Faculty Shooting Dance Video

Summyr Whaley, founder of 8&a1, will be in L.A. for 4 days shooting 4 dance videos with Tezoro Productions Live! Look for these videos for purchase in early 2009!

8&a1 Dance Line

We are pleased to announce the official dance line of 8&a1 Dance Workshop!

We will be offering tops, capri pants, tube socks, and a lot more!

We are so excited to premiere the dance line at our June 28th Workshop at Saginaw High School!

We will be accepting cash and credit cards for our 8&a1 Dance Mall!

2008 Production Assistants

8&a1 is also proud to announce the production assistants for the 2008 Workshop!
Katherine Crorey comes to us from Trinity Valley Community College as a Cardette.
Lara Wilson comes to us from Martin High School as a Sundancer.

We are excited to have both of these dancers as Production Assistants!

The 2008 Interns

We are pleased to announce the 8&a1 Dance Workshop interns of 2008! Each of our interns were selected through an audition. 8&a1 is dedicated to giving aspiring professional dancers an opportunity to work like a pro! Each intern will assist an 8&a1 dance faculty member, perform in the faculty show-off, and will receive a customized DVD that they may use for their dance careers! Please meet our 2008 interns listed below.

Kelsey White

Kelsey White comes to us from Dance Mpact. We are pleased to have Kelsey as an intern!

Amy Ezell

Amy Ezell comes to us from Keller High School Indianettes. We are excited to have Amy as an intern!

Laura Breedlove

Laura Breedlove comes to us from Cindy's School of Dance. We are excited to have Laura as an intern.

Amy Bramlett

Amy Bramlett comes to us from Texas Christian University. We are excited to have Amy as an intern!

Brittany Bean

Brittany Bean comes to us from Motion Center for Dance in Plano and Ballet Center Fort Worth. We are excited to have Brittany as an intern!

Erin Antoville

Erin Antoville just completed her Freshman Year at Texas Tech University! We are excited to have Erin as an intern!

Faculty choreographed Las Vegas Show!

Showstopper's... Can't Stop the Beat, an 80 min Broadway Review was choreographed by our very own lyrical teacher Brad Barnes. It premiered in Spokane, WA at the Northern Quest Casino in April and has been Scheduled for a 3 month run at the Terrible's Casino in Primm, Nevada! Come take class from a working choreographer in the dance industry!

Faculty at Panoply

Summyr Whaley, owner of 8&a1 Dance Workshop, just taught/adjudicated at Panoply Arts Festival in Huntsville, Alabama where she taught classes to aspiring choreographers and dancers!

Faculty performed at Alvin Ailey!

We want to congratulate Heather Lang, the 8&a1 contemporary teacher! She performed a piece choreographed by Jason Parsons entitled The Trio on May 10, 2008 at Alvin Ailey Theatre in NYC!

8&a1 Faculty on PBS 5/8/08

Krista Saab an 8&a1 Dance Workshop faculty will be on PBS on May 8, 2008 with "Live from Lincoln Center Performance of Camelot!" We are so excited to have such talented teachers on our staff! Be sure to tune in and watch her dance on the famous Lincoln Center stage in NYC!