Our Graduates - Congratulations!

Kristen Stein is on scholarship at Gus Giordano's and teaching classes there.

Leigh Sullivan (2005 Graduate) – has played lead roles with BBT@ as Cinderella (2005), Peasant PAS in Giselle (2004), Swanhilda in Coppelia (2003), as well as several other roles with the company over the past years. She is currently on a dance scholarship at Grand Valley State University in Allendale, Michigan, where she is pursuing her Dance Degree. There she dances everyday as a full time student and is a member of their Ballet Ensemble Performing Dance Company, where she has performed lead roles in their productions of Carmen, Sleeping Beauty and Giselle. Recently, Leigh was selected to perform a variation of “Firebird” with the GVSU drum line as part of their spring competition tour.

Leigh has toured Central Europe (2006) with the Blue Lake International Ballet Ensemble, where she performed in lead Modern, Ballet and Musical Theatre numbers choreographed by professional instructors/professors, while attending Master Dance Classes in Paris, Denmark and Germany during their tour. She returns to the studio frequently to teach and participate in classes, as she enjoys working with the students to share her knowledge.

Amy Echols (2005 Graduate) has played lead rolls with the BBT®. Most recently as the Fairy God Mother in the 2004 Production of Cinderella. Amy is continuing her dance career at the University of Iowa pursuing Dance and Business Degree. She is busy dancing 20+ hours a week in classes taught by six different instructors with impressive experience to share. She is in an advanced level of dance instruction and has been complimented on her training from the BBT®. Amy will be performing in a trio this spring in U of Iowa's Spring Stage Production. For Amy, dance is a continuous learning process.

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