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Melissa Grannis -
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Amy Shomshak -
Ballet Program Director

Jenny Kerkoff -
Competition Line Director

Michelle Banbury -
Instructor

Kyle Lentsch –
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Alex Lipinski –
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michelle banbury - instructor

Images from the 2010 Spring RecitalMichelle has over 25 years of dance experience in jazz, lyrical, musical theatre, ballet, tap and hiphop. She has studied at the Larkin Dance studio, Zenon Dance, Ballet Arts, Tremaine in L.A. and Broadway Dance Center and Steps on Broadway in New York.

Michelle has been teaching for the last 13 years and has won many choreography awards at dance competitions. Along with competing and winning at many competitions in Minnesota as a soloist, she has performed in the pre-show for Crazy For You at the Ordway Theatre, danced at the Walt Disney Production at the State Theatre in Minneapolis, along with Vanessa Williams; she has danced and modeled for Polaris of St. Paul, Minnesota and has choreographed the famous local Christmas show for performer Lori Line.

This season, Michelle is teaching compeition level sessions in the following disciplines:

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