Allure Dance Academy

Meet Our Staff 

We are currently hiring our AMAZING teachers! If you want to join our extraordinary team please contact us. We are seeking Positive, Energetic teachers that want their students to grow. At Allure & Jump Ahead our students growth, progress, and happiness is our priority, as well as communication with parents about their child's progress and goals. 

Dance & Tumbling Instructors 

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Misty Robbins- Specialty Technique Instructor

Biography coming soon....

 

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Abbie Kier-Dance Instructor

Abbie Kier has been dancing and tumbling in the local community for over 18 years! She brings great talents and skills from her vast experiences with different teams over the years. During her High School years at Bonneville High, she was blessed to be able to utilize all her talents by being apart of the cheerleading team for one year and the drill team for 2 years. Because she has such a passion for Cheer, Tumbling, Dance, & Choreography she decided to share her talents and help others grow through teaching. She has been teaching for 4 years now and loves to help students develop the skills needed to succeed in their talents. Abbie has developed such a value of teamwork and loves to help grow teams together with a fun environment for learning. 

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McCall Bauer- Dance Instructor

McCall has been dancing for 13 years. She was a Tigerette at Ogden High for 3 years, and has been teaching dance for the last 3 years. She has experience in many dance styles jazz, hip hop, lyrical, contemporary, ballet, ballroom, dance acro & tap. McCall has a love for teaching dance! She loves to watch each dancer grow to their full potential and succeed in what they love.

Bambi Saunders-Dance Instructor 

Bambi Saunders has been involved in the dance industry for 33 years.  She has received instruction in Ballet, Tap, Jazz, Tumbling, Cheer, and Hip Hop, as well as additional training in many other genres. Bambi was a North Ogden Junior High Cheerleader from 1993-94. From 1994-97 she was a member of the Weber High School Warriorettes.  She served as drill mistress from 1996-97 and was recognized as the Dance Sterling Scholar that year as well. During her years on the drill team, she took master classes from many famed choreographers, including Vincent Patterson, Wade Robson, Dan Karaty & Joe Tremaine. Her Drill Team was trained by Bonnie Baker Story and Bambi received private instruction & choreography from Bonnie in 1997. After high school, she was hired as the Assistant Coach for the Bonneville High School Drill Team.  She also taught dance for Spotlight Dance & Tumbling for nearly 10 years. In that time, Bambi’s dancers and teams received many top local & national awards. Bambi returned to Weber High School as the Head Coach of the Warriorettes from 2003-2006.  Her 2nd year of coaching saw the team qualify for the State Drill Team Competition for the first time in many years, where they went on to receive a 5th place in the Prop & Military categories. That same year the team was awarded 1st place in the Large Open Dance Division, 2nd place in Prop, and 3rd place in Military at the USA Dance & Drill Nationals in Anaheim, California. With the birth of her first child she decided to leave coaching behind and became involved in Dance and Drill Judging.  Bambi has been a certified judge with the Utah High School Activities Association for 11 years as well as a member of the Utah Dance Judges Association.  She is currently serving as the Public Relations VP. She returned to teaching dance 5 years ago and began choreographing for the Fremont Danze Company in 2015.  She is the proud mother of 4 children, Rya (11), Ryker (9), Korver (6) and Sloane (3). Bambi is so excited to be on the staff for Allure Dance Academy!

Preschool Instructors

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Kenzie Craven

Kenzie Kier was born and raised in Ogden, Utah, and attended schools in Ogden School District.  Kenzie developed a love of early childhood education from a young age, and after having three children of her own, her love of children and education has turned into one of her greatest passions. As she has been raising her boys, she has also been providing childcare in her home for several children over the past 10 years.  Kenzie has a natural ability to teach and care for children.  She is very creative and is always finding new and organic ways to make learning fun.  She devotes countless hours volunteering for PTAs, helping in her sons’ schools, and working with children in her church.   She has served as PTA president and will do everything she can to help children succeed.  


Now that her boys are older, she is pursuing a degree in early childhood education and is in the process of receiving her Child Development Accreditation.  Her love for children, natural ability to guide and teach young children, and creativity make her an excellent early childhood educator. She is very passionate about early academics, and incorporating the STEAM based principles into the preschool curriculum, as well as life and social skills, as she strives to create an atmosphere where the children are excited about learning and can excel in all aspects.  She is excited to utilize her skills and teach the children at JUMP Ahead Preschool!