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Meet Our Instructors
Jayce grew up dancing and tumbling in her mom’s studio The Body Shop. She was a competitive gymnast with River Bend Gymnastics Team until her early teens. She also enjoyed participating in the performance team - Starletts, which was taught with help from Mrs. Borg (who was a former Rockette:). She started teaching Jazz, Tap, and Tumbling at the age of 13 at her mom's dance studio. She took a short break to earn her Bachelors Of Science in Nursing degree and worked as a Registered Nurse in Maternity for 7 1/2 years before jumping headlong into her lifelong passion for dance.
Jayce
also enjoyed dancing at the Young Musicians and Artists Performing Arts camp
during her summers in High School and College. There she studied Jazz, Tap,
Ballet and was introduced to African American Ballet.
Jayce has also loved being involved with theatre, as an actor, dancer,
and choreographer with The Theatre Company of The Dalles and Encore Performing
Arts, as well as choreographing for the local high school drama department.
It
has been a secret lifelong dream to own and run a dance studio just like her mom. She is looking forward
to bringing the love of dance and movement as well as technique and passion to dancers of
all ages and abilities. Welcome to all!
Mimi was a competitive gymnast with Gymnastics Incorporated in
Mimi’s medical school did not offer ballet classes (darn!), but she did
manage to sneak in a few classes through the years. She started dancing ballet
again on a regular basis in 2001, first with Val Pattee-Renner here in The
Dalles (thanks Val!) and then at the She is thrilled to be part of Studio Élan, and truly believes that it is possible to develop a lifetime love of dance and movement, no matter what age you start! 
Hillary began dancing at a young age at the Paul Barlin Dance Studio in the Seattle area. She took a variety of classes including jazz, ballet , and hip hop. In Middle School, she performed with an award winning dance team lead by acclaimed choreographer Marc Castillo. She then joined her High School dance team and was recognized as a member of the Washington State's All -State Jazz ensemble during her senior year. Dance has always
held a special place in her heart and she is beyond thrilled to have it play a
larger role in her life once again. She moved to The Dalles area
in 2005 and feels blessed (as do we) that she has discovered Studio Élan.
Joining the Studio
Growing up, Cora Sawyer spent many
many hours in local dance studios. She began tap and gymnastics with Mrs. Borg
in her preschool years. Cora focused in on tap studies under Leslie Maley during
her mid- school years. Through her high school years Cora studied and accompanied
ballet classes with Linda Hoffman. Tap became an exciting part of Cora's life
again about 10 years ago and now she has the privilege of sharing that joy
with Studio
Rosalie grew up in Albuquerque, New Mexico, where she took ballet, jazz and modern dance classes at a private studio and African and Polynesian dance classes at every opportunity. Rosalie has danced in a number of productions, including Moscow Ballet's touring Great Russian Nutcracker, Babes in Toyland, and The Twelve Dancing Princesses, as well as with Albuquerque's Contemporary Dance Ensemble. Her choreography has been performed at one of Albuquerque's theaters and the University of New Mexico, and she has taught students in the Children's Dance Program at Brigham Young University, where she minored in modern dance. After spending the summer in Washington, D.C., Rosalie and her husband, Ryan, moved to The Dalles in August.
Marsha first
took dance lessons at age 6 and performed in tap, baton twirling and other
dance forms through high school. Performing in The Theatre Company’s My
Fair Lady in 2000 piqued her interest in dance again and she started tap
dancing in 2001, taking classes from Val Pattee-Renner, Suzie Zitzelberger
and Donna Underhill before coming to Studio
Susan
Erickson: Certified Yoga Instructor Susan Erikson grew up in Central Oregon where she was the only kid on the block doing yoga. She holds a Masters degree in education and has taught Spanish and English as a second language here and abroad. As a Registered Yoga Teacher through Yoga Alliance, Susan has devoted her time to teaching yoga and stress education classes at MCMC for over nine years. Susan brings her love of teaching and passion for yoga to Studio Élan.
Caroline Elliott: Certified Pilates Instructor
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This site was last updated 11/02/08
Jacelyn
Tappert:
Owner, Instructor in Jazz, Tap, Ballet, Tumbling, Hip Hop, and
Musical Theatre Dance
Mimi
McDonell:
Hillary
Schilling - Jazz/Ballet Instructor
Cora Sawyer - Tap Instructor
Marsha
Morrison - Beg/Intermediate Adult Tap Instructor