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Meet our staff:
| Lauren, Wendy & Michelle - May, 2003 |
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| photo by: Once Upon a Lifetime Photography |
Our Instructors
We have an experienced and dedicated group of teachers at Centre Stage. Each teacher strives
to create a supportive and challenging classroom atmosphere to encourage students to participate.
WENDY
RUE is the director and primary instructor at Centre Stage Studios. Miss Wendy has been classically trained
in ballet, pointe, jazz, and acrobats. She is also a student of tap and modern techniques.
Born in
California and raised in Springfield, Illinois, Miss Wendy studied dance under Vitina Sansone, Sansone's School of Dance. She
was also a member of the Copper Coin Ballet Company (now known as the Springfield Ballet Company). A few of the ballets to
her credit include Sleeping Beauty, the Nutcracker, and Swan Lake.
She has been a dance instructor for over ten
years and furthers her own dance education through workshops and conferences annually. Miss Wendy has a bachelor of arts degree
from William Woods College, Fulton, MO.
LAUREN RUE is the daughter of Miss Wendy and has learned
at her mother's tutu respect for the art. Miss Lauren was born and raised in Mt Vernon. She studied dance with
Sonya's Gotta Dance Studio, formerly of Mt Vernon, with Dance Station of O'Fallon, with MVTHS Rockin' Rams, with Northern
Illinois University of Dekalb, and, of course, with Centre Stage Studios. Her studies have included ballet, jazz, tap, and
modern dance techniques.
Lauren's primary responsibilities at Centre Stage include tap, jazz, and contemporary
instruction for the more advanced students. She is known for her kooky off-beat sense of humor, her creativity, and her
extreme warm-up exercises.
SHANNON OWENS is originally from Springfield, Illinois where,
for thirteen years, she studied dance at Jan's Dance Studio. Miss Shannon earned her Bachelor of Science degree in Science
Education from Illinois State University at Normal. At University she furthered her studies of ballet, modern, jazz, and tap
techniques and was a member of the ISU dance company. Mrs. Shannon is taking a leave of absence at this time. We wish
her, Mark, Sophia and baby Avery well!!!
MICHELLE
RUE is the younger daughter of Miss Wendy and lends a hand at the studio during school breaks. Miss Michelle has
been taking dance non-stop since the age of seven! It must be said that tap is her love above all other forms of dance but
she is also well-versed in ballet, pointe, and modern techniques. Miss Michelle has taken instruction from Sonya's Gotta Dance
Studio, formerly of Mt. Vernon; Dance Station of O'Fallon; Centre Stage Studios; and Southeast Missouri State University.
Michelle is currently climbing the Red Rocks of Nevada. From there she will travel to Utah to canyoneer. She follows
that with two weeks of snow/winter wilderness training in Wyoming. We should be hearing her tapping feet within our
studios sometime in December! All our instructors are encouraged to continuously advance
their knowledge by participating in dance seminars, master classes, and conventions.
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| Miss Wendy preparing for her first pointe recital |
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