Dori Bockenhauer has been a part of the Dance Unlimited Company since she started as a student in 1991. During her senior year of high school, she completed a co-op study with Miss Amy and began to substitute teach for the studio. Dori then attended UW-River Falls, where she graduated with a major in Speech Communications and a minor in Dance Education in 2006. While attending college, Dori would return home to substitute teach and help with the June shows. After graduation, Dori began teaching at the BRAVO Venter, and headed the Summer Session for its first two years. She currently teaches at BRAVO two nights a week and lives in Wisconsin Dells.
"Mister Michael" - Teacher
Michael Etzwiler has studied ballet, jazz, tap, and theatre dancing. After touring with regional and national tours (including Cats, Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat, and Guys and Dolls,) Michael returned home to Baraboo. He bagan teaching at the BRAVO Center with tap and musical theatre classes and continues to challenge students in Advanced Tap and dance theatre.
"Ms. Kristen" - Teacher
Kristen Reynoso began her ballet training at age six. With instructors such as Lillian Wilner and Kate McQuade, she trained at the Wisconsin Academy of Ballet and the Milwaukee Ballet. During her senior year of high school, she was accepted into Interlochen Arts Academy. She spent her senior year and post-graduate year there as a dance major. From there, she went on to study in New York at the New School University in the Joffrey BFA program. There she studied with such renowned teachers and artists as David Howard, John Magnus, and Trinette Singelton. She lives in the area with her husband and baby girl, and enjoys teaching ballet and Pointe at the BRAVO Center.
"Miss Andi" - Guest Choreographer and Substitute Teacher
Andrea (Andi) Krunnfusz has been dancing with Miss Amy from the time she could walk. She began teaching classes as a guest choreographer as a freshman in high school and has substituted for the teachers from her junior year of high school on. A previous pom-pons captain and a current member of UW-Eau Claire's Concert Dance Company, Andi enjoys exploring modern and hip hop genres and merging "opposing" styles. She has headed the Summer Session at BRAVO for the past three years. After studying abroad in Ghana, West Africa for a semester, Andi returned with increased interest in the growth of dance as a means of communicating ideas and emotions through cultures and time periods. As a junior at UWEC, she is double majoring in Psychology and Social Work, and hopes to incorporate dance and movement in her fields.
"Sam" - Substitute Teacher
Samantha (Sam) Patrick is in her second year of college at UW-Milwaukee; she is studying dance with the intention to perform, create, and teach. She has assisted Miss Andi with the Summer Session program for the past two years and looks forward to continuing this coming season. While in high school, she choreographed for the Reedsburg Choraliers and Dance Team, and also for the Reedsburg Children's Summer Theatre. She has been a substitute for the BRAVO teachers for three years.