Lee Anne Stewart
Lee Anne began dancing at the age of 4 and opened her own dance studio in 1973. Lee Anne is certified by the Chicago National Association of Dance Masters. She believes in the value of continuing education and frequently attends dance conventions and workshops throughout the country including Chicago, New York, and Las Vegas where she has learned new dance techniques and teaching methods from some of the top dance masters in the United States. Lee Anne has implemented many curriculum ideas and creative dance combinations from Janice Barringer, Frank Hatchet, Stephen Boyd, and many others. It is Lee Anne’s desire for all students to enjoy their dance experience while learning to appreciate the art, mental discipline, and physical demands of dance.
Meghann Wood
Meghann Wood, the daughter of Lee Anne Stewart, has been dancing since the age of four. She is trained in ballet, tap, jazz, modern, pointe, and hip hop though Lee Anne Stewart Dance School, Dance Olympus, Dance Makers, Gus Giordano Dance Center, Joel Hall Dance Center, and North Shore School of Dance. Meghann has earned her Bachelor of Arts degree in Acting and Directing from Barat College but continued her dance training while working on her degree. She served as a Dance Olympus VIP and has performed in productions of ‘Heartbreak House’, ‘Three Penny Opera’, ‘Bye Bye Birdie’, ‘Charlotte’s Web’, ‘Gypsy and the Mannheim Steamroller Christmas Show’ in Chicago. Since beginning her teaching career, Meghann has earned numerous regional and national awards for her outstanding choreography.
Janae Bergsma
Janae, the daughter of Lee Anne Stewart, holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in Dance Performance and Choreography from Hope College where she performed in faculty choreographed shows, and she choreographed and performed in student and shows. Janae has studied under many outstanding dance instructors including Sharon Wong of Alvin Ailey School and Darrell Martin at Joffrey School of Dance. Among Janae’s many accomplishments she is also co-founder of [undefined]movers.
Bri Stewart
Bri Stewart, granddaughter of Lee Anne Stewart, began dancing at the age of 3 at Lee Anne Stewart Dance School, specializing in Tap, Jazz, Ballet, Contemporary, Hip Hop, Pointe, and Musical Theatre for a total of 16 years. She spent 11 of those years traveling with the Fusion Dance Team, competing in many competitions around the U.S such Dance Makers, Danza, In10sity, and many more. She has also enjoyed performing in multiple Disney Parades, and on Disney stages. Some places she’s traveled to compete have been, Indianapolis, Chicago, Myrtle Beach, New York, and Orlando where she has had the opportunity to attend dance conventions from well known dancers and choreographers. Her experience competing has expanded her knowledge and creativity of choreography, musicality, and performance skills, all of which amplify her love of creating choreography to best display and uplift her dance students. Bri loves connecting with students in class through the art of dance, while watching their confidence grow as they improve & build strong skills & relationships each week
Katie Stapp
Katie has been training in ballet, tap, jazz, and hip hop at Lee Anne Stewart Dance School since 2001. She has competed at Chicago and Walt Disney World, participated at DanceMakers, and other dance conventions, and taken numerous dance classes to improve her skills and dance knowledge. Katie also performed for Radio Disney, entertaining and working with children in Chicago. Katie’s favorite part of teaching is seeing how happy and proud the students and parents are as the students accomplish new dance skills.
Hailey Carney
Hailey has been teaching at LAS since 2019. She began dancing at the age of 9 at Lee Anne Stewart Dance School and training in ballet, tap, jazz, hip hop, and pointe for 10 years. For 7 of those years she was a part of the Fusion Dance Team traveling to Myrtle Beach, Orlando, Chicago, Detroit, and New York. During those years she competed and took class from many chorographers to improve her skills and knowledge of dance. Her favorite opportunities were performing in ‘The Nutcracker’ with Symphony of the Lakes in Warsaw, performing in a music video with other local dance studios, and performing on the Disney Springs stage. Hailey’s favorite part of teaching is creating choreography that compliments and challenges the dancers to learn and improve themselves.
Claudia Taylor
Claudia began dancing at the age of 4 at Lee Anne Stewart Dance School training in tap, ballet, jazz, hip hop, and pointe for 14 years. 7 years on the Fusion Dance Team which gave her the opportunity to learn from some amazing choreographers around the US, like Chicago, Indianapolis, Myrtle Beach, New York, and Florida. She especially loved preforming many times in Walt Disney world parades and stages. Whole taking classes from the professional dancers they gave her a great understanding on how to work with children. Claudia’s favorite part about teaching is building relationships with her students and creating art through the choreography.
Kenzie Meister
Kenzie danced as a student at Lee Anne Stewart Dance School for 14 years, 7 of those years she was a member of the Fusion Dance Team. Kenzie has traveled to multiple states with the Fusion Dance Team to take convention classes and compete. Dance was a huge part of her life and she loved every moment! Some of the places she traveled to were: South Carolina for nationals competition, New York to take classes taught by a Broadway dancer, and Disney to perform! She has also taken classes from teachers in Indianapolis, Chicago and Michigan several times. Kenzie trained in ballet, tap, jazz, pointe, hip hop, contemporary and musical theater. With all of her Experience she is looking forward to creating choreography that is best fit for each dancer and watching her classes fall in love with dance!