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| ABOUT US |
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THE STUDIO
AIMDCO has two studios, a large comfortable
waiting area for our
families, and a dressing
area for our students.
The larger studio also
has a viewing window
for parents to
observe children.
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| DIRECTORS |
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Kerri A. Peterson - Artistic Director
Kerri has a BA in Dance Performance from Rhode Island College.
She has been trained in Ballet, Modern, Jazz, and Tap. Kerri
has had the pleasure of working with great renowned choreographers
and teachers including; Melody Ruffin Ward, Dante DelGiudice,
Deb Meunier, Sean Curran, Colleen Cavanagh, Bridgam &
Packer, Elaine Colaneri, Daryl Retter, Brenda Buffalino, Frank
Hatchett, Donald Mac Kayle, and Lane Napper.
In the Providence Public school system, Kerri facilitated
literacy instruction through creative movement. Kerri currently
teaches for Chance to Dance, a state-wide, in school dance
program, and is also the Administrative Director for the program.
She has previously taught for Elaine Colaneri at Modern Jazz
Dance Company and the Rhode Island School of Design. Kerri
is a member of Rhode Island Dance Alliance, UNITY, RIAHPERD
and the National Dance Education Organization.
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| Kerri enjoys the creative process
of expressing emotion through her movement and chorography.
She takes great pleasure working with new ideas and bodies,
always willing to explore a creative adventure, and allowing
others to experience the freedom of art through ones mind, body,
and soul. She truly believes …everyone is a STAR! |
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Debbie
Nunes - Artistic Director
Debbie has her B.A. in Dance from Dean College in Franklin,
MA While at Dean she was a member of the dance company, she
preformed in the Musical Theater Ensemble, received a Performing
Arts Scholarship and was honored with the Carrie Grant Chilson
class of 1985 Music Dance award.
After Dean, she went on to study at the Alvin Ailey American
Dance Center in New York City. While in NYC she worked as
an assistant teacher for the Ailey Summer Dance Camp program.
She was a manager of the Capezio Dance Theater Shop on Broadway.
She performed on 6 episodes of MTV's Global groove dance/video
show, worked with Karen Arceneaux of Genesis Dance Company
and Jonathan Phelps, former Ailey dancer.
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She has had the opportunity to work with famed choreographers
and teachers that include Dudley Williams, Carmen De Lavallade,
Ann Marie Forsythe, Jill Silverman, Joan Palledino, Nailah
Bellinger, Kelly Peters and Frank Hatchet
Throughout her dance career she has trained in Ballet, Modern,
Tap, Jazz, Horton, Graham, Dunham, Musical Theatre and Creative
Movement. She has been teaching dance since 1994 when she
completed the dance teachers training course through the Dance
Teachers Club of Boston.
Debbie is a member of Rhode Island Dance Alliance and the
National Dance Education Organization.
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| TEACHERS |
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Helene Scheff - Ballet/ Pointe Teacher
Helene Scheff is a graduate in dance from the High School of Performing
Arts in NYC. As a student she taught classes at Brooklyn College
and later choreographed for University of Kansas and University
of Mass at Amherst. After leaving NYC she established and taught
at schools of dance in Kansas and Massachusetts. Since moving to
RI, she taught at Kingstown Dance Center for 25 years. Helene is
a founding member and past president of Dance Alliance of Rhode
Island, Inc. and in 1985, started the non-profit Chance To Dance.
Chance to Dance allows school children to come into contact with
the study of choreographed dance; learn how to perform in public;
how to behave in a dance class; and a host of other useful lifetime
skills. For many children, this is their first contact with live
performing arts. She still works on a part-time basis at Art in
Motion where in addition to teaching ballet and tap, she teaches
master classes in character and flamenco. With co-authors she has
published Building Dances, Building More Dances and Experiencing
Dance, has acted in leadership and consultant roles in state, regional,
and national dance organizations, providing professional development
for their constituencies. Helene's goals still remain to provide
quality dance education opportunities to ALL children.
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