Discover Your Passion,
Experience the Joy
Celebration Dance classes are inspired by many years of qualified experience, a whole hearted love for dance education and performance, and an unending commitment to it. We believe in providing an excellent standard of training for our students, in a caring and supportive environment.
We would LOVE to see that creative gift in your child polished and brought to its full potential. Weekly classes and private lessons are designed to do just that. Whether you're just after some fun and a creative outlet, or if you're serious about dance and would like to achieve brilliance, you'll find your needs are met here. Our goal is to nurture the art of dance in the hearts, minds, and bodies of each of our students, while promoting discipline, respect, and integrity. We want to enable each student to unlock and explore their greatest potential and to experience a true love of dance.
highest quality - safe - family friendly
HIGHEST QUALITY DANCE
INSTRUCTION IN A
GOD-CENTERED
ENVIRONMENT
Director: Kirsty Gungor
Kirsty began her formal dance training in South Africa through the Royal Academy of Dance (her mom was one of her ballet teachers) and continued her studies in the US after emigrating with her family at age 15. Kirsty maintained a classical ballet focus in her studies, but added contemporary, modern, and jazz to her repertoire, developing a great love for the heart and soul in dance expression. She has taught all levels of ballet, jazz, contemporary, and modern dance for over 29 years.
Kirsty also toured with a professional theatrical dance company for two and a half years both nationally and internationally in countries including China, Brazil, and Peru, as well as off-Broadway in New York City. The company's mission was to share the message of Jesus around the world through the beautiful art of dance. It was an experience that shaped her and ultimately guided her to Celebration Dance, a studio that seeks to train dancers to not only excel in their art but to give all the glory to God. In the midst of a busy season raising a young family, Kirsty started CD with just a few classes offered to her friend's little ones and 16 years later, we are now a studio with over 300 students and absolutely LOVE working with kids!
What We Offer
Classes are offered to students at every age, starting at age 2.
2-6 Year Olds
We offer pre-ballet, creative movement and jazz for our tiny dancers. Pre-ballet class readies them for formal ballet training, helping them understand their bodies and also introducing ballet vocabulary and music awareness. Dancers learn ballet basics in a fun, structured way and are introduced to creative movement, a joyful way to explore movement and stimulate their imaginations. Jazz dance allows our tiny dancers to explore sound, rhythm and musicality and will introduce classical jazz movement. These preparatory classes will allow young students to develop confidence, enthusiasm and poise.
7 years and Up
Ages 7 and up are offered formal ballet training (the backbone for all dance) and pointe work. Our jazz classes study many styles of jazz including classical, lyrical, hip hop, African and musical theater or broadway. And our contemporary/modern classes teach our dancers how to express through movement that incorporates their ballet and jazz training, with an emphasis on training in improvisational dance, a beautiful way to connect the mind and body in dance.
Celebration Dance is proud to offer a dance program that believes in the power of mentorship! Our team strives to be a positive influence, empowering and inspiring dancers to reach their full potential.
Our Ballet Program
Our ballet dancers are offered level I-V in classical ballet technique. Each level will be broken down into 2 additional levels, an A and B.
Level IA + IB (7 yr + 8yr)
Level IIA + IIB (9 + 10yr)
Level IIIA + IIIB (11-13)
Level IVA (13-up, teacher approval and placement)
Level V (13-up, teacher approval and placement)
All dancers in level IV or V must take a ballet class.
Class selection is determined by dancer's age before Oct 1st.
FEES - Green Bay:
30 MIN GROUP CLASS - $34/MO
45 MIN GROUP CLASS - $48/MO
60 MIN GROUP CLASS - $58MO
75 MIN GROUP CLASS - $65/MO
30 MIN PRIVATE LESSON - $30/LESSON
Multiple class discount
If your dancer is enrolled in 2 or more classes, you will receive a 10% per class discount off of the 2nd and 3rd (and on) classes.
$25 new student enrollment fee
$15 returning student enrollment fee
$25 returning family (more than one student)
(enrollment fees are non-refundable)
No refunds or adjustments given for missed lessons, quitting during mid session, or for lessons missed due to weather. No refunds given for costumes or recital tickets.
Fall - Spring Class Schedule
Green Bay location -Back to class January 6th
Wednesday
Ages 11
Level III B
Ballet III, Jazz, Musical Theater, Contemporary, Technique + Pre-Pointe
Monday 5:30-6:30 Ballet
Monday 6:30-7:15 Jazz
Monday 7:15-7:45 Tap
Tuesday 4-5 Ballet
Tuesday 5-5:45 Jazz
Wednesday 4-4:45 Musical Theater
Wednesday 4:45-5:30 Contemp
Wednesday 5:30-6:15 Hip Hop
Friday 4-5 Ballet Tech
Friday 5-5:45 Prep for Pointe
Friday 5:45-6:30 Worship Dance
Saturday 9-12:30 Belonging Youth Ballet
Age 9
Level II B
Ballet, Jazz, + Contemporary
Technique + Worship Dance
Monday 4-4:45 Jazz
Monday 4:45- 5:30 Ballet
Tuesday 4-4:45 Jazz
Tuesday 4:45-5:45 Ballet
Wednesday 4-4:45 Contemp
Wednesday 4:45-5:30 Musical Theater
Wednesday 4:45-5:30 Hip Hop
Friday 4-5 Contemp
Saturday 9-12:30 Belonging Youth Ballet
Ages 12
Level III + IV
Ballet III, Jazz, Musical Theater, Contemporary, Technique + Pointe
Tuesday 5-5:45 Contemp
Tuesday 5:45-6:45 Ballet
Tuesday 6:45-7:45 Jazz
Wednesday 4:45-5:30 Musical Theater
Wednesday 5:30-6:15 Contemp
Wednesday 5:30-6:30 Hip Hop / Strong Bodies (rec, no ballet req)
Friday 4-5 Ballet Tech
Friday 5-5:45 Preparation for Pointe
Friday 5:45-6:30 Worship Dance
Saturday 9-12:30 Belonging Youth Ballet
Ages 10
Level II A
Ballet II, Jazz, Contemporary, Technique, Musical Theater, + Worship Dance
Tuesday 6:30-7:15 Ballet
Tuesday 7:15-8 Jazz
Wednesday 4-4:45 Contemp
Wednesday 4:45-5:30 Musical Theater
Wednesday 4:45-5:30 Hip Hop
Friday 4-5 Ballet
Friday 5-5:45 Jazz
Friday 5:45-6:30 Contemp
Friday 5:45-6:15 Worship Dance
Saturday 9-12:30 Belonging Youth Ballet
Ages 13 & up
Level IV A
Ballet IV, Jazz, Contemporary, Musical Theater, Technique + Pointe
Monday 6:30-7:45 Ballet Tech
Tuesday 5:45-6:45 Jazz
Tuesday 6:45-7:45 Ballet
Tuesday 7:45-8:30 Pointe I/II
Wednesday 4-4:45 Contemp
Wednesday 4:45-5:30 Musical Theater
Wednesday 5:30-6:30 Ballet Tech
Thursday 6:30-7:15 Contemp for teens 13 - up (recreational, no ballet req)
Friday 5-6:15 Ballet Tech
Friday 6:15-7 Pointe (performance piece)
Saturday 9-12:30 Belonging Youth Ballet
Level IV + V
By approval only
Ballet, Jazz, Contemporary, Modern, Technique + Pointe
Monday 6:30-7:45 Ballet
Monday 7:45-8:30 Pointe V
Wednesday 5:30-6:30 Ballet Tech
Thursday 4:45-6 Ballet
Thursday 6-7 Jazz
Thursday 7-8 Contemp
Friday 5-6:15 Ballet Tech
Friday 6:15-7 Pointe
Saturday 9-12:30 Belonging Youth Ballet
New things coming!
Adult Dance
Thursday 7:15-8 Adult Modern
Ms Jamie will be offering an Ailey inspired modern class for adults during our first session! A relaxed and fun movement class, allowing women to enjoy the beauty of modern dance while toning and stretching muscles. Modern is similar to contemporary dance and Ailey's wonderful work will inspire this class, as Ms Jamie creates something especially designed for our older teens and adults, after her work at the Ailey studios in NYC this summer.
De Pere Location
Classes begin Oct 3rd
Monday afternoons
4:15-5 - 3-6 year
Pre-Ballet and Creative Movement
5-6 - 7-9 year
Ballet and Contemporary
(Starting Oct 7th)
Thursday mornings
9-9:45 - 3-6 year
Pre-Ballet and Creative Movement
9:45-10:45 - 7-10 year
Ballet and Contemporary
(starting Oct 3rd)
De Pere address:
The Vault
107 N. Broadway
(next to Voyageurs Bakery)
De Pere Fall Session starts October 3rd
Belonging Youth Ballet
Ages 9 and up
Audition - October 5th / 9 -10:30am
Saturdays, beginning in January
9am - 12:30pm
Show dates - April 11+12
Dancers ages 9 and up are all welcome to audition!
Belonging Youth Ballet is Celebration Dance's youth ballet company, offering an intensive experience for ballet dancers who would like to be a part of a ballet production.
BYB productions are beautiful story ballets with original choreography and magical costumes.
Rehearsal times will be set for each dance after auditions on Oct 5th and rehearsals will take place each Saturday at the determined time. Rehearsals will begin in January.
Dancers are only allowed to miss 2 rehearsal dates and must attend dress rehearsals.
Meet The Team
Kirsty Gungor
Kirsty is the owner & director
of Celebration Dance and teaches ballet, pointe, jazz,
contemporary, & modern to ages 3 and up. She also mentors the Sr.
Company.
A Bit About Kirsty
Kirsty was given the opportunity to teach ballet at age 16 and immediately knew that this was her calling. She trained with Ballet Magnificat, Tremaine Dance, and Gus Giordano dance school for several summers. Kirsty joined Impact Production's touring company in 1996 and in her second year with the production, was invited to teach company modern classes and to assist the show's creative director in leading show rehearsals. Fun fact: Kirsty met her husband on the road, when he attended one of the company ballet classes! After marrying and moving to Wisconsin (and some time in Michigan), she taught and choreographed for 4 large studios across those states and also choreographed for local pre-professional youth companies. Kirsty started Celebration Dance (with just two little classes in the church basketball court) 16 years ago and has loved and cherished the experience of watching it flourish and grow.
Jamie Gissendaner
Jamie teaches preschool ballet and jazz, hip hop and modern for all ages.
She also mentors the Jr. Company.
A Bit About Jamie
Jamie trained at the Baltimore School for the Arts, Sudbrook Arts, Carol Maxwell Ballet Studios, Morton Street Dance, Academy of International Ballet, as well as Alvin Ailey summer intensive programs. She has taken numerous classes at Broadway Dance Center in New York City and she also had the incredible opportunity to dance under the direction of Debbie Allen performing at the Kennedy Center in Washington, D.C. Jamie danced with the Philadelphia 76ers Dance Team as a professional dancer in 2000. By day, Jamie is a Registered Nurse with a background in Trauma and Emergency Care. We are so grateful to have Jamie's wealth of knowledge and experience at Celebration Dance and we love the joy and enthusiasm she brings to her classes.
Diane Danhieux
Diane teaches level IV
and V (intermediate and advanced) ballet and
pointe classes.
A Bit About Diane
Diane is a Green Bay native who began her love for ballet with classes in Appleton with the Makaroffs. After graduation, she was lucky enough to move to the East Coast, first to Boston and then NYC, where she studied with many inspiring teachers and performed with several East Coast companies. Surprisingly, it was not until Diane moved back to the Midwest to direct the Talented and Gifted Young Dancers program at the University of Iowa (in addition to being the director of Terpsichore School of Dance), that she realized her true passion for the art was in teaching. She quickly discovered that she was not only teaching her young dancers about ballet/movement but also about life. In Diane's 25 plus years of teaching, she has developed her teaching method to not only include those dancers who aspire to become professional dancers, but also to instill in her students the attributes that will serve them through-out their lives. Diane is excited to be a part of the faculty at Celebration Dance and appreciates the chance to be involved with the education of our young dancer's lives.
Billy Jo Collette
Billy teaches our tiny dancers, as well as our jazz and contemporary students, ages 2-14.
A Bit About Billy
Billy trained at Barbs Center for Dance starting at the age of 3 and continued through her senior year of high school. Throughout her training there she studied the techniques of many styles of dance (jazz, tap, contemporary, and lyrical) competitively and trained in their intensive program levels in ballet and pointe. Her passion for the art lead her to pursue a minor in Dance at the University of Wisconsin Green Bay where she is a part of their annual Danceworks performances. Billy has taught all ages of students at NEW Fusion Dance and Performing Arts and loves helping her students set goals, gain understanding of new techniques, and strive to become the best dancers they can be. When dancing as a teen she learned how important fueling your body with the right foods and staying active was and she found her passion for nutriton and fitness. This lead her to her major in Human Biology with a double emphasis in Dietetics and Exercise Science. She is now a Dietician and Personal Trainer in addition to her career as a dance instructor.
Paulina Chivara
Paulina teaches ballet for ages 8 and through advanced levels.
A Bit About Paulina
Paulina's introduction to dance was at a very early age in her hometown in the North of Mexico, where she attended ballet classes at an official associated school of the Royal Academy of Dance. She participated in several summer intensives under the guidance of Debra Wayne, Alejandra Elizondo, Nelly Brabata, and Eduardo Vega, among others. She attended college at Universidad de Monterrey in Monterrey, Mexico. During this time, she joined the "Tiempos de Danza" company under the direction of Mayra Ortega. She was accepted to Escuela Superior de Musica y Danza de Monterrey's Dance Teaching Methodology Program. She is a certified ballet teacher by the Consejo Academico de Arte y Danza Internacional A.C. Years later, she returned to her home state where she started her own Dance School, "Arte en Movimiento". She was artistic director, manager, and dance instructor before moving to Madison, WI where she joined Kanopy Dance Company and taught at the Madison Ballet School.
Paulina currently works at The Weidner as Community Engagement and Outreach Coordinator.
Savanna Schommer
Savanna teaches our tiny dancers, as well as our jazz and contemporary students, ages 5-16.
A Bit About Savanna
Savanna is a former student of Celebration Dance and from age 4-18 took classes in ballet, jazz, and contemporary. As a teen she taught jazz, musical theater, and contemporary at Celebration Dance for 3 years. For the past 3 years she has been at the University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire getting her Bachelors of Social Work degree. She’s returned to the area to complete her Masters of Clinical Social Work and is thrilled to be rejoining the Celebration Dance team.
With her current experience working at a residential treatment facility with court ordered youth she focuses on creating authentic connections with the individuals she meets and works with. She has worked with kids of all ages and strives to see students as a whole being; prioritizing their physical, mental, and spiritual health. She looks forward to being back at Celebration Dance and helping students grow into the best versions of themselves, as dancers and human beings.
Anna Charnetski
Anna teaches our tiny dancers, ballet, jazz and musical theater, ages 3-14.
A Bit About Anna
Anna has studied dance for the past 15 years with Celebration Dance. In addition to studying at Celebration Dance, she has furthered her education by taking summer intensives with Green Bay School of Dance and Ballet Magnificat. She has also performed in Northeastern Wisconsin Dance Organization’s Nutcracker Ballet. At age 11, Anna began assisting in classes with Ms. Kirsty and as a teen began her teaching training in a variety of classes ranging from ages 3-14. Anna is a hard working and committed young lady and dancer. She loves Jesus and does a beautiful job as a natural leader, shining her light and influencing younger dancers in a beautiful and positive way.
Adorlee Gustafson
Adorlee teaches our tiny dancers, ballet, and contemporary, ages 3-14. She is also a member of Celebration Dance's Sr. Company.
A Bit About Adorlee
Adorlee has studied as a student with Celebration Dance for 13 years and is entering her seventh year as a member of the Senior Company. In addition to studying at Celebration Dance, she has furthered her education by taking many summer intensives with Green Bay School of Dance, Ballet Magnificat, and Dance Revolution. She has performed in NEWDO’s Nutcracker Ballet for 7 seasons, performing as Clara, Snow and Flowers. Adorlee began assisting Ms. Kirsty at age 11 and has trained to be a teacher for 2 years. She is a remarkably driven and devoted student of dance and demonstrates incredible commitment and passion. We are so happy to welcome Adorlee to our team!
Katie Linssen
Katie teaches jazz and contemporary and works with our companies.
A Bit About Katie
For the past 17 years, Katie has been shaping the lives of children through dance. She is a national award winning instructor and choreographer who has taught many genres of dance including tap, jazz, lyrical, contemporary, ballet, hip hop, and pom. Katie began her love for dance, both studio and Irish, when she was 6 and continued on until she graduated high school. Her most favorite part of teaching dance is the students, as their love and excitement for dance fuels her motivation and passion for teaching.
Autumn Lensmire
Autumn teaches our tiny dancers, ages 3-4.
A Bit About Autumn
Autumn is a mother of 2 and a kindergarten teacher. She began her dance career at the age of 3 and developed a passion for pom and kick, continuing her career on the University of Wisconsin-Green Bay Dance Team. Autumn was hired as the Luxemburg-Casco High School Dance Team head coach and during those 4 years with the team, she helped bring her girls to State each year in both Pom and jazz with a finish in the top 5 in 2018. After taking a step back from dance to enjoy her time as a new mom, she is back, as both a preschool dance teacher and a dance mom at Celebration Dance! She loves sharing her passion for dance with her beautiful daughter. Autumn has loved every minute of being at Celebration Dance and is excited to share her 27 years of dance experience with her tiny dancers this year.
Pearl Saldaña
Pearl teaches our tiny dancers, ages
5-6.
Pearl's bio is coming soon!
Faith
We love Jesus! We love to see our dancers connect their God-given talents with worshipful expression back to Him, our creator and the One who gives us our artistic gifts and talents
Non-Competitive
We are non-competitive - this means that all dancers receive the same creative attention in class and in choreography. We offer both a ballet company and contemporary companies for the more serious dancer and for those who are interested in dance as a career.
Studio Culture
We strive for a loving and joy filled culture that makes you feel at home from the moment to step inside our doors.
What sets us apart?
Family friendly
Our music, costumes and dance moves are relevant and innovative but still family friendly.
We nurture leadership & mentorship.
Technique
We put emphasis on strong and careful technique and our teachers are able to guide our students towards strength and excellence in technique. We also offer advanced/pre-professional level classes.
Performance
Our recitals are a beautiful experience from start to finish and we keep them under 2 hours long. Every moment is carefully and artfully created for our dancers and audience.
Recital
Celebration Dance offers both a Christmas recital and a Spring recital for our dancers.
WINTER RECITAL 2024:
Friday, Dec 13th at 6pm
Saturday, Dec 14th at 11am & 3pm
Sunday, Dec 15th at 3pm
SPRING RECITAL 2025:
Friday, May 9th at 6pm
Saturday, May 10th at 10am, 1pm & 5pm
HELLO!
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"Miss Kirsty has been such a blessing to our daughter and family. She has such a gift not only with her own dancing ability but with our little girls. She reaches each and every one of our children, laying a strong foundation for dancing with love, poise, grace and discipline."
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