HANNAH BRIGGS, is entering her sophomore year as a dance major and honors student at Texas Woman’s University. Having danced for the past twelve years at Denton Dance Conservatory, she has had the opportunity to study various genres of dance including ballet, jazz, modern and tap. As a former officer of the Ryan High School Strutters, Hannah also has experience in drill team and has been honored with several awards including All-Star Dancer, Miss Showtime Nominee, and Kick Club Finalist. Hannah has recently finished out her first season as a dancer in the cast of the musical drama, Texas, held every summer near Amarillo. Hannah performed in over 60 shows the choreography of Crystal Bertrand and Jerry Vizena. Now back in Denton, she looks forward to continuing her studies at TWU and sharing a love of dance with her students at Denton Dance Conservatory.

CHRISTOPHER KOEHL
Born and raised in Texas, Chris began dancing when he was twelve years old in jazz and ballet. It wasn't until the age of sixteen that Chris realized and began to develop his love for hip hop and social dancing. Throughout high school Chris was a dancer with the Dallas Ballet Company, which is a pre-professional ballet company.  Chris's training and exposure ranges from hip hop and break dancing to ballet and jazz to musical theatre, lyrical, modern, swing, and even a little African dance. His Training with the Dallas Ballet Center, Revelations Dance Studio and various workshops and master classes, including The ROCK School of Dance in Philadelphia, the Glenda Brown Choreography Project in Kansas, Dance Revolution and Boston Ballet, has afforded Chris many opportunities.  Performances include productions with Garland Summer Musicals, Garland Civic Theatre and as a guest artist at Richland Community College.  Scholarships Chris has been awarded include: the Natalie Skelton Scholarship by Dallas Dance Council, Dallas Ballet Company Scholarship, Boston Ballet Scholarship, Ballet Austin Scholarship and Dance  Revolution Scholarship. Now, at the age of 19, Chris is pursuing his education and his love of dance has now turned into job opportunities to help pay for that education.  Christopher  Koehl, currently trains and performs with F-Troop, a competition hip hop team that is associated with Revelation Dance Studio.  Chris has recently begun teaching for Denton Dance Conservatory’s pilot program at the Nelson Center, and is looking forward to his first year teaching Hip Hop at Denton Dance Conservatory.  Chris also teaches at the Revelation Dance Studio, is a gymnastics coach with Lake Highlands ASI Gymnastics, teaches break-dance privately, and is a dance host with Disc Jockeys Etc.

ALLAN KINZIE
Ballet Master and Choreographer

KIHYOUNG CHOI, professional dancer, choreographer, researcher, and teacher, is from Seoul, Korea.  She holds a Ph.D. in dance from Texas Woman’s University where she was a member of Phi Kappa Phi honor society.  She received M.A. in dance kinesiology, specializing in biomechanical analysis of ballet movements, from Yonsei University.  She graduated from Sungkyunkwan University as valedictorian with a B.F.A. in dance.  Dr. Choi began her professional dance training in Yewon Art Middle School in Seoul, Korea where she rigorously studied ballet, Korean traditional dance, and modern dance.  She has performed as a professional dancer since the age of 12 and performed with the Korean National Ballet Company and Sangmook Chae Traditional Korean Dance Company.  Her doctoral study and extensive experience in performance and choreography at local, regional and international venues deepened her cross-cultural sensitivity as well as her teaching philosophy.  As a teacher, she strongly believes that teaching dance is not just about teaching technical skills, but rather about creating an empowering classroom where teacher and students can actively interact and collaborate while challenging one another. Dr. Choi is currently teaching various dance theory and studio courses at the University of North Texas and at Tarrant County College as well as dancing with the professional dance company Satellite Dance.

JOSE ZAMORA José Zamora began his training as a traditional Mexican and Latin American folklorico dancer in La Joya, Texas. After graduating high school, he relocated to Denton, Texas and trained in post-modern dance for four years, receiving his BA in Dance Studies from Texas Woman's University in 2004. 

In 2010, Zamora received his Master of Fine Arts degree from Texas Woman's University, where he was also awarded a Jacob K. Javits Fellowship in 2008. This fellowship is awarded by the U.S. Department of Education in selected fields of study in the arts, humanities and social sciences. It is a prestigious award for students who have demonstrated superior academic ability and achievement and exceptional promise. Only 30 people were awarded this fellowship in the United States in 2008-09. With this award, José produced his first evening length contemporary dance concert titled CholoRock, a work inspired by Mexican-American pop-culture and traditions in November 2008. In 2009 and 2010 Zamora toured and has been touring with his company CholoRock Dance Theatre in North and South Texas, as well as in Cholula, Puebla Mexico where he and his company led a residency in La Universidad de las Americas for the second time in April 2010. In April of 2010 Zamora’s choreography Curios y Serpentinas was selected to be showcased at the American College Dance Festivals National Gala concert at the Kennedy Center in Washington D.C.