Meet Mrs. Erin Hancock, Owner and Teacher
"Mrs. Erin" Hancock is foremost a wife and mother. She feels blessed to be raising six children, including two adopted children from the Democratic Republic of Congo and one adopted from China.
Erin’s talents span the fine arts, with many years of experience in dance, theater, and visual arts. With a masters in art education, Erin taught K-3 art at Murray Elementary School until her first daughter was born. Then, she directed a Mother's Day Out program and began doing professional portrait photography. In 2008, she fulfilled her dream of opening a dance studio, our Broadway Dance Company.
Erin's pre-professional dance background includes dance training and participation in nationally competitive tap and jazz teams at the former Carol Young School of Dance (now called Next Generation Dance) in Hamilton, Ohio. Erin also studied ballet several years with Broadway and film dancer Paula Lynn.
Erin’s love for all things Broadway stems from her experience in musical theater. In addition to school and regional theater, Erin’s stage credits include three roles at the professional level at La Comedia Dinner Theater in Springboro, Ohio. Erin also danced professionally as various characters, including Flintstones and Trolls, for Paramount Productions. Once Erin had children of her own, she knew her most important professional dancing role would be to share her love of dance with children. She has owned and taught dance classes at Broadway Dance Company for 15 years.
In order to to connect with other dance professionals, Erin is a member of several online dance studio owner platforms. Mrs. Erin has also attended The Dance Teacher Summit in New York City several times for ongoing training in dance technique, teaching methods, and studio ownership. She has had the opportunity to train with some of the best in the dance world, including Emmy and Tony Award winning choreographers such as Mandy Moore, Mia Michaels, Travis Wall, and Hamilton's Andy Blankenbuehler. She has also attended The Rockette Experience and Dance Makers conventions as well as attended (and taken students to) Titans of Dance to train with Gabi, Mollee, and Fikshun from So You Think You Can Dance.
Erin’s talents span the fine arts, with many years of experience in dance, theater, and visual arts. With a masters in art education, Erin taught K-3 art at Murray Elementary School until her first daughter was born. Then, she directed a Mother's Day Out program and began doing professional portrait photography. In 2008, she fulfilled her dream of opening a dance studio, our Broadway Dance Company.
Erin's pre-professional dance background includes dance training and participation in nationally competitive tap and jazz teams at the former Carol Young School of Dance (now called Next Generation Dance) in Hamilton, Ohio. Erin also studied ballet several years with Broadway and film dancer Paula Lynn.
Erin’s love for all things Broadway stems from her experience in musical theater. In addition to school and regional theater, Erin’s stage credits include three roles at the professional level at La Comedia Dinner Theater in Springboro, Ohio. Erin also danced professionally as various characters, including Flintstones and Trolls, for Paramount Productions. Once Erin had children of her own, she knew her most important professional dancing role would be to share her love of dance with children. She has owned and taught dance classes at Broadway Dance Company for 15 years.
In order to to connect with other dance professionals, Erin is a member of several online dance studio owner platforms. Mrs. Erin has also attended The Dance Teacher Summit in New York City several times for ongoing training in dance technique, teaching methods, and studio ownership. She has had the opportunity to train with some of the best in the dance world, including Emmy and Tony Award winning choreographers such as Mandy Moore, Mia Michaels, Travis Wall, and Hamilton's Andy Blankenbuehler. She has also attended The Rockette Experience and Dance Makers conventions as well as attended (and taken students to) Titans of Dance to train with Gabi, Mollee, and Fikshun from So You Think You Can Dance.
Meet Mrs. Laura Birchem, Dance teacher
Mrs. Laura has been teaching at BDC since high school, and we are blessed to have her continue teaching our students now that she's a wife and mother of two with a day job in social work! Laura began dancing at age 5 and became a competitive dancer at age 8. She developed most of her beautiful dance technique through her training at Star Dance Academy in Cocoa, FL. One of the highlights of her dancing career was getting to dance for the NASA Space Center astronauts. Miss Laura teaches tap, ballet, jazz, lyrical, private lessons, and is a wiz with our little ones. BDC loves Miss Laura!
Meet Miss Addie Wells, Tumbling/Gymnastics Teacher
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Meet our tumbling/gymnastics, Broadway Babies, and 3 year old teacher, Miss Addie Wells! Miss Addie is full of energy, and the kids love it! Addie has a lot of experience in both competitive gymnastics and cheerleading. She was a competitive gymnast for five years in the junior olympics, reaching level 6. Then, she entered the competitive cheer arena with both All Stars and high school teams. Addie has competed at nationals three times and is a UCA National Championship COED runner up! She also holds two State runner up titles with her team. Not only does she love to flip through the air and stand on her head, our beautiful Addie has been an actress in TV commercials and has modeled for multiple boutiques. Most importantly, Miss Addie has a gift for teaching and passing her great training on to others, and has developed quite a skill at teaching our youngest dancers at BDC.
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Meet Miss Alyssia Brown, Dance Teacher
Ms. Alyssia is a follower in Christ & a proud girl mama. She’s blessed to be holding work positions in all of her passions which include Early Childhood Education, Special Needs Education, & Dance Instruction/Choreography.
Alyssia began her dance journey at the age of 5 & started competitively dancing shortly after. She has many national & regional title holdings ranging from Top Entertainer, Teen Dancer of the Year, Miss Dance America, Miss Nexstar, & more. She has also received professional training from high performing artists such as Matt Steffanina, Brian Friedman from So You Think You Can Dance, Samantha Long, Mike Minery, & more.
Alyssia received the honor of attending The Governor’s School for the Arts, an exclusive three week program for young artists in Kentucky. She also studied at Western Kentucky University with a double major in Dance & Early Childhood Education with a minor in Arts administration. She’s extremely proud of her performance achievements, but she’s even more proud to choreograph and teach her students, which she has had experience in since age 14.
Ms. Alyssia gives all the praise to the Lord for gifting her with this talent & these professional connections. She is beyond happy to be sharing her appreciation for the art form with the students at BDC!
Alyssia began her dance journey at the age of 5 & started competitively dancing shortly after. She has many national & regional title holdings ranging from Top Entertainer, Teen Dancer of the Year, Miss Dance America, Miss Nexstar, & more. She has also received professional training from high performing artists such as Matt Steffanina, Brian Friedman from So You Think You Can Dance, Samantha Long, Mike Minery, & more.
Alyssia received the honor of attending The Governor’s School for the Arts, an exclusive three week program for young artists in Kentucky. She also studied at Western Kentucky University with a double major in Dance & Early Childhood Education with a minor in Arts administration. She’s extremely proud of her performance achievements, but she’s even more proud to choreograph and teach her students, which she has had experience in since age 14.
Ms. Alyssia gives all the praise to the Lord for gifting her with this talent & these professional connections. She is beyond happy to be sharing her appreciation for the art form with the students at BDC!
Meet Miss Gracie Schlatterer, Dance Teacher
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Miss Gracie is a high energy dance instructor with experience in ballet, lyrical/contemporary, jazz and more.
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Meet Mrs. Sarah Robison, Broadway Babies Teacher
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Mrs. Sarah grew up as a dance and theater kid! She brings to the class 13 years of early childhood experience and a Bachelor’s degree in Communication Disorders from Murray State University! After Graduating in 2004 she spent two years working for Early Head start in Hickman, KY providing basic care, early education, parent guidance, and ongoing monitoring of children’s development. After leaving this position she spent the next 11 years working as an Early Intervention Teacher for TEIS (TN’s Early Intervention System). Here, she provided weekly therapy sessions for children ages 0-3 years who qualified for services due to a developmental delay, special need, or a medical diagnosis. In 2014, she took on a new role as a stay-at-home-mom when her son Oz was born. In 2017, their family grew again with daughter Ediee. The last 6 years have been spent doing lots of singing, dancing, and entertaining her children. In the spring of 2020, she taught a small creative movement dance class to children 0-3. This class was for children and their caregivers to learn, grown and explore through song, dance and movement. She loves getting to know each child and her family in her Broadway Babies class!
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