Lizanne McAdams-Graham, has over 30 years experience as a professional dancer and instructor.   She began training at the age of 3 under the direction of her late mother, Lorraine McAdams. She has an extensive history with her mother’s company, the National Ballet of New Jersey. She was a scholarship student to Joffrey Ballet, Harkness House, Pennsylvania Ballet, and Craft of Choreography NARB workshops. She joined the National Ballet of Zagreb, in the former Yugoslavia at the age of 17 dancing principal and leading roles in Nutcracker, Coppelia, Giselle, Swan Lake, Serenade, Romeo & Juliet, Sleeping Beauty and Firebird. She studied with Finus Yhung, David Howard, John Prince, Maria Vegh, Basil Thompson, Michael Smuin, Alonzo King, Maggie Black and Robert Blankshine.  Ms. McAdams later became principal dancer with the renowned ODC/San Francisco, completing world tours including Russia, Southeast Asia, Hawaii, and Australia, along with Jacobs Pillow, Joyce Theater, City Center, Lincoln Center in NYC, and Kennedy Center in D.C. She has guest appeared for Los Angeles, Santa Fe, Pittsburgh, and San Francisco Opera Ballet Companies and appeared on the PBS televised production of "Dance in America" and the major motion picture "The In Crowd."  Ms. McAdams served on the faculty for Pittsburgh Ballet, Pittsburgh Youth Ballet, Point Park College, Carnegie-Mellon University, Drexel University and San Francisco Institute of Dance. She set major ballets on Charleston Ballet, Ithaca Ballet and Walnut Hill. She retired from performing in 1997 and has since taught company class for Boulder Ballet, Cleo Parker Robinson and Ballet Nouveau Colorado. She held classes at Colorado Ballet and currently teaches professional classes at Denver Dance Center. She is currently company teacher for David Taylor Dance Theatre and is the director and founder of the High Pointe Dance Academy, a professional children’s school in Colorado.	Sarah Tallman, Ballet Instructor Sarah holds a BA with honors in Dance Performance and Choreography from the University of Northern Colorado, where she was the two-time recipient of the esteemed honor of Dancer of the Year. She has studied with Lizanne McAdams-Graham, Arthur Leeth, Cherie Noble, and Jeffrey Rockland. Sarah danced with David Taylor Dance Theatre, Kim Robards Dance, Lynn Barr and Dancers (Italy), Baardar Dance Institut (Norway), and Colorado Dance Theatre. Sarah is a principal dancer with Ballet Nouveau and has extensive teaching experience. This is her 8th season with HPDA.
	Jennifer Kuhn, Ballet Instructor Jennifer is originally from the North Bay area of San Francisco. She began her formal training with the Marin Ballet, and studied with Joffrey Ballet in New York, Richmond Ballet, Ballet West, and Alonzo King's Lines Contemporary Ballet. She attended the University of Utah on scholarship, receiving her Bachelor of Fine Arts degree and Master of Fine Arts degree with a teaching and choreography emphasis. Jennifer also performed with Montgomery Ballet in Alabama, Utah Ballet and Boulder Ballet Prior to joining the David Taylor Dance Theatre. This is Jennifer's 3rd season with HPDA.
	Amanda Luton, Jazz/Tap Instructor Amanda Luton is from Glenrock, Wyoming.  She received extensive ballet and jazz training under Shirley Lewis in Casper, Wyoming and attended the University of Utah on full scholarship. She graduated with honors, completing a double emphasis in performance and teaching.  Amanda performed many soloist roles while a member of the University's company, Utah Ballet.  As a member of the University's Character Dance Ensemble she traveled to Canada, China, and Russia.  Amanda is in her 4thseason at David Taylor Dance Theatre and and her 2nd season with HPDA.  Mindy Bor, Jazz/Tap Instructor Mindy began her training at Concert Dance Conservatory, with her Mother.  She has devoted her intensive study to ballet, pointe, jazz, tap, lyrical and modern.  Mindy has over 16 years experience as a teacher and has served as Director of Theatrical Instruction for Castle Rock Players Community Theater from 2004-2006. Her recent choreography projects include "West Side Story", "Singin* In The Rain" and "Anything Goes". Currently she is a member of the Davis Contemporary Dance, a professional jazz company in the metro area. She joined the staff at the Academy of Colorado Ballet in 2007. Mindy is honored to join the faculty at HPDA.