Faculty

Department: youth-dance-programs

Amy Schadt smiling in front of a window.
Jazz Dance and Musical Theater Instructor
Amy Schadt is an established dancer, choreographer, and teacher who has worked with Hama and the late Claude Thompson, and was lead dancer in various Jazz Dance LA productions.
Community School Director, Musical Theatre Program
In Seattle, Denise Scheerer founded and performed with That’s Jazz, a Seattle-based jazz dance company.
Chair, Ballet
Kelly Ann Sloan has been Ballet Chair of the Colburn Community School of Performing Arts since 2014. She began her ballet training at the New Jersey School of Ballet, and then attended Indiana University School of Music where she graduated with a Bachelor of Science in Ballet and Outside Field in Journalism.
Chair, Tap, Hip Hop, and Jazz Dance
Melinda Sullivan is a Los Angeles–based tap dancer, choreographer, performer, and educator whose work spans film, television, theater, and live performance. Sullivan has served on Colburn's faculty for the past fifteen years as a tap dance instructor. As Chair of the Tap Department she oversees tap dance, hip hop, and jazz dance for TZDI and Colburn’s annual Tap Fest.
Ballet Instructor
Nayomi Van Brunt began her formal training at age 9 with Atlanta Festival Ballet under Nicolas Pacana and Gregory Aaron. In high school, Nayomi started training at Atlanta Ballet’s Centre for Dance Education under Sharon Story.
Dance Instructor
Joseph has appeared as a performer and teacher in many tap and jazz dance festivals in Guatemala City, Stockholm, Berlin, St. Petersburg, Paris, Tokyo, Vilnius, Barcelona, and others.