Nikki Tuller (PDTA and DMA Certified)
E-mail: nikki@bbdc-dance.com
Classes Taught: Tap, Jazz, Lyrical, Musical Theater, Toddler Pre-Dance and Competition Team
Nikki is the original owner of BBDC, which started in 1994. She has a degree in communications with a minor in dance from Otterbein College. She is a member of Dance Masters Of America as well as Professional Dance Teachers of America. Nikki has studied across the United States and brings back all of the latest styles and curriculums to her students. Some of Nikki’s credits include industrial shows for Bath & Body Works and also Banc One and Nationwide Insurance. Nikki was chosen to sit on the Arts Advisory Board for New Albany where she continues her work to bring arts to the community and this year serves on the committee for the Opening Of The New Albany Performing Arts Center. In 2005, Nikki's production choreography won a National Entertainment Award which she shared with her students at the Stage One National Finals in Tennessee. Nikki's choreography held the 2006 State Champion title in the Senior Solo, Senior Duet/Trio, Senior Small Group and Senior Production divisions. In 2007, Nikki's choreography was featured on Miss Indiana at the Miss Teen America Pageant in Florida, where her dancer finished 10th overall. Nikki teaches master classes across the country and also does guest choreography for area studios as well as serves as a trustee on the New Albany Chamber Of Commerce. She is entering her 29th year of dancing and her 18th year of teaching.Chrissy Danflous (BA in Dance Education & Dance Performance)
E-mail: chrissy@bbdc-dance.com
Classes Taught: Jazz, Tap/Jazz Combination, Ballet, Turn/Leap, Baton and Competition Team
Chrissy is a Co-Owner of BBDC. She has a BA degree in both Dance Education and Dance Performance as well as Business Organizational Communications from Otterbein College and has been teaching tap, jazz, ballet, baton, lyrical and tumbling for 20 years. She was Dance Captain at theme parks as well as for Dolphin and Carnival Cruise Lines. Chrissy has also performed with such greats as Chubby Checker, Beach Boys and Sheena Easton. Previously, she was the audition choreographer for American Entertainment Productions and EventCo.
Chrissy has choreographed the following N.A. Middle School Broadway Jr. productions: Bugsy Malone, Jr.; Guys and Dolls, Jr.; Music Man, Jr., Once on This Island, Jr. and Annie, Jr. Chrissy has also taught Beginner Jazz, Musical Theater and Tumbling in the IMPACT program at N.A. Elementary School.Kendra "Kenny" Bowman
E-mail: kennybowman@bbdc-dance.com
Classes Taught: Toddler Pre-Dance and Combination Classes
Kenny started dancing at the age of 6 at Broadway Bound and started Assistant Teaching in 1999. She has trained in Jazz, Lyrical, Ballet, Tap and Modern. Accomplishments include Top Duet and many Group awards in competition. Kenny's training exceeds past BBDC. She also trained in Chicago, IL and at the EDGE Performing Arts Center in Los Angeles, CA. She is currently attending The Ohio State University. We welcome her in her first year teaching at Broadway Bound Dance Centre.Carolyn Heringer
E-mail: carolynheringer@bbdc-dance.com
Classes Taught: Tap, Gymnastics, Lyrical, Toddler Pre-Dance, Ballet and Competition Team
Carolyn started her career with Broadway Bound at the age of 6 and her assistant teaching in 1999. She has been trained in tap, jazz, gymnastics, lyrical, modern, musical theatre, ballet & pointe. Carolyn's accomplishments include Top Duet and Group Awards in competition and she has won thousands of dollars in prizes and scholarships during her competition career. Her training extends past BBDC, as she has also for trained multiple summer seasons at the EDGE Performing Arts Center is Los Angeles, California. Carolyn helped to choreograph Big Walnut High School's production of "Seussical". She is currently attending The Ohio State University and we welcome her back to her 3rd season of teaching.Abbie Keller
E-mail: abbiekeller@bbdc-dance.com
Classes Taught: Jazz, Tap/Jazz Combination, Toddler Pre-Dance, Hip Hop and Competition Team
Abbie is a well accomplished performer in all facets of dance. Starting her career with Broadway Bound at the age of 6 and her assistant teaching 1999. She has been trained in tap, jazz, lyrical, modern, musical theatre, ballet & pointe. Abbie's accomplishments include Top Solo, Duet and Group Awards in competition and she has won thousands of dollars in prizes and scholarships during her competition career. Her training extends past BBDC, as she has also for trained multiple summer seasons at the EDGE Performing Arts Center is Los Angeles, California. Abbie has assisted for such dance names as Michael Metts of Drury Design Productions, Tony Awards Performer, Michael Lee Scott, "The Producers" Dance Captain, Pam Bradley and Past National DMA President, Eleanore Ryder. She is currently attending Otterbein College majoring in childhood education with a minor in dance while continuing to teach at Broadway Bound. We welcome her to her 3rd season as an instructor!!Ashleigh Stelter
E-mail: ashleighstelter@bbdc-dance.com
Classes Taught: Ballet, Toddler Pre-Dance, Combination
Ashleigh Stelter began her dancing career at the age of three at Dance Unlimited in Michigan. She has been trained in Ballet, Tap, Jazz, and Modern Dancing. She spent a year at the New Jersey School of Ballet, and seven years dancing with Cumberland Dance Company currently the Pennsylvania Regional Ballet Company. During her career she has performed in the classical ballet productions of Snow White, Beauty and the Beast and Cinderella. She has also performed the Cat and the Duck in Peter and the Wolf, as Peter Rabbit and Pigling Bland in the Tales of Beatrix Potter, and performed in the Snow Waltz, Dance of the Flowers and as a Spanish Chocolate in The Nutcracker. She has traveled to many places performing with companies such as Vineland Regional Dance Company in Vineland, New Jersey and the Chamber Ballet Company in Williamsburg, Virginia. She has had the privilege of performing at the Regional Dance America National Festival for three years performing pieces originally choreographed by Melinda Howe, Victoria Silva, Kirsten Kaschock, and Luis Fuente. She has attended a summer dance intensive program at Central Pennsylvania Youth Ballet Company. She has also attended two summer intensive programs at the Joffery Ballet School in New York City. She is currently attending Mount Vernon Nazarene University in Ohio pursuing a BA in Mathematics and an MA in Computer Science and Spanish Language.