'09: Karolyn Burke is living in Dayton, Ohio and performing with Xclaim dance company.

'09: Laura Malpass is working with Moving Arts and performing with them at Dance in the Desert festival (Las Vegas) in July. She will be teaching part-time for their studio in San Francisco, CA beginning the fall of 2009.

'09: Shauna Masura of Rolling Meadows, IL, has left for the Philippines to begin preservice training for two years of service as an English-education Peace Corps volunteer.

'09: Anna Pillot is currently living in New York City pursuing a career in dance. She is currently working with Richard Rivera/Physual, and is an Assistant Program Coordinator for Dorrell Martin's Dance Fusion/NY summer jazz and contemporary intensive. She hopes to begin presenting her own choreography in the fall of 2009.

'09: Megan Pitzer will be starting her physical therapy training at Washington University in St. Louis - fall of 2009.

'09: Megan Probst is an intern with Holland Area Arts Council, planning summer classes, organizing their fall schedule and assisting with marketing.

'09: Sarah Williams is teaching English as a language assistant in Laval, France, for the next seven months, where she also continues studies in ballet.

'08: Carrie Brandis is performing with Nacre in upstate New York.

'08: Julie Marie Carrico has been accepted to Columbia College to pursue a two-year Masters program in Performing Arts Management. She is also teaching, taking classes and doing arts administration work at Joel Hall Dancers and Center.

'08: Kali Hess is a professional dancer for an NBA team, is performing with the Davis Contemporary Dance Company, a professional jazz and contemporary dance company, as well as teaching dance.

'08: Anna Jonkman will begin basic training for the Michigan Army National Guard. Upon completion of basic training, she will be transfered to Aberdeen Proving Ground in Maryland where she will complete the Advance Individual Training for the National Guard. Anna plans on returning to Michigan to work on the ground work for the February 2010 BlackDanceMichigan.

'08: Pamela Rexius is teaching dance to 6th through 8th grade and P.E. to K-3 grader's at Orozco Community Academy in Pilsen, IL.

'08: Emily Rose is currently a student at the Cortiva Institute Chicago School of Massage Therapy.

'08: Erin Schumaker is working for the Green Hills School of Dance in Nashville, TN.

'08: Ann Snow is choreographing West Side Story for Encore Theatre of Libertyville, IL. In the fall of 2008, she will be attending Columbia College to pursue her Masters in Dance Movement Therapy and Counseling.

'08: Lauren Sparks is dancing as a main character in the parades for Walt Disney World in Florida.

'08: Jenna Witten is working for Herman Miller as an Associate Product Manager in the Marketing Department.

'07: Sommer Amundsen is attending Kansas University in the Bioengineering graduate program. She is involved in multidisciplinary research developing effective physical therapies for people with Parkinson's disease, and she has helped design a tool to be used in spine surgery.

'07: Jennifer Andrews was accepted into North Carolina School of Arts for Performance Arts Management.

'07: Rebecca Bombard is currently a trainee member of Inaside Chicago Dance led by Kelly Ann Vitacca. She also is interning for Remy Bumppo Theatre Company and is JV Dance Team Coach for former high school.

'07: Lauren Grumm is living in Washington, D.C. where she volunteers her time teaching tap classes to "at-risk" students at the Anacostia Gracious Arts Program.

'07: Sharon (Havens) Watson is living in Colorado with her husband Will and teaching preschool.

'07: Laurie Parker has been accepted into the master's program for Occupational Therapy at Grand Valley University.

'07: Amanda Piagnarelli is co-director of Midwest Edge Dance Academy in Naperville, IL.

'07: Krista Stanton is furthering her education at Des Moines University for Osteopathic Medicine.

'07: Erin Whaley is performing with The Detroit Dance Collective, a professional company based in Detroit, Michigan.

'07: Kristi Joy Wilkins gave birth to a healthy baby girl, March 15, 2008, named Sabine Adora Wilkins-Berghorst.

'06: Emily Liang is teaching English in the Marshall Islands, off the coast of Australia.

'06: Jessica Mumford is a research assistant in the Arts Media Technology program at ASU.

'06: Peter Hammer is living in Chicago and working with Chicago Tap Theatre.

'06: Paula Grahmann is working in Chicago performing with Joel Hall Dance Company.

'06: Amanda Gardynik is working at Battle Creek Central High School as their fine arts coordinator and elementary dance teacher.

'06: Ashley Perez is teaching english and Dance at the School of the Arts in Rochester, NY and working on her Masters in Education and Special Education.

'06: Jamie (Thompson) Ward is teaching dance at Hightower High School in Houston, Texas.

'06: Julia Wylie is presenting the 2nd annual Miracle Dancer concert on February 7, 2009 in Dublin, Ohio. It is a concert to benefit Ovarian Cancer.

'06: Sona Smith is living in Chicago, working for the non-profit organization After School Matters, and pursuing her Master's degree at Walden University.

'05: Madeline Crist is living in Chicago and working for the social service agency, Heartland Alliance. She is also a certified yoga instructor.

'05: Sarah Gardner is in her 3rd year of medical school in Philadelphia.

'05: Clarissa Gregory is making stop-motion animation, performances, paintings, and installations in the interdisciplinary graduate program at Maryland Institute College of Art in Baltimore, Maryland. You can contact her at student.mica.edu/cgregory.

'05: Alison Rickey has been admitted into the counseling program at Northern Arizona University.

'05: Dolores Sanchez is performing in the Broadway bound "Imagine Tap"

'05: Teresa VanDenend Sorge is an intern for Koresh Dance Company and will begin her graduate studies at Temple University,Philadelphia, PA in the fall of 2008.

'04: Cynthia Bachhuber is Archivist for a major professional contemporary dance company in New York, NY.

'04: Kathleen Davenport recently graduated from medical school and will be moving to Seattle, Washington with her husband to pursue her medical residency in physical medicine and rehabilitation at the University of Washington.

'04: Matthew Farmer is performing professionally with LehrerDance based in Buffalo, New York.

'04: Colette Harris is performing professionally on a Cruise Ships.

'04: Jessica Honeysett is a Giving Assistant for an Education Network in New York, NY.

'04: Timothy Heck is with Blue Man Group performing in Chicago.

'04: Tara Mistry is living in Cairo, Egypt with her husband Clinton where she teaches first grade. She just finished her Master's in Teaching and Learning with specialization in Curriculum and Instruction at Nova Southeastern University.

'04: Lindsey Townsend is teaching high school mathematics in Aurora, IL and is the head dance team coach and musical choreographer.

'04: Abby Whitenight is teaching music and dance for an elementary school in Hudsonville, Michigan.

'03: Carla (Carrozziere) Prescott is dancing professionally with a project company in Calgary, Canada.

'03: Noelle Davids teaches in the North Carolina school system.

'03: Amanda Drozer is studying dance in New York City and performing with two small companies.

'03: Mary Dunlap is teaching Creative Movement for the Fine Arts PreSchool of a Performing Arts School in MI.

'03: Helen Meronek is teaching for a high school in Baltimore, Maryland.

'03: Amanda Olson is teaching dance in the Chicago school system.

'02: Matt Stehle is dancing with a key professional dance company in Detroit, MI.

'02: Charlotte VanCoeverden lives in Brussels and is finishing up a masters in film studies at ULB (Free University of Brussels). She is also busy working on a musical as a choreographer and co-writer and teaching improvisation and composition dance classes to adolescents.

'02: Jennifer Yoh is performing professionally with a sacred dance company in Houston, Texas.

'01: Kelly Buwalda performs with professional dance companies in New York City.

'01: Laurie Chalifaux is currently attending medical school in Indiana for dance medicine.

'01: Anne Houseworth is teaching dance and music in the Chicago Public School System.

'01: Jodi Kurtze has been selected as the 2007 Hope College Young Alumni recipient. This award is given annually to alumni who graduated with the last 15 years to recognize commitment to excellence in post-graduate life and a significant or ongoing committment to extraordinary work, research or volunteerism. It is the highest honor the Hope College Alumni Association can bestow on a young alumnus.

'01: Christy Lutz is a dancer for a professional contemporary dance company in Chicago, IL.

'01: Hilary Peterson received her M.F.A. from Arizona State University and is a dance instructor for Southeast Missouri State University.

'01: Emily Poel received a second Congressional Scholarship for participation in the Bundestag Youth Exchange for Young Professionals, allowing her to live and study in Germany. She was an intern in the Tanzfabrik in Berlin and is currently performing professionally and working with key choreographers in Berlin, Germany.

'01: Amy Vertalka is dancing is teaching dance in the Ossoso Public School system in MI.

'00: Angella Huddleston dances, choreographs, and is artistic director for a professional sacred dance company in Houston, Texas.

'00: Philip Leete teaches at West Senior High School in Traverse City, Michigan and serves as Artistic Director for Michigan Dance Collective.

'99: Caroline (Enos) June is currently the owner of Just Dance! Studios and the founder/director of Straits Area Dance Company in St. Ignace, Michigan.

'99: Jill Donehoo-Landes teaches dance at the middle school and high school in Zeeland, Michigan.

'99: Jennifer Karr is working with Jennifer Muller/The Works, a New York City based professional dance company, as well as other small companies around the city. She is a certified personal trainer working on specialty certifications in yoga and Pilates. She also teaches dance and choreographs throughout New York at several performing arts centers in Westchester County.

'99: Sarah (Snyder) Hegg is working as a clinical psychologist in Traverse City, Michigan.

'98: Melissa Altobelli teaches dance at Community College in Michigan.

'98: Erin Daly is working on her Ph.D. in clinical psychology, specializing in movement therapy, at a College in Boston, MA.

'98: Kirsten Heinrich is performing professionally with the San Diego Ballet in San Diego, California.

'98: Jessica VanOort is completing a Ph.D. in dance at a University in PA.

'97: Nathanael Buckley is working with the Metropolitan Opera Ballet in New York. He and his wife Alison live in Astoria, Queens in New York.

'97: Sandra Federico is living in Alabama teaching dance in the Huntsville City Schools.

'97: Nicole Flinn created a K-12 dance program including curriculum for the Owosso school district in MI. She is currently on faculty at Hope College.

'97: Jonathan Fly received his M.A. in film making at the University of Toronto and is currently Company Manager for the Joyce Theatre in New York, NY.

'97: Jodi James is an Assistant Research Professor in Dance and Computation with the Arts, Media and Engineering program at Arizona State University.

'97: Ann Paeth passed away in Fall, 2004 while working on her Ph.D. in dance history for the University of California at Riverside. Memorial by Jack Ridl.

'97: Casey Slayton passed away Sept. 10, 2006 of injuries suffered in a car accident near Pedee Oregon. Memorial by Graydon Megan.

'97: Ellen Tomer has completed her master's in social work at Columbia University in New York City and is working in Rochester, New York. She is performing and choreographing for Present Tense Dance.

'95: Brenda Benedict Saban is living and working in Corona, CA.

'95: Kathleen Dominiak, M.F.A., received her Pilates Certification and has developed a dance program at Valpraiso University in Indiana.

'93: Elizabeth Gormly dances professionally and is finishing her Ph.D. in performance/choreography at a University in Texas.

'93: Katherine Vickers is a Certified Yoga Instructor in Washington, D.C.. Her clients include major political figueres and diplomats.

'92: William Crowley, is currently on faculty at both Barry University in Miami Shores, and the University of Miami in Coral Gables, Florida. He is the Founder and Artistic Director of Next Step Dance, and recently returned to Hope College as a guest choreographer to set "Kawabata Suite" on dANCEpROjECt (formally known as Aerial Dance Theater), fall 2004.

'92: Christy Guth-Ross performed professionally before becoming a teacher, and choreographer for a Ballet Academy in MI.

'91: Heather Blaukamp is a Certified Yoga Instructor in MI.

'91: Terri Filips, M.F.A., is a professor of dance at a University in Buffalo, New York.

'91: Patti Stegink-Villanueva is a teacher and choreographer for a professional company in Lansing, Michigan.

'86: Karen Wuertz-Bhaskar is a medical doctor in Beloit, Wisconsin.

'85: Kathy Kaehler is an aerobics instructor, choreographer, teacher, and private trainer for Hollywood and Los Angeles high society. She has a television show in the Los Angeles area and has made many videos, which have sold worldwide.

'85: Kim Karpanty is a performer, teacher, and choreographer across the United States and has a professional dance company called Traversity. She has finished her M.F.A. at Arizona State University and is an assistant professor of dance at a major University in Ohio. Kim was an award recipient in the professional division of the Arizona statewide choreographers’competition.

'83: John Fanthorpe has developed his own Farm Bureau Insurance agency in the Grand Rapids area. He has won many national sales awards from Farm Bureau of America.