KIM DINSMOOR, Artistic Director
Artistic Director Kim Dinsmoor has enjoyed the privilege of dancing and teaching professionally throughout the greater Seattle area. She has been a member of Pacific Northwest Ballet, Olympic Ballet Theater and Ballet Petit now known as Ballet Bellevue.
Her Philosophy includes teaching excellent body mechanics for dancer safety, that music and movement is vital to children's development, and that the love of teaching is paramount to the success of the school and the children's training.
AnA Noelle, Instructor
DEAN SPEER, Instructor
Dean Speer has been a dancer, dance teacher, choreographer, producer, director, singer (baritone) and writer. He was the founding director of Chehalis Ballet Center in Washington state and is former artistic director of the Chattanooga Ballet in Tennessee.
His dance training and experiences in the arts have taken him many places - geographic and otherwise: Cannes, Paris, New York, Chicago, Mossyrock, and Pe Ell. He is a graduate of Cornish College of the Arts.
Many of his students have gone on to continue their professional training around the globe, and are enjoying amazing careers.
Mr. Speer is also the author of On Technique, University Press of Florida. All students and their families should get their own copy of this inspiring book, also available through Amazon.com. Mr. Speer will happily autograph it especially for you.
RANDALL PLUT, Accompanist
Randall Plut has been the pianist and composer-in-residence for Dance! West Seattle since 1996 and an employee of the Pacific Northwest Ballet.
Mr. Plut has accompanied ballet classes and composed music for numerous other dance venues, including Martha Nishitani School of Modern Dance, Dorothy Fisher Ballet School, Pacific Regional Ballet Festival, Chicago Dance Academy, British Dancing Academy, Ballet Cascadia, Nebraska Dance Camp, Evergreen City Ballet and Northwest Dance Intensive. Mr. Plut was a performing member, for over four years, of a night club act in Chicago called "Jan Hobson and her Bad Review."
Since 2000, he has been the pianist for the University of Washington School of Law graduation ceremonies. He has also been the pianist and music director for numerous theatrical productions, including My Fair Lady, Bells are Ringing, You're a Good Man, Charlie Brown, and Grease. Mr. Plut received training in musical composition from the late Dr. Gregory Short, over a period of twenty years. Mr. Plut has had several original compositions performed by symphony orchestras. He is also the composer of a musical comedy, My Sweet Candy, which received three performances in 1987 at the Carco Theater in Renton, Washington.
Mr. Plut has performed numerous piano recitals and in 1977 he performed the piano part in the Beethoven "Emperor" Concerto with the Thalia Symphony in Seattle.
A sample of Mr. Plut's composition and style can be seen and heard here. Find additional samples on his Youtube channel.