Events in Motion

CHRISTINE

Dance/Cheer Training: Primarily Jazz with some Ballet, Hip Hop, Modern

Favorite Dance/Cheer Style: Jazz

Favorite Dance/Cheer Move: Fouette' Turns

Dance/Cheer Accomplishment: NFL Cheerleader with Arizona Cardinals, Arizona State University Cheerleader, Sunsationals Dance Team who danced at all Phoenix Suns Home Games, and Millennium Dancer
Advice on Dance/Cheer: Don't Give up on yourself

Interesting Facts: Working on Masters Degree in Biomedical Engineering

ARIANNA

Dance/Cheer Training: Jazz, Ballet, Clogging, Lyrical, Hip Hop, Modern, Tap

Favorite Dance/Cheer Style: All
Favorite Dance/Cheer Move: Russians, Fouette' Turns

Dance/Cheer Accomplishment: Outstanding Dancer Award Two Consecutive Years, Associates Degree in Arts

Advice on Dance/Cheer: Put your heart into it
Interesting Facts: I love to eat, sleep, and dance. I love basketball, volleyball, track, and dogs

LAUREN

Dance/Cheer Training: Jazz, Ballet, Modern, Hip Hop, Tap, Clogging
Favorite Dance/Cheer Style: Jazz and Ballet
Favorite Dance/Cheer Move: Big leaps and kicks

Dance/Cheer Accomplishment: Performing works by D Rhoden, A Hougland, M Glasgow, F Hernandez, M Diabate, K Thompson, G Masson, M Bruce, J Franke, C Turocy, R Battle, DMcWaters, J Lang, E Niles. Accepted into U of A and UNT Dance Departments

Advice on Dance: Keep on dancing

Interesting Facts: Jr. Dallas Cowboys Cheerleader, performed half-time shows with Creed, Toby Keith, LeAnn Rimes, and Destiny's Child

CANDACE

Dance/Cheer Training: Jazz, Hip Hop, Pom, Kick, Modern
Favorite Dance/Cheer Style: Hip Hop and Jazz
Favorite Dance/Cheer Move: I love any type of turn and anything that challenges me physically
Dance/Cheer Accomplishment: Officer of High School Drill Team, Won Outstanding Choreographer
Advice on Dance/Cheer: If you have a uniform issue or make a clumsy move, just keep dancing. Let your personality and perseverance show through. Always smile!

Interesting Facts: A Nanny and a college student

KERRY

Dance/Cheer Training: Jazz, Tap, Ballet, Hip Hop, Lyrical
Favorite Dance/Cheer Style: Jazz and Hip Hop
Favorite Dance/Cheer Move: Any jumps or leaps or athletic moves
Dance/Cheer Accomplishment: Being a Millennium Dancer
Advice on Dance/Cheer: Dance with confidence, heart, and joy and you will always look great!
Interesting Facts: MBA Degree, Mixed Martial Arts Black Belt, love to travel the world, dress up in dance costumes, focus on fitness and nutrition. Most of all I enjoy spending time with my husband James, my 18 yr. old daughter Kerry, my two kitties Jack and D.C. and the rest of my family.

JOI

Dance/Cheer Training: University of North Texas

Favorite Dance/Cheer Style: Classical Modern and Hip Hop

Favorite Dance/Cheer Move: I'll immediately go into the "Robot" when music comes on
Dance/Cheer Accomplishment: A piece I choreographed won first at a Drill Team Nationals

Advice on Dance/Cheer: Don’t worry about how you look, just have fun!
Interesting Facts: I never remember my own choreography!

JESSICA

Dance/Cheer Training: Youth Cheer and Dance, HS and College, Events in Motion Teams/Youth and Adult

Favorite Dance/Cheer Style: Poms and high energy routines that requires lots for showmanship
Favorite Dance/Cheer Move: Anything where I can shake hips, get funky with the music. Also stunt, tumble, cheer, and throw a flier so high the crowd reacts.

Dance/Cheer Accomplishment: MacArthur Cardette Dancer, Director of Irving City Sparklers and All-Star Dance Workshop, Millennium Dancer/Cheerleader, 10 years coaching

Advice on Dance/Cheer: Practice at home daily. Only you can be the best dancer you can be by working hard with self discipline.
Interesting Facts: I sell airplane parts for a living, have a wonderful husband James, totally cool daughter Juliette, like to sing, shop, and sew.

SHAKEETA

Dance/Cheer Training: North Garland HS Drill Team, Dance Club at Eastfield College

Favorite Dance/Cheer Style: Lyrical because all of the emotion you can put in a piec, it can touch others without a word being said.

Favorite Dance/Cheer Move: Leaps are my FAVORITE!

Dance/Cheer Accomplishment: Being able to grow as a performer and advance and my technique.

Advice on Dance/Cheer: Dance like nobody is watching...make sure the audience knows you put your heart & soul in a piece...dance your your heart out!!!
Interesting Facts: Till this day I still get nervous before a show.

AMANDA

Dance/Cheer Training: IGCA, Irving City Sparklers, Sam Houston Junior High Cheerleading, Millinium Dance and Cheerleading

Favorite Dance/Cheer Style: Hip hop, Drill Team, Jazz, Ballet, Competitive Cheerleading
Favorite Dance/Cheer Move: Fourte, Herkey
Dance/Cheer Accomplishment: Millennium Cheer Team

Advice on Dance/Cheer: No matter what happens just keep smiling!
Interesting Facts: My sister is my insiration and motivaton for dancing and cheering

TERESA

Dance/Cheer Training: Began at 12, ballet, tap, jazz & lyrical. Thanks to Millennium, hip hop also.

Favorite Dance/Cheer Style: I LOVE broadway, particularly Fosse

Favorite Dance/Cheer Move: Gregory Hines, idol/mentor, performed a tap step "split riff" in White Nights

Dance/Cheer Accomplishment: Due to frequent performance opportunities, I thank Millennium for being able to get over my fear of crowds and dance on stage with confidence and poise.

Advice on Dance/Cheer: Dance as though you own the stage and you can do no wrong. And then don’t!

Interesting Facts: Before overcoming performance anxiety, I was literally pushed on stage by close girlfriends who've “watch my back” for a decade now…dance friends sometimes make best friends!

MELISSA

Dance/Cheer Training: TWU and TCCC Classes
Favorite Dance/Cheer Style: Modern, Hip Hop, and being a flyer as a cheerleader

Favorite Dance/Cheer Move: Favorite dance move is to Pop and Lock; Favorite cheer move is the extentions
Dance/Cheer Accomplishment: Winning the Talent Show for Best Choregraphy at TCCC
Advice on Dance/Cheer: It is always best to follow your instinct when dancing; let the music flow you through.
Interesting Facts: I speak Portuguese fluently as my mom is Brazialian. I bake and cook very well.

ELLEN

Dance/Cheer Training: Jazz, Lyrical, Pom, Hip Hop
Favorite Dance/Cheer Style: High Energy Jazz
Favorite Dance/Cheer Move: Fouette's
Dance/Cheer Accomplishment: Outstanding MB Expo Choreography Award, National Aerobic Championships Gold and Bronze Medals, establishing a successful professional part time dance business
Advice on Dance/Cheer: Find the style that is yours and excel at it.

Interesting Facts: Owns a Staffing Company in addition to Dance Company