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Rachel Drummond
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 Rachel Drummond
Owner/Director:
Rachel began dancing at the
age of four. She started competing regionally and
nationally at the age of 12, traveling around the United
States receiving top awards. Graduate of William
Chrisman High School, she was part of the Beartrackers
dance team for four years and captain as two. She
received many awards such as: NCA All-American for two
years, UDA All-Star and Best Leaps and Turns.
Rachel received a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Dance from
the University of Missouri at Kansas City with an
emphasis in Ballet and Modern. She was on a cheerleading
scholarship for the Roos at UMKC. Rachel has taught
dance for 13 years. She is a member of Dance Masters of
America Chapter 28. Rachel has completed year two of
Teachers Training School and is a National Certified
Examiner. She worked under the direction of Christine
Palmer for many years and bought the dance studio in
July of 2006 and renamed it Releve’ Performing Arts.
Working with the competitive group of dancers, Encore
Dancers, Inc., Rachel’s Choreography has won top
scoring awards through the years. Her students have held
many titles at dance competitions and later gone on to
purse dance careers and college dance scholarships. She
has also been an adjudicator for dance competitions
circuit within the Midwest and directs Dance Masters of
America Chapter 28 title competition annually.
Rachel helped integrate the fine art of dance into the
Kansas City School system. She founded and began the
dance program of a Northeast Kansas City Charter School,
Scuola Vita Nuova. Her students perform in many local
community shows and school recitals as well. This 2008
summer one of her students will be recognized on
scholarship to dance, sing and act in the summer program
of Starlight Theater.
Rachel truly loves the art of dance and teaching. She
thanks her students for daily inspiration and her family
for the dedication to help keep her dance dream alive.
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