Miss Donna started dancing at the age of 8 and hasn’t stopped. She attended Sheridan High School where she danced at The Dance School under the direction of Miss Sandy. During that time she was a helper and also taught and won many awards at competitions. She also studied dance with many master teachers and choreographers all over the country. After high school, Donna attended the University of Utah where she studied ballet. She was specifically trained in the Cecchetti method. During her studies at the U of U she was involved in many performances. She was the Ballet Mistress for Conrad Ludlow’s production of “A Midsummer Night’s Dream”. She was also the only undergraduate ever to teach for the University of Utah Ballet Department when she taught a Ballet II class to non-majors. Donna graduated from the Ballet Department in 1990 with a BFA in Dance. After graduation she continued to teach at studios throughout Salt Lake City, UT until 2001. At which time she moved back to Sheridan and started teach with Miss Sandy. In 2002, she took over the studio for Miss Sandy who retired. Donna has been teaching in Sheridan and running the studio ever since. She has many accolades such as best choreography, teacher award, and excellence in all routines to name a few. In 2020 she opened a second location in Buffalo, WY. In 2023 she attended Starpower Nationals in Wisconsin Dells with a select group of her dancers. There she and her students won a choreography award, a National Title and joined the Starpower Circle of Excellence. Donna is always eager to share her love of dance with all! She is excited to have the opportunity to educate all dancers in all dance genres and help them become well-rounded dancers as well as people.

Miss Jenn started dancing with Miss Sandy at The Dance School in Sheridan, WY at the age of 3. She studied tap, jazz, ballet, tumbling and lyrical. Jennifer was also a cheerleader starting from elementary age and cheered all the way through college. She went on to study photography at Northwest Community College in Powell, WY. While at Northwest she was on scholarship for cheer and dance. Every chance she had she attended dance camps to learn from other fantastic teachers. She started to teach tap in Cody, WY in 2014. She moved back to Sheridan in 2014 and has been teaching at Donna’s Dance Academy ever since. She is currently working toward obtaining her Dance Degree through Sheridan College. During her time at DDA she has loved watching her students learn and compete and has won numerous awards, including choreography. Jenn loves being able to share her love of dance with her students.

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Miss Leslie started gymnastics at age 7 and was a competitive gymnast for 10 years in Sheridan, WY. She ended her competitive career at a level 8 USAG Junior Olympic level. She has experience coaching all levels of gymnastics from toddlers to competitive levels. She started teaching tumbling at DDA in 2018. Leslie has a bachelor’s degree in Elementary and Early Childhood Education and a master’s degree in Special Education. She loves teaching students new tumbling skills and helping them to reach their full potential!

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Kasey has lived in Wyoming for about four years now.  She was born and raised on the Central Coast of California where she grew up in the dance studio and dancing competitively.  For the last nine years of her career, she has been working in Special Education and in the Behavior world.  Although it's a hard field to be in, She enjoys seeing the growth and independence that develops.  Three of those years, she has taught many different dance classes.   Such as lyrical, competition pieces, jazz, ballet, and technique classes.  She has won some awards at competitions for her choreography and has gotten judges choice awards for dances.  When she's not at the school or teaching dance classes, she is behind the camera capturing pictures for people and enjoying the outdoors with her dogs and husband.

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Dance has been a lifelong passion for Charity, and she is so excited to be back home and part of the dance community at Donna's Dance Academy!  Charity grew up dancing at Donna's Dance Academy as a competitive team dancer, training in ballet, pointe, jazz, lyrical, modern, hip hop, tumbling and acro.  Acro quickly became one of her favorite styles, and she performed many acro solos throughout her years on the competitive team.  She continued her dance training in college while earning her degree in Exercise Science.  After college, Charity worked at Donna's Dance Academy for two years before moving to Florida.  She then spent seven years teaching with a mobile dance company, where she had the opportunity to share her love of dance with preschool age dancers.  After having a daughter of her own, Charity made the decision to move back home to Sheridan so her daughter could grow up surrounded by family.  She now teaches preschool dance throughout Wyoming and is thrilled to be back where her own dance journey began.  Charity is excited to teach acro and help dancers build strength, flexibility, coordination, confidence, and a love for movement in a fun and encouraging environment.  It feels incredibly special for her to come full circle and return to Donna's Dance Academy, where her own dance journey began, to share her passion with the next generation of dancers.    

Miss Jodie became a dance mom in 1981 when my daughter (Miss Jenn) began dancing at the age of 3.  She danced until she graduated in 1996 and that's when I became the receptionist for Miss Sandy.  That is also when she began tap dancing with the adults.  She stayed with Miss Sandy for 10 years and when Donna took over the studio I worked for her for four years.  She has had six granddaughters take dance at the studio.  Four have now graduated, but she still has two that are still dancing.  After retiring from working there, her husband and her did some traveling for a few years.  Her granddaughter, River was the receptionist for three years, so when she left for Laramaie to attend Law School, she decided to come back.  She is now beginning by tenth year and has loved every minute.  She feels so blessed to be there and watch these amazing young girls grow into beautiful dancers.