Class: | Age: | Chapter: | Location: | Day: | Time: | Start: | End: |
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Monday 11-15 Lyrical/Contemporary: Telling a Story through Dance | 11-15 | Colorado Springs (Winter 2025) |
Peak City Church | Mon | 5:30pm - 7:30pm | Dec 02 | Feb 17 |
Monday 13-18 Speaking of Shakespeare: for guys only | 13-18 | Colorado Springs (Winter 2025) |
Peak City Church | Mon | 5:30pm - 7:30pm | Dec 02 | Feb 17 |
Monday- 13-18 Advanced Acting for Teens- Character Development | 13-18 | Colorado Springs (Winter 2025) |
Peak City Church | Mon | 5:30pm - 7:30pm | Dec 02 | Feb 17 |
Monday- 13-18 Wig Design and Hair Styling for Theater | 13-18 | Colorado Springs (Winter 2025) |
Peak City Church | Mon | 5:30pm - 7:30pm | Dec 02 | Feb 17 |
Monday- 5-7 Our Gang: Oh the Places You'll Go! | 5-7 | Colorado Springs (Winter 2025) |
Peak City Church | Mon | 5:30pm - 7:30pm | Dec 02 | Feb 17 |
Monday- 8-12 Leaps & Turns Jazz | 8-12 | Colorado Springs (Winter 2025) |
Peak City Church | Mon | 5:30pm - 7:30pm | Dec 02 | Feb 17 |
Monday- 8-12 Musical Theater:Wicked | 8-12 | Colorado Springs (Winter 2025) |
Peak City Church | Mon | 5:30pm - 7:30pm | Dec 02 | Feb 17 |
Wednesday- 10-14 Broadway Jazz | 10-14 | Colorado Springs (Winter 2025) |
Peak City Church | Wed | 5:30pm - 7:30pm | Dec 04 | Feb 19 |
Wednesday- 11-18 Tap Dance for All Experience Levels | 11-18 | Colorado Springs (Winter 2025) |
Peak City Church | Wed | 5:30pm - 7:30pm | Dec 04 | Feb 19 |
Wednesday- 12-16 Callbacks and Cold Reads | 11-16 | Colorado Springs (Winter 2025) |
Peak City Church | Wed | 5:30pm - 7:30pm | Dec 04 | Feb 19 |
Wednesday- 13-18 Mastering Advanced Vocal Harmonies | 13-18 | Colorado Springs (Winter 2025) |
Peak City Church | Wed | 5:30pm - 7:30pm | Dec 04 | Feb 19 |
Wednesday- 8-12 Musical Theater: Wicked | 8-12 | Colorado Springs (Winter 2025) |
Peak City Church | Wed | 5:30pm - 7:30pm | Dec 04 | Feb 19 |
Wednesday: ages 8-13 Behind the Seams: basic sewing & costuming | 8-13 | Colorado Springs (Winter 2025) |
Peak City Church | Wed | 5:30pm - 7:30pm | Dec 04 | Feb 19 |
I have been dancing for the Lord for 17 years, my background being generally ballet, jazz and contemporary. I have done musical theater for around 10 years off and on, and I love to discover how we can create because we were made in the image of a creative God. I am currently a choreographer for Fidele Youth Dance Company, and a performer with Messengerz Dance Company. My favorite chapter in the Bible is John 17!
Alaina Stroble was born and raised in the Colorado Springs area and started dancing and singing at a young age. She holds a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Musical Theatre with a Minor in Dance from Colorado Mesa University, along with training in Classical Piano and Violin. Her performing experience includes Opera (A Midsummer Night's Dream, A Hand of Bridge), Musical Theater (Newsies, CATS, Mamma Mia, Beauty and the Beast, 1776), Film (Peaches, Snap, MODS), Dance (The Nutcracker, Swan Lake), Stage Plays, Music Videos, and Vocal Showcases. She had worked with performing companies from Grand Junction to Denver including High Desert Opera (Dorothy - The Wizard of Oz), Factory Five-Five (Luke/Ares - The Lightning Thief), Dance Art Media of Littleton, and Village Arts of Colorado Springs. Some of her more “behind the scenes” roles extend to Directing, Choreography, Stage Management, Set Building, and Musical Composition, with one of her original songs being featured in GhostLight Ensemble’s most recent production One Last Final Thing to Say, which was awarded Silver for Best Play in The Gazette’s Best of The Springs (2023). "The whole point of my existence is to know Your love." - 'Made for Jesus' by John Mark Pantana
Amelia Kirk was born and raised in Colorado. She started performing in the Douglas County Children's Chorus, and ended up performing all over the world in choirs and bands. She has also performed in many musicals and operas, which instilled in her a love for theater. Amelia is currently a K-12 music/theater teacher at Home School Academy in District 20. She directs a High School Musical Theater Program there and the students are performing Willy Wonka in the spring. Before moving to Colorado Springs she taught choir at Northglenn High School and had a voice and piano lesson studio. Amelia loves seeing children learn and develop new skills and is excited to join CYT!
“I live in a musical!” Is how Annie describes her life as a homeschooling mom with constantly singing, dancing, theatrical daughters! Seeing firsthand the benefits of Performing Arts in building confidence and social skills, she and her husband Matt, are thankful for CYT! Annie has many years of experience with children in various roles: as a parent and foster parent, an elementary school teacher, Kid's Ministry Director, volunteer in church nursery to preschool, camp counselor, homeschool co-op teacher, and LOVES being a CYT teacher! Their family has been involved in CYT since 2020 and she truly enjoys teaching CYT classes (Trolls, Rodeo, Rio, Bluey) being a CYT Camp Counselor (Under the Sea, CYT at the Movies, Nemo) and CYT Show Coordinator (Dear Edwina). Annie can’t wait to invest in your child and see them grow in confidence and shine for Jesus this class session!
Becca Bishop is originally from Birmingham, Alabama. She has nearly 30 years of dance experience, with training in ballet, jazz, tap, lyrical, hip hop, theater and contemporary dance. In her youth, she primarily trained, traveled and performed with Birmingham Dance Theater. She continued studying dance throughout college in Virginia. Becca was an active thespian in high school and college, performing in numerous plays and musicals. Her love of choreography and teaching began as a teen, and she had the honor of teaching dance, Pilates and Barre classes for 10+ years before taking a break in 2013 to focus on her growing family. It is her desire to teach the joy of dance with a loving heart, to inspire creativity, to instill confidence and to help students learn what God has called them to do with their gifts and talents on and off stage. Becca has three children and a loving, supportive husband of 14 years. In her downtime, she can be found running, hiking, traveling, spending time with family, reading a good book and sewing.
Ellen is a CYT mom, and three of her four kids have been involved in CYT Colorado Springs since Fall of 2021! While she's been on various parent committees like makeup, set dressing, and photography, her favorite has been Head of Hair for Beauty and the Beast! Styling wigs and creating hairstyles has been a fun way to express creativity, and she can't wait to share with the teens of CYT how hair/wig styling can enhance theater performance! Ellen has been married to Michael for 13 years and has four children: Emmy (11), Shay (10), Jovie (8) and Eli (6). She loves homeschooling her kids (and also loves when they go to a homeschool program during the week to give her a break!), weightlifting and then going to the chiropractor after, interior styling and photography. Oh, and hair. She loves doing hair :)
I’m a professional actor with 20 years experience in TV, film, and theater. I have taught acting for 14 years and directed 15+ youth productions, including eight years with CYT Chicago. I love the beach, ice cream, and cheering my daughter on at her volleyball matches; despite it not being good for my blood pressure.
Karen began dancing at the age of 5 at a local studio in Portland, OR. She quickly realized her passion for dance and would take classes as often as she could. She continued her dance career in high school and college, being on award winning dance teams for 8 years, and danced in the theatre arts program at Western Oregon University. She then went on to become the Head Coach for Portland State University’s Dance Team for two years. She has since danced and taught over the years and have taught multiple CYT classes. She has a heart for students who love to express themselves through dance, is excited to teach a lyrical/contemporary dance class at CYT, and has two children of her own that enjoy dancing and musical theatre!
Enthusiastic, creative, passionate and punny-- a “lover of life to the full” that’s who I am with a John 10:10 heart! As a lover of life, I look for opportunities where I can continue to learn, grow, glean and experience new adventures and then joyfully share them with others! My on-going life adventures are with my husband and our three sons! Theater and performing is a large part of our background and all three of our guys have embraced music and theater too! Blessed to experience serving several years in both children’s ministry and theater, worship choreography, costuming, sets, props, green room, marketing and publicity are among my favorites! When I’m not with or being amused by my family, I am in my creative spaces as an entrepreneur developing in, producing for and teaching the world of sewing—because life and creating just muses me sew!
A Florida native, Ray moved to Golden, CO in 1981 while in high school. After graduating from Colorado Christian University with a BA in Theater and Directing, Ray studied at the National Theater Conservatory & Denver Center Theater Company. In 1990, Ray stepped away from pursuing a professional acting career to get married and raise a family with his wife of Trudi (married 34+ years). Ray and Trudi relocated to Colorado Springs in 1999, and Ray continued to act and direct as a hobby. Over the years, he has appeared in local and regional television commercials, a few films, and in various semi-professional, collegiate, and community theater venues along the Colorado Front Range and in Alaska. Currently, assisted by Trudi, Ray directs community productions in the Colorado Springs area and provides 1-on-1 tutorials for performers who want to refine their craft. As a second generation student of Edith Skinner (author of Speak with Distinction), he brings a focus on speech and diction to the stage.
My name is Reagan Smalley and I am so excited to be teaching at CYT! This organization is where I first developed my passion for theatre and I am so excited to instill that passion in the next generation of CYT students. I have a bachelors degree in Theatre from Biola University in Los Angeles California. Additionally, at my church I lead children ages 2-13 in small groups as well as worship for over five years. My prayer is that I may help develop your child's passion for theatre as well as their relationship with Jesus Christ. I believe that our God is a creative God and through the power of theatre we can bring honor and glory to His name.
Zach Guzman has been tapping for over 25 years and has performed in community and regional theater productions, as well as internationally with Norwegian Cruise Lines and Jean Ann Ryan Productions. His love for tap dancing has taken him to many stages, and now he's excited to share that passion in his first teaching role at CYT. Whether you're new to tap or have some experience, Zach is looking forward to creating a fun, welcoming space where everyone can enjoy the rhythm and joy of dance!