Styles:
- Audition Class
- Ballet
- Contemporary
- Jazz
- Lyrical
- Musical Theater
- Musical Theatre Dance, Acting
Experience (Select list):
- Broadway Dance Center (Children & Teens Division)
- Broadway Dance Center (Professional Semester)
- STEPS
- East Carolina University
- Broadway Workshop
- Artists Unite Collective
- Dynamix Works
- Bold Dance Project
Class Descriptions:
- Ballet: Donna's class is fun, fluid, and engaging. She works on basic ballet technique and terminology. Focusing on artistry in port de bras and sequencing through movement, This class will set dancers up to be prepared throughout all levels of ballet.
- Jazz: Donna's class is all about style and confidence. This class will focus on technique fundamentals, with a strong focus on musicality and performance quality. The choreography is a culmination of sharp and subtle accents and will boosts dances self-esteem while helping them work on personality, and style.
- Modern: Donna's Modern class will cover an array of different techniques, with a focus on Horton and Release Technique. This class with introduce the Fundamental Movements in modern dance, it's origin, and it's importance of expression, proper alignment and use of breath through movement. We will do center, across the floor, and movement techniques. Students will have a basic understanding of modern dance.
- Lyrical: A strong focus on artistry through movement quality and storytelling,
- Musical Theatre: Fundamentals of jazz, focus on musicality, storytelling performance quality, important of cleanliness in footwork, education/background on the musical if using their music)
- Contemporary: Fusing together many styles, (modern, ballet, jazz, lyrical, with a strong focus on versatility, exploration of space, and full range of the body's movement potential. We will aim to connect the mind and the body alternating between dynamic and fluid movement
Donna Michelle Vaughn a native of Baltimore, Maryland has been living out her show-biz dreams the past 15 years. On one of the biggest stages, in one of the longest running shows, The Lion King on Broadway has been her home. Graduating from Virginia Common-Wealth University in 2006 with a BFA in Dance & Choreography, Donna’s Career took off as she moved to Chicago to begin dancing professionally. Traveling the world Nationally & Internationally with companies, Hubbard Street ll and DanceWorks Chicago, her career has granted her the opportunity to learn from and receive gem-worthy advice from true legends in dance. Growing up in a dance studio training in all styles, Donna passes on the versatility and wealth of knowledge she holds in many genres. She created Dynamix Works, A pop-up Workshop where you’ll interact with Broadway Performers and Professional Artists straight from the entertainment industry. Donna has an Ambassador Mentorship program where she mentors and coaches artists on their personal, artistic journeys. Donna’s mission is to inspire, train, upright, educate, and empower the world's next generation of artists. Other credits include Lead Actor/Dance in Jill Scott’s Music Video, “Back Together”. Women’s Health Magazine, January 2024 Issue, Hilton Campaign, Cantù Beauty Campaign (2023), Broadway Dance Center (Children & Teens Division and Professional Semester Students) Adjunct- East Carolina University