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......
Alex is from Pleasant Hill Iowa where she danced at Becky Nalavanko’s Dance and Tumbling Studio . She has been dancing for eleven years including eight years of competitive dancing in which she won multiple first place awards in Hip hop. Alex is so excited......
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......
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.......
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......
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......
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......
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....
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......
