ARTISTIC DIRECTORS
Miss Simmons
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Miss Simmons began dancing at the age of three. She competed with The School of Performing Arts Dance Ensemble and with Visceral Studio Company. She attended Benet Academy where she was on the Avions Dance Team for four years and was captain her senior year. She attended The Ohio State University where she received a Bachelors of Science in Mathematics and a Minor in Dance. While at Ohio State, she competed on the nationally ranked Ohio State Dance Team. She also has a Masters in Education from Loyola University. Miss Simmons currently teaches Math at Neuqua Valley High School and is so excited to be a part of the Orchesis Dance Company.
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Miss Simmons began dancing at the age of three. She competed with The School of Performing Arts Dance Ensemble and with Visceral Studio Company. She attended Benet Academy where she was on the Avions Dance Team for four years and was captain her senior year. She attended The Ohio State University where she received a Bachelors of Science in Mathematics and a Minor in Dance. While at Ohio State, she competed on the nationally ranked Ohio State Dance Team. She also has a Masters in Education from Loyola University. Miss Simmons currently teaches Math at Neuqua Valley High School and is so excited to be a part of the Orchesis Dance Company.
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Ms. Maloney
[email protected] Ms. Maloney has also been dancing since she was 3! She danced competitively her whole life primarily at B-Discovered Dance Company. Maloney spent all four years of high school on Neuqua Valley Orchesis and was a student director for two years. She then received a Bachelors degree in Elementary Education at San Diego State University while also dancing on their dance team performing at games and competing nationally. Now, Maloney is a nanny and lead Pure Barre teacher when she’s not sharing her passion for dance with Neuqua Orchesis! |
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Ms. Baumann began dancing when she was three and enjoyed studying many genres of dance, including ballet, tap, jazz, lyrical, contemporary, and modern. After dancing in college, Ms. Baumann directed and instructed ballet, tap, and jazz, at the collegiate level. Ms. Baumann was then able to bring her passion for many styles of dance to Neuqua Valley where she served as Artistic Director of the Neuqua Valley Orchesis Dance Company for four years. She has left a legacy with the Orchesis Dance Company with her infectious positivity, fashion sense, creative vision, and passion for inspiring her dancers and students.
“How lucky I am to have something that makes saying goodbye so hard.” ― A.A. Milne, Winnie-the-Pooh
