Get to know teacher Ms Haley better!
Haley Westmoreland discovered her passion for dance at the age of 12 when she began training on competitive teams at Airborne Dance and later at Dance Dimensions in her hometown of Longmont, Colorado. She has a strong foundation in tap, ballet, jazz and hip hop. Haley is a current undergrad student at Colorado State University majoring in Interdisciplinary Studies and minoring in Anthropology and Entrepreneurship/Innovation. Haley recently completing a RYT-200 yoga training in Chiang Mai, Thailand which transformed her practice and ultimately brought her back home to dance. Through her dance training and yoga practice, Haley now crafts her movement through intentionality and mindfulness.
Ms Haley teaches Tap on Tuesdays at 6:00pm, Jazz 1 on Wednesdays at 4:30pm, and Jazz 2 on Wednesdays at 5:45pm.
Here are some fun questions we asked Ms Haley to get to know her a little better:
What is your proudest accomplishment?
What is your favorite book? How about movie?
My favorite movie is Mr. Nobody. My favorite book is Dastgah: Diary of a Headtrip by Mark Mordue.
Is there a quote or saying that you live your life by?
Would you rather vacation in Alaska or Hawaii, and why?
I would rather vacation in Alaska because there is so much natural beauty and untouched land. I would also love to see the northern lights.
What are your hobbies?
If you were a superhero, what would your powers be?
What three items would you take with you on a deserted island?
If I was deserted on an island I would take my journal, my backpack and my best friend.
What is your favorite part about teaching at CCB?
My favorite part about CCB is my students! We get to learn so much from each other and grow together as dancers and people.
Anthony, born and raised in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, began his dance training at Studio Dance under Michele Burke. He attended the University of Iowa, where he received a B.F.A. in Dance Performance and Choreography. While attending university, he had the privilege to perform extensively in faculty, graduate, and undergraduate work — most notably a site-specific work at the Barnes Foundation in Philadelphia with the visually stunning Tori Lawrence & Co, as well as an evening-length work exploring energy cultures at an Anthroprocene symposium hosted by the University of Wyoming with Incite Insight Arts. Anthony danced for four years with Cedar Rapids Opera Theatre in their productions of Carmen, Don Giovanni, and others. Anthony is a 200-hour certified yoga instructor through the Yoga Alliance. For the past two years Anthony has been a performing member of NW Dance Project. At the NW Dance project he has enjoyed working with Ihsan Rustem, Danielle Agami, Cayetano Soto, Wen Wei Wang, Patrick Delcroix, and artistic director Sarah Slipper.
