2016 Let's Dance!

Special supplement 

to the Aug. 7, 2016 

Sunday Gazette-Mail 

In her 

FOOTSTEPS... 

A Cross Lanes dancer has 

teamed up with her mother 

to teach ballet and other 

classes in Charleston. 

See page 4 

Rachel Arcadipane 

and her mother, 

Tamara Buel 

Brynn Swain, 

with the River 

City Youth Ballet 

Ensemble 

(see inside) 

More 

area 

dance 

stories 

and 

news 

inside! 

Fall Semester Begins September 6, 2016 

School of the Charleston Ballet 

American Academy Ballet 

Kim R. Pauley, Artistic Director 

100 Capitol Street • Charleston, WV 25301 

304-342-6541 

www.thecharlestonballet.com • info@thecharlestonballet.com 

Exemplary Training, Personal Touch 

Classes for both Professional and Recreational Students 

Master Class • Performance Opportunities 

Limited Enrollment • No Audition Necessary 

Call Now to Register! 

Creative Movement 

(4-5 years) 

Ballet Classes 

(6 years - professional) 

Adult Beginner Ballet Class 

Pilates 

(beginner through advanced) 

Wizard of Oz and Nutcracker Auditions Aug. 18 (with WV Symphony) 

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FOOTMAD’s 2016-17 old-time dance season line-up 

FOOTMAD (Friends of Old 

Time Music and Dance) kicks 

off a new season of old-time 

dancing at 7 p.m. Saturday, 

Sept. 10 at the Columbia 

Pipeline Group Auditorium in 

Charleston, with music by the 

Gypsy Stars of Charleston and 

calling by Phoebe Williams of 

Blacksburg, Virginia. 

Accompanied by live music, 

dances are held from 7 to 10 

p.m. on the second Saturday of 

the month September through 

June at the Columbia Pipeline 

Group Auditorium, 1700 Mac- 

Corkle Ave., S.E., Charleston. 

A $5 minimum donation is 

requested. Those under age 13 

and Americorps/VISTA members 

are admitted free. 

Interspersed with the contra 

dances will be waltzes, squares 

and mixers. Contra dancing is a 

form of dance similar to square 

dancing that allows greater 

participation. 

Soft-soled shoes and comfortable 

clothing are recommended. 

All ages are welcome, and dancers 

are welcome to come solo, 

as a couple or with the entire 

family and friends. 

Additionally, each dance is 

taught before the music begins, 

with beginner workshops starting 

at 6:45 p.m. 

The music is provided by 

bands from West Virginia and 

surrounding states, mixing 

traditional Appalachian tunes 

with Irish jigs and reels, usually 

played on stringed instruments 

with the occasional piano or 

drum. Dancers are given an 

introduction to each dance by 

the caller. Do-si-do, right and 

left through and swing your 

partner are the kinds of moves 

that contra and square dancing 

have in common. 

Contra dancing is informal 

and doesn’t require learning 

complex steps. In fact, it’s often 

said, “If you can walk, you can 

contra dance.” Contra dancers 

are a welcoming group with 

similar events taking place in 

many college towns and cities 

across the United States and 

beyond. 

FOOTMAD volunteers provide 

snacks and cold water and are 

always ready to welcome new 

dancers. 

The dates, callers and bands 

for FOOTMAD’s 2016-17 season 

include: 

• Sept 10, Phoebe Williams, 

The Gypsy Stars 

• Oct. 8, caller TBA, Boys of 

the Hock 

• Nov. 12, Jan Fleming, Cathy 

Grant and Fiddler’s Galore 

• Dec. 10, George Segebade, 

Zeke’s Fancy 

• Jan. 14, David Mould, 

Kanawha Tradition 

• Feb. 11, Steve Ballman, The 

Wild Hares 

• March 11, Clinton Ross, 

Rachel Eddy and Friends 

• April 8, Joyce Rossbach, The 

Stuff 

• May 13, Ken Gall, Entwyned 

• June 10, Cindy Harris, The 

Allegheny Hellbenders. 

FOOTMAD is a nonprofit 

organization committed to 

presenting the world’s best in 

traditional music and dance. For 

more information, visit www. 

footmad.org, call 304-729-4382 

or email kvfootmad@gmail.com. 

AREA DANCE OPPORTUNITIES 

Friday Night Jams 

Featuring live, local entertainment 

to listen and dance to, Friday 

Night Jam sessions happen 

weekly, from 7 to 10 p.m. each 

Friday, at the Elk River Community 

and Education Center on 

Main Street in Elkview. 

Scheduled musical artists 

for the remainder of August 

include: 

• Aug. 12: Country Fried - 

Stephanie Spinks 

• Aug. 19: Country Swingers - 

Becky & Kenny 

• Aug. 26: Highway 440 - Joe 

Hall 

For more information, call the 

center at 304-965-3722. 

Singles’ Luau Dance 

The SpeakEasy Singles social 

group will host a Luau Dance 

from 8 to 11 p.m. Saturday, 

Aug. 20 in the FOP Police Lodge 

Ballroom, 4284 Woodrum Lane, 

Charleston. 

Admission is $10, which 

includes finger foods. Beverages 

can be purchased for $1; no 

alcohol is allowed. 

For more information, contact 

Michele at 304-807-6285 or visit 

www.speakeasysingles.com. 

Hula Classes 

Samadhi Tribal Fusion Belly 

Dance has added Hawaiian hula 

to its class offerings this fall. 

The next session of classes 

will begin on Sept. 7. Wednesday 

evening classes with Amira 

are as follows: Hawaiian Hula 

at 6:10 p.m., Belly Dance 

Choreography at 7:10 p.m. and 

Performance Troupe Show Prep 

Practice at 8:10 p.m. 

Each four-week session costs 

$40. 

Classes will be taught at Samadhi’s 

studio at 342 MacCorkle 

Ave., S.W., near the Mound in 

South Charleston. 

Advance registration is required, 

as class size is limited. 

Students must be 21 years old 

or older. 

For more information on 

classes or performances, contact 

Amira at 304-552-4168 or 

visit www.wvbellydance.com 

Saturday Marmet Dances 

Enhanced by live music by 

local bands, dances are held 

most Saturdays from 7 until 10 

p.m. at the George S. Buckley 

Recreation Center, 8505 Mac- 

Corkle Ave., Marmet. 

The dances are family friendly, 

with no alcohol or smoking 

permitted. Concessions are 

available. 

For additional information, 

contact Barry Pauley at 304- 

949-9692. 

Line Dance Classes 

Line dance classes and open 

dancing take place every Tuesday 

and Thursday from 6:30 

to 9 p.m. at the Jefferson Fire 

Department. 

Admission is $5 nightly. 

Classes are tailored for beginning 

to experienced dancers. 

For more information, call 

304-545-6377 or 304-550-7144. 

Bluegrass Jamboree 

The John Henson Senior 

Center, 2800 Putnam Ave. in 

Hurricane, hosts a Bluegrass 

Jamboree from 7 to 9 p.m. on 

the third Saturday of every 

month. 

Admission is free. 


304-562-3297. 

West Coast Swing 

West Coast Swing dances for 

beginners are held Mondays at 

Timothy’s at the Quarrier Diner 

on Quarrier Street in Charleston. 

Admission is $5. 

For times, directions and 

more information, contact 

Shantel at 304-410-6357. 

Line Dancing 

Line dancing is offered from 

7 to 10 p.m. Fridays at Ray’s 

Dance Studio, 211 35th St., 

S.E., Kanawha City (off the 

35th Street Bridge, next door to 

Trivillian’s Pharmacy). 

Chuck Swager is the DJ. 

Admission is $7. 

RIVER CITY SCHOOL OF DANCE 

Planting Seeds 

Now For Fall 

CLOG to audition for ‘Jesus Christ Superstar’ 

The Charleston Light Opera 

Guild will audition for roles 

for “Jesus Christ Superstar” in 

early September. 

The musical will be presented 

at the Charleston Civic Center 

Little Theater on Nov. 4, 5, 11, 

12, 18 and 19 at 7:30 p.m. and 

Nov. 13 at 2 p.m. 

Auditions for singers will 

begin at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, 

Sept. 6 and Wednesday, Sept. 7 

at the CLOG headquarters, 411 

Tennessee Ave., Charleston. 

Those auditioning should bring 

prepared music, preferably 

from the show. An accompanist 

will be provided. 

Auditions for dancers will 

start at 7:30 p.m. Thursday, 

Sept. 8, also at the CLOG’s 

West Side theater at the corner 

of Tennesse Avenue and 

Roane Street. Those auditioning 

should dress to dance. Combinations 

will be taught in ballet, 

modern and musical theater 

styles. 

Rehearsals will commence 

immediately following casting. 

For further information, visit 

www.charlestonlightoperaguild. 

org or call 304-342-9312. 

REGISTRATION & OPEN HOUSE 

August 2, 4, 9 and 11 4:30-6:00 p.m. 

Open House Saturday, August 6 from 12-2 

For more information call 304.925.3262 or visit rcyb.org 

4110 MacCorkle Ave SE (Kanawha City)

August 7, 2016 

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CHARLESTON 

BALLET 

‘bewitched’ for 

new season 

“The Wizard of Oz” will be the 

Charleston Ballet’s opening 

ballet of the 2016-17 season. 

Opening set 

for Oct. 21-22 

Four young swans dance in the Charleston Ballet’s production of “Swan Lake.” Courtesy photos 

THE Charleston 

Ballet is “off to 

see the wizard” 

this fall -- and 

the company invites 

everyone to join them on 

the musical Yellow Brick 

Road. 

“Bewitched: A Spellbound 

Season” is the Charleston Ballet’s 

brand new offering for the 

2016-17 season. 

The opening fall season 

performances of “The Wizard 

of Oz” ballet will take place 

at 7:30 p.m. Oct. 21 and 22 at 

the Charleston Civic Center, 

as part of FestivALL Fall. The 

Charleston Ballet company will 

be joined on stage by guest 

dancers from Columbia Classical 

Ballet to create this family 

favorite based on the L. Frank 

Baum books and movies. 

At Halloween time, a bold, 

edgy event for the young adult 

audience, “Breaking Boundaries 

with Dance,” will premiere 

at 10 p.m. Oct. 29 at the 

Charleston Ballet’s downtown 

Charleston studios. 

“Join the Charleston Ballet, 

accompanied by the BEO 

String Quartet from Pittsburgh, 

for this experimental, 

Halloween-themed evening. 

Dress up in costume, see 

our 10 p.m. in-house studio 

show and then -- who knows 

where the evening goes?” said 

Charleston Ballet Artistic Director 

Kim R. Pauley. 

Come December, the 

Charleston Ballet will again 

present the holiday masterpiece 

“The Nutcracker” with 

the West Virginia Symphony 

Orchestra at the Clay Center 

for the Arts and Sciences in 

Charleston. Public performances 

are scheduled for 7:30 

p.m. Dec. 9 and 2 and 7:30 

p.m. Dec. 10. 

“This seasonal ballet is a 

family tradition for many West 

Virginians. Our lavish production 

includes more than 170 

performers and is the only 

local performance with live 

music,” Pauley said. 

Tickets for “The Nutcracker” 

are available through the Clay 

Center box office. 

The Charleston Ballet’s fulllength 

spring performance 

will be “Swan Lake.” It will be 

performed at 7:30 p.m. Friday, 

Feb. 17 and 2 p.m. on Saturday, 

Feb. 18 at the Clay Center. 

“This ballet is undoubtedly 

the most popular of the dramatic 

classical works. Only 

a declaration of true love 

from Prince Siegfried will 

save Odette from the sorcerer 

Von Rothbart’s evil spell. 

Performed to Tchaikovsky’s 

beautiful score, this enduring 

love story will wrap you up in 

its wings,” Pauley said. 

For tickets and information 

about the company, upcoming 

season performances or 

classes at its school, contact 

the Charleston Ballet at 304- 

342-6541, online at info@ 

thecharlestonballet.com or 

tickets@thecharlestonballet. 

com or visit the website, www. 

thecharlestonballet.com


Cross Lanes dancer 

follows in mother’s 

‘Royal’ footsteps 

Both members of 

prestigious Royal 

Academy of Dance 

By Clint Thomas 

cthomas@cnpapers.com 

304-348-1232 

IN THE DANCE studio, 

“Like mother, like daughter” 

is an apt phrase 

to describe instructors 

Tamara Buel and Rachel 

Arcadipane. 

The mother (Buel) and daughter 

(Arcadipane) live just a few 

doors apart in Cross Lanes, but, 

as dancers, their history is quite 

the illustrious pas de deux. 

Mother/daughter journey 

Buel founded Tamara’s Dance 

Academy in 2003, which operated 

at Perrow Presbyterian 

Church in Cross Lanes until 

closing last year. 

She has been designated a 

Royal Academy of Dance certified 

instructor. The London, England-based 

Royal Academy of 

Dance was founded in 1920 and 

is the largest governing body of 

dance in the world. The RAD 

maintains global standards for 

examinations in classical ballet, 

teacher training and Continuing 

Professional Development 

for dance, boasting more than 

14,000 members in nearly 80 

countries. 

Arcadipane is also a member 

of the elite RAD. Like her mother, 

she passed several vocational 

examinations to qualify. She 

then undertook a two-year study 

course to attain her RAD teaching 

bona fides. 

Early on, her mother observed 

her daughter’s exceptional performing 

potential. 

“Rachel was a special blessing 

in her classes,” Buel recalled. 

“She was musical, physically 

strong and learned quickly.” 

Arcadipane studied regularly 

with her mother and she 

developed her dancing abilities 

further with other qualified RAD 

teachers, including the same 

woman who taught Buel. 

Arcadipane also served as an 

assistant during recitals and 

earned multiple performance 

awards with the American Academy 

of Ballet in New York City. 

“We traveled together as 

mother and daughter to many 

summer school workshops,” 

Buel said. Arcadipane earned 

eight gold medals with distinction 

from the American Academy 

of Ballet, along with hundreds 

of other student entries 

under Buel’s instruction. 

Arcadipane studied at the 

Royal Academy of Dance summer 

intensive 

in Baltimore 

in 2005 

and at Ben 

Stevenson’s 

Texas Ballet 

Theatre’s 

summer 

intensive the 

following 

year. Others 

she has 

trained with 

include the 

late Peggie 

Wallis of 

Bentonville, 

“Growing up, she 

was my instructor, 

and now she’s my 

mentor; but, most 

of all, we’re best 

friends.” 

Arkansas; and Philip Pegler, a 

member of the Board of Vocational 

Examiners of the Royal 

Academy of Dance. 

In recent years, Arcadipane 

has continued to compile a 

substantial curriculum vitae. 

In June 2012, she completed a 

teacher’s course at the Atlanta 

Ballet given by the RAD, 

introducing the new Children’s 

Examination Syllabus. During 

2013, she became a certified 

Pilates instructor. In 2014, she 

graduated Magna Cum Laude 

from Marshall University with a 

bachelor’s degree in Sociology, 

with a minor in Dance. 

While Arcadipane was a 

freshman at Marshall, she 

enrolled at 4th Avenue Arts 

in Huntington and became an 

instructor there afterward. 

“I learned quite a bit about 

teaching dance and a lot about 

other dance styles. I’m grateful 

about my time at 4th Avenue 

Arts,” Arcadipane said. 

Classes at January’s 

Arcadipane and Buel share 

their extensive dance prowess 

with students at the Academy of 

Arts at January’s in Charleston. 

Buel has taught classes intermittently 

at the Academy for 

approximately 18 years. Arcadipane 

started teaching classes at 

the Academy in fall 2012, and 

she will direct the Aug. 20 Princess 

for a Day Tea Party and 

Dance Class for children ages 

3 to 9 at the Tennessee Avenue 

facility. 

Arcadipane explained that 

the Princess for a Day Tea Party 

will be a condensed, one-day 

version of the weeklong Princess 

Camps 

that she led 

in June at the 

Academy’s 

Teays Valley 

location and 

last month at 

the Charleston 

site. 

“There’ll be a 

princess dance 

lesson,” she 

said, “and we’ll 

play games and 

have a princess 

dance party.” 

The mother 

and daughter will also teach 

classical ballet and other classes 

at the Academy of Arts at January’s 

this fall. 

Arcadipane said that she and 

her mother have known Academy 

owner and founder January 

Johnson Wolfe since the mid- 

1990s and they relish their longtime 

affiliation with her personally 

as well as professionally. 

“I’ll be doing children’s creative 

movement, ballet and tap 

classes,” Arcadipane said of her 

fall classes at the Academy. 

She said she still consults her 

mother for advice as a teacher. 

“My mother is my number 

one mentor,” she said. “If I have 

any teaching concerns or want 

a way to improve my classes 

or my teaching style, I go to 

my mom first. She always has 

an answer on a way for me to 

improve. 

“Our teaching styles coordinate 

quite a bit. When students 

go from her class to my class, 

there’s very little adjustment,” 

she added. 

“Growing up, she was my 

instructor, and now she’s my 

mentor, but, most of all, we’re 

best friends,” Arcadipane said. 

— Rachel Arcadipane 

Photo by ROBERT SAUNDERS 

Cross Lanes mother and daughter Tamara Buel (left) and Rachel 

Arcadipane are both instructors certified by the Royal Academy 

of Dance. They will teach classical ballet and other dance classes 

this fall at the Academy of Arts at January’s on Charleston’s 

West Side. (Cover photo by Robert Saunders)


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Hip-hop classes, princess camp among Academy 

of Arts at January’s forthcoming footwork fare 



304-348-1232 

The Academy of Arts at 

January’s will offer a variety of 

dance- and other arts-related 

activities, including numerous 

classes for virtually all ages, in 

coming weeks and months at 

its Charleston and Hurricane 

locations. 

Below is an overview of some 

of the programs on tap and now 

enrolling: 

Princess Tea Party 

The Academy of Arts at January’s 

will host a Princess for a Day Tea 

Party and Dance Class from 1 to 

3 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 20. 

“The children come dressed 

as their favorite princess,” explained 

January Johnson Wolfe, 

the Academy’s founder and 

director. “We have tables set for 

tea and cookies, and then we 

have a princess-themed dance 

class. The children are divided 

into two groups: ages 3 to 5 and 

ages 6 to 8.” 

The cost is $40 per child. 

Rachel Arcadipane, the 

daughter of Academy instructor 

Tamara Buel, will lead the 

princess party. 

Charleston native Curtis Johnson 

will teach hip-hop classes 

this fall at the Academy of Arts 

at January’s. Courtesy photos 

Hip-Hop Classes 

Capital High School and Ohio 

University graduate Curtis 

Johnson will lead hip-hop classes 

on Thursdays this fall at the 

Tennessee Avenue studios. 

Johnson, who works at the 

West Virginia Dance Company 

in Beckley, will teach hiphop 

moves in classes catering 

expressly to children in grades 

three through five (Hip-Hop 2) 

and grades six through 12 (Hip- 

Hop 3). He will also conduct 

advanced hip-hop classes and 

an intermediate/advanced contemporary 

class. 

“This will be my first time 

teaching at January’s,” Johnson, 

24, said. “I started dancing at Capital 

High School my sophomore 

year -- jazz, modern, hip-hop -- 

and I was in the show choir.” 

The Charleston native said he 

also studied dance locally with 

the River City Youth Ballet and 

Charleston Ballet. 

He will also teach classes at 

the Academy’s Jazz Intensive 

later this month (see below). 

“I have a bit of range teaching 

different age groups. When I 

was in college, I did some teaching 

with a fellow dance major. 

I’m really excited to keep breaking 

out and teach more and 

more. I’m able to teach modern, 

jazz, hip-hop, contemporary 

and ballet,” Johnson said. 

Jazz Intensive 

Wolfe has recruited Johnson 

and other multi-talented guest 

faculty members to conduct the 

Academy’s Jazz Intensive later 

this month. 

Open to all area dancers who 

are rated upper intermediate to 

advanced in their age levels, the 

Jazz Intensive will take place from 

5 until 8:30 p.m. Monday, Aug. 22 

through Thursday, Aug. 25. 

The cost of the four-day workshop 

is $250 per dancer. 

The Jazz Intensive will be 

offered for three age levels: 

grades two through five, grades 

six through nine and high 

school/college. 

Jazz Intensive instructors will 

include Jamal Story from New 

York, a guest dancer at the West 

Virginia Dance Festival this past 

spring, who will work with the 

older enrollees. 

A scene from last spring’s Culture 

Center stage performance 

of “Second Sara.” The production 

will be staged again next 

year. 

“He is one of the most amazing 

dancers I have ever seen,” 

Wolfe said. “He made me cry! 

He was spectacular. He just 

blew the audience away. Anyone 

who loves jazz or modern 

[dance] and can get to Charleston 

for even one day of our 

Intensive should come just to 

work with him. 

“The rest of the faculty is also 

pretty spectacular: Haven Cottle 

from Huntington, General Hambrick 

from West Virginia University, 

Donald Laney from the 

West Virginia Dance Company, 

Curtis Johnson from Ohio University 

and Tabby Moore from 

Capital High School,” she said. 

‘Second Sara’ 

As well as teaching dance, 

Wolfe writes children’s books. 

Her latest work, “Second Sara,” 

illustrated by Jeff Pierson, was 

accepted recently into the merchandise 

selection at Tamarack 

in Raleigh County. 

Wolfe also has adapted “Second 

Sara” into a stage production, 

which was performed six 

times at the Culture Center 

earlier this year, attracting more 

than 4,000 audience members 

over its run. 

The stage version of “Second 

Sara” will be reprised next 

spring, with auditions scheduled 

for November. Roles for 

approximately 95 dancers, ages 

7 to adult, will be available. 

Additionally, the Academy’s 

2017 Spring Recital is slated for 

Saturday, May 6 at the Charleston 

Municipal Auditorium. 

Hurricane students will perform 

at 2 p.m. Charleston students 

will perform at 6:30 p.m. 

Belly Dance Classes 

Belly dance classes, led by 

Susan Hughart, of Ripley, will 

again be offered this fall for 

adults at the Charleston location. 

See the article about the 

classes elsewhere in this special 

edition for more details. 

Adult tap and ballet classes 

are also offered weekly at the 

Academy. 

Wine-Down Wednesdays 

In October and November, the 

Academy of Arts at January’s 

will host Wine-Down Wednesdays 

at the Teays Valley location. 

Working in conjunction with 

the St. Albans-based Alban Arts 

Center, the informal, weekly 

series will include wine tasting, 

play script reading (the 

October selection is “Steel 

Magnolias”) and a different arts 

class, such as yoga and Pilates, 

each Wednesday, presented in 

a laidback, low-key, candle-lit 

environment. 

The Wine-Down Wednesdays 

will cost $120 per four-week/ 

monthly session. Contact the 

Teays Valley studios at 304-300- 

0058 for further details. 

The Academy of Arts at January’s 

is located at 615 Tennessee 

Ave. on Charleston’s West 

Side and at 202 Chase Park in 

Hurricane. 

Classes for ages 2 and older 

are available in disciplines 

such as creative movement (for 

2-year-olds), ballet, tap, jazz, 

hip-hop, pointe and contemporary, 

among others. 

The Academy also conducts 

free Pop Up Playdates periodically 

at Kanawha and Putnam 

county parks. The Playdates are 

announced on the Academy’s 

Facebook page. 

Jeff Pierson leads Doodle art 

classes in Charleston, for all 

ages, as well. 

For class schedules, online 

registration fees and forms 

and more information, visit 

www.januarysacademy.com, 

send email correspondence to 

januarys@suddenlink.net or 

call 304-345-5141. The Academy 

also maintains social media 

presence on Twitter, Instagram 

and YouTube, as well as the 

aforementioned Facebook page.


RCYBE dancer Ukiah 

Cordell. Courtesy photo 

by Chad Carpenter 

Emma Leary 

Courtesy photo by 

Mike Winland 

Lillian Maxwell 

Courtesy photo 

by Mike Winland 

River City Youth Ballet Ensemble 

preparing for new instructional season 

Fall classes begin 

Aug. 20; open house 

Saturday 



304-348-1232 

FOUNDED 21 years 

ago and recognized 

by the Legislature as 

West Virginia’s official 

youth ballet, the River 

City Youth Ballet Ensemble is 

readying for another season 

of developing young dancers, 

nurturing their creative spirits 

along the way. 

Classes for the 2016-2017 season 

will get underway from 10 

a.m. to 12:30 p.m. on Saturday, 

Aug. 20. 

Open registration will be held 

on Tuesday, Aug. 9, between 

4:30 and 6 p.m. and again from 

4:30 to 6 p.m. Thursday, Aug. 11 

at the RCYBE’s Kanawha City 

studios. 

On Saturday, Aug. 13, an open 

house for prospective students 

and their parents/guardians will 

be held at the MacCorkle Avenue 

studios, as well, from noon 

until 2 p.m. 

“We’ll have ballet classes, of 

course,” RCYBE Founder and 

Director Michelle Raider said of 

the fall schedule. “We’ll also be 

offering contemporary, hip-hop, 

jazz and tap.” 

Classes are for children ages 

3 and older, she added. 

A frequent guest artist and 

instructor at the RCYBE will be 

making a personal appearance 

in Charleston next Saturday, 

Michelle Raider 

too, Raider said. 

Nina Danilova, a former 

dancer with the Kirov company 

and a current faculty member at 

the North Carolina University 

of the Arts in Winston-Salem, 

N.C., will present a lecture 

and book signing from 6 to 

7:30 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 13, at 

Taylor Books, 226 Capitol St. in 

Charleston. 

“She has a new book, published 

through Oxford University 

Press, called ‘Eight Female 

Kelly’s 

Of 

Cross Lanes, WV 

(304)776-8065 

Classical Ballet Variations.’ She 

comes in and guest teaches for 

me quite a bit,” Raider said. 

Raider also wrote a review of 

“Eight Female Classical Ballet 

Variations,” featured on the 

book’s back cover. 

RCYBE students will perform 

publicly in coming months, 

including dancing at the Mound 

Festival in Charleston and staging 

a winter show in December. 

In the spring, Raider said, 

the students will collaborate 

again with the West Virginia 

Youth Symphony and Appalachian 

Children’s Chorus at the 

Charleston Civic Center Little 

Theater. Raider said the program 

will be based on either 

“Hansel and Gretel” or “Snow 

White.” 

Additionally, she and other 

RCYBE instructors intend to 

continue their outreach dance 

training for youths in the Clendenin 

area. 

“We’ve been doing the outreach 

classes for the last five 

years in Clendenin,” Raider 

said. “This year, we got a grant 

from the Greater Kanawha 

Valley Foundation and the West 

Open House 

Sunday 

August 21st 

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Virginia Youth Symphony Orchestra 

will be joining us to give 

strings lessons in Clendenin. 

“With the [June] flooding, 

we’re still looking for a facility. 

Part of where we were is 

OK,” she said. She added that, 

in recent years, students from 

Clay County, which was also 

severely affected by the June 

23 floods, have been joining 

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Information about the River 

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Arts in Action 

education 

expands to 

students with 

special needs 

Superstars program 

launches this fall 

A 

HEART and 

passion for 

children of 

all ages and 

abilities has led Joni 

Cantrell, founder and 

director of Putnam 

County’s Arts in Action, 

to pursue certification 

to teach dance, drama 

and music to all children 

ages 6 and up, including 

those with physical 

disabilities. 

Her new Superstars program 

will begin this fall and will 

facilitate arts education for kids 

with intellectual and developmental 

disabilities as well as 

those with physical limitations. 

The program will be designed 

to also foster social interaction 

and assist with fine and gross 

motor skills. 

Superstars will be a place 

where a child’s individual ability 

-- rather than their disability 

-- will be the focus. Opportunities 

will be created for each 

child to excel according to his 

or her personal skills. Superstars 

classes will be places 

where it will not only be OK to 

be yourself, but where it will 

be celebrated. By featuring 

and focusing on each child’s 

strengths, the program will allow 

each Superstar participant 

to gain confidence and shine 

based on his or her unique gifts 

and talents. 

While many children with disabilities 

deal with isolation and 

loneliness which often results 

from feeling different, Superstars 

will give kids a safe place 

to be different and to express 

their emotions and thoughts 

through the arts. Those with 

Miracle Dancers perform for the Children’s Miracle Network. Courtesy photo 

speech and language challenges 

who struggle to verbally express 

themselves will have the 

opportunity to do so through 

the arts. In this way, the program 

is designed to be an outlet 

for children who are often frustrated 

about their inability to 

share what is on their minds. 

According to documented 

studies by “Americans for the 

Arts,” art benefits cognitive 

and physical development, 

strengthens problem-solving 

and critical-thinking skills, 

develops a sense of goal-setting 

and nurtures social skills that 

are critical inside and outside 

the classroom. Self-expression 

is critical for all people as they 

mature, but it is crucial for kids 

with special needs. Artistic 

activities directly exercise and 

strengthen the cognitive and 

physical skills that generally 

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challenge special needs children, 

such as oral, tactile, visual, 

sensory and motor skills. 

“We are so excited to offer 

our classes for all kids, regardless 

of any challenge they face. 

We look forward to using creativity 

to unlock the development 

of children with special 

needs,” Cantrell said. “If we 

can be an outlet for some of 

the isolation and frustration 

kids with disabilities face, and 

if we can provide a place for 

them to shine and gain pride 

in who they are and what they 

can do, we will have accomplished 

so much.” 

Through dance movement, 

kids with disabilities will 

gain body awareness. As they 

move, they will become more 

aware of the space around 

them. They will learn movement 

patterns which will 

strengthen their cognitive and 

gross and fine motor skills. 

Also, through dance, children 

will be able to explore different 

ways of moving, stretching 

them to challenge their own 

physical limitations. 

Another way dance activities 

for special needs children 

help is through promoting 

Through dance movement, kids with 

disabilities will gain body awareness. 

As they move, they will become more 

aware of the space around them. 

social interaction. Many of 

these classes are groups, and 

children will be placed with 

their peers who also live with 

physical challenges. In that 

regard, dance will become a 

group-building and trust-building 

experience for them. 

While a person’s disability 

could lead to feelings of exclusion 

in integrated settings, 

through the shared experience 

of dance, students will learn 

to work with and encourage 

others who also deal with daily 

challenges. All will be done 

in a positive and encouraging 

peer environment which will 

strengthen the bonds of friendship 

and provide motivation 

for each individual to excel. 

“The Superstars program 

will allow children to grow beyond 

where they have as individuals 

as they grow together 

as a group,” Cantrell added. 

In addition to the positive 

peer experience, the opportunity 

to stretch themselves as 

individuals and the outlet for 

personal expression, children 

who engage in the arts find 

a way to be not only stimulated 

but relaxed and calmed 

through their participation, 

which will help reduce the 

anxiety many special needs 

kids internalize. 

“We can’t wait to work with 

these Superstars in the making 

through this exciting and 

cutting-edge arts program,” 

Cantrell remarked. 

Arts in Action is a 501(c)(3) 

nonprofit organization offering 

classes in dance, music and 

visual arts. Need-based financial 

aid is available for those 

who qualify. Registration for 

the fall 2016-2017 programs is 

now open. Visit the www.artsinactionwv.org 

website or the Arts 

in Action WV Facebook page to 

learn more about Arts in Action. 

For more information or to 

register, call 304-419-1193 or 

email joni@artsinactionwv.org. 

— Submitted by Joni Cantrell 

Art In Motion Dance Academy 

Formerly Performing Arts Conservatory 

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Classes 

Offered in: 

Pointe, Ballet, Jazz, 

Hi-Hop, Tap, Musical 

Theater, Modern, 

Adult Classes, 

Creative Movement, 

Creative Drama, and 

Mom & Me 

Private & Small Group 

Classes available upon 

request: 

Ballroom & 

Line Dancing 

For more info. 

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9G 

A FAMILY EXPERIENCE 

Third generation ready to take reins at Kelle Boggs Dance Studio 

By Butch Cooper 

bcooper@cnpapers.com 

304-348-4806 

Family has played an important 

role in the growth and 

success of the Kelle Boggs 

Dance Studio since its founding 

37 years ago. 

The Winfield studio’s late 

namesake opened shop in 1979. 

Her daughter, Deana Boggs-Mc- 

Neil, took over the reins more 

than a decade ago after helping 

her mother teach at the studio 

since she was only in junior 

high school. 

Now, a third generation is 

stepping out onto the floor to 

take the studio well into the 

21st century. 

Deana’s youngest daughter, 

Cheyenne, is expected to take 

the helm of the studio in the 

future. Meanwhile, her eldest 

daughter, Ashton, helps with 

public relations, promoting the 

studio on social media. 

“It’s enjoyable having the girls 

working with me now,” Deana 

said. 

Both girls grew up in the 

studio and began dancing when 

they were 2. 

“They were raised into it,” 

their mother explained. 

In addition, Deana’s father, 

Bob, handles the accounting 

books, and her husband, Eddie, 

helps transport props to various 

shows, while her brother, 

Shawn, announces at the local 

events. 

“I keep them busy,” Deana 

said. “(The girls) are doing their 

homework and they’re also 

helping me. Business is 24/7. 

You’re never home. We love it.” 

Ashton is expected to receive 

her nursing degree at Marshall 

Kelle Boggs Dance Studio owner Deana Boggs-McNeil, center, 

with her daughters Cheyenne, left, and Ashton. Cheyenne is expected 

to take over the reins of the company in the future, while 

Ashton, who will earn her nursing degree in May, handles the 

studio’s public relations. Courtesy photo 

University in May and is considering 

a further education in law. 

Cheyenne was also a nursing 

student at Marshall, but it didn’t 

take hold, as her interests were 

elsewhere. 

“She was in nursing school 

and she hated it,” Deana explained. 

“I tried to say, ‘Hey, lets 

try something different,’ but I 

could not take that passion of 

dance out of her.” 

“I was not having it,” Cheyenne 

added. 

So, Cheyenne transferred 

to West Virginia University to 

study dance with a minor in 

psychology, and she hopes to 

obtain a master’s degree in 

Business to help her run the 

studio. 

In addition, she is now studying 

at the prestigious Joffrey 

Ballet School in New York for 

the next three weeks. 

“It’s going to be great for the 

business. I’ll be able to bring 

back what I learned.” 

She’ll also be studying hiphop 

dance with world-renowned 

choreographer Matt Steffanina. 

“It’s a very big deal,” Cheyenne 

said. “I’m very exciting 

about that.” 

Kelle Boggs Dance Studio has 

grown over the years. 

“When my mom started the 

business, she had 30 students,” 

Deana said. 

Thanks to the growing interest 

in dance through reality 

shows and such, they now have 

more than 250 students studying 

everything from ballet to 

hip hop to jazz and more. They 

travel to Winfield from Elkview 

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Wuletich opens 

new dance studio 

Longtime instructor takes over location on Virginia Street 

Mary Wuletich has been a 

fixture in the Charleston dance 

community for more than 40 

years. 

Wherever she has taught, she 

has moved from one location 

to the next. However, she has 

never strayed far away from her 

first studio, which she opened 

on Quarrier Street in 1975. 

Now, she calls 818 Virginia 

St., E. (the former site of the 

Charleston Ballet), in the Masonic 

Temple Building, her new 

home. 

Along with a new home 

comes a new name: Art in Motion 

Academy. 

Remaining in the downtown 

area was an important factor for 

Wuletich when seeking a new 

home for her studio. 

“My (dance) parents are use 

to the downtown area,” she explained. 

“What I like about it is 

the parking is better than what 

we had. That’ll be much easier 

for my parents.” 

The studio will teach ballet, 

tap, jazz, hip-hop, modern and 

creative movement. They also 

plan on having a creative drama 

class for the theater. 

In her 40-plus years, she has 

taught multiple generations of 

students from the same families. 

“We’ve had a lot of generational 

situations, which is nice,” 

she said. 

Her daughter, Margaret, is 

now helping her with the studio. 

Margaret will graduate from 

West Virginia University this 

spring. 

“She co-owns the studio with 

me and also helps with the business 

end of it,” Wuletich stated. 

“She’s excited about helping 

me.” 

Wuletich is a retired counselor 

from Kanawha County 

Schools, and also a part-time 

therapist at Highland Health 

Center. In the future, she hopes 

to take that therapy to a new 

level by incorporating it on the 

dance floor. 

“I’m working in getting my 

certification in dance therapy,” 

she said, noting that it 

would combine her dancing 

Photo by BUTCH COOPER 

A fixture in the Charleston dance community, Mary Wuletich is 

opening a new studio at 818 Virginia St., E., in the Masonic Temple 

Building in Charleston. 

background and knowledge 

along with the fact that she’s a 

licensed professional counselor. 

Art in Motion will start classes 

Aug. 15. They will hold open 

houses for new and returning 

students on Tuesday from 5:30 

to 8 p.m. and on Aug. 14 from 1 

to 4 p.m. 


Mary Wuletich at 304-541-1584. 

You can also check out their 

new website at www.ArtIn- 

MotionAcademy.com or email 

them at ArtInMotionAcademy@ 

gmail.com 

JAMS student receives full 

scholarship to study in NYC 

A Charleston mother writes 

about her experiences in the 

Big Apple 

By Eugenie Taylor 

My husband and I have three 

children: twin 13-year-old 

daughters, Sida and Sophie, 

and an 11-year-old son, Charlie. 

All are students at John 

Adams Middle School. 

Like most parents, we describe 

our children as all very 

different. We are fortunate 

that one of our daughters has 

danced since she was 3 and 

remains committed to the art 

of dance, practicing around 15 

hours per week. 

Her home away from home 

is the Academy of Arts at 

January’s, where she was just 

recently promoted to Company. 

Sida has received excellent 

training in many disciplines of 

dance: ballet, pointe, contemporary, 

jazz, modern, tap, hiphop 

and more. 

The director, January Johnson 

Wolfe, has incredible contacts 

across the dance world, 

and she brings in excellent 

instructors for the Summer 

Dance intensives. It was 

during this week last summer 

when one of the instructors, 

Melanie Person, director of 

Ailey School, recognized Sida 

and awarded her a full scholarship 

to study with the Alvin 

Ailey Dance School’s Summer 

Program, Junior Division. 

I would later learn this was 

a five-week program held at 

the Alvin Ailey Dance Theater 

in the Midtown section of New 

York City. 

Of course, we were thrilled 

for her accomplishment but 

also couldn’t imagine how this 

opportunity could become a 

reality. I spoke to her supportive 

dance instructors, who 

Sida Taylor 

emphasized what an incredible 

opportunity this was for our 

daughter. We needed to make 

it work. 

With research and good 

information from former New 

Yorkers, I was able to secure 

an apartment close to the Ailey 

studio. I knew I had a few priorities: 

live close to the studio 

so we can walk every morning 

and have access to a washer 

and dryer. 

Securing an apartment and 

holding onto it proved to be 

far more tricky then I would 

have predicted. I initially had 

an apartment, but the host 

canceled it without notice only 

a month prior to our arrival. 

Another company provided a 

more secure process for renting 

an apartment sight unseen 

for five weeks, and now Sida 

and I have a 600-square-foot 

apartment on the 14th floor 

of a building that is about a 

five-minute walk from Ailey. 

Sida arrived at the studio 

on June 27 for orientation and 

assessment. Her days for the 

next few weeks consisted of 

dancing from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. 

This left us plenty of time 

to see some of the sights and 

hang out at Central Park. 

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and Huntington and all points 

in between. 

“Some of the kids travel an 

hour to get here, and they do 

that three times a week,” Deana 

said. For this reason, they will 

be expanding, setting up a second 

studio next door, according 

to Deana. 

“I’ll be able to run one studio 

and (Cheyenne) will run the other. 

That’s the plan,” Deana said. 

“We just have a lot of students. 

We’re busting at the seams.” 

The studio has had students 

go on to college and other dance 

squads. In addition, Isabella Alexander, 

who is one of the stars 

of the comedy series “Fresh Off 

the Boat” was a student at the 

Kelle Boggs Dance Studio. 

“Regardless of whatever your 

goals are with dance, we here 

at the studio would love to help 

accommodate anyone to reach 

those goals,” Ashton stated. 

For Ashton, dance has helped 

her out with her social skills in 

her chosen field in medicine. 

“I’m not pursuing a career 

in dance,” Ashton said. “However, 

with the confidence I 

have gained through dance, I 

can present myself in front of 

patients and I can make presentations. 

I have the confidence. 

I have the charisma to do that, 

and that comes from dance.” 

The Kelle Boggs Dance Studio 

now offers spray tans for competitions 

and to be stage ready. 

Tomorrow, the studio will 

hold registration for fall classes 

from 1 to 7 p.m. The fall semester 

begins Sept. 6. 

They also have rolling enrollment 

through May. 

For more information, you 

can call the studio, located at 14 

Fourth St. in Winfield, at 304- 

586-1708, or go to their website 

at kelleboggsdancestudio.com 

or check out their Facebook 

page, “Kelle Boggs Dance Studio, 

Inc.”


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Kelly’s Dance Studio of Cross Lanes 

to start 25th recital season next month 

‘Girl Power’ empowerment-themed 

classes return this fall 



304-348-1232 

KELLY Chapman, 

the 

founder 

and director 

of Kelly’s 

Dance Studio of Cross 

Lanes, will begin her 25th 

recital season of classes 

on Tuesday, Sept. 6, the 

day after Labor Day. 

The Poca resident reflected 

recently on the quarter-century 

milestone and how it’s been 

something of a personal Fountain 

of Youth for her. 

“I have always had my studio 

in Cross Lanes, and I began 

my very first year with only 35 

students. It was a long building 

process. It has gone by so very 

quickly that it’s hard to believe 

it’s going to be my 25th recital 

this year,” she said. 

“From that original 35 students, 

I was slowly able to build 

up a classload of 165 to 180 

students [yearly].” 

Chapman said she teaches 

at least 15 classes weekly, by 

herself. 

“It’s something I’ve always 

done. For the most part, I don’t 

notice that I’m getting older. 

That’s something I’ve noticed 

among dance teachers. If you 

continue to always do it, you’re 

always going to be able to. My 

original teacher, B.J. Fisher, 

told me once you stop teaching, 

you can’t get back into it -- your 

body won’t let you. 

“I truly believe that. I have 

friends who are dance teachers 

and you would not know the 

age they are -- or it seems like 

that. I believe music and the 

physical exercise of dance and 

working with children keeps 

you young. ... It’s something 

with dance teachers -- it keeps 

you young at heart.” 

Looking back 

There are, however, some reality 

checks about time passages, 

she said, when a daughter 

or granddaughter of a former 

student enrolls in one of her 

classes. 

“You feel very honored that 

former students want to bring 

and entrust their children or 

grandchildren to you. It’s a 

great feeling. Sometimes, they 

look so much like their parent 

or grandparent that it’s almost 

like stepping back in time and 

teaching that little girl again. 

“Dance teachers are very 

lucky,” she said. “We form 

bonds with many of our students, 

and we are able to be 

part of their milestones. This 

weekend, I am attending a 

wedding of one of my girls that 

graduated four years ago and 

a baby shower for another that 

graduated 10 years ago. 

“That’s one of the best rewards 

of this job. I know that 

Lee Jordan of Lee’s Studio 

of Dance has students whose 

mothers and grandmothers 

danced with his studio when it 

belonged to his mother. Jamie 

Walker, of St. Albans Studio of 

Dance, is younger than I am, 

and she’s starting to experience 

girls graduating and leaving 

her and having children of their 

own.” 

Girl power 

Chapman teaches girls ballet, 

tap and jazz classes at her studio 

at 104 Goff Mountain Road 

in Cross Lanes. The upcoming 

season will feature the return 

of a “Girl Power” motif she 

introduced into the curriculum 

last year. 

“It’s really something all of 

the girls enjoyed,” she said, 

“and it gave me an opportunity 

to say, even more than I usually 

do to them, ‘You are beautiful 

the way you are. Don’t let anyone 

tell you otherwise.’ 

“‘Girl Power’ really resonated 

with them. The last one focused 

on self-esteem, inner beauty 

and compassion. This recital is 

taking a different turn; we will 

focus on women being strong 

and fierce. One of the bigger 

dances will feature kind of female 

warriors. We want to take 

that approach. I’m working on 

the semantics of it where I’m at 

right now. 

“We’ll also be using very 

strong songs that I want to use 

for our ballet session, songs 

that talk about how women 

have influence over men and 

how women have inspired so 

many songs for men to write. 

Recent students of Kelly Chapman 

at Kelly’s Dance Studio of 

Cross Lanes include, from left, 

Shannon Rumbaugh, Sarah 

Evans, Stevi Pritt, Tara Whiteside 

and Raven Vance. 

While I want to encourage 

being fierce, strong and independent, 

I also want to soften 

that a bit with the fact that we 

are female and men fall in love 

with us,” she said. 

Chapman said this year will 

also mark her 39th year of 

teaching dance, but she has no 

intention of stopping any time 

soon. 

“I started as a studio assistant 

when I was 12. I actually started 

dancing at 7. Dancing has 

been my whole life.” 

Registration for fall classes 

gets underway this week. The 

studio’s 2017 recital is scheduled 

for 6:30 p.m. Saturday, 

June 10 at the Charleston Municipal 

Auditorium. 

More information about 

Kelly’s Dance Studio of Cross 

Lanes is available by calling 

304-776-8065 or visiting the 

website, kellysdancestudio. 

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How to spur kids’ interest in the arts 

Art can enrich the lives of 

people young and old, male 

and female. The arts can 

introduce adults and children 

to different cultures and 

traditions, while also helping 

them to develop more fully as 

human beings. 

While some may feel the 

benefits of the arts cannot 

be measured, the nonprofit 

organization Americans for 

the Arts notes that kids who 

are involved in the arts are 

four times more likely to 

be recognized for academic 

achievement than kids who 

are not involved in the arts. 

And though mathematics and 

science may not be the first 

thing people associate with 

the arts, kids involved in the 

arts are four times more likely 

to participate in math and science 

fairs than kids who are 

not involved in the arts. 

Parents can do a lot to make 

art a bigger part of their kids’ 

lives. The following are some 

simple ways parents can bring 

more art into their kids’ lives, 

courtesy of Americans for the 

Arts. 

• Join in the fun. Parents 

can make art more fun for 

kids by playing music around 

the house and singing and 

dancing alongside their 

youngsters. In addition, read a 

book to or with your children 

and join in when they pursue 

other artistic endeavors, such 

as drawing or painting. 

• Find local events. Many 

school districts have slashed 

their arts budgets in recent 

years, but parents can still 

find local arts events for kids 

in their communities. Peruse 

the local newspaper and other 

community-based periodicals 

for cultural events for kids. 

Support local theater groups 

by attending performances 

with your children and 

explaining to them that the 

performers live in the community 

just like they do. 

• Pitch in with local arts 

organizations. Local arts organizations 

typically rely on 

donations and volunteers to 

support their programs. 

Parents who want to 

instill a love of the arts in 

their children can help local 

organizations’ fundraising 

efforts and even volunteer 

their time if the opportunity 

presents itself. If possible, 

take kids along when volunteering 

so they can get some 

firsthand experience with 

the arts. 

• Encourage kids’ artistic 

pursuits. Some kids may 

decide to pursue artistic 

endeavors on their own, and 

parents can encourage such 

pursuits. Celebrate kids’ 

participation in arts-based 

activities in school and in the 

community, recognizing their 

hard work in the same way 

you would acknowledge their 

successes in the classroom 

and in sports. 

The arts can benefit youngsters in various ways, but it’s often 

up to parents to instill a love of the arts in their children. 

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