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Andrea Armstrong
tapper101505@sbcglobal.net
 Andrea Armstrong has danced since she was four years old, studying ballet, tap, jazz, and modern. She has studied at a Gus Giordano workshop in Chicago and has taken master classes with Maurice Hines, Ron Daniels, Bella Lewitsky, and the Alvin Ailey Repertory Company. Andrea also studied ballet with the Continental Ballet Company, and tap with Dale Luna, Gracey Tune, and Buster Cooper. She has attended several master classes with Debbie Bray, Acia Gray, Dianne “Lady Di” Walker, Barbara Ryan Phillips, Heather Cornell and other instructors with the Tapestry Dance Academy in Austin, Texas. After two years at the University of Wisconsin – Madison, and three years at Texas Womans University, Andrea received her bachelors degree in dance, and two years later started her teaching career. Andrea has been with Pat Riddle School of Dance for 21 years. She believes hard work on technique and developing a joy for dance are equally important.
Rachel Boggio
rachelboggio@aol.com
 Rachel Boggio has been dancing since the age of 3 and has been dancing at Pat Riddle for 12 years. During the 12 years at Pat Riddle, she was a member of the Performance Team, Competition Team, and Competition Hip Hop Team. She has trained in ballet, tap, jazz, lyrical, modern, pointe, and hip hop. This coming 2011-2012 school year, Rachel will be a senior at Colleyville Heritage High School and hopes to attend Baylor Universiry or TCU the following year. This school year, Rachel was an officer of the National Champion Premier Panteras at Colleyville and cannot wait to continue leadership at Pat Riddle. She has won numerous awards and dance titles competiting for Pat Riddle and has taken classes from many famous dancers and choreographers. With her bubbly attitude and years of experience, Rachel is prepared to take on this upcoming dance season and is thrilled to share her love for dance!
Kayla Campbell
kaylac1027@gmail.com
 Kayla Campbell is a native of Port Neches, Texas. She started dancing at the age of 2 at June Badon's Elite School of Dance and Acrobatics. She is trained in: ballet, tap, jazz, hip-hop, acrobatics, pointe, and lyrical. She joined June Badon's Dance Company when she was 12, attending and winning numerous awards at competitions and conventions such as Dance Masters of America, West Coast Dance Explosion, Jump, and many more. She began assisting dance classes when she was 13 and began teaching her own classes at 16. While in high school, Kayla was a member of the Indianette Drill Team her junior year and served as Captain her senior year. After graduating, she began working with MA Dance during the summer where she travels all over the nation teaching and choreographing for high school dance and drill teams. Kayla attended Lamar University where she studied under Lou Arrington and Golden Wright. She performed in many shows throughout the two years she attended there. She was also a member of the Lamar Spirit Team and served as Lieutenant her second year. The Spirit Team performed at all men's and women's basketball games during the winter and put on an annual Cabaret show. In May 2009, Kayla married her high school sweetheart. They recently moved to the Fort Worth area from Virginia Beach where she and her husband have been living the past 2 and a half years while he served in the United States Navy. While in Virginia, she taught at ballet, jazz, hip hop, and acrobatics at BellADance. She also worked for The Starz Program where she taught dance at preschools all around the Virginia Beach area.
Kayla currently attends UNT and is majoring in Elementary Education. Her passion and love for teaching began when she first started assisting dance classes. Along with teaching dance, she hopes to teach either Kindergarten or 1st grade in the future. She enjoys spending time with her husband and her two kids(dogs), a Dachshund named Moka and an Italian Greyhound named Lily. She is very excited to join the Pat Riddle Studio Family and looking forward to a wonderful year!
Jillian Cox
cjillian14@yahoo.com
 Jillian is a native of Norman, Oklahoma. She began her dance studies at the young age of three and is extensively trained in ballet, jazz, lyrical, hip hop, tap, contemporary, musical theatre, and drill team. She has danced on several local competitive teams winning numerous awards and scholarships in dance and gaining numerous All-American titles. Jillian was a Shepton Stallionette and an officer for the Plano Dance Force Company. In her senior year of high school she got a contract dancing for Disney in Orlando, Florida and on the Disney Cruise line. After fulfilling her Disney contract she attended Florida Atlantic University in Boca Raton, Florida where she studied the art of dance and was a member of the FAU Competitive Dance Team. She began teaching and directing at local studios in Florida. Jillian then moved back to Dallas in 2005 and went on to become an accomplished dance student from Texas Woman’s University. During her studies in Dallas she was picked up as a convention teacher and choreographer for the ODMA (Oklahoma Dance Masters Association). She is also a member and assistant to the choreographer of the N2IT dance company performing in and around the Dallas area including a JCPenny commercial. Jillian currently resides in Dallas and has been teaching and directing several award winning competitive companies at local dance studios while continuing to dance with local prestigious companies to further her education and experience.
Sara Kercho
sara.kercho@yahoo.com
 Sara began dancing at the age of four and trained in the styles of ballet, jazz, tap, pointe, lyrical, hip hop, and Irish. She was a successful member of the competition teams at Kendyl’s Dance Academy/Dance Rage and attended conventions such as Dupree annually. Sara became a lieutenant for the L.D. Bell Raiderettes in high school and was a solo finalist and placed at several contests during her time on the team. Sara was co-captain of the Texas Christian University Showgirls receiving an All-American title at NDA and performing at numerous nationally televised sporting events. Her first year on the team the Showgirls placed in the Top 10 teams in the nation. Sara earned her bachelor’s degree in International Communication (Ad/PR) from TCU. She has worked with MA Dance since 2005 as a dance instructor and adjudicator. Sara teaches and choreographs for dance and drill team camps across the nation with MA. Sara enjoys attending master workshops to improve her own dance technique and teaching style. Sara is the choreographer for the Colleyville Middle School dance team this year. She continues to share her passion with other local teams and is excited to be back with the talented dancers at Pat Riddle this year!
Angie Losack
losack5@gmail.com
Angie Losack has over 32 years of dance experience with many award winning dance competitions and several outstanding awards. She started dancing at the age of 4. She went on to dance competitively at the age of 11 (Arlington,TX). She began choreographing dances for her High school dance teams and School Musicals at the age of 15. She been given many awards for her technique, team leadership and choreography. She received an International Marketing degree from Texas Christian University with a minor in Dance. She has continued her dance education with classes at Brookhaven College,Dallas City Ballet,DCC (Dallas Cowboys) and performed around the metroplex in theme parks, commercials,print ads and industrials. She went on to perform in a Professional dance company "The Jazz City Dance Force" for two years. Her dance instruction and choreography experience includes ballet, tap,jazz, gymnastics,lyrical/liturgical,aerobic dance/fitness instructor and drill team for over 17 years. She was also a teacher at St.Michael's Academy and currently teaches Cotillion (manners and partner dancing) in the area. Her most prized possessions are her husband and 3 children - Lauren (12.5 ), Collin(10) and Jordan (7). Angie is very passionate about sharing her love of dance will all ages and loves being a part of the Pat Riddle Studio Family.
Becca Lynn
ladybugtapper@gmail
Becca has over 20 years dance experience and started teaching at Pat Riddle School of Dance in 1995. She is going into her 9th year of intermittent instruction at the studio. She began her training in San Antonio at the age of three, with the late Kay Weiner, and continued her dance experience over the years in the San Antonio and DFW areas at various studios and colleges, including master tap classes with Buster Cooper and Debbie Bray in Dallas. She’s also attended class at the annual Third Coast Rhythm Project in San Antonio. During the 90’s she instructed group sessions with a party planning and entertainment company in Dallas, teaching Country and Western dance at corporate events and performing shows. She formerly owned a small dance studio in the HEB area teaching tap, ballet, jazz, hip-hop and tumbling and held recitals in the Old Bedford School auditorium for her students. Becca believes in gentle instruction of teaching dance to students in order to instill a love for the art and to develop the ambition and early skills to move up in technique. Outside of dance, she is currently the owner of a small apparel business, has her Real Estate License, and has recently earned her Paralegal Certificate through the University of North Texas, PDI Institute.
Carrie Moore
cam_1030@yahoo.com
 Carrie has studied numerous styles of dance as well as other artistic forms since the age of three. These include ballet, tap, jazz, modern, hip hop, and gymnastics. In addition she has been an aerobics and fitness instructor. She has also studied and performed in musical theater and acting. She has taken dance lessons and master classes at numerous schools with multiple instructors. Some of which include Margo Dean School of Ballet in Fort Worth, TX, North Central School of Ballet in Fort Worth, TX, Broadway Dance Academy and Steps on Broadway in New York City, Buster Cooper in Dallas, TX, Tapestry in Austin, TX and Texas Tip Top Tappers With Tex Clyde Edelman in Fort Worth, TX.
Carrie has been a dance instructor for over 20 years. She worked at several dance studios including her own, Carrie's Dance Place in Southlake, TX from 1991-1994. She has also taught at numerous YMCA’s, Community Centers, Daycare Centers, Athletic Clubs, Conventions, Workshops and Elementary, Junior High and High Schools. She has choreographed for Cheerleading Squads and Drill Teams. She has also choreographed for several musical theater companies including STARS Theater Company in Southlake, TX. Some of her work at STARS includes Peter Pan, Oliver, Through The Looking Glass, My Son Pinocchio and several Summer Musical Series Shows. Carrie is also a High School speech and debate judge.
When Carrie is not in the Studio or the Theater she is the busy owner of Electric Logistic Solutions, an agency office for TTS, LLC. She is also very excited to be returning to Pat Riddle School of Dance again!
Deedee Pietzsch
dpietzsch@gmail.com
 Deedee Pietzsch has over 25 years of dance training and performance experience. She has won several regional and national performance and choreography awards. She served as Captain of Arkansas City High School’s Pom Squad, a member and leader of the Cowley County Tigerette Danceline and was also a three year member and Line Officer with the Texas State University Strutters. Deedee has studied under Shannon Werthmann, Todd Edson, attended classes and workshops over the years with L.A. Underground, DCC, Jump, Rhythm, Jazz Project and most recently with The Pulse faculty in NYC. She won the “Leadership Award” at Texas State Strutters camp, “Best Performer” of the Tigerette dance line and her high school Pom Squad and was crowned Miss Junior Kansas 1993. Deedee has been with Pat Riddle School of Dance since 2004 and is looking forward to another great year!
Ryan Warren
ryanwarren87@gmail.com
 Ryan Warren has been dancing since he was seven years old and has trained all over the nation from Dallas' The Centre, to Los Angeles and New York at the Millennium and Broadway Dance Center from the nation's top choreographers. Ryan began his career as a featured dancer in the Miss Tennessee pageant and with R&B act, “Destiny's Child.” Soon after, Ryan began teaching at several studios in the Dallas/Ft. Worth area. Since then he has choreographed for the Dallas Cowboys Cheerleaders for four seasons and was featured on the international television show "Barney the Dinosaur." Ryan has received many awards for his individualistic style including "Best Choreography" at the 2007 Star Light National Competition. His choreography has also earned him national recognition for he is in demand at studios across the country. Ryan was also featured in a 2007 Pepsi Commercial, has performed along the side of rap group “The Yin Yang Twins,” and was a back up dancer for country sensation Carrie Underwood. Ryan has taught for the Dupree Dance Expo Convention, is currently teaching hip hop for the convention Dance Revolution, and is affiliated with the Adrenaline Dance Convention, under the direction of Jeremy Keeton. He also is partnered with an all hip-hop convention, Urban Legends, along with Nick Zborowoski and Jeremy Keeton. Ryan recently graduated from Dallas Baptist University where he has a degree in Psychology with a minor in Biblical Studies. Ryan is also the Undercover Hip Hop Crew Director at Pat Riddle School of Dance. Ryan gives all the glory and thanks for his dancing career to His Lord and Savior Jesus Christ, without Him, nothing is possible.
Kelly Whitted-Christ
patriddlecompany@gmail.com
 Kelly began dancing at age 3, assisting classes at age 10, and by the age of 15, was choreographing her own competitive routines. She was born and raised in southeast Texas, where her love for dance began. She attended Texas A&M University where she received a bachelors degree in journalism, as well as intensely studied under the University Dance Program. After graduation, she moved to Dallas/Fort Worth and received training from numerous instructors locally and across the nation. Her 29 years of experience shows through her choreography and has been recognized with many awards and numerous overall and National titles. She has a passion for dance and is excited to be back at Pat Riddle as the Competition Team Director!
Jalyn Zinser
jalynzinser@gmail.com
 Jalyn has extensive training in ballet and places emphasis on strong technique.
She found her love for the classics with Tuzer Ballet Company, where she danced many lead roles and pas de deux during her 5 years as a member. Some of her favorite classics in which she has performed as a soloist are La Bayadere, Giselle, Carmina Burana, Les Sylphides, Raymonda and her many performances of the Nutcracker. She studied a rigorous ballet and rehearsal schedule at the Tuzer Dance Center, under the direction of Tanju Tuzer and Pat Tuzer. At Ballet Academy of Texas, Jalyn studied with Lisa Slagle and Tom Nicholson.
Ballet summer intensives provided Jalyn additional training with talented teachers. She attended School of American Ballet in NYC, Jillana at Dance Aspen, American Ballet Theater in NYC, Joffery in NYC some with scholarships.
Jalyn attended University of Utah, on a ballet scholarship, Ballet Major - performance emphasis. She also received the prestigious roll of Carmen in the spring performance of Carmen.
As a member of Collin County Ballet Theater, under the direction of Kirt and Linda Hathaway, Jalyn danced principle roles and pas de deux in Nutcracker and Cinderella.
She has taught at several studios in the metroplex, sharing her love of ballet with many students. She has found additional joy in teaching and choreography. Her students have won many awards, as well as her choreography at dance competitions including JUMP, Primetime, and Dance Showcase. Taking students to Youth American Grand Prix this past year was especially exciting and rewarding. One of her students received first overall in the pre-competitive division.
Jalyn has studied with many renowned teachers: Marie Theresa Balone, Paul Mejia, David Wilson, Fernando Bujones, Mary Ann Walls, Cornelius Carter, Bruce Woods, Diana Cartier Rapp, Jacques Cesbron, Christine Spizzo, Li Chou Cheng, Tumkovsky, Diane Diefenderfer, Anna Donavan, Keith Duncan, Michael Vernon, Jillana, Ware, Kramarevsky and Rebecca Wright
Her studies and performance background bring a wide range of ballet styles to her students.
Jalyn became a certified Zumba teacher in 2009 in order to share her passion of dance and movement to a wider audience.
Oh and she’s a wicked up-do hairstylist!
In addition to our fabulous Pat Riddle faculty, we have several guest teachers!
Sue Hurst
 Sue was classically trained in England from the age of 3 and is anAssociate of The Royal Academy of Dancing and The Imperial Society of Teachers of Dancing. She appeared professionally on stage for over 10 years appearing in numerous musical productions before devoting her life to teaching and choreographing. Teaching classical ballet, pointe, tap, jazz and lyrical in both England and Texas for over 30 years and owning a highly successful studio here in Texas for 13 years, training many students who went on to dance in college and beyond, has made Sue a well known and respected teacher in the Metroplex.Sue has choreographed the ballets Swan Lake, Sleeping Beauty, The Nutcracker, Romeo & Juliet and Coppelia and such musicals as Oklahoma, Carousel, My Fair Lady, Sweet Charity, The Pajama Game,Seussical and Cats.She is currently choreographer for the Stars Theater Company, a local children’s theatre group in Southlake and is also a dance team sponsor of the Stars Dance Team at Colleyville Middle School whereshe also teaches.Sue is looking forward to continuing to pass on her knowledge and love ofdance to students of all ages and abilities.
Megan Wegner
 Megan has been dancing for 19 years and teaching for over 7 years. She grew up dancing in Wisconsin and moved to the DFW area in 2007 and was a member of Ingredients Professional Dance Company. She also travels nationally to perform with Dance Revolution Conventions and teaches at Footlights Dance Studio. Megan has danced all the way from cruise ships, various live concerts and conferences to being a featured dancer in a music video. She has choreographed for several competitive teams and musicals. Megan loves to inspire and challenge the next generation of dancers to move to their highest potential they were created to be.
Ashlee Langas
 Ashlee has been dancing professionally for four years. She has choreographed numerous dance programs and productions including the Kilgore College Rangerettes annual show Rangerette Revels as well as the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade. She has also choreographed master classes, solos, team routines and officer routines for numerous high schools across the country. Ashlee attended Kilgore College, in East Texas where she was a World Famous Kilgore College Rangerette. In 2007 Ashlee was a Top 20 Finalist on Fox's SoYou Think You Can Dance. Shortly thereafter Ashlee was selected to be one of Bette Midler's dancers in The Showgirl Must Go On at The Colosseum at Caesar's Palace in Las Vegas. She has appeared on various television shows such as The Oprah Winfrey Show and The Ellen Degeneres Showand has been a featured dancer at several corporate events. Ashleeis currently performing in a new vaudeville inspired show called DivineCabaret-Rougein Los Angeles.
Allison Strother
 Allison brings 22 years of dance experience to the ballet intensive. She received her training from the Marsha Woody Academy of Dance home of the Beaumont Civic Ballet where she was given the opportunity to perform principal roles in The Nutcracker, La Fille Mal G...ardee, Graduation Ball, Peter and the Wolf, Prince Igor, Le Corsaire..., Pas de Quarte, Don Quixote as well as other original pieces. She has also studied with the American Ballet Theatre, Houston Ballet, Ballet Austin, The Glenda Brown Choreography Project and Lamar University. She was awarded scholarships with The Rock School, Walnut Hill Performing Arts School and Joffrey Ballet. Ms. Allison has won numerous awards as a dancer and choreographer. She has worked with choreographer Robert LaFosse of New York City Ballet and Kristine Richmond of Houston Ballet and Broadway. Ms. Allison has also trained under John Magnus, the former artistic director of Joffrey Ballet School and Kirk Peterson, the former ballet master of ABT. Ms. Allison is currently with the Dance Academy in Silsbee, TX.
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