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Teachers
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Jeanne
Mattis
Jeanne and her husband Karl are the owners of the Design
In Motion Dance Studio. Jeanne has been teaching dance
for the past 10 years in the Anne Arundel County area.
She was accepted to the School of Performing Arts in Baltimore
and held a full dance scholarship at the University of
Maryland Baltimore County. She was the recipient of a
four-year scholarship at the Maryland Hall Summer Arts
Program. Jeanne joined a team of people to establish a
Creative Arts Program for Park and Recreation in a low-income
community. She developed and managed the dance curriculum
and was responsible for the choreography and dance education
of approximately 40 children involved in this program.
Jeanne enjoys spending time with her husband and son,
Norman.
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Serene
Webber
Serene is the Manager for Design In Motion Dance Studio.
Serene holds a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree in Dance Performance
from Towson University and is currently working to complete
her certification in Laban Movement Analysis from the
Laban / Bartenieff Institute of Movement Studies in New
York. She has been teaching in the Anne Arundel County,
Howard County and Baltimore City areas for the past 10
years. Serene also enjoys performing and choreographing
as a guest artist with various companies in the Washington
DC and Baltimore area. Besides dancing, Serene loves spending
time with her husband, daughter and new baby son.
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Colette
Cross
Colette has been teaching dance for 17 years. She has
a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree in Dance Performance with
a certification in dance education from Towson State University.
Colette is a licentiate member of the Cecchetti Council
of America. Her students consistently excel in Cecchetti
exams and she has had numerous students receive dance
scholarships for summer programs and colleges. Colette
is the recipient of three different nationally recognized
scholarships to teach training programs. She danced professionally
with the "Moving Company", a modern dance company
based in Baltimore. She has choreographed for local high
schools and dance companies and organized successful dance
fund raising performances for Avon Breast Cancer walks
and Dancers Responding to AIDs. Colette also teaches dance
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Kristen
Brown
Kristin Brown is new to the Maryland area and grew up
in Tampa Florida, where she was a graduate of Howard
W. Blake High School of the Performing Arts. She received
her early training around Central Florida before joining
the Lakeland Ballet Florida Dance Theatre. She was the
Donald Bryd/Ruth Eckerd Hall Dance Scholarship recipient,
the First Place winner at the National Society of Arts
and the Letter Ballet Career Competition, and was recognized
as a merit Award recipient from the National Endowment
of the Arts. Kristin continued her dance education on
scholarship at the University of South Florida working
towards her a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree in Dance
Performance. She has been a guest artist with the Brandon
Ballet, performing around the country with the United
Nations of Dance, and at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe
in Edinburgh, Scotland with Burklyn Ballet. Kristin
taught extensively in the Tampa area for three years
and has spent the last five summers working and teaching
at the Burklyn Ballet Theatre in Johnson, Vermont. In
2003 she joined the Ballet Theater of Maryland, the
teaching faculty of the School of Ballet Theatre of
Maryland and local dance studios in the area.
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Carly
Engelke
Carly
is looking forward to teaching at Design in Motion this
fall. She has been on the faculty of St. Paul¹s
Lutheran School, Chesapeake Arts Center, and currently
teaches at Experimental Movement Concepts in Baltimore
City. Her students have attended Baltimore School of
the Arts, The Alvin Ailey School in New York, and Debbie
Reynolds Dance Academy in Los Angeles. She has also
choreographed for local area high school dance companies.
As a private choreographer and coach, her students have
been recognized at the regional and national level.
Her early dance training includes Ballet Theatre of
Maryland, Towson University, The Edna Lee Dance Studio,
Misako Ballet Studio, Joy of Motion Youth Dance Intensive,
University of Arts, and Lehigh University. She is currently
a Linehan Artist Scholar at the University of Maryland
Baltimore County pursuing a B.A. in dance. Carly is
also a member of The Collective, a collaborative dance
company based in Baltimore.
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Facility
Design In Motion Dance Studio offers two large 30 x 40 studios
with high ceilings. We are proud of our studio and your assistance
is requested in the following areas. Smoking is not permitted
anywhere in the building. Our hope is to offer a comfortable
waiting area and siblings are welcome to watch through our
studio windows. We ask that you take care in supervising your
children and help us to keep the studio clean by picking up
after yourself. Parents are responsible for their child's
behavior and any damage incurred by their children, enrolled
or otherwise visiting. Employees only are allowed in the office
area.
Studios
No food, gum or drinks are allowed in either of our studios.
Water bottles with lids are permitted. Only dance shoes are
allowed on the studio floors. This applies to family members.
Students are asked not to hang on the barres or touch the
mirrors.
Staff,
Dancers, Parents & Visitors
It is our hope that you have a positive experience at our
studio. Dancing is an opportunity to emote joy and good energy.
Allow yourself the opportunity to participate fully in the
joy of dancing. It is essential that we respect each other.
Proper behavior, positive talk and following the rules of
our studio ensure our goals are met. If you have any concerns
I ask that you share them with the appropriate staff that
can assist in getting them resolved. Our owners and manager
are always willing to help with any questions, comments or
concerns you may have as a parent or a student.
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