Jaime Sherman (communications) and her husband Andy are parents to six littles and have been dance parents since 2017. Combining her passion for writing with her belief in the mission of JCSD, Jaime began assisting Amy with studio communications in 2019. In addition to her work with JCSD, Jaime home educates her children and writes …
Amy Baker (director) Amy Baker, grew up in Junction City, Oregon. The commute to Eugene for dance classes began at age 3. Ballet was not only her love, but also her life. Amy began ballet training at Dance Spectrum with Ms. Dana Hutchins for ten years. She continued her dance training at the Eugene School of …
Originally from East Hampton, Long Island, New York, Diane Brahms moved to Oregon in the early 1970s and met Lawrence through a Christian ministry called Shiloh. They married in 1976 and had five children whose names all begin with the letter A. Their children have given them 16 grandchildren and counting! In 2013, Diane retired from …
Lawrence Brahms has worked alongside his daughter, Amy Baker, since the fall of 2009 in the financial management of Junction City School of Dance. He retired in 2008 from CenturyLink and says he couldn’t have asked for a better post-retirement job than working alongside his daughter. While there are always new challenges in managing the …
Hello, my name is James. I have been dancing my entire life. Michael Jackson was a huge inspiration to me as a child and I would teach my siblings and friends dances from music videos. This love of dance continued through middle and high school. In my mid-twenties, I formed a group of dancers called …
Tracy Fuller has danced professionally with the Colorado Ballet for three seasons. She has just began her second season with Ballet Fantastique. Tracy has been teaching professionally since 2014 at multiple studios around the Denver metro area, and Eugene Oregon including at the Colorado Ballet Academy, Colorado School of Dance, Ballet Fantastique and Oregon Ballet Academy. She was trained with both Balanchine and Vaganova …
Amaris (Starr) Ballard found her passion for dance at 2 years old in Tyler, Texas. Taking a variety of classes in Texas with Arts With A Mission (AWAM), she had the opportunity of using dance to glorify God through performing at Six Flags and a variety of other venues. At 8 years old, her family …
Lauren Terrien (junior instructor) — Hi, my name is Lauren! I have been taking classes at Junction City School of Dance since I was 3 years old. I immediately fell in love with dance and haven’t stopped since. I started with ballet and gradually added modern, jazz, pointe, and most recently hip hop. I have …
I began ballet classes at Dance Spectrum in Eugene, OR at the age of 4. I loved to dance but begged to do more when I was 8 years old. At the time I joined Zreliak Artistic Performing Productions dance company and started taking Jazz, Lyrical, Hip Hop and Ballet at the affiliated studio, On …