We are looking forward to having our dancers back in class with us!
We will never forget!
Looking back at a 9/11 tribute dance En Avant students had performed in the past in remembrance of today. Click on link to see the dance. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wa_mLtKTLBc&feature=emb_share&fbclid=IwAR2lghdGaI_mN4difuIbW51MWuUVNIcjQMkTdxgnvrPggJ3qOJVrYsZ0ZN4
Do you have what you need to start dance next week? No, well then get down to The Dancer’s Bag this week and get it!!
The Dancer's Bag is at En Avant Dance Studio.
September 8 at 4:01 PM · Cheyenne, WY ·
We are OPEN this week!! Tuesday, Wednesday, & Thursday 4pm-7pm!! AND we are having a sale! All shoes and tights are buy one get one half off (of equal or lesser value & in stock items only) AND the rest of the store is 70% off. Come get what you need before dance starts up again. #thedancersbag #danceretail #sale #enavantwy #backtodance #downtowncheyenne #comeshopwithus
Come Zumba with us on Monday nights 6:30pm-7:30pm! https://www.enavantwy.com/
Fall back in love with dance at En Avant Dance Studio. Register TODAY! Fall dance classes start September 14th!! We are looking forward to having you back in the studio dancing with us! We offer a wide variety of dance styles: Ballet, Tap, Jazz, Hip Hop, Lyrical/ Contemporary, Modern, Irish Step, Zumba, Nia and more!! https://www.enavantwy.com/
We are really excited to be starting fall dance classes in September! Stay tuned for more information on fall registration and dance class schedules - coming soon!!
WCYB
October 12 at 5:00 PM ·
Dance off! Who won?
Association of International Dance Teachers
October 9 at 4:22 AM ·
Today is World Ballet Day! Watch live on Facebook!
Duane Cochran
November 8 at 3:16 AM ·
Una ballerina es por siempre una ballerina 🩰❤️ ...y la música de Tchaikowski, no bueno!
Música para Despertar
Ella es Marta C. Gonzalez, fue primera bailarina del Ballet de Nueva York en los 60’s. Tenía Alzheimer y al escuchar el Lago de los Cisnes reaccionó de una manera asombrosa.
Reminder there are no classes this week. We hope everyone has a safe and enjoyable break. Happy Thanksgiving! 🦃🍁 #enavantdancestudio #exploreyourpassionfordance #enavantwy #takeabreak #dontforgettostretch #happythanksgiving #noclassesthisweek
The Dancer's Bag is at En Avant Dance Studio.
November 28 at 4:17 PM · Cheyenne, WY ·
We are open today!! Come on down and see us, we’ll be here 10-2. We have 85% off in the store right now. #shopsmall #thedancersbag #smallbusinesssaturday #wearamask #weareopentoday #shopwithus #danceclothes
Check out our December Newsletter!
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At last! 2020 ends and 2021 begins
Some more fun with our En Avant Dancers during the Christmas Parade!
We are so proud of all of the En Avant Dancers that participated in this year's Cheyenne Christmas Parade!
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Covid Health Order Update for En Avant Dance Classes.
Snowy Range Summer Dance Festival
January 7 at 6:38 PM ·
Over the next week, join us for University of Wyoming dance program and Snowy Range Summer Dance Festival master classes and information sessions via zoom! These master classes will be offered free of charge. In order to try and address technique at an appropriate level, we ask that class participants be 12 years of age and older.
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If you’re interested in attending SRSDF this summer or becoming a part of our UWYO dance program, please join us!
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Session 2: Thursday, January 7, 6:30-8:15, Modern technique with Cat Kamrath
Registration link: https://uwyo.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJMpdumgqDwtE9xQVTyatpt3tY1sA5v4FZhQ
Session 3: Tuesday, January 12, 4:30-6:15, Ballet technique with Marsha Knight
Registration link: https://uwyo.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJ0ldeuoqTwuHtNtmToRm8SFCDaUEVkPgqmM
Session 4: Thursday, January 14, 4:30-6:15, Modern technique with Margaret Wilson
Registration link: https://uwyo.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJUpfu6opj4qG9O3Luk1PxNMWZ8AfO35Jfpf
Session 5: Saturday, January 16, 10:30-12:15, Ballet technique with Marsha Knight
Registration link: https://uwyo.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJErcO-orzMjEtedhuiRFvh8FVeeEyhHtpsQ
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#snowyrangesummerdancefestival #universityofwyoming #uwyotheatreanddance #universitydance #moderntechnique #ballettechnique #danceonline #freedanceclass
We hope everyone had a great weekend! Just a reminder that we do have classes today. Hope to see you later 😃 #enavantdance #keepdancing #enavantdancestudio #exploreyourpassionfordance #mlkday #enavantwy #lovetodance #alwaysdancing
In celebration of Black History Month, today we spotlight Janet Collins. In 1951, she became the first black prima ballerina to dance at New York’s Metropolitan Opera House as a permanent member of the Metropolitan Opera. Despite her talent, she was replaced by understudies while the company toured in the south. After leaving the company in 1954, she devoted her life to teaching dance. She passed away in 2003.
Check out our February Newsletter!
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Happy Groundhog Day! Wishing you a very happy spring ahead.
Happy Monday! We hope you have a great week. #motivationmonday
In celebration of Black History Month, today we spotlight William Henry Lane also known as Master Juba. He is credited as one of the most influential figures in the creation of American tap dance becoming the father of tap. During the 1840’s, he was one of the first black performers for white audiences. He was also the first black dancer to tour with the all-white Ethiopian Minstrels. Although he was labeled as the “Greatest Dancer in the World,” he still had to perform in blackface with the other white dancers. He passed away in 1852.
Happy #tututuesday! Life would be so much better if we wore more tutu’s...
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Happy Valentine’s Day! ❤️ ♥️ 💜 💙 💚 #enavantdancestudio
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For feature Friday, we give a shout-out to Britinie Savoie. She wears many hats including teaching, choreographing, a mom of six, business owner, and photographer. We want to thank her for sharing her expertise with us and her love for dance. For more information about Britinie, please visit our website at https://www.enavantwy.com/teachers.
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Today is the last day and perfect timing for this Arctic 🥶freeze. Have a great Thursday.
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For feature Friday, we give a shout-out to one of our assistants, Elizabeth Roof. She started dancing with En Avant when she was four years old and has assisted us since she was fifteen. She continues to dance and finds it therapeutic. We want to thank her for continuing to assist in helping others explore and find their passion for dance. For more information about Elizabeth, please visit our website at https://www.enavantwy.com/assistants.
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Happy #tapitoutthursday! Tap Dancing is like morse code for the soul.
Photo by: Sherry Birch
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In celebration of Black History Month, today we spotlight Pearl Primus who was a dancer, choreographer, activist, and an anthropologist. Intending to become a physician, Primus received a degree in biology and premedical sciences from Hunter College in 1940. Primus sought employment at a laboratory but was deterred by racial discrimination. She was later hired in the dance unit of the National Youth Administration and soon received a scholarship from the New Dance Group, where she studied modern dance. In 1948 Primus received a federal grant to study dance, and used the money to travel around Africa and the Caribbean to learn different styles of native dance, which she then brought back to the United States to perform and teach. She also choreographed dances that contained messages about racism and discrimination. One of her dances, Strange Fruit, was a protest against the lynching of blacks. She passed away in 1994.
This week’s shout out is to Tiffany Erickson. At age 7, Tiff began dancing at En Avant. She eventually danced professionally with several companies and earned degrees in dance and psychology before returning to En Avant as a sought after teacher. Tiffany ignites her students’ hearts for the art by infusing her own joy for dance with more than two decades of teaching and performance experience. Her classes blend knowledge and technique with experience and high expectations to provide students with unsurpassed instruction. For more information about Tiffany, please visit our website at https://www.enavantwy.com/teachers.
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In celebration of Black History Month, today we spotlight John Bubbles. He was a jazz tap dancer, singer, pianist, and the father of rhythm. At the age of ten, he teamed with six-year-old Ford Lee "Buck" Washington in an act billed as "Buck and Bubbles." Bubbles sang while Buck played the piano while standing. It was not long before they were playing engagements in Louisville, Detroit and New York City. At the age of 18, Bubbles focused on dancing after his voice changed. The two performed an act in the Ziegfeld Follies of 1931 and became the first black artists to perform in New York’s acclaimed Radio City Music Hall. Bubbles, who is best known for his performance in George Gershwin’s 1935 production Porgy and Bess, later went on to perform in Harlem’s famous Hoofers Club, which led to Broadway gigs and opportunities in Hollywood. He is said to be the first dancer to fuse jazz dance with tap, creating off-beats and in turn, altered accents, phrasing and timing revolutionizing tap. He passed away in 1986.
Happy #tututuesday! May your day be filled with good thoughts, kind people, and happy moments.
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Today we recognize assistant Molly Koch. An active music student at Central High School, Molly has been dancing since she was 3; taking and enjoying all styles of dance. A tough year of Covid19 shutdowns and an injury that kept her out of the 2020 performance helped her recognize her passion for dance. “Dancing lifts me up when I’m down, it makes me feel happy!" Molly assists with ballet 1 class.
In celebration of Women’s History Month, today we spotlight Martha Graham. She was a modern dancer and choreographer whose technique changed dance worldwide. Martha studied dance for over ten years at the Denishawn School of Dancing and Related Arts. In 1926, she opened up the Martha Graham Center of Contemporary Dance where she was determined to strip dancing down to the fundamental aspect of movement. Her principle technique became known as “Contraction and Release,” which was the basis for her weighted and grounded style in direct contrast of classical ballet. Each movement could be used to express negative or positive emotion depending on the placement of the head. She also added the spiral shape to incorporate the sense of fluidity. Martha was the first dancer to perform at the White House where she performed for the Roosevelts in 1937. She continued to choreograph until her death in 1991.
#WomensHistoryMonth
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Take a look at our March newsletter to see what is going on at En Avant! http://eepurl.com/hrfT8X
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March Newsletter
Happy March and Happy Women’s History Month! “For most of history, Anonymous was a woman.” ~ Virginia Woolf #womenshistorymonth #enavantdancestudio
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Happy #tapitoutthursday! Money cannot buy you happiness. But it can buy you tap shoes, and that is kind of the same thing. #tapdance
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#exploreyourpassionfordance
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En Avant Dance Studio is seeking part-time dance instructors for the 2021-2022 school year. Interested in instructors to teach all dance styles to include: Tap, Modern, Ballet, Acro Jazz, and Hip Hop. Go to https://www.enavantwy.com/employment for information on how to apply.
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Come teach with us! En Avant Dance Studio is looking for part-time dance teachers to teach a variety of dance styles. For more information and how to apply click on the link below.
https://www.enavantwy.com/employment
En Avant Dance Studio is seeking part-time dance instructors for the 2021-2022 school year. Interested in instructors to teach all dance styles to include: Tap, Modern, Ballet, Acro Jazz, and Hip Hop. Go to https://www.enavantwy.com/employment for information on how to apply.
EN AVANT DANCE STUDIO
Dance Instructor
In celebration of Women’s History Month, today we spotlight Josephine Baker. She is known as a successful performer, World War II spy, and activist. Josephine’s parents were both entertainers from St. Louis, Missouri, and they would often bring her up on stage during their shows throughout the segregated Midwest. Their careers never really took off, and at the age of 15, she ran off to perform with the African American theatre troupe. She eventually moved to New York City and at age 19, she toured the United States with The Jones Family Band and The Dixie Steppers, performing various comical skits. A few years later her success took her to Paris where her career thrived due to her distinct dancing and unique costumes. Josephine became the most photographed woman in the world and by 1927, she earned more money than any entertainer in Europe. In 1936, she returned to the United States to star in Ziegfeld Follies which proved to be disastrous. American audiences rejected the idea of a black woman with so much sophistication and power. She returned to Europe and assisted France during World War II. Josephine used her celebrity status to capture information for the French Resistance. She also housed resistance fighters in her chateau. She would later return to the United States to perform and to fight segregation and racism. She refused to perform for segregated audiences and she adopted 12 children from various countries. In 1963, she spoke at the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom. She remained on stage late into her life until her death in 1975. Her career illustrates how entertainers can use their platforms to change the world.
#WomensHistoryMonth
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Happy Monday and Happy International Women’s Day! “Behind every successful woman is herself.”
~ Photo Credit: Sherry Birch
#womensday2021
#motivationmonday
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Snow Day #3 — we will be closed Wednesday March 17th. Here’s hoping to see everyone on Thursday! Stay safe and warm. #enavantwy #exploreyourpassionfordance #enavantdancestudio #snowdayagain #thirdone #wyomingweather #wyomingspring
Well there’s still a lot of snow out there!! So again due to city & school closures we will be closed on Tuesday March 16th — stay safe and warm. #enavantwy #exploreyourpassionfordance #enavantdancestudio #snowday#2 #snowmageddon2021
Due to the City & School closures we have decided to close the studio Monday March 15th. We hope to reopen on Tuesday March 16th depending on snow removal. Please stay safe and warm. #enavantwy #exploreyourpassionfordance #enavantdancestudio #snowday #winterstorm #wyomingweather
There will not be yoga this morning 3/14/21 we just want everyone to stay home be safe and warm. Enjoy your snowy day #enavantwy #exploreyourpassionfordance #enavantdancestudio #wyomingweatheriscrazy #snowyday
Spring forward is tomorrow! Don’t forget to put your clocks ahead one hour before bed tonight. Spring is just around the corner.
This week’s recognition is for Grace Hlavacek an assistant who stepped up to teach and assist with other Pandemic challenges when she was unable to head to college because of closures. Grace started dancing at EnAvant at three, learning all the steps while watching her older sister’s dance class from the doorway. She remembers the day Miss Tenacity invited her in to curtsey with the “real dancers”. Grace loves dancing and loves teaching and watching student’s confidence grow. Grace has studied modern, ballet, tap, hip hop, jazz, cheer, and Ariel hoop. When colleges open again, Grace will attend the California Institute of Art with a specialization in scenic design. For more information about Grace, please visit our website at https://www.enavantwy.com/teachers.
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Happy First Day of Spring! Nature’s way of saying Let’s Dance.
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This week our shout out is for Inna Taylor. Inna has studied Tap, Jazz, Irish, Ballet and Pointe. Inna is homeschooled but does attend East High for Choir. She started dancing at two years old at The Dance Factory in Buckhannon, West Virginia where Inna loved that her tap teacher let two and three year olds go wild.
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No Classes Thursday March 18. Schools closed for safety and so are we. It's too dangerous until our street is cleared.
Thank you for your patience -stay safe and warm! #enavantwy #exploreyourpassionfordance #enavantdancestudio #snowpocalypse2021 #somuchsnow #staysafe
🍀 Happy St. Patrick’s Day 🍀
In celebration of Women’s History Month, today we spotlight Isadora Duncan known as the “mother of modern dance.” Her mother Dora was a first generation Irish American and raised Isadora along with her three siblings as a single mother in Oakland, California. Dora supported the family by giving piano lessons while Isadora and her sister Elizabeth taught dance. Isadora rejected the rigidness of classical ballet and called it a “living death,” so she based her dancing on more natural rhythm and movement. At age 18, she moved to Chicago and caught the eye of Augustin Daly, who brought her to New York City. After two years of performing for his road company, mostly playing fairies, she quit and hopped on a steamer to London. She was in search of an artistic climate and in a short amount of time she became a cult figure. Her and her brother Raymond studied Greek mythology which would transform her general style of movement as an artist. Barefoot and dressed in sheaths inspired by Greek imagery, she would dance in the homes of the financially elite before becoming a major success in Budapest, Hungary in 1902. In 1903 in Berlin, she gave her most famous speech on the future of dance and predicted dance would be for the “free spirit...whose body and soul have grown so harmoniously together.” Isadora’s style of dance was controversial in its time but it wasn’t long before women were dancing barefoot in crowded theatres and concert halls throughout Europe. She toured widely and founded dance schools in Germany, Russia, and the United States, though none of them survived. Her ideas were too advance for their time and she was the object of attack by the less broad-minded. However, she helped pave the way for the acceptance of modern dance and one of the first to raise interpretive dance to the status of creative art. She passed away in 1927.
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This week’s recognition is for Heather Hansen. Heather started dancing at age 4 at Tova’s Classical Ballet Theatre School and continued her passion for dance, working and performing with Colorado Ballet, Jillana (former principal with New York City Ballet), Peter Pucci, Moscow Ballet, Ballet West, and Patricia Tate, Marsha Knight, & General McArthur Hambrick (professors from The University of Wyoming) and dancing as a principle dancer with Ballet Wyoming and Reformation Dance. Heathers two decades of teaching experience enhances her enjoyment of passing on her love of dance to her students. Heather is currently teaching Pointe 3, Ballet 7 and Lyrical/Contemporary 3. Heather also runs Onpointedesigns and runs the dance studio’s website and designs the logos. For more information about Heather, please visit our website at https://www.enavantwy.com/teachers.
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In celebration of Women’s History Month, today we spotlight Alicia Alonso who was a prima ballerina, dance instructor and choreographer. In 1921, Alicia Martinez was born in Cuba and was introduced to ballet through debutante classes at Havana’s Sociedad Pro-Arte Musical. Since Cuba was going through a rough economical time, pointe shoes were scarce and like Cinderella, Alicia’s feet were the only one’s that could fit in them. At age 15, she fell in love and married dancer Fernando Alonso and adopted the stage name Alicia Alonso. In 1937, they moved to New York City to continue their dance training. Alicia danced at the School of American Ballet with some of the best private teachers of classical ballet. In 1937, she made her first professional debut in Broadway shows Great Lady and Stars in Your Eyes as a chorus girl. She then joined the American Ballet Caravan as a soloist. In 1940, her and Fernando joined Ballet Theatre later renamed American Ballet Theatre. At the young age of 19, she began running into things and starting losing her vision in one eye. She returned back to Cuba to have three surgeries for a detached retina and was immobilized for one year. Fernando would help her memorize her roles marking them with her fingers while her eyes were bandaged closed. By 1943, they would both be back on stage in New York City. Alicia lacked peripheral vision, so a wire was often placed on stage to keep her from falling into the orchestra pit and lights were strategically placed on the stage as well to assist in marking her place. In 1948, she headed back to Cuba to open up her own dance company. Because of lack of funding, it folded in 1956. In 1957, she was the first Western dancer to be invited to perform in the Soviet Union. In 1959, after Castro became into power, Fernando was able to negotiate funding for the company. The funding created the National Ballet of Cuba which was the first school and professional dance company in Cuba. To recruit dancers, Alicia would have a small group perform for farms, factories and military bases. She also looked for male dancers in orphanages and gave free tuition to dancers with potential. The company landed touring gigs in South and Central America and Europe. Alicia would guest perform with her troupe but was rarely seen in America due to Eisenhower cutting off diplomatic ties with Cuba. She would later return to perform in America as restrictions eased. She would dance with the company well into her 70’s even after her eyesight continued to deteriorate. She did not want her blindness to define her. She gave her last public performance in 1995 and she passed away in 2019. Her ballet school and company she lead for 71 years introduced Cuban dance to the world and created a unique Cuban ballet style which is recognized globally. US dance companies have benefited from adding Cuban-trained dancers to their rosters and adding Cuban-trained instructors.
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Happy #tututuesday! #enavantdancestudio
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Happy First Day of Spring! Nature’s way of saying Let’s Dance.
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This week our shout out is for Inna Taylor. Inna has studied Tap, Jazz, Irish, Ballet and Pointe. Inna is homeschooled but does attend East High for Choir. She started dancing at two years old at The Dance Factory in Buckhannon, West Virginia where Inna loved that her tap teacher let two and three year olds go wild.
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#exploreyourpassionfordance
#enavantwy
No Classes Thursday March 18. Schools closed for safety and so are we. It's too dangerous until our street is cleared.
Thank you for your patience -stay safe and warm! #enavantwy #exploreyourpassionfordance #enavantdancestudio #snowpocalypse2021 #somuchsnow #staysafe
