| George Jayne began dancing at 10 years old in his hometown of Los Angeles. He went on to study Jazz dance with Roland Dupre, worked at Cal State Fullerton Dance department, and has studied gymnastics at Cal State L.A. He also studied mime with Marcel Marceau. His credits extend over stage, television, and film. He started performing with Bobby Gentry in Las Vegas, then did several Academy Awards shows and television specials. His film credits include Annie, Pennies From Heaven, and To Be Or Not To Be. He taught dance and movement in the L.A. area, worked extensively with ice skaters and gymnasts. Since moving to Nevada City, he has continued teaching as well as choreographing local productions: West Side Story, The Wiz, the community players production of Bye Bye Birdie for which he was nominated for a 1990 Elly Award for Best Choreographer and the Foothill Theater Company's production of Guys and Dolls for which he won the 1990 Elly Award for Best Choreographer. George has choreographed Pump Boys and Dinettes for Off Broad Street, Man of La Mancha, Urine Town, Flower Drum Song and The King and I. | |
| Myrna Galle, SDI Ballet Instructor, was educated at The School of American Ballet in New York City as a scholarship student. Madame Galle was a soloist with the NYC Ballet, a member of the Radio City Music Hall Corps de Ballet, and a member of the Ballet Russe de Monte Carlo. She was the lead dancer in "Music Man" and "Once Upon A Mattress" on Broadway and in the national tours. Myrna choreographed many Broadway productions including "Brigadoon," "Music Man," "Wizard of Oz," "The King & I," and "South Pacific." She also choreographed the televised production of "Coppelia." She taught ballet at the Point Theatre Arts Festival in Texas, the Houston Youth Ballet Company, and the Beverly Hills Dance Academy before joining Sierra Dance Institute ten years ago. | |
| Tresa Honaker has been dancing for more than 18 years. She attended the St. Louis Visual and Performing Arts School on a dance scholarship, where she studied classical ballet, jazz, and modern. She worked exclusively with young children at the Lagervale Dance Institute in Minneapolis, Minnesota. Now on the West Coast, Tresa continues to study and perform, both in Northern California and in the Los Angeles area. Her studies continue at Performing Arts Center, The Edge, and The Dance Center in L.A., at Step 1 in Sacramento, and at San Francisco Dance Center. Tresa has taught and choreographed locally for the Nevada City School of the Arts, Stellar Gymnastics Academy, and for Sierra Dance Institute where she is also an instructor teaching Jazz, Lyrical, Ballet, and Hip Hop. | |
| Haven Caravelli born and raised in Nevada County, has been dancing since the age of two. During her formative years, she danced with several local studios, including SDI. She was a member of the Nevada Union Dance program, where she performed all four years in the advanced class and competed in I Love Dance competitions across Northern California. Professionally, Haven has taken master classes with Los Angeles based Joe Tremaine Dance Company and nationally recognized Dupree Dance Academy. She has been teaching all forms of dance at SDI for over 6 years. To balance her love of dance, Haven is a certified Pilates and Artform instructor. She now owns The Center of Movement, a unique local Pilates, BodyCode and Movement Education studio. | |
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