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 Dance InstructorsAshlie M. Contos, Dance InstructorAshlie M. Contos has been dancing for sixteen years. Her training began in Big Sandy, Texas under the tutelage of Karla Harmdierks, who currently teaches here at Tyler Junior College as well, and Bernice Burson at the Wisdom-Fern School of Ballet. She has danced with Tyler Junior College’s Academy of Dance since the age of fifteen and has continued since then. She is currently teaching and choreographing for TJC’s Academy of Dance; the 2007 year will be her second to choreograph in TJC’s production of The Nutcracker.She has previously choreographed for TJC’s production of Sleeping Beauty, Swan Lake, Dancefest, Student/Faculty Recital, and other community service performances. Outside of the dance world, Ashlie has graduated from Tyler Junior College with her Associates in Business Administration and Dance. She is now attending The University of Texas at Tyler seeking her Bachelor’s degree in English. Karla Harmdierks, Dance InstructorMs. Karla Harmdierks graduated cum laude from Tyler Junior College with an Associates of Arts-Dance degree. While at TJC, she assisted with productions of “The Nutcracker” as well as performed in Extravaganzas and Dancefest. She continued her education at the University of Texas at Tyler where she received a Bachelor of Arts-English with a minor in Theatre and a Master of Arts-English. At UT Tyler she performed with the theater group in “Irish Scenes” and in “The Gingerbread Man” as part of a Children’s Theatre course.Karla began her dance training at the Delta Fern-Wisdom School of Classical Ballet in 1984. In 1989 she became an instructor at the school and in 1994 became the director of the school as well. She directs, choreographs, and performs in the yearly ballet school performances. Ms. Harmdierks is currently teaching preschool at Woodvale Preschool in Big Sandy. She is also pursuing a writing career in children’s literature and hopes to be published soon. Ashley Rice, Dance InstructorAshley Rice began dancing at the age of three under the direction of Lynn Ramey at Dance Drill Studio in Tyler, Texas. She spent eleven years with Dance n Drill and three of those years where spent as a member of the Golden Girls Drill Team. She has also studied under Daryl Ritter, Mary Burns, and Michelle Heinz.Miss Rice was a three year member of the Whitehouse Drill Team. During the three years as a member of the First Ladies, She was sr. squad leader and the Alamo Dance Classic State Solo Winner in 2003 while completing in San Antonio, Texas. Miss Rice was a member of the Tyler Junior College Apaches Belles and was honored to have performed in Hawaii for the U.S Troops. Miss Rice has furthered her dance education by attending Starmakers, Kilgore Rangerette’s, Marching Auxiliaries, and Sheer Dance Co. camps. While attending the Marching Auxiliaries dance camp she was chosen as a member of the American Dance Team” and went on to perform in the 2002 Citrus Bowl Half Time Show. For the past five years she has been a member of the Starmaker Dance Team in Dallas. Her performing repetoire includes Tyler Junior College’s “Nutcracker” from 2004 to present. She has also performed in the Tyler Junior College Dancefest productions in 2005 and 2006. In 2005 she was one of the top 45 finalists of the 40 chosen for the NBA Houston Rockets Power Dance team. She recently auditioned for “So You Think You Can Dance” in Los Angeles, California. Miss Rice has been a guest performer for the Candy Crocker Dance Studio Recital in 2005. Ashley Rice began teaching dance at age fifteen at Stage Notes Dance Studio in Whitehouse. She has been on staff for Artistic Dance Concepts. She currently teaches at Kerris Dance Studio and the Tyler Junior College Academy of Dance. She has choreographed for the Bullard Middle School Cheerleaders, Dallas area drill teams, and the Lindale High School Drill Team officers. Miss Rice is currently a Dance major at Tyler Junior College and a Kinesiology major at UT Tyler. |
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