Tori Heglin is a freshman this year and she is from Des Moines, Iowa. She has danced at Ashlee’s Creative Arts Academy for 7 years. Tori has been a competitive dancer since she was 13 and has attended many regional and national competitions. She came to Missouri Valley to major in dance and also be a part of the dance team. After college she hopes to one day become a dance teacher. She loves both choreographing and performing in many styles but her favorite is lyrical. Amber Newsom is a sophomore, originally from Des Moines, Iowa. She is majoring in Dance with hopes of becoming a dance teacher in the future. This will be Amber’s second year being a part of the Missouri Valley Dance Team and Repertory Dance Ensemble. She has been a studio dancer since the age of two and has competed in many regional and national award winning dances. She has practiced a variety of styles of dance but loves performing Lyrical and Jazz most of all. In addition to dancing, she also likes to tumble. Amber has also assisted in teaching dance classes to a variety of ages. She is excited to continue her passion for dance here at Missouri Valley College. Miyu Shito has trained in classical ballet for 15 years in Fujiwara Meiko Ballet Studio in Japan. She performed the lead, “Oddett” in “Swan Lake” there. After graduating from the studio and high school, Miyu left the country and moved to Missouri Valley College to seek a college education in America. She joined in the Repertory Dance Ensemble during her freshman year and learned lots of dance styles such as Modern, Jazz, Tap, and Contemporary. She has performed a solo in Florida Disney World (Freshman year) and the lead, “the girl” in REP “Brave” concert (Sophomore year). Miyu became the first official member on the brand new Dance Team here at Valley (2018) where she learned competitive Jazz, Poms and Hiphop. Junior year Miyu became the first All-American Dancer at Missouri Valley College (2020). Regarding academics, she is majoring in Psychology and minoring in Dance. As she maintains focus on school as well as dance, Miyu became a member of Alpha Chi National College Honor Society. After graduating from MVC, she’s planning to go to a graduate school in I/O Psychology and establish her own dance studio in the future. Alison Wilson is the daughter of Glen and Julia Wilson. She is from Hunnewell, MO. She has been dancing since she was 3 years old at Fabulous Feet Dance Company in Monroe City, MO. Alison graduated from Monroe City High School in Monroe City, MO. She is a Dance major at Missouri Valley College.
Artistic Director Janie Morgan is a Professor of Dance, Artistic Director of Repertory Dance Ensemble and choreographer for the theatre productions at Missouri Valley College. She received her MFA in Dance from Arizona State University (ASU) and her BFA in Related Arts/Dance from Kutztown University of Pennsylvania. Janie has trained, taught, choreographed and performed throughout TX, PA, NY, AZ, MO, London and Namibia, Africa. She has taught and presented choreography at the American College Dance Association Conferences, where she currently serves as a Board Member, and has presented her research at National Dance Education Organization Conferences and the Council for Exceptional Children Conferences. She happily resided in Marshall, MO with her wonderful husband, beautiful daughters and silver labs.
Special Thanks Indian Foothills Parks for letting us have our performance this evening!! And to the skaters who’ve skated around us the last 7 weeks of rehearsal, thank you for sharing the space!
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