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Karla
Eull
Karla Eull trained for 16 years in Tap, Jazz, Ballet and Lyrical at Butterfields Gallery of Dance. She is a graduate of St. Cloud State University with a degree in Recreation and Sports Management. Karla's instruction experience includes five years at St. Cloud School of Dance & Ultimate Gymnastics, three years for the St. Cloud State Dance Team Workshops, Omega Dance Workshops in Red Wing, Unite Dance Workshops in Bloomington, and five years at the St. Michael Albertville's Community Education dance program. Her choreography experience includes five years at the St. Cloud School of Dance and three years for the St. Cloud State Dance Team. She has instructed classes, choreographed and co-directed at Dyan's World of Dance in Eagan, Minnesota for the past three years.
Karla has participated in many dance conventions and has competed at both the regional and national levels. She was a member of the St. Cloud State University National Dance Team and also a member of the Ignite Dance Company. She has experience as an adjudicator for dance competitions as well as dance team competitions. Karla is certified in First Aid and CPR.
Ricci
Milan
Ricci has established himself as one of the most exciting and entertaining members of today's dance world. He started dancing at the Larkin Dance Studio where he trained for 12 years. Since then, he has performed for the NFL, NBA, NCAA, Disney, PBS, Target, Compaq, Best Buy and Opryland. Ricci is also a master teacher. He has taught everywhere from Vienna, Austria to Venice, California. He currently teaches for a number of regional and national conventions, workshops and studios.
Ricci's passion and ability have given him the honor of performing with the likes of Jason Samuels, Savion Glover and Kirk Franklin. He is co-creator and co-choreographer of the award-winning international touring company Ten Foot Five. The group has entertained with great reviews across the globe. He was also the featured soloist in "One", showing at the Alabama Theatre in Myrtle Beach, and "Tap Happy" showing at Tokyo Disneyland.
Julie
Hatlestad
Julie started her dancing career at the Dance Shoppe, where she trained for 15 years. She has become a well- rounded dancer in the genres of Tap, Jazz, Ballet, Lyrical, Musical Theater, Dance Team and Hip-Hop. For the past 5 years she has taught, assisted and choreographed with the performing teams and recreational dance classes at two local studios. The highlights of Julie's dance career are as follows:
- Studio Performance Dance Team for 11 years
- Numerous awards for her tap dancing (including Miss Showbiz 1999)
- High School Dance Team
- University of St. Thomas Dance Team (National Champions, 2006)
- Performed in two separate Off-Broadway Tap Productions in New York City (Choreographers- Gil Stroming 2001 and Mike Minery 2003)
- Performed an Opening Showcase for iPOP! (International Presentation of Performers) in New York City 2005 (1000 audition, Julie was chosen 1 of 26 to perform)
- Presented with the Top Young Adult Dancer of the Year at iPOP! 2005
- Assisted with Professional choreographer, Karl Mundt, and was featured dancer in his video reel, 2006
- Received the "Tommie Award" from the University of St. Thomas Dance Team Coach, 2007, for being the "All-Around-Everything" kind of a person, dancer, and friend
- Received a National Choreography Award at Showbiz National Dance Competition, Palm Springs, CA, 2008
Julianne
Mundale
Professional musical theatre performer, choreographer and instructor for 20 years. She has performed in 14 main stage productions with Chanhassen Dinner Theatres. Highlight roles include: Anytime Annie, 42nd Street, Lady in Green, Singin' in the Rain, Anita, West Side Story, Reno Anything Goes , Tess in Crazy For You and Cassandra the siamese cat in Cats.
Ordway Center productions include Oklahoma with John Schienider, Romeo and Juliet the Rock Musical, A Funny Thing Happened...Forum and Anything Goes with Sandy Duncan.
Disney's Summer Spectacular (Cruella DeVil/dancer) in Chicago, IL and a featured dancer with the 2000 Superbowl Half time show in Atlanta GA. Buffalo Gal productions at the former Loring Playhouse and Joe Chvalas' Flying Foot Forum at The Guthrie Theatre. She has collaborated on numerous local and national industrial venues as a performer and choreographer.
A Minnesota native, Miss Julianne's training began at age 4 from suburban dance studios to downtown Minneapolis, she has training in tap, ballet, pointe, jazz , lyrical, musical theatre, swing and partnering from numerous instructors locally as well in Chicago, New York City and Maui (International Tap Festival).
Miss Julianne is the choreographer for the Musical Theatre Program and productions at Cretin-Derham Hall in St. Paul and is the choreographer for the Minnesota State Fair"Arts-In" program held at the Fairgrounds during the summer.
Brittany
Radke
Brittany is a 2006 graduate from the U of M- twincities with a BFA in Dance. Her dance training began at her mother's dance studio in Detroit Lakes, MN where she trained for 15 years. She has attended the Dance Masters of America teachers training seminar, where she was educated in many different teaching styles. Currently she is on staff as a choreographer at the Youth Performance Company in Minneapolis. For the past four years she has been an assistant director of the International Dance Challenge dance competition. Brittany is also currently teaching dance at various studios, preschools and grade schools.
She has worked with many local choreographers including, Karla Grotting, Joe Chvala, Zoe Sealy, Toni Pierce-Sands and Uri Sands. She has toured with YPC's "Sky Blue Matter" an original musical. When not dancing Brittany has been seen in hair shows, commercials, and various print work.
Robert & Gayle
Myles (Owners)
Gayle and Robert are the proud owners of Turning Pointe Dance Studio and look forward to helping your children grow in the art of dance.
Gayle and Robert have been actively involved in the studio for 12+ years and assumed ownership in 2007. They have 2 children dancing with TPDS and enjoy assisting students and parents growing in the love of dance.
Please do not hesitate to contact us with any questions about the studio.
Heidi
Groen
Heidi started dance at the age of two. She graduated in 2003 from Larkin dance Studio in Maplewood, MN. She went on to teach at St. Cloud School of Dance, winning top ten and choreography awards. She choreographed for St. Cloud State University Dance Team in 2008. She is currently graduating from St. Cloud State University and continuing her passion for dance through teaching.
Marissa
Feddema
As an instructor and choreographer, I strive to share my talents, knowledge, and creativity through the art of dance to all who eagerly wish to experience it and benefit from it. It is my hope, that my class will allow students to absorb its critiques, learn from them, and through application, use them to improve their own dancing.
Marissa is in the Honors College of Liberal Arts at the University of Minnesota, majoring in Architecture.
A Fun Fact About Me: The Person Who Has Inspired My Dancing the Most Undoubtedly, Mia Michaels. Her classes have taught me to use dancing as a direct manifestation of my heart, its greatest predicaments, and its deepest desires.
Studio Information
Address:
4101 Nicols Rd., Suite #113
Eagan, MN 55122
Main: 651-454-6864
Alternate: 612-210-4845
Studio Hours:
Mon: 4 pm to 7:30 pm
Tue: 4 pm to 10 pm
Wed: 4 pm to 10 pm
Thur: 12:30 pm to 2 pm; 4 pm to 10 pm
Fri: 4 pm to 7:30 pm
Sat: 8:30 am to 2 pm
Upcoming Events
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2010-03-19 (All day) - 2010-03-21 (All day)
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2010-03-19 (All day) - 2010-03-21 (All day)
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2010-03-22 (All day) - 2010-03-28 (All day)
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2010-04-01 (All day) - 2010-04-15 (All day)
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2010-04-01 (All day) - 2010-04-07 (All day)