cast), and () at age 4. She has trained at Ballet Conservatory of Lewisville, as well as works by Jiri Kylian, Val Caniporoli, Michael Smuin, and Youth Ballet in New York, and The Paul Taylor. Chamberlain School of Ballet is excited to have Tim School, Dallas campus. Throughout her dance training, Elaine back on faculty for the 2020-21 season. performed in numerous productions and had many leading roles. She also travelled all over the attending summer programs at School of American Ballet, SARAH NELL GABLE School, Ballet, and the Ballet. Elaine is Jazz Instructor delighted to be teaching at Chamberlain School of Ballet and Chamberlain School of Ballet welcomes Sarah Nell Gable, a enjoys utilizing her vast knowledge and skills to encourage and long time student at Chamberlain School of Ballet and member of nurture the next generation as they grow in their love and Chamberlain Ballet to its faculty. Actively involved with knowledge of dance. Chamberlain Ballet's "Shining Stars" program as a teacher for her second seasons, Sarah shares her passion for dance with children with special needs. During high school, she was a member of Plano LINDA BROWN Senior High School Planoettes and was a member of "Silver Line", Ballet Instructor an elite jazz ensemble. During her senior year, she was awarded Linda Brown needs no introduction in the Dallas area. She has the honor of "Miss Drill Team" for the Planoettes 2017-2018 been a beloved ballet instructor for many years, having touched the season. Sarah will attend Collin College with a focus on early lives of hundreds of dancers in and around Dallas. Before moving childhood education and will pursue a Special Needs Certification. to Dallas, she was the Dance Director at Camp Pendleton, with She is looking forward to teaching jazz to our students at over 350 students. She choreographed at the Performing Arts Chamberlain School of Ballet for a third season. Center for Children, in California, and was an integral part of fusing the dance and theatre divisions together through many performances. She teaches at several locals schools and LISA HESS JONES frequently coaches advanced dancers for the Youth America Ballet Instructor, Coach & Choreographer Grand Prix Competition. Linda brings her wonderful style of A native of Amarillo, Texas Ms. Jones trained with her parents, teaching, rich experience and added depth to our Open Ballet Neil and Camille Hess. Further training included the San Francisco Classes. Ballet, Harkness Ballet, School of American Ballet, and . Ms. Jones joined in 1975 and later became a . She danced with Nureyev and Friends, was TIM FOX a guest artist with Sydney Ballet in Australia, and toured Asia with Ballet Instructor, YAGP Coordinator, Coach & Choreographer Stars of the American Ballet. In 1989, Ms. Jones became involved Mr. Fox began his training at the age of nine in Tulsa, with the Carlisle Project allowing her to create choreography for , with and Roman Jasinski. He studied professional dancers and for the Northeast Regional Dance on full scholarship at The School of American Ballet (SAB) where Festival and the Southwest Regional Dance Festival. She has he was asked to join New York City Ballet. While with the NYCB, created works for ballet companies around the country such as Tim worked under the direction of George Balanchine, Jerome Annapolis Ballet Theatre, Central Pennsylvania Youth Ballet, Robbins, and . He danced as a with Brigham Young University, West Texas State University, and of the and the under the direction of course, Chamberlain Ballet. Chamberlain School of Ballet is proud Helgi Tomasson. Tim is grateful to have had teachers like Stanley to have her as part of our faculty. Williams, Andrea Kramarevsky, , Irna Kosmovska, Antonina Tumkovsky, Bill Martin-Viscount, Wilhelm Bermann, David Howard, , Leon Danielion, and John Clifford, who have influenced both his dancing and teaching careers. Throughout his career, Tim has performed principal roles

KALEY JENSEN TOWA SHINAGAWA Ballet, Jazz Instructor Ballet Instructor Kaley Jensen was born and raised in Atlanta, Georgia. She Towa Shinagawa began her training with Masako Tamura Ballet attended Brigham Young University, where she graduated with a in Japan at the age of six. In 2006, she moved to the US and major in dance and minor in business. While there, she performed received many years of training with Pacific Northwest Ballet under and toured with the Theatre all four years. Kaley the director of . There Towa had the opportunity to has had the privilege of training on scholarship at programs such perform roles in Cinderella, Coppélia, and Kent Stowell's as the San Francisco Conservatory of Dance and , as Nutcracker with the company. Her professional career started with well as achieving academic and international talent awards at the PNB's Professional Division Program for two years, an Apprentice World Dance Movement in Italy. Kaley completed her MFA in position with , and she received an offer to join the Dance from the University of Arizona, where she deepened her with The Ballet. Towa is passion for performing, educating, and choreographing. performing with Avant Chamber Ballet for her fourth season. CSB Since graduating and moving to Dallas with her husband, Kaley welcomes her back as a faculty member for the 2020-21 season. has enjoyed freelancing as a performer and instructor with companies such as Ballet Dallas and Collin County Ballet Theatre, and is honored to join the artistic staff here at Chamberlain School BECCA SIGMUND of Ballet. Kaley is currently a company member with Ballet North Ballet Instructor Texas and a pilates mat instructor completing the Fletcher Pilates Becca Sigmund graduated from The University of Iowa in just Comprehensive Program of Study. Kaley looks forward to sharing three years with her BA in Dance and a minor in Theatre Arts. She her love and of dance as she pursues her professional career in performed professionally with both ballet and modern dance Dallas. companies including Upstate NY Ballet Company (aka Syracuse City Ballet), San Diego Dance Theater, Ballet Theatre of Maryland, and Kinetics Dance Theatre's Professional Company. She DORY KYRIAS received her year-round training from both The Rock School West Tap Instructor and Nolte Academy of Dance, and attended summer programs Ms. Kyrias started her dance training at the age of three. She is such as ABT, , Malashock Dance, Nashville Ballet, proficient in many styles of dance including tap, her first love, ballet, and City Ballet of San Diego. She trained extensively in all styles jazz, music theatre, modern, pointe and lyrical. Her first 1st place of dance including ballet, pointe, modern, lyrical, jazz, tap, musical trophy was at the age of 10 where she continued to compete and theater, and hip hop. Becca has been teaching dance and fitness win in many dance competitions until her direction focused on classes for the last 13 years at studios throughout Iowa, teaching excellence in dance after college. Pennsylvania, New York, Maryland, and now Texas. She is also a She was a dancer in such events as opening acts for The PBT certified instructor. Fabulous Thunderbirds, and The Monkees and in Mary Kay From 2013 to the start of 2019, Becca was the School Director productions. After graduating from Booker T. Washington High at Kinetics Dance Theatre in Ellicott City, Maryland. She built a School for the Performing and Visual Arts she attended Oklahoma curriculum, trained students for YAGP, and had students go on to City University where she performed with the American Spirit receive a full-ride scholarship to study dance at University of Dance Company and Maryland Baltimore College, an invitation and scholarship to study the O.C.U. Pep Dancers. She was in Casa Manana's 42nd Street at 's Pre-Professional Program, as well as and has performed with her students at the L.A. Tapfest. She acceptance into Fordham University's and University of the Arts served as Coach to the Lady Lynx Dance team in Augusta, GA; the BFA programs. Baby Backs Dance and Promotional team for the Iowa Chops She recently moved to the Dallas area with her husband and Hockey Team in Des Moines, IA, and the Assistant Director of the two young boys and looks forward to sharing her passion and Inaugural Ice Breakers Dance team for the Texas Tornado. She enthusiasm for dance with the DFW community. was also a member of the Rhythm Junkies Tap Company. She has trained many dancers to perform on Broadway, become Dallas HILARY BLAINE SWALM Cowboy Cheerleaders, Dallas Mavs dancers and even to open Jazz Instructor their own studios. Hilary Blaine Swalm first found her love for the performing arts Dory continues to expand her knowledge by attending tap while studying with renowned vocal teachers including Kaye festivals and dance conventions regularly where she studies from Golden Wright, Joan Lader, and Mary Walkley and while studying legends such as Lady "Di"anne Walker, Dormesha Sumbry- at the prestigious Chamberlain School of Ballet where she became Edwards, Robert Reed, Sarah Petronio, Roxanne Butterfly, Lane proficient in ballet, jazz, tap, modern, and theatre dance. Hilary Alexander, Debbie Bray, , Derrick Grant, Bril continued her education and graduated with a BFA in musical Barrett, Dr. Jeni LeGon, Jason Janas, Chloe Arnolds, Kaitlin Harris, theatre from the Boston Conservatory. Hilary then headed to the Keira Leverton and many more. Big Apple, where she was blessed with a career in the performing Dory loves teaching and her goal is to spread rhythm into every arts. Credits include the national tour of Guys and Dolls, and the sole. national and Singapore tours of My Fair Lady. Regional shows include (The ), Bonnie and Clyde (Bonnie Parker), Chicago (Roxie Hart), Crazy for You (Irene Roth), and KATIE MARTIN Singing in the Rain (Lina Lamont). Ballet Instructor Hilary currently teaches vocal technique and acting through Ms. Martin began her dance training at the age of three and later at Hilary Blaine Studios. She is determined to use the art of trained with Kathy Chamberlain for five years. She was a member singing to find each of student’s individual voice. Through practice, of Chamberlain Ballet for four years performing in numerous patience, persistence, and pliability, Hilary will see to it that productions. Her summer studies included Ballet Austin, Joffrey students graduate from her studio with a strong sense of self Workshop in San Antonio, San Francisco Ballet, Ballet Workshop confidence, body awareness, and determination to continue using of New England, and extensive training with Truman Finney at their voices however they see fit. Chamberlain School of Ballet is Chamberlain School of Ballet. She also studied and danced excited to have Hilary joining our faculty again and bringing her professionally as a trainee with ’s Fort Worth Dallas passion to all her jazz classes. Ballet, performing roles in and . Katie premiered her Peter and The Wolf in the spring of 2016 for Chamberlain Ballet's Family Ballet Series. Katie enjoys being a CAROLYN COX - School Registrar parent to her beautiful young son. Offering more than 50 years involvement in dance and business arts administration, Carolyn received her dance training in Fort Worth with Margo Dean and Ballet Concerto and with the San Francisco Ballet. She has been involved with Chamberlain Ballet as the mother of two past company dancers and a past member of the Board of Directors. Carolyn is 3M retiree where she worked as an administrative assistant with 3M Health Care for twenty–four years.