Directors
Tina has been dancing since the age of four. She studied ballet, tap, and jazz under Shelly Ledbetter for 15 years. During that time, she was also captain and choreographer of the Oklahoma State Championship cheerleading squad and participated in gymnastics.
Taylor began her dance training at age three in her hometown of LaGrange, Georgia at the LaGrange School of Ballet under the direction of Nancy Thuesen Gell and Amy Orr. She studied classical ballet, pointe, modern, contemporary, jazz, and tap,
Jenner was raised in a small town in Illinois and her love for dance and theater started there. She started in dance at the age of four and continued through high school taking classes from the same dance teacher her mother did.
Mimi comes to us with more than 15 years of teaching experience in the disciplines of ballet, Pilates, jazz, pointe, ballroom, contemporary and worship dance, teaching students ages 2 1/2 to adult.
Tasha Redder, now in her 20th year teaching dance, was born and raised in sunny Phoenix, Arizona, where she graduated from Arizona State University with a Bachelor of Fine Arts Degree in Dance, emphasizing Choreography. While in Phoenix, Tasha danced with The Beat Fusion Jazz Dance Company before moving to Colorado Springs in 2005.
Jenna Ballew grew up dancing at Turning Pointe since 2005, the second year we were open! When she was a senior in high school she also started teaching at Turning Pointe. She studied dance at GCU during her freshman year of college,
Laura was born and raised in Wichita, KS. She graduated from Friends University in 2007 with a degree in Music Theater. Since childhood, Laura has had a desire to create dances – specifically for theater.
Turning Pointe Instructors
Tina has been dancing since the age of four. She studied ballet, tap, and jazz under Shelly Ledbetter for 15 years. During that time, she was also captain and choreographer of the Oklahoma State Championship cheerleading squad and participated in gymnastics.
Taylor began her dance training at age three in her hometown of LaGrange, Georgia at the LaGrange School of Ballet under the direction of Nancy Thuesen Gell and Amy Orr. She studied classical ballet, pointe, modern, contemporary, jazz, and tap,
Mimi comes to us with more than 15 years of teaching experience in the disciplines of ballet, Pilates, jazz, pointe, ballroom, contemporary and worship dance, teaching students ages 2 1/2 to adult.
Jenna Ballew grew up dancing at Turning Pointe since 2005, the second year we were open! When she was a senior in high school she also started teaching at Turning Pointe. She studied dance at GCU during her freshman year of college,
Laura was born and raised in Wichita, KS. She graduated from Friends University in 2007 with a degree in Music Theater. Since childhood, Laura has had a desire to create dances – specifically for theater.
Student Teachers
Administration
Tina has been dancing since the age of four. She studied ballet, tap, and jazz under Shelly Ledbetter for 15 years. During that time, she was also captain and choreographer of the Oklahoma State Championship cheerleading squad and participated in gymnastics.
Jenner was raised in a small town in Illinois and her love for dance and theater started there. She started in dance at the age of four and continued through high school taking classes from the same dance teacher her mother did.