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	Katie Holtzen - Owner/Instructor Katie Holtzen is the owner and director of North Shore Dance Studio and teaches ages 2 ½ -Adult.  Katie has been dancing since the age of 3.  At 10 years of age, she knew she wanted to someday own her own dance studio.  She graduated with honors from the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee.  She holds a Bachelors Degree in Fine Arts with a dance performance focus.  Mrs. Holtzen began her teaching career in 2000 teaching Tap, Jazz, Ballet, Contemporary, Hip-Hop, and Musical Theatre.  Katie’s dances have won numerous awards including many overall champions and choreography awards.  She is looking forward to another fantastic year at NSDS with all of her students and to watch them grow and learn every day.
	Jill McGuire - Instructor This will be Jill's 3rd year teaching with North Shore Dance Studio.  Mrs. McGuire grew up dancing at her mother's dance studio in Omaha, Nebraska. She has enjoyed dancing and teaching for over 2o years.  Jill received her formal training from the University of Nebraska as well as the University of West-L.A. specializing in dance, theatre, and early childhood education.  Jill is delighted to be a part of the NSDS team.
	Melanie Ricks - Instructor This is Melanie's 3rd year teaching at North Shore Dance Studio, where she instructs students ages 8-17 in jazz and hip hop. Melanie has been dancing since the age of 3 and it has been her passion for as long as she can remember to open up a dance studio of her own. Melanie is currently a Junior at UW-Milwaukee pursuing a degree in Broadcast Journalism and she is also a member of the Milwaukee Bucks NBA dance team, Energee! Melanie was also a student at North Shore Dance Studio from age 13-18. She is so excited to be a part of the North Shore Dance Studio teaching staff and ready for an amazing year!
	Traci Kurtin - Instructor Traci Kurtin started dancing at the age of 3. She graduated from the University of Arizona, where she was on the Wildcats Pom Line. Traci taught dance at several dance studios and elementary schools in Tucson, Arizona and danced for the Reebok Hip Hop Troupe in Los Angeles. She has also been a fitness instructor for over 20 years, currently at Elite Sports Clubs. Traci has four children, three girls who are members of the NSDS "The Company" performing company. Traci enjoys sharing her lifetime of love for dance with children and looks forward to contributing to NSDS this year.
	Tatiana Jouravel-Malinkine - Instructor A native of Ukraine, Tatiana Jouravel graduated from the Kiev Ballet Academy in 1992. After working with Hartford Ballet from 1992-1994 under direction of Kirk Peterson, and Boston Ballet from 1994-2001 under the direction of Bruce Marks and Anne Marie Holmes, Tatiana worked with Milwaukee Ballet as a Leading Artist from 2003 until 2010 under direction of Michael Pink. Tatiana's repertoire includes: Aurora and Lilac Fairy in The Sleeping Beauty. Marie, Sugar Plum Fairy, Dewdrop Fairy and Snow Queen in The Nutcracker. Kitri, Street Dancer and Marcedes inDon Quixote. Odette in Swan Lake. Lucy in Michael Pink's Dracula. Olga in Winter Dreams by Kenneth MacMillan. Titania in Bruce Well’s Midsummer Night's Dream. A title role in Carmen. Ben Stevenson’s Three Preludes and Dracula. A principal roles in Raymonda Divertisment and Kingdom of Shades from La Bayadere. Zorema in Le Corsaire. Gulnare in Bournonville’sAbdallah( Tales of Arabian nights). Cinderella in Michael Pink's Cinderella. Tiger Lily in Michael Pink’s Peter Pan. She has danced in Twyla Tharp’s Waterbaby Bagatelles. George Balanchine’sAgon, The Four Temperaments, Rubies, Serenade and Symphony in C. Paul Taylor's Company B and Lila York's Celts and Coronach. Ms. Jouravel has also danced in works by Antony Tudor, Val Caniparoli, Mark Godden, Trey McIntyre, Christopher Wheeldon, Adam Hougland, Michael Corder, Kirk Peterson and others. Ms. Jouravel won Grand Prix Prize at the Competition of the Soviet Union Ballet Schools in Minsk, Belorussia in 1992. Ms. Jouravel also won a Silver Medal at the New York International Ballet Competition in 1996. Ms. Jouravel has taught ballet at Boston Ballet School, Atlanta Ballet School, Georgia Dance of Academy, Chautauqua Regional Youth Ballet (NY), Oak Creek Ballet (IL), and Milwaukee Ballet School.  Ms. Jouravel is also a Certified Pilates Instructor since 2003.
	Denis Malinkine - Instructor A native Russian, Denis Malinkine graduated from the esteemed Bolshoi Ballet Academy. He soon joined the Moscow Classical Ballet in 1985 and participated in many of the Company's tours, including: the United States, the United Kingdom and Japan, among othesrs. In 1990 he joined the National Ballet of Portugal. In 1993, Mr. Malinkine was invited by Christopher Gable to join England’s Northern Ballet Theatre. As a principal he created the title role in the landmark production of Dracula by Michael Pink and Christopher Gable, and the roles of Captain Phoebus in Pink’s Hunchback of Notre Dame and Albrecht in Northern Ballet Theatre’s Giselle. He expanded this experience in the genre of Dance Drama in productions ofRomeo & Juliet, Christmas Carol, Cinderella, Swan Lake, The Brontes and Carmen. Mr. Malinkine has worked with Atlanta Ballet since 1999 where he created the role of Romeo in Michael Pink’s Romeo & Juliet. During his career he has appeared in classical ballet performances, and in productions by George Balanchine, Kenneth MacMillan, Lila York and many others. Mr. Malinkine has acted as guest artist and assistant to Mr. Pink in performing and remounting these works for Atlanta Ballet, Boston Ballet, Colorado Ballet, Ballet Internationale and the Norwegian National Ballet. He also assisted John McFall in his work for Peter Pan with Ballet Internationale.
	Karrie Kirschbaum This is Karrie's 1st year teaching at North Shore Dance Studio. This year she is teaching ballet, tap, jazz, and contemporary, to ages 3 though 16. Karrie has been dancing since the age of 3, and after her 1st dance recital, her family knew that she had found her calling. Karrie was a co-captain of the Fire Starter Dance Team of Allen County Community College. The team won various competitions, ending with a gold in Los Angeles Dance Force Nationals in 2003. After graduating from the University of Kansas, she went on to teach and direct at the Ottawa Performance of Arts in Ottawa Kansas. Karrie is a newly-wed and just recently moved to the Milwaukee area following her husband who is pursuing his Master's degree. She is thrilled to be a part of NSDS and to continue sharing her love of dance.