Faculty

KIM KINNEAR, Owner/Artistic Director. Kim has studied Ballet, Tap, Modern and Jazz since the age of five. While a dance major at Loretto Heights Fine Arts College, she studied intensively with Jeri McAndrews (Paul Taylor Company), Milenko Banovich.  In Los Angeles, she studied Jazz at Moro-Landis (currently “Millennium”) under Joe Tremain and Jaimie Rogers. She also worked professionally in L.A. and Japan. She holds a BA in education and taught school in the Parker area for 6 years. She opened Parker Dance in 1993, is a member of Dance Educators of America, won the DEA Outstanding Choreography Award several times, has collaborated with dance professionals such as David Taylor and International Ballet School, and has trained students who grew up at Parker Dance Academy and continued to dance with scholarships to Alonzo King Lines Ballet in San Francisco, Alvin Ailey in New York, University of Utah, University of Hawaii, among others.   She has 37+ years of teaching experience and a lifelong passion for dance and education.

JULIE CURLEY, Assistant Director. Julie has trained in Ballet for 19 years and tap & jazz for 12 years. She has trained under ballet masters from Ballet West, San Francisco Ballet (Michelle Burns), and Ballet Arts (Larry Boyette). She performed with USO as a jazz dancer and also danced in classical ballets such as Sleeping Beauty and the Nutcracker. She has had teacher training in the Vaganova Syllabus and the Royal Academy of Dance Syllabus. She has been teaching dance for 27 years, 7 of those as the director of a studio branch. This is her 17th year at PDA.

BEVERLY PINKERTON, Tap Director, Jazz, Ballet. Beverly has 18 years of teaching experience in Ballet, Tap, and Jazz.  She trained as a dance performance major at the prestigious Oklahoma City University Ann Lacey School of Fine Arts.  Previous to that she earned her teaching accreditation through Southern Association of Dance Masters.   As a teacher and choreographer she has also received various awards and recognition for her work with  students on the dance competition circuit both on a regional and national level.  Beverly also both danced and choreographed for the worship and fine arts ministry of Orchard Road Christian Center.   Beverly co-directed Colorado Dance Coalition which served the Colorado dance community through the production of master classes.  Beverly was the personal teaching assistant to Robert L. Reed for the Colorado Chapter of the St. Louis Hoofer's Club for five years.  Beverly continues to expand her training and experience through travel and participation in professional level classes. This is her 14th year at PDA.

LISA REBIK, Intermediate/Advanced Jazz, Adult Jazz. Lisa began her professional dance career in Los Angeles and has credits in television, movies, and theater. She relocated to Colorado 13 years ago to work for the international organization, Up With People, where she held the position of Choreographer/Associate Director. Lisa has taught jazz for the past 22 years. This is her 8th year at PDA.

REBECCA GARDNER, Ballet. Rebecca began her training with Shirley Lewis in Casper, WY and at the Academy of Colorado Ballet.  She studied with Galina Mezentseva, Merrill Ashley, Kris Kehl and Patricia Renzetti, and attended summer programs with the Colorado Ballet, California Ballet, and Salt Creek Ballet.  After high school, she continued her training with Rose and Charles Flachs at Mount Holyoke College.  Rebecca received her B.A. in Dance with a concentration in Ballet and Pedagogy from Hampshire College in Amherst, MA and completed the Vaganova Seminar on Years I through III with Master Teacher John White. Since moving to Denver, she has danced with Ballet Ariel, Fragments of Divine, Danca Nova and the Independent Choreographers Project in Denver. During her 5 years at Ballet Ariel, she performed many classical and contemporary works; her favourites include Taglioni in Pas de Quatre, the Silver Fairy in Sleeping Beauty, Kitri’s friend in the Don Quixote, and soloist roles in Les Sylphides and La Vivandiere.  This is her 5th year at PDA.

JULIE ANDERSON, Ballet, Jazz, Modern. Julie studied dance education at Arizona State University and the University of Idaho where she earned a B.S. in Dance in 2005. She studied modern, ballet, and jazz dance technique through an internship/scholarship at Broadway Dance Center in NYC with Bill Hastings, Kat Wildish and others. She has studied and danced with Bill Evans, a world renowned modern and tap dancer, since 2003. In 2009, Julie completed the Bill Evans Dance Technique Certification program.    Julie currently performs with the jazz and modern company Louder Than Words Dance Theater in Denver, CO. This is her 5th year at PDA.

LINDSAY PARKER, Ballet.   Lindsay is a graduate of the Denver School of the Arts, where she spent all seven years as a Dance major and finished with an Arts Endorsed Diploma. Lindsay received her training with David Taylor Dance Theatre's Academy and then later went on to train with Nikoloz Makhateli in the Makhateli Ballet Academy. She has also trained with Lemon Sponge Cake Contemporary Ballet, Burklyn Ballet Theatre, Complexions, Kaatsbaan Ballet and Imperial Ballet Academy. Lindsay also has a great  passion for Scottish Highland dancing. She currently dances and teaches for the Denver and District Pipe band and has competed solo all across the US and the UK.  While training with Burklyn Ballet Theatre she traveled to the Edinburgh Fringe festival in Edinburgh, Scotland where she performed one the principle roles as the White Rabbit in Alice in Wonderland.  For the last two seasons Lindsay danced with the David Taylor Dance Theatre as a member of the company. Lindsay's passion is dance and sharing that love with kids is one of her childhood dreams. This is her second year with PDA.

JOANNA CURLEY, Ballet.  Joanna started her training at Parker Dance Academy and then went on to train with International Ballet School and Colorado Ballet Academy.  She won first place twice at Denver Ballet Guild (2003 Category III and 2005 Category IV). She also won awards for ballet and contemporary dance at Youth America Grand Prix competitions. After attending Kirov Academy and Pacific Northwest Ballet School summer programs on scholarship, she trained and performed with Pacific Northwest Ballet (Nutcracker, Sleeping Beauty, Swan Lake, and Rubies) for two seasons before dancing with North Carolina Dance Theater, and most recently with Nevada Ballet Theater.  With NCDT she performed in Nutcracker, Beauty and the Beast, Romeo & Juliet, and worked with Dwight Rhoden (Complexions Contemporary Ballet in NYC) on new works he set on the company. With Nevada Ballet she performed in Giselle (Peasant Pas), Serenade (soloist), Who Cares, Concerto Barocco, and new works with director James Canfield.  The company also collaborated with Cirque de Soleil for performances in the Treasure Island Hotel.  In addition to her professional career as a dancer, Joanna has been a sought after teacher in Las Vegas, but is excited to return to PDA and share her love of ballet with students here!

MICHAEL (FATE) SIERRA, Hip Hop.  Fate,  a studio Bboy (breakdancing) instructor since 1999, offers a unique style and arrangement of teaching techniques including Four Element Hip Hop Programs, choreography, Bboy cardio/conditioning, and Bboy master classes. In addition, he is the Executive Director and Owner of Colorado HIPHOP Elements, an educational and entertainment Hip Hop program for youth populations in schools, recreation centers, probation offices, and detention facilities. His programs use the positive aspects of Hip Hop to empower the individual to make the correct choices in life.  Fate's programs have been in places such as the Denver School of the Arts, Denver Juvenile Probation and Family Integrated T.A.S.C. Project, Mayor's Office for Education and Children, Youth Workshops for Denver Indian Health, The Cole Beacons Programs, Horace Mann Middle School, Bruce Randolph Middle School, Schenk Elementary School, Epworth United Methodist Church, Motion Underground, Artistic Fusion Dance Academy, and Cleo Parker Robinson Dance Ensemble. Fate brings his energy, teaching skills, and love of Hip Hop to PDA students for the first time this year.