Elise Miller, Tracy Kentnor, Andrea Anderson

Tracy Kentnor

Miss Tracy graduated from Wenatchee High School. During her prep education years she studied Ballet with Joan Shelton at the Wenatchee School of Ballet, performed with the Wenatchee Youth Circus for 18 years, and taught dance classes at local studios. She spent 5 years at Eastern Washington University. where she studied music, ballet, jazz and education and received her Bachelor of Arts in Music Education. She taught at EWU dance and gymnastics camps and received “Best Teacher Awards”. While at Eastern, she was an assistant teacher in the athletic department and a featured soloist with the Spokane Ballet Company. She has studied with Arlene Wagner, Founder of Dance Masters of America, Pacific Northwest Chapter #39. Miss Tracy has attended Master Teacher courses in New York as well as attended teacher classes at the LADF National Convention. She is also a corporate member of the “Royal Academy of Dance” London 2003-2009, and the “International Tap Association” 2003-2009.

Tracy toured as a professional dancer for 7 years. She has performed, danced and held the position of “Dance Captain” and “Assistant Choreographer” in many shows, ranging from Magic Shows, Vegas style Reviews, Circus, Rock Tours, Motown and Blues, and also various Broadway style reviews. She has traveled and performed in Japan, Bahamas, West Indies and various locations in the U.S. While in Japan and Bahamas, she taught gymnastics, dance and aerobics as a professional guest.

She has worked with the choreography for Wenatchee Music Theatre productions of “Grease”, “Chorus Line” and "Thoroughly Modern Millie”. Tracy and competition dancers have won several honors and national awards, including best choreography, technique, and presentation awards. Tracy has also been commended for her “age appropriate” choreography at several competitions, plus the studio has also received awards for best costuming at both Regional and National levels. Tracy attended the National Teacher Conference for Certified Instructors August, 2008 in New York. She has also completed Dance Teacher Summit via webconference business choreography and staging classes.

Miss Tracy has granted permission for her Hip-Hop choreography of "Cars That Go Boom" to be used and performed by a group in Italy. She also has been named the 2009-2010 Director of the Wild Dance Team that performs during the local Wild Hockey Games. Tracy will also be a guest instructor teaching the art of trapeze for the "Tapestry in Motion" Icicle Arts Summer Intensive while working alongside Seattle Performing Companies.

Arlene Wagner

Arlene Wagner is well known in the dance world for her outstanding work with children. She was on the teaching staff of “Dance Congress” in New York, “Texas Association Teachers of Dance” in Austin, and “Dance Masters” conventions throughout the United States. She was instrumental in forming the “Dance Masters Northwest” chapter, served as it’s president for several years, and represented the Northwest on the National Board.

Arlene still does occasional choreography for musicals and ballets, and is mentor to several current teachers who formerly studied under her. Aside from her contributions to the dance community, Arlene and her husband George currently reside in Leavenworth, Washington where they own and operate the “Nutcracker Museum” (NussKnacker Haus). The popular gallery which showcases over 5,000 assorted nutcrackers has welcomed visitors from 44 states and 38 different countries.

Elise Miller

Miss Elise is a graduate of Wenatchee High School. Elise has studied Ballet with several instructors including Joan Shelton, Francois Serre, Adriana Felizia, and many other Seattle based instructors. Elise has also studied Jazz, Tap, Lyrical, Hip-hop and Modern while at ADPA.

Besides being an important member of the ADPA Sr. Master Class and competition classes, she has also been an assistant instructor for several years.

This will be Elise’s fifth year as an ADPA instructor. She will be taking on many classes including Jazz, Lyrical and several of the School of Ballet classes. Miss Elise attended the National Teacher Conference for certified instructors this past August in New York.

ADPA is happy to have her as part of our teaching staff.

Andrea Anderson

Miss Andrea is a former ADPA student and Master Class Competitor. She has taught at ADPA for several years including jazz, tap, ballet, lyrical, hip-hop, adult and children's specialty classes. She has an Associate of Arts degree and studied special education classesat Wenatchee Valley College. She alsopossessesa Bachelor of Arts Degree in Applied Psychology from City University.

Andrea studied early childhood dance classes under the instruction of Ms. Arlene Wagner. She has completed teaching courses specializing in early childhood dance classes at the National Dance Teachers Conference in New York. Andrea completed a ten week trial/assessment on the best ways to keep a child's attention.She will be our Director of Children's Specialty Classes, Adult Classes, Preschool and Kindercombo classes. When not teaching at ADPA she teaches Sunday Schoolat New Song Community Church. We are fortunate to have her as part of our teaching staff.

Adriana Vidaurri Felizia

Miss Adriana was born in Mexico City and attended the Intercontinental University where she received a Bachelor of Arts Degree in Communications. She was also a professional model during her time there. Miss Adriana began studying ballet at the Heroes de la Libertad School. She studied jazz, tap and ballet for several years at Ema Pulido Studio, a professional dance studio. Miss Adriana was involved in the musical "Jesus Christ Superstar" for three years in Mexico. She was one of the principal dancers and worked the the Choreography while there. She then studied under the famous Russian ballet dancer, Dariush.

Miss Adriana now lives Wenatchee, married, with two young sons. She has been employed by the Wenatchee School District as a substitute teacher. Continuing to share her love of dance, she taught ballet at ADPA for several years. In 2003 she attended the Royal Academy of Dance in London taking intensive teachers training for advance levels of ballet.
She is a CERTIFIED Zumba instructor and has been teaching Zumba for four years. Miss Adriana will be teaching the Zumba classes and possibly an adult ballet class this year at ADPA. Please call her with any questions regarding these classes and registration for the Zumba or adult ballet classes at (509) 741-9675. We are happy to have her at ADPA.

Anna Percival

Miss Anna has been dancing since age three and is experienced in traditional and contemporary ballet, Pointe, jazz, tap, modern, hip hop, ballroom, African, and musical theatre dance styles. A professional dancer in Seattle from 2000 to 2005, she performed with Fusion Dance Company, Bellevue Civic Theater, Ballet Bellevue, Northwest Ballet Theater, Rhythm Knights Dance Troupe, Seattle Jazz Dance Company, Puget Sound Musical Theater, Middle Earth Ball, Crosswind, Olympic Performance Group, Seattle Theater Group's DANCE this (2003, 2004, 2005), Bellevue Opera, and Seattle Opera.

She performed nationally with Albany Birkshire Balle, Carolia Dance Theatre, Juneau Dance Unlimited, and a national tour with Diversity Dance and Theatre. She has also performed internationally in Vienna, Austria as part of ABC-Tokyo's 2005 engagement at the Vienna Festival.

Miss Anna has choreographed for the Mountlake Terrace Dance Company, Opera Jupiter, Jerboa Dance, West Side Story for Auburn Avenue Theater, The Bard is Back for McLure Middle School, Alice and Wonderland and Babes in Toyland for the School of Spectrum Dance Theatre, Pacific Chamber Ballet, two productions of The Nutcracker (2007 and 2008), and Cinderella for Olympic Performance Group on Bainbridge Island. In 2005 Anna founded danceseattle, which remains an active vehicle for Seattle dancers and choreographers to showcase original choreography across Washington State.

With over eleven years of experience teaching dance, she has taught for Juneau Dance Unlimited, Mountlake Terrace Recreation Pavilion, The Little Gym of Seattle, University Heights Center, All That Dance, Ballet Bellevue, Dance Academy of Bellevue, Loyal Heights Community Center, Kirkland Dance Center, Fusion Dance, The School of Spectrum Dance Theatre, Seattle University, Bainbridge Ballet, and Pacific Chamber Ballet.

A newcomer to the Wenatchee River Valley, Miss Anna relocated to the area in April 2009 with her husband, Bryan S Miller, to accept the position of Managing Director at Icicle Arts in Leavenworth, WA. She is thrilled to be joining ADPA as a part-time instructor and is looking forward to a great year! We are excited to welcome her to our ADPA family.

Brittany Drescher

Miss Brittany began dancing at the age of three at Carolyn's School of Dance. She transferred to Adrienne's Dance Academy when she was nine and began competing regionally in groups and as a soloist. Miss Brittany has assisted in instructing many combo, jazz and ballet classes at several age levels. She began dancing atADPAwhen she was 14. She continues to take classes in tap, jazz, lyrical, hip-hop, pointe and ballet as well as the Sr. Master Class dances. She has continued to compete Regionally, Nationally and Internationally for the past eight years. Miss Brittany has danced under the instruction of many well known, talented choreographers. Including those that have choreographed dances for many famous entertainers.

She has attended a variety of dance classes at Broadway Dance Center in New York City from choreographers such as Tracie Stanfield, Brian Friedman, Michelle Assaf and Frank Hatchett, Miss Brittany participated in a hip hop/salsa workshop taught atADPAby Pat-y-o. In February, 2008, she traveled toSacramento, CA to take part in The Pulse On Tour, an intensive three day workshop under the instruction of some of the industry's most talented choreographers. Miss Brittany attended the National Teachers Conference for certified instructors last August in New York. We welcome her to ourADPAteaching staff.