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Staff
Laura Osburn - Assistant Director
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Laura heads the Beginner through Advanced Tap programs
at the Pointe Dance Studio as well as the Stretch and Strengthen programs.
Ms. Osburn is uniquely qualified for working with young dancers; beyond
her love for dance, she began formal dance training and knew its joy
when she began formal training at two years of age. She began teaching
at the age of 13. To her credit are numerous awards for Pointe, Jazz
and Tap which lends the strength and talent to her career to train
others. Her formal training was obtained and tested through the renowned
Cecchetti Method of Ballet, often using her summers for attendance
in extensive workshops in Michigan. Ms. Osburn incorporates her own
methodologies with those of her original instructor, a gifted former
professional ballerina with the New York City Ballet. Impassioned
by the desire to share the art of dance with children and patrons
alike, Laura views her gift as a great blessing and loves serving
her community in this way. Laura is married to Todd Osburn, owner
of Fantastic Carpet Cleaning. Together they make their home with their
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Kathy Ground -
Office Manager
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Ms Kathy is office manager at The Pointe Dance Studio.
Her daughter, Laura, is currently enrolled here in the conservatory
program. Kathy began dancing at age 3, but because of her many moves
with her family was not always able to find proper instruction. When
moving to Mexico City, she was able to dance under the tutelage of
Ms Brenda Suarez, an instructor from The British Royal Ballet Company.
In Austin, Texas, she danced with the small dance division of the
Theatre department at St. Edward’s University, then under Rodolfo
Mendez with Ballet East Dance Theatre at its inception. She has been
doing office and bookkeeping work for many years and enjoys being
able to share her love of dance with her daughter. |
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Jennifer Besch - Director of Recreational and Creative Movement
Children's classes
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Jennifer Besch began dancing at age four under
"Toots" Johnson in San Antonio Texas. As she was growing
up Jennifer moved around a lot. This gave her the opportunity to
study under many different teachers. She has studied many different
forms of dance including ballet, tap, jazz, modern and hip hop.
Jennifer has been teaching at the Pointe Dance Studio now for 4
years. She also currently teaches science at the Austin Nature and
Science Center. She has a Bachelors of Science in Psychology and
Biology from Texas State University. She loves working with kids
and really enjoys sharing her love of dance with others.
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Sara Berkeley
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Sara
began her dance education at the age of three and has continued dancing
into her twenties, focusing mainly on the disciplines of jazz and
tap. She has danced with The Dance Gallery Dance Masters in Alta Loma,
CA, under the direction of Kay Bast, and traveled with the team to
various competitions throughout California and Europe. In high-school
she began teaching at Encore Performing Arts Studio, was named captain
and choreographer for numerous classes throughout the dance department
at Rancho High School, and was part of the Super bowl XXXII halftime
show. Upon graduation, she worked alongside the RCHS dance department
chair in instruction and choreography while performing with the competition
team at Mount San Antonio College of Walnut, CA. She moved to Texas
in 2003 to pursue a degree at Texas State in English Literature and
Religious Studies, which was awarded in December, 2005. |
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Yasmeen
Montes
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Yasmeen was born and raised in San Antonio,
TX. She has 16 years of dance experience. Yasmeen began her journey
at Kathy Marfin’s Dance School, where she was formally trained
in Pointe, ballet, jazz, lyrical and tap and competed on the KMDS
Competition Team for several years. Eventually she began assisting
and teaching dance classes.
Yasmeen attended MacArthur High School in San Antonio and was part
of the National Champion Brahmadora Dance Team and Brahma Doll Elite
Feature Group under the direction of Stephanie Exum. While on the
team, Yasmeen won numerous team and solo awards. She held the positions
of Lt. Colonel her junior year and Colonel her senior year. As Colonel
of the team, she was invited to perform in New York and receive training
at Broadway Dance Center. While in New York, the team was featured
on MTV’s TRL. As a Brahmadora and Brahma Doll, Yasmeen performed
in several San Antonio Spurs Halftime shows, and a Dallas Cowboys
Halftime show.
Upon graduating high school Yasmeen was hired by Marching Auxiliaries
and M.A. Dance. This is Yasmeen’s fourth year working for the
company as a dance choreographer and instructor. This job has allowed
Yasmeen to travel all over the nation teaching dance. She has choreographed
and taught for many dance teams from Texas, New York, Illinois, Washington,
Florida, and Iowa. Recently, Yasmeen was asked by Marching Auxiliaries
to participate as a dance instructor for the 2007 Capital One Bowl
Halftime show, presented by ESP Productions.
Yasmeen is currently a junior at Texas State University, where she
is a Dance Major. Since attending Texas State, Yasmeen spent her first
two years of college as a Texas State Strutter. Both years she was
selected to be on the Elite Group and her sophomore year she served
as a Lieutenant for the team. As a Strutter, Yasmeen had the opportunity
to travel and perform in Athens, Greece at the Greek National Championship
Soccer Game. She also performed in a New Orleans Saints halftime show
and various San Antonio Spurs halftime shows. This year Yasmeen has
furthered her dance career by becoming a professional cheerleader
for the Arena Football League. As a Lady Wrangler, she dances at all
the home games for the Austin Wranglers held at the Frank Erwin Center.
Go Wranglers! This is Yasmeen’s second year working at the Pointe
Dance Studio, where she is an instructor for hip hop, jazz, and lyrical.
She loves sharing her passion for dance with all of her students,
and could not ask for a better job!
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Patty Hom
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Ms. Hom started her acrobatic training at the age of
5, in New Jersey, where she was born and raised until the age of 11.
After moving to Illinois, she took up lyrical, jazz, and tap under
the direction of Ms. Victoria Warren and Ms. Shannon Dereby-Levitt.
There she was taught different styles of choreography as well as strengthening
techniques while assisting classes at her local studio. She was also
member of her high school dance team and received many awards both
individually and as a team member. When Ms. Hom relocated to Texas
at the age of 17, she started studying classical Ballet under Christopher
Fairbank, and received training from Ms. Katherine Wolfe-Grote soon
after. Since living in Texas, Ms. Hom has danced, choreographed and
taught master classes within Texas, Lousiana, and Georgia. She has
also been fortunate enough to work with Ballet San Antonio under the
direction of Mayra Worthen. Ms. Hom thoroughly enjoys teaching all
ages and hopes to continue teaching and passing her knowledge to students.
She is also a student at Texas State receiving her degree in Criminal
Justice with a minor in Forensic Psychology and Sociology.
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