Turning Pointe Studio

She grew up dancing at Dyan's World of Dance--which is the founding company of Turning Pointe Dance Studio.
During her studio dance years Courtney won many regional and national awards. Courtney was a member of the State winning, Burnsville High School Blazettes Dance team, where she served as team captain her senior year. She directed and held team rehearsals as part of the responsibility of captain for the team, along with choreographing their dances. While in High School she was selected to be a part of the All State Dance Team for Jazz. Courtney began assistant teaching five years ago here at TPDS.  Upon graduation from high school, she joined TPDS as a team teacher and has served the students of Turning Pointe in that capacity for the past two years. Courtney taught the pre-competition camps this summer at TPDS, and helped develop the curriculum for the tap portion of the camp. Courtney is currently attending a local university and pursuing her degree.   

Courtney will be teaching Jazz technique for our younger kids, and will be choreographing and teaching for some of our competition and pre-competition lines. She will be team teaching the "Mommy and Me" classes as well as our pre-kindergarten/kindergarten classes.

Alicia has been dancing for the past 17 years.  She received her BS in Dance with a minor in Theatre from Minnesota State University- Mankato in 2012.  During her years at MSU, Alicia had the pleasure to work with professors Julie Kerr-Berry and Daniel Stark, along with guest artists such as: Stuart Pimsler Dance & Theatre, Mary Davis Stark, and Jeffery Peterson.  Before transferring to Mankato, Alicia attended St. Cloud State and was able to be a part of the Repertory Dance Theatre, getting a chance to work with April Sellers, John Munger, and Morgan Thorson.  She has taken classes from Mia Michaels, Wade Robson, Brian Friedman, and the rest of The Pulse Faculty. Alicia also participated in Boogieography in the 2012 MN Fringe Festival this August. 

Brittany has been dancing for 16 years training and studying all types of dance including jazz, tap, lyrical, contemporary, hip hop, west African, modern, ballet, and Pointe styles.  Her first experience with modern dance was in middle school which propelled her to travel to Washington D.C. as a 6th grader where she was chosen to dance at the Kennedy Center of Performing Arts.  Brittany attended high school at the St. Paul Conservatory for Performing Artists where she got to work with many different local artists and performers.  Her senior year, she had the privilege of going to New York to study at the Alvin Ailey Dance Center.  Brittany has been a competitive dancer since the age of nine and loves competitions!  Her favorite kind of dance to compete with is tap and jazz, but she is experienced in all types of dance.  Brittany has competed at both national and regional competitions.  Currently, Brittany is attending the University of Wisconsin-Stout where she is studying Retail Merchandising and Management and is also on the dance team there. Brittany is excited to be choreographing and teaching at Turning Pointe Dance Studio and can’t wait for the year to begin!

Sylvia has had dance apart of her life since a young age.  Her education began in Germany where she attended both the Westfaelische Wilhelms University in Muenster and the Lola Rogge School of Dance in Hamburg where she received a diploma in Dance Education.  Sylvia then travelled to NYC where she was part of an independent study dance program for the prestigious Alvin Ailey Dance Theatre. She has danced professionally in the Hamburg State Opera Company.  She also taught at the Alvin Ailey American Dance Theatre and School in NYC and at the Continental Ballet & School in Bloomington.  Sylvia is also trained in Yoga.