Teacher Bios

Heidi Thomas - Artistic Director

Heidi holds a B.A. in Dance Education from Colorado State University. She began teaching at the Morrow School of Dance in 1979 and subsequently purchased the studio in 1983, now known as Dance Arts Studio. Heidi has volunteered her expertise as a choreographer and teacher at Broomfield Heights Middle School, Westlake Village Middle School, Nativity of Our Lord, Broomfield High and Bal Swan Children’s Center. Heidi now serves as Artistic Director of Dance Arts Studio.

Hannah Croft

Hannah was first introduced to dance at an early age where she was raised in Gilbert, Arizona . She trained and danced competitively there before earning a B.A. in Dance Performance from Grand Canyon University. While working on her degree, Hannah began to teach at several local dance studios where her passion for bringing joy to others through the art of dance grew. She has also danced professionally in companies at Soul Escape Co., Dana Metz Co., Rogue Dance Theater, Messengerz Dance Co., Salt Pro Contemporary Co. and Chadash. Hannah is so excited to share her love of dance with the Dance Arts family!

Kelly Dornan

Kelly grew up in Maryland and trained at Washington School of Ballet under Kee Juan Han, Kristian Windom, Monique Menuir, and Kimberly Sondregger. She furthered her training at Texas Ballet Theater School under Ben Stevenson, Charmaine Hunter, and Kathy Warokomski. Kelly was trained as a teacher for the Georgia Academy of Dance. She has danced professionally with Colorado Ballet, Georgia Dance Theatre, and Boulder Ballet with roles in the Nutcracker, Swan Lake, Romeo and Juliet, Serenade, and others.

Reese Fellman

My name is Reese and I have lived in Colorado my whole life. I began dancing at a decently young age, studying at Encore Dance Studio and Mpact Dance Project where I trained in every style with the intention to be a diverse dancer. I am currently a student at MSU Denver double majoring in dance and psychology. Alongside Dance Arts Studio, I teach at Mpact Dance Project and Flatirons Dance. I have done work as a choreographer for various organizations such as M.O.P.S, Cherokee Trail High school, MSU Denver, and Mpact Dance Project. I couldn’t imagine life with out dancing and I have fully enjoyed my first year being apart of the Dance Arts family.

Mia Gallegos

Mia Gallegos is returning for her second summer teaching all levels of Hip Hop for Dance Arts Studio. Mia danced at DAS from ages 5-14, and then joined Broomfield High School’s Hip Hop dance team for the following 4 years. She is a sophomore majoring in journalism and digital marketing at Gonzaga University. There, she is a member of the hip hop dance team called 'the Bomb Squad'. She is thrilled to be back to share the dance style she loves with our students!

Emily Magnuson

Emily is a graduate of Minnesota State University Mankato, where she earned a BFA in Dance along with several awards for outstanding performance. She studied intensively at Balleraena Dance Studio, Shapiro and Smith Dance Intensive, TU Dance, LiRa Dance Theater Company, Eclectic Edge Ensemble, and Synthesis Dance Project. She has performed professionally with Shapiro and Smith Dance Company, Zenon Dance Company with works by Allison Doughty Marquesen, Daniel Stark, Julie Kerr-berry, Lisa Conlin, Penelope Freeh, Jeffery Peterson, Eric Campros, and Tracy Stanfeld.

Stephanie McGill

Stephanie received her training from the Academy of Colorado Ballet and DAS. She attended Denver School of the Arts and the University of Arizona, earning a B.F.A. in Dance. She has also studied at Milwaukee Ballet, Ballet West Conservatory, The Joffrey Ballet and Columbia City Ballet. Stephanie has danced professionally with Boulder Ballet, David Taylor Dance Theatre, Interweave Dance Theatre, 7Dancers, New Breed Dance Company, and Chadash.