| MEET OUR DANCE DIRECTING TEAM |
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| THE FIERCE STAFF |
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| The FIERCE Directing Team |
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WE ARE YOUR NEXT CONVENTION OF CHOICE
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| Miss Kathleen Van De Veere |
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KATHLEEN VAN DE VEERE
NATIONAL DIRECTOR
Miss Kathleen is currently balancing careers as a master instructor, show director, professional performer, choreographer and FIERCE Convention director. Always being active in dance, music and theater, she attended the prestigious school, The American Musical and Dramatic Academy in New York City. She toured the country with American Family Theater in and appeared in several Off Off Broadway showcases in New York City. She performed as a headlining singer on the Mississippi Queen Steamboat out of New Orleans. In 2000, she founded Van De Veere Productions, a dance, drama and vocal studio, offering classes in 8 locations around the Portland ,Oregon area, heads up 14 performance teams and has several national winners in the competition world,including 5 time national vocal winners. She is a professional singer, has released 2 solo CD's. She is active in professional theater as a performer and choreographer. As a sought after master choreographer, she travels the United States teaching master classes in lyrical, musical theater, jazz, hip hop, tap, ballet drama, and voice She is also the past dance director for Extreme Sports Camps that provides master dance classes for NIKE, a past national show director for a national dance competition, and is active with Live On Stage, a Northwest Theater Production Company. Check out her website at www.misskathleen.net
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| MISS KIM BORGARO |
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KIM BORGARO
Kim is a well know choreographer and instructor who brings a long list of credits to her teaching resume! She has worked with, and appeared in national commercials and videos with Lionel Richie, Stevie Wonder, Michael Jackson, B.B. King just to name a few. As a member of the Lula Washington Dance Theater, she appeared in the 2000 Emmy Awards. She has performed all over the world including the Hong Kong Arts Festival, ”Reunion” at the House of Blues (LA), Los Angeles Kaleidoscope Dance Festival, International Blacks in Dance Conference 2000 , and several choreographers showcases in Los Angeles. She has appeared in several theater productions throughout the country including “Waiting for Godot“ and “Company“. Kim currently teaches and resides in Los Angeles and is in high demand for master classes around the world. She is currently one of the top dance competition adjudicators on the circuit today. Kim’s high energy classes provide the balance of strong technique and innovative choreography.
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| STACY J |
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STACY J
Specializing in Tap, Hip Hop, and Theatre, Stacy J’s amazing choreography has accumulated several national and international awards. After starting her career as a model for Revlon, and JOOP! Cosmetics, Stacy J was a performer for Disney MGM Studios. Her performance credits include lead roles in Grease, Gypsy, and Cats, to name a few. She was the principal dancer for The New Millennium Tap Review and lead dancer and choreographer for Winslow Productions. With a BFA in Theatre and Performance Art, Stacy J currently resides in Arizona where she is Director of the Take Five Dance Theatre program for children as well as Director/Choreographer for 5th Element Hip Hop crew. Working for national dance competitions and independently as a nationally known dance Master Teacher and adjudicator, she was named one of America’s top convention teachers in Dance Spirit Magazine for 2006. Stacy J injects a fresh perspective to the industry and is recognized worldwide!
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