Ann Hunt - Dance
Ann Hunt has been teaching and choreographing dance for over 20 years. She holds a BFA in Modern Dance from the University of Utah where she was the recipient of the prestigious Elizabeth R. Hayes dance scholarship. While in college, she taught creative movement for the Salt Lake City, Utah School District, as well as ballet and jazz at Elite Dance Studio. She was a guest performer for Rirey and Woodbury Dance Company's 2002 Olympic performance and also performed with the University of Utah's Performing Dance Company. While enjoying her performing years, Ms. Hunt's focus has always been dance education. After finishing her BFA, she became the Artistic Director of the Juan Diego Catholic High School Dance Department in Draper, Utah, where she taught contemporary, jazz, ballet, ballroom, and choreography. She was a member of the Utah Dance Education Organization and the National Dance Education Organization. After moving to Colorado Ms. Hunt was on faculty at Leap Dance Studio for eight years, was a guest artist at Denver School of the Arts, Denver’s South High School, produced her own show ‘Pairings’, and was a guest choreographer for the 8th annual Colorado Dance Education Organization Conference. Ms. Hunt is a member of the National Dance Education Organization, is Vice President of the Colorado Dance Education Organization (CoDeo), serves on The Dance Archive board at Denver University, holds a Silver Swan Certification from the Royal Academy of Ballet which specializes in teaching safe dance practices to the 55+ community and Ms. Hunt will also be receiving her Master’s of Art in Dance Education in the Fall of 2022. Ms. Hunt has four children ages 12-20, two cats, and a cool husband! In her free time she enjoys taking dance classes, scrapbooking, listening to audio books, and discovering new restaurants.

Centennial Academy of Fine Arts Education