Mrs. Aonisty Kashwer has owned and directed Dreamcatcher's Dance Company for eleven years and has been teaching for nearly 18 years. She continues her education and personal skills as a dancer and instructor through many dance conventions and dance business seminars.
Her dancers have competed with the best of the best and have received several of the highest honors possible – overall high score winners. Aonisty’s dancers have won hundreds of dollars as well as many coveted titles, including: Dancer of the Year Honors, Special Performance selections, judge's awards, and Scholarships. Aonisty has been awarded the teacher of the year by the Rainbow Connection Dance Competitions. Her dancers have been invited to perform all over the country.
Aonisty is most proud of her two greatest accomplishments - her children, Jackson and Grayson. She hopes to be able to continue dancing and teaching for a long, long time.
Mrs. Malissa Rednour has been on Dreamcatcher’s Dance staff for seven years and is very loved by her students. She is a Chandler High School graduate, and has danced for many years. Malissa had the privilege of leading her High School Pom Team to a National Championship in 2002 and several State Championships. She has coached and developed choreography for several schools in Oklahoma, and is currently the CJH pom coach. Malissa has also achieved many academic honors and is very active in her community. She attends UCO in Edmond, is majoring in Education and continues her dance education with a variety of dance classes, conferences, and seminars.
Malissa's goals are to share her love of dance with her students and to help inspire them to reach their full potential, gain confidence and self esteem. Malissa, and her husband tony, are quite proud of their new baby boy, Aiden, who born a week after the 2008 session's recital. The family is expecting a baby girl in February of 2010.
Miss Olivia has been dancing since age 4. She trained and competed at at Rhythmic Notions Dance Studio, in Owasso Oklahoma, and graduated from Owasso High School in 2006. She has been trained in Ballet, Jazz, Contemporary, Modern, Tap, and Hip Hop. She currently lives in Edmond, and is finishing her senior year UCO where she is earning her BFA in dance performance. This also marks her third year as a member of the Kaleidoscope Dancers Company. In 2008, Olivia was awarded the "Outstanding achievement in performance dance" from the College of Arts, Media, and Design at UCO. In 2009, Olivia's collaborative choreography with a fellow classmate was chosen to be presented at the American College Dance Festival in Hendrix, Arkansas. Olivia has teaching and choreographing for DCDC for three years and is loving every minute. Olivia has enjoyed working with the competition team and is so proud of their successes!
Jeree Milligan is our Administrative Director, although you may know her as "Jalen's Mom." Jeree's love of dance and the performing arts began at age 4 when she started the first of what would become nine years of dance training with Gloria Carver. While these days she prefers to dance when no one is watching, she does love the stage and rarely turns down an opportunity to be a presenter or perform in the spotlight! On occasion, you may catch Jeree and her husband, Will, in a performance at Lincoln County On-Stage.
Jeree graduated from Chandler High School and earned her BA in Communication from the University of Central Oklahoma. She has managed the public relations strategies, advertising, public speaking engagements, special events, and web site content for several companies; including Children's Hospital, OU Medical Center, Accord Human Resources, and Ball Auction Service.
In addition to her work at the DCDC studio, she also takes on PR, web design, and advertising projects for small to medium-sized business and works as a freelance writer. Jeree LOVES her work at DCDC so far and is looking forward to doing so much this year!
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