Introducing...

Anne-Marie Brunner Abderholden was born in Holland and spent most of her childhood in Switzerland. At age seven she joined the Opera Ballet School in Zurich. Upon graduation at age eighteen, she joined the Opera Ballet in Zurich. She also performed with the Volksopera Ballet in Vienna, the Stadttheater Badden and toured with Munich Opera. She enjoyed working with choreographers such as Patricia Neary and Hans van Manen.

Anne-Marie later received an advanced degree in the teaching of classical ballet, (extended Vaganova) at the Music College in Cologne. She taught at the Opera Ballet School in Zurich, at the Swiss School for Professional Dancers and at the Theater Ballet School in Krefeld and Monchengladbach, Germany. In 1991 she moved to Madison, Wisconsin with her family where she taught for the Monona Academy of Dance. She was a choreographer for the Wisconsin Dance Ensemble and the Performing Arts for Children. She was co-owner and artistic director of Turning Pointe School of Ballet. Anne-Marie has worked with many children who have gone on to professional dancing careers, such as Principal Dancer with the Charleston Ballet Theater, Hamburg Ballet, Germany and Morgan Scott Company in New York.

Sandra Wunderlich has been teaching and performing ballroom dance for over twenty years. She currently owns and operates her own dancesport studio in Oshkosh Wisconsin. Her credits include current dance instructor for Lawrence University and the University at Stevens Point. Sandra also studied jazz with Gus Girdano in Chicago. Sandra was a professional Ballroom and Latin dance champion in Minnesota, Wisconsin and Illinois winning titles with a total of 5 different professional partners. She attended the University Milwaukee as a dance major and has extensive knowledge of various dance styles such as ballet, modern and jazz dance. Most recently she has taught salsa dance for the Grand Opera House in Oshkosh, the Latin Dance Festival at Saw Dust Days, and the recent dance convention of NADAA. Sandra is a fully accredited Dance Sport instructor with NDTA, Tersichore and the National Dance Council of America.

Deb Butcher earned a B.A. in Dance from San Diego State University in 1998. She danced with Patricia Sandack & Dancers in San Diego, a modern dance company, and with Brockus Project Dancers in Los Angeles, a modern/jazz dance company. Her love for dance began at an early age when she first saw "The Nutcracker" at the age of three and told her parents "I want to do that". She enjoys working with children and has taught children of all ages in San Diego, California; Lincoln, Nebraska; and Neenah, Wisconsin. Her modern dance background is eclectic with the merging of various modern dancers, such as Jennifer Muller, Paul Taylor, Isadora Duncan, Doris Humphrey, Martha Graham, and her own interpretation of what modern dance can be.

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