MoonDance Studios- Kim's Page

Kim began her dance training when she was four years old, continuing with local instructors until the age of twelve when she began to further her dance and gymnastics training at workshops, seminars and dance camps spanning from Bangor to Boston to New York City. She has gathered knowledge while training under many instructors throughout the years including Lea Rosselini of Rhode Island Dance, Marcus Bertram of NYC Jump Project, Tywana Billings of Manhattan Dance Exchange and Shara Shahada-Marsden of Westpoint Dance Company.

During her dance career she has won many awards throughout New England, including first place honors in the Dance Elite Nationals, Dance Olympus Northeast Finals and "Jazz Solo" and "Lyrical Solo" at NYC Jump Project. Her performance groups have won awards at Showstoppers Regional Finals for "Best Duet", and "Solo Lyrical" dances, while Kim was awarded "Most Original Choreography".
Kim has taught dance at the University of Maine at Presque Isle and has done choreography for several of their theater projects. She has instructed for Project Explore, Upward Bound, the Gifted and Talented Program and has been a contributing coach for the Odyssey of the Mind program. Active in community theater for years, she has appeared in musicals including Fairie Tale Theater, Gypsy, Louder than Words, and Nunsense II. Countless area pageants have called upon Kim for her skills in choreography and coaching. Her students have dominated local pageants for years winning many "Little Miss", "Junior Miss" and "Miss" titles throughout the County. In the last seven years, four Miss Maine Queens have been her students. Other projects to her credit include executive producer of the band Crash Alley’s self-titled album. She is also currently the director of the well-received Liturgical Dance Program at Grant Memorial United Methodist Church. Kim is an accredited member of the International Dance Teachers Association, the National Dance Teachers Association, and a member of the National Association of Choreographers. For many years, she was the New England Director for Talent America, a nationwide talent/modeling agency with its headquarters located in NYC. This position gave her the opportunity to travel annually to Manhattan with Maine bands, dancers, singers and models to compete in the Talent America National Showcase. She has been married to her husband, Jon, for 29 years. They have a son, Travis, a wonderful daughter-in-law, Kate, and three beautiful granddaughters, Makayla, Meg and baby Rose. Kim and Jon live in Mapleton with their dogs, Zoe and Emme. Kim is proud that after 25 years MoonDance Studios continues to grow to meet the needs of area dancers. She has provided a safe and fun environment with the highest quality instruction while nurturing that very special need.......to dance.