meet our
TEACHERS & STAFF
photo by @davidbrewer during @artemotion summer intensive – Bonneville Salt Flats
EDA
Established 2024 - Owned by Amy & Taylor
Amy Vidmar
Owner/Dance & Artistic Director
Amy is in charge of the dance program and teaches classes from pre-ballet/tap all the way through advanced ballet classes/pointe classes, and advanced jazz classes. She also plans and writes the recital.
Amy started dancing at the age of 6 and has danced in a variety of styles. She is a Weber State Alumni where she graduated in English and also studied Injury Prevention and the health benefits of dance.
Taylor Shimanek
Owner/Marketing
Taylor is in charge of marketing at the studio and web design. She also helps in classrooms with special needs students.
Taylor graduated with a B.S. from The University of New Mexico. She has worked with children in pre-schools and special needs classrooms.
Alicia
Instructor
Alicia teaches some of our classical ballet classes.
Alicia has been dancing since she was 5 years old. She received a B.A. in Dance and has been teaching for over 20 years, having been trained in both Classical Ballet and Contemporary Dance. She loves teaching, and especially loves choreography.
Jared
Instructor
Jared teaches our more advanced Break Dance classes.
Jared learned break dance on the streets of New Jersey as a teen and it instilled in him a love a dance that continued with him. He has continued to learn more about break dance ever since and loves teaching it to others.
Kassidy
Instructor
Kassidy is one of our ballet teachers. She teaches some of our younger dancers all the way through to our beginning pointe dancers.
More info coming soon!
Dannielle
Instructor
Danielle is our one of our tap instructors. She teaches young children all the way through adults.
More info coming soon!
Taya
Instructor
Taya teaches some of our Hip-Hop classes, and she also teaches our adult ballroom classes, along with our wedding dance classes.
Taya has a background in Competitive Ballroom Dance as well as many other forms of dance, and started as a young child and never stopped. She loves learning new dances as well as the history of dance and passing her knowledge on.
Kailyn
Student/Instructor
Kailyn is one of our advanced dancers who is also one of our teachers! She takes Classical Ballet, Jazz, Tap, and Hip-Hop, and she teaches Adult Pre-Ballet!
Kailyn began dancing at the age of 2, and has always loved it. She began in ballet but loves all types of dance.
Jordyn
Instructor
Jordyn is one of our tumbling teachers.
More information coming soon!
Adalyn
Instructor
Adalyn is one of our tumbling teachers.
More information coming soon!
What are our teachers doing in dance?
Amy & Taylor went to artEmotion’s Summer Ballet intensive last summer.
This year Amy is an Ambassador for the program! Contact us if you’d like more information on artEmotion’s adult intensive!
