Former soloist with the Kansas City Ballet, Pam’s career as a ballerina began at the age of eleven with the role of Clara in the St. Louis Civic Ballet’s production of The Nutcracker. Having studied at North Carolina School of the Arts and Ballet West......
Before she became the sixth-grade science teacher in the Vermillion, South Dakota School District, Audrey enjoyed a career as a dancer and performer that offered her some amazing opportunities. She grew up dancing in Orlando, Florida and early in life developed a love for dance......
Abigail began dancing as a young child at a local studio in Minnesota where she took classes and performed in ballet, pointe, tap, and jazz. Here, she worked as an assistant ballet instructor for elementary students. In high school, Abby trained through level IV in......
Adrienne was one of VADO’s original four instructors who remembers when classes were held in the basement of City Hall. Having come to dance a little later in life as a teenager, once she got the ballet bug she never lost it. Adrienne studied at......
Annie is currently attending USD and is majorning in business administration, with minors of social media marketing, design, and dance! She has been dancing for 18 years’ competitively and in different performances. Her favorite styles of dance are ballet and jazz....
Emma started dancing when she was three years old in Sioux Falls. She danced all throughout high school and is exxcited to continue my love of dance through teaching. She is currently attending USD and is majoring in Elementary Education....
Fionna grew up dancing at the ARCC dance studio in Aberdeen, South Dakota where she also gained 4 years experience teaching a variety of classes. Her favorite class to teach is contemporary because she loves the creativity it allows both teacher and students to put......
I’m so excited to be back teaching at VADO. I grew up around dance and was part of Dance Inferno at Vermillion High School, where I served as captain. In college, I was on the USD Cheer Team and also served as captain there. After......
Janna has been dancing since she could walk, and started dance classes as a young girl. She taught dance classes through college and has been coaching elementary dance teams for the past 5 years. Janna loves being involved in the Vermillion community and found a......
Jocelynn, who has been dancing at VADO since she was three years old, loves all styles of dance. She studies ballet, pointe, contemporary, hip hop, jazz, and tap. Besides being a regular student at VADO, Jocelynn has also attended the South Dakota Ballet Summer Intensive.......
Kelsey Freidel Nelson started dancing in high school where she was both cheer and dance captain her junior and senior years. She danced and choreographed for four years in college at Augustana University and the University of South Dakota. She then went on to coach......
Samantha started her love of dance in San Angelo, Texas. She was the NCA supersquad and top at the age of 6. The studio owner wanted her in her ballet class and it was then she found her passion at the Ballet Arts School with......
Becca is from Vermillion, SD where she began her dance training at VADO. She also trained with various companies including Summer Intensives with Colorado Ballet and the American Ballet Theatre in New York City. In 2017, she joined Colorado Ballet’s Pre-Professional Division on scholarship where......
