Nancy Dianne Stark

Nancy is the Studio Director. Before taking on the responsibilities as Director of the Studio, she danced professionally as a founding member of the Milwaukee Ballet Company and also danced in the Vienna Operetta Carnival at the Performing Arts Center in Milwaukee (now the Marcus Performing Arts Center). Over the years, she has had the opportunity of studying with such well known teachers as the late Professor Jury Gotschalks, Professor Myron Nadel, William Reilly and Lupe Serrano of the American Ballet Theatre. She has also studied in Chicago at the Stone-Camyron Ballet School, the Gus Giordano Jazz Center in Evanston, Illinois, the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee and the Wisconsin College Conservatory.

She is a lifetime member of the Dance Masters of Wisconsin (DMW) and the Chicago National Association of Dance Masters (CNADM), each of which is a national organization that strives for higher education in Dance. She also enjoys working with the youth of the community and has done choreography work for the Menomonee Falls North musical “Finnian’s Rainbow” as well as numerous Band Revues and Menomonee Falls Junior Miss Programs.

In June 2009, the Menomonee Falls School District recognized Nancy as a distinguished alumni by induction into the Menomonee Falls High School Performing Arts Hall of Fame. An independent committee of Teachers and Administrators selected Nancy for inclusion in this select group in recognition of her substantial and long standing contributions to the fine arts and community programs since having graduated from the Menomonee Falls High School. A permanent plaque recognizing this induction has been installed on the Wall of Recognition in the lobby of the Menomonee Falls High School Auditorium.