At Premier, we introduce our younger children to dance in combination classes. With fun and imagination, dancers can experience the variety of ballet and tap. As dancers mature, we offer five levels of ballet, tap and jazz, with three levels of acrobat and two levels of pointe. Whether your interests are for fun or more serious, Premier offers great variety for every dancer.

In our brief history, Premier has had many dancers enhance their training by attending very prestigious summer programs such as: Universal Ballet Academy, Milwaukee Ballet, Burklyn Ballet, Colorado Ballet, and Boulder Jazz Dance Workshop, all of which dancers must audition in order to be accepted. Dancers have gone on to University Dance programs, and several have moved on to local pre-professional companies.

All the teachers at Premier believe that dance provides valuable life skills along with dance training such as; respect, humility, responsibility to oneself and others, team work, personal goals, creative expression, and personal achievement.

Our Fall classes begin generally after Labor Day. Please call to confirm start date for all classes. We have a Holiday performance in December. Classes continue in January, and plans begin for our annual recital which is held in June. We have a terrific Summer Dance Camp for all levels that has been a great success the last six years.

Premier regards their Senior teachers as the foundation for the schools training. All of these teachers have either danced professionally, earned a degree in Dance, or have 5-20 years of teaching experience. We have several Junior teachers, (who have less than five years experience), and are mentored by the senior teaching staff.

Karin Gritz has owned Premier for over twelve years, and has been teaching dance for over seventeen years. Her early training began with Gwen Bowen School of Dance in south Denver, and progressed to teaching at age 18. She has taught through many outlets including: YWCA, Pueblo Ballet, Rancho Simi Valley Recreation Department and at local studios in Colorado. She is exceptional in working with the younger kids and keeping the tradition of dance alive! Her objective with the studio is to reinforce arts education by providing an outlet for all families to afford dance training.

Michelle Nigro is a mother of three and a very active member of her community. A former Miss Adams County she brings over twenty years of training in performance art. She received a dance minor from the University of Northern Colorado and previously owned a studio in Brighton. She has worked with competitive students on a local and National level in dance and Pageants. She has been teaching at Premier since it opened. Her training includes tap, jazz, acrobat, poms, piano and voice.

Sarah Rogers Weaver is currently a doctorate student at the University of Colorado, and newly married. She was trained locally and received her B.A. from the University of Colorado as double major in Dance and Kinesiology. She has danced with Boulder Ballet, and Interweave Dance Theatre. She has taught classical ballet for many studios over the last several years. Her expertise is teaching all levels of ballet and pointe, however she also has training in jazz, tap and modern.

Alexandra Stratton has returned to Premier after graduating with honors from the University of Arizona where she majored in Dance. She received her training at Premier, with additional summer dance programs throughout the country, including the Boulder Jazz Dance Workshop. She is a member on the Interweave Dance Theatre in Boulder. She has competed locally and nationally for many years and has choreographed competitive routines for the last seven years. An outstanding choreographer, Alexandra has won several awards for her choreography and brings a freshness in style to the studio.

Laura Guerra was born in Victoria, Texas and began her early training with Debbe Busby, where she was a member of the Victoria Ballet Theatre. Laura holds a degree in ballet performance from the University of Oklahoma, where she received the OU School of Dance Ballet Ovation Award, Yvonne Chouteau Ballet Award, the Juli Busken Memorial Scholarship, and the Buffalo Mask Award. As a senior, she received the OU F. Donald Clark Award, for the highest distinction in the OU College of Fine Arts. She was also awarded an Undergraduate research Opportunites Grant in 2002 and 2003 to conduct choreographic research. Laura performed numerous leading roles at the University, and has atttended the Joffrey Ballet and American Ballet Theatre NYC Summer workshops as well as the Boston Ballet Summer Workshop on scholarship. She apprenticed with Tulsa Ballet while attending college. After graduation she relocated to dance with the Corpus Christi Concert Ballet and was also on the teaching staff of the Ballet Academy. Laura currently is in her second season with Ballet Nouveau Colorado.

Our Junior Teachers are Krista Roberts, Caitlyn Johnston and Natasha Neil.