Dustin ~ Dustin Stuart has been trained by today's most influential choreographers such as Mandy Moore, Scott Hislop, Bobby Newberry and Dee Caspary. His choreography has taken numerous high awards at events such as JUMP, LADF, and Co. Dance. He has performed at LA’s infamous Carnival Choreographer’s Ball as well as recently appeared in several commercials and TV shows in the Los Angeles area. Dustin also performed around the world with Norwegian Cruise lines. He currently teaches at several studios and universities both locally and nationally and is signed to DDO Artists Agency in LA.
Wendi (Studio Director)~ Wendi has been dancing since the age of seven. She was a competitive dancer for 10 years and has been teaching since the age of fifteen. Wendi is trained in hip hop, jazz, lyrical, and ballet as well as some tap and modern. She has taken classes from well-known choreographers including Misha Gabriel, Nolan Padilla, and Tabitha of Tabitha and Napoleon. Wendi graduated from Western Washington University in December 2010 with a BA in Psychology. She was a member of WWU Hip Hop dance team from 2006-2008 and was one of the captains for the 2007-2008 season. Wendi continues to take classes whenever possible in the greater Seattle area.
Amanda Sun graduated from the University of Washington in 2010, where she studied ballet, modern, jazz, swing, Chinese classical dance, and alternative movement, earning her a minor in dance. She has appeared in the Dance Majors' Convert at UW in 2009 and 2010 with four different student choreographers, including AEON and No Limit Director, Joseph Schanbeck. She was also a member and captain of the Husky Dance Team at the University of Washington for four years, performing jazz and hip hop around the Puget Sound. Prior to college, Amanda trained six years in various forms including; tap, jazz, lyrical, ballet, modern, hip hop, and character at Elizabeth's Dance Dimensions, Backstage Dance Studio, and Emily's Dance Studio. Amanda competed with Backstage Dance Studio for three years before joining her high school cheer team. She now cheers with the Renton Ravens and is a proud dancer for AEON Contemporary Dance, dancing the style she loves with a dancer/choreographer/producer she highly respects.
Angie (Owner) ~ Angela has received her dance training from Cornish, Westlake Dance Center, summer intensives at "The Edge" in California, and the University of Washington. She competed in dance for 7 years winning many overall high score awards in groups, duos and trios. As a soloist she won numerous overall high score awards and scholarship awards. Angie has been teaching for 9 years and specializes in jazz, lyrical, modern and ballet, and also has training in tap and hip hop. As a choreographer, she has won numerous choreography awards and her groups, solos, duos and trios have won many overall high score awards. Angie began directing and owning dance studios at the age of 19. She has a B.A. in Performing Arts and Economics from the University of Washington. She enjoys sharing her love of dance with her students and hopes to instill the same love for dance inside them.
Joseph (Executive Director) ~ Joseph Schanbeck has been dancing since he was 12 years old. He has trained in ballet, tap, lyrical, jazz, modern and hip hop. He was a member of the Allegro Precision Dance Company for three years and a member of the Seattle Theater Group "Dance this...Company", having performed African and modern dance for audiences at the Paramount Theater in Seattle. He has received training and merits from numerous conventions and competitions in Seattle, LA, Las Vegas and more. Joseph has also been awarded dance scholarships to study in LA, New York and Las Vegas from nationally recognized convention competitions including West Coast Dance Explosion, LA Dance Force and Co Dance. He has performed with the Alvin Ailey American Dance Theatre in their 2008 staging of Memoria and performed with renowned tap artist Savion Glover. Joseph was a member of the ARC Dance Contemporary Ballet Company under the direction of Marie Chong and performed works created by Marie Chong, Sonia Dawkins, Christy McNeil, and San Fransisco's Alex Ketley. Joseph has also performed as a duo and back-up dancer for the V.H. Production of Showcase 2K4. He is currently a Senior at the University of Washington pursuing his degree in the Fine Arts and Sciences. In the University, he has performed in the Dance Majors Concert and the Masters of Fine Arts Concert performing a solo by Louis Gervais and ensemble piece created by alumni Fransisco Gella. He has recently showcased his choreography for this year's Dance Majors Concert and UofW DSA Concert. Joseph is currently the recipient of the Evelyn H. Green Endowed Scholarship for artistic promise at the University and aspires to become a recognized dance instructor and choreographer.
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Hosanna Tolman began her dance training at the North Star Ballet School in Fairbanks, Alaska where she studied for sixteen years. After graduating high school in 2007 she was employed by North Star Ballet as a guest artist for their winter season. After taking some time away from dance Hosanna joined AEON in February of 2011 and is still dancing with them. Currently Hosanna is going to school full-time through Distance Education at the University of Alaska Fairbanks, working towards a Linguistics Degree with a Minor in Japanese.
