2010-2011 Instructors
JOANIE BROCKMAN
Owner & Dance Instructor at Allegro since 1993
Certificate of Dance program at Portland State University
BS in Finance Law at Portland State University
Member of the Dance and Drill Coaches Association (DDCA)
Choreographer and Coach for the Clackamas Dance Team, 12yrs
Instructor at Thunderbird Dance Camps, OR, WA, AL, 16 yrs
Participated in the Teacher's Seminar at PNB, Seattle, WA
Choreographer for CHS & Ackerman JR High Musicals and
Canby Community Theatre Summer Musicals
MELISSA BURCH
Dance Instructor at Allegro since 2001
Trained at Terpsichoria Dance Studio 10 years
Member of Clackamas Dance Team 4 years
OSAA All State Award 1999
Thunderbird All Star Member 1997 & 1998
B.S. in Elementary Education from George Fox University
M.A. in Education in progress at Portland State University
Instructor at Thunderbird Dance Camp 7 years
Member of the Dance Drill Coaches Association
Coach and Choreographer for Canby Dance Team 6 years
KATIE CURRY
Dance Instructor at Allegro since 2001
BA in Mass Communications at Linfield College
Trained at Eckles School of Dance, Sherwood, OR, 14 yrs
Linfield College Dance Troupe, 2 yrs
Youth Transition Specialist, Lake Oswego School District, 5 yrs
Learning Specialist Assistant for Tigard-Tualatin School Dist. since 2009
Performed in Ballet West’s production of “The Nutcracker”
Ballet Instructor at Newberg Community Center, 1 yr
Ballet Instructor at McMinnville Community Center, 3 yrs
Cheerleader at Tigard High School, 4 yrs
ALICIA DOERRIE
Dance Instructor at Allegro since 2009
A-WOL Dance Collective Company Member, 4 yrs
B.S. Psychology and Communication Disorders & Sciences
Trained at the University of Oregon, 2 yrs
University of Oregon Dance Team, 3 yrs
OSAA All State Award, 2001
West Linn High School Dance Team, 4 yrs
West Linn High School Dance Ensemble, 4 yrs.
Westside Gymnastics and Dance Academy, 1 year
Twinkle Toes Dance, 3 yrs
Grand Finale, 2 yrs
JOHN GARDNER
Dance Instructor at Allegro since 2010
Trained by Jacqueline Schumacher and Nicholas Vasiliev
Charter member of the Portland Ballet Co.
Trained with Bill Griffith, Igor Youskevitch, Richard Thomas, and Mia Slavenska in New York
Danced professionally with the San Francisco Ballet, American Ballet Theater, The Pennsylvania Ballet
Soloist in the Hamburg State Ballet in Germany
Taught at the University of Texas and appointed Ballet master for Ballet El Paso
Danced in the Portland Ballet, and was Dance Director with Theater Workshop, 1982
Formed the Oregon Festival Ballet and produced Coppelia
(the first full length ballet performed in Oregon in forty years)
Taught workshops and master classes at the University of Oregon, University of Illinois, and University of Colorado
Past students are currently dancing in the American Ballet Theater, S.F. Ballet, Oregon Ballet Theater, and the Stuttgart Ballet
His teaching style is positive and personal with a Russian-American curriculum leading to exact technique and performance quality
KATIE GREER
Dance Instructor at Allegro since 2010
B.S. in Exercise Physiology from Oregon State University
Coach of Hillsboro High School Dance Team, 2 yrs
Trained with Carol Soleau – Jazz & Modern, 4 yrs
Member of OSU’s Elite Dance Team, 3yrs
Thunderbird Dance Camp Instructor
Thunderbird All Star Team, 2002
Canby High School Cougar Dance Team, 3 yrs
Trained at Allegro Dance Studio
Trained with Pam Napier
LYNSEY MARTIN
Dance Instructor at Allegro since 2010
Pure Dance Company, Company Member, 3 years.
B.S. Psychology, Portland State University, 2003.
Choreography, Pasadena Dance Festival showcase, Pasadena, CA, 2010,
Pure Dance Company’s, LOVE 2009, and RE:Visited 2009.
Trained at EDGE Performing Arts Center, 2009, 2010, Hollywood, CA.
Thunderbird Dance Camp Instructors, 10 years.
Terpsichoria/CDPAC jazz instructor, 8 years.
AllPrep Academies, Teacher, 2 years.
Gladstone Gladettes Head Coach and Choreographer, 3 years.
Consultant Rex Putnam Royal Crowns, 3 years.
Rex Putnam Royal Crown 1991-1995.
DDCA All-State member and dance scholarship recipient 1995.
USA Dance Camps top ten dancers 1993 and 1995.
Terpsichoria Dance Studio, tap and jazz dance, 5 years.
KRISTIN MONTECUCCO
Dance Instructor at Allegro since 2008
Competitive figure skater, 14 yrs
National synchronized figure skating competitor, 4 yrs
Trained at Allegro Dance Studio, 5 yrs
Canby High School Cougar Dancer, 4 yrs
Canby Cougar Dancer Captain, 2 yrs
Oregon Dance Company, 1 yr
Choreographer for Canby Community Theatre's Annie
Graduated from OSU
BA Human Development and Family Sciences
BA Elementary Education
TIFFANY PFENNING
Dance Instructor at Allegro since 2008
Trained at Westside Gymnastics and Dance Academy, 5 yrs
Trained at Tualatin Dance Studio, 4 yrs
Member of West Linn/Wilsonville Dance Team, 4 Yrs
OSAA All State Award 1998
Awarded Miss Thunderbird 1997 & All Star Member
Dancer on University of Oregon Cheer Team, 4 yrs
B.A. in Spanish & International Studies from University of Oregon
M.A. in Teaching from Western Oregon University
Instructor at Thunderbird Dance Camps, 10 Yrs
Member of Dance Drill Coaches Association
Coach & Choreographer for Sheldon Dance Team, 2 yrs &
Wilsonville Dance Team, 4 yrs
SONJA POLACK
Dance Instructor at Allegro since 2004
Graduated from Oregon State University in Fitness & K-12 PE
Trained in Ballet, Jazz, Tap, Acrobatics & Gymnastics
NW Instructors include Susan Patton Facer, Carla Webber and staff of Westside Dance
Taught at dance camps, gymnastics camps, chilren's programs, Westside Dance and
Westside Gymnastics, children's programs in California
Trained in Los Angels and New York
Owned own studio, 18 yrs
RACHEL SIMONS
Dance Instructor at Allegro since 2010
Trained at Oregon Ballet Theatre, Pacific Artists Dance Center,
Pacific Northwest Ballet, School of American Ballet, and Exploring Ballet with Suzanne Farrell
Previous company member of Oregon Ballet Theatre
Previous Ballet Instructor at Academy of Ballet and Dance Arts, Lake Oswego, OR
Trained Pilates Instructor
AMANDA STAEHELY
Dance Instructor at Allegro since 2003
Trained at Allegro Dance Studio, Willamette Ballet Academy, Pacific Festival Ballet,
Pacific Northwest Ballet, Houston Ballet, School of American Ballet in NY and Oregon Ballet Theatre
Previous company member at Oregon Ballet Theatre
Ballet Instructor of OBT's adult ballet class program and school
Certified Instructor & Owner of Total Body Pilates
JIM & CAROLINE SIMNITT
Ballroom Instructors at Allegro since 2001