Avant Garde Theatre of Dance

Meet Whittney Henderson! In our ninth edition of Avant Garde Theatre of Dance's Center Stage, we present to you Miss Whittney Henderson. Whittney is a competitive dancer in the Apprentice Program here at Avant Garde Theatre of Dance. She is a fourth grader and a very motivated and hard worker. She currently takes Ballet twice per week, and contemporary, jazz, and acrobatics once per week. "Whittney is always smiling and always works very hard in each class she takes. She is a joy to have at our school," says Miss Sarah. Whittney has 3 dogs, 2 cats, fish, 1 horse and 2 donkeys. When asked what her favorite class was at Avant Garde Theatre of Dance, she said, "All of them but kind of like Acro best!" We had to ask Whittney, "What is it about Avant Garde that you love?" She replied, I love how much fun we always have!" When we asked Whittney if she was excited to be in the competitive program, she immediately responded, "Yes, excited actually!...

  Meet Habana Morales! The seventh edition of Avant Garde Theatre of Dance's Center Stage proudly presents Miss Habana Morales! Habana is a fifth grader and a competitive dancer in the Apprentice Program here at Avant Garde Theatre of Dance. She trains in Ballet, Contemporary and Jazz. She spends three days per week at Avant Garde and loves it! Her family owns a Bakery right next door called "Little Habana Bakery" where you may find Habana cooking up a batch of fresh cookies... we love the name!!  You know when Habana walks in the door because she makes her presence known. "She is full of energy, loves to dance and pays close attention to detail in every class," says Miss Sarah. Habana loves dancing, she's performed on stage since the 3rd grade and has even been the sugar plum fairy in the nut cracker! She also plays competitive soccer here in Ennis and has a horse named Junior! We asked Habana what she loved the most and she immediate replied with "I l...

Meet Alyssa Portillo! In our sixth edition of Avant Garde Theatre of Dance's Center Stage, we present to you Miss Alyssa Portillo. Alyssa is a competitive dancer in the Apprentice Program here at Avant Garde Theatre of Dance. This second grader is so sweet and such hard worker. She currently takes Intermediate Ballet 2 days per week, Intermediate Contemporary 1 day, and Intermediate Jazz 1 day per week.  "She is always happy, an extremely hard worker, and she is definitely a very bright young dancer," says Miss Sarah. Alyssa is a Blogger.  Her mom told us “she loves to make random videos and even TikToks.  You can always find here recording everything!” When we asked what her favorite class was at Avant Garde Theatre of Dance, without hesitation she said, "Jazz…. I LOVE the jazz walk!!!" We asked Alyssa, "What is it about Avant Garde that you love?" She excitedly answered, "Because I love to dance, and always have so much fun."  When we asked...

Meet Genesis Hernandez! We are so proud to present to you our fifth edition of Avant Garde Theatre of Dance's Center Stage! This week, we get to know a little more about that little girl we posted month's ago on our Page. If you don't remember, maybe the photo below will ring a bell?  Miss Genesis was the very first student that we ever posted on our Facebook page, she was the first student to sign up at Avant Garde Theatre of Dance, and she is still so very excited and happy every single day we see her for class! Genesis is a competitive dancer in the Apprentice Program here at Avant Garde Theatre of Dance.  This first grader is such a hard worker and she is hyper focused in every class she takes. She currently takes Intermediate Ballet 2 days per week, Intermediate Contemporary 1 day, and Intermediate Jazz 1 day per week.  "She's small but mighty, with lots of spunk and great work ethic," says Miss Sarah. Genesis has a dog named Thor, who is a big ole’ teddy...

Shown in photo (Back Row, Left to Right): Samantha Lopez, Samantha Honza, Lori Henderson, Jodi Christian, Jessica Gerloff, Hector Monreal.  (Front Row, Left to Right): Bridget Luna, Amber Espino, Sarah Austin, Christopher Brown, Tiffany Metcalfe, Destiny De Leon Like with any new business, here at Avant Garde Theatre of Dance we are constantly on the move – working hard to build up our brand, establish our roots and to bring high quality dance instruction to the Ennis community (and  beyond as we learned in our last Spotlight).  There is so much to be done and the workload only continues to grow as we  do! Today, we want to center the attention on a group of individuals who volunteer their time and energy to help us  reach our goals. It is with great pride that we present to you, our Avant Garde Parent’s Guild!  We are very fortunate to  have such a committed group of parents who share our passion for dance and who champion for our local business as i...

In our fourth edition of Avant Garde Theatre of Dance's Center Stage, we present to you Miss Adleigh Eversole. This third grader is a competitive dancer in the Apprentice Program at Avant Garde Theatre of Dance. Adleigh takes classes 4 days per week, she is training in Ballet, Contemporary, Jazz, Acro and Hip Hop! She was extremely excited to let us know, her favorite class is Jazz! "She is a very enthusiastic, joyful and intelligent young dancer. She’s always wanting to learn more!" says Miss Sarah. Adleigh has a “huge” white lab named Bandit; which made us giggle at the emphasis on HUGE! We asked Adleigh, "When you’re not running around with your awesome giant Bandit, why do you love coming to Avant Garde?" She quickly replied, "Because the teachers are very nice and helpful!"  Adleigh mentioned what excites her most about competition, “Everything. I can’t wait to get our costumes and perform for people!”  Adleigh has many friends and she even has 4 ...