SUMMER WORKSHOP 2025

  • SCS DANCE COMPANY

    SUMMER WORKSHOPS REGISTRATION

  • FEATURING KEN BELL, JOANNE MORFIT, TAMMY KILGORE, OLIVIA RICHARDS, MARINA PHILLIPS, JANE ROSS and JODIE BARRIS

    *Try a new class. Meet new friends. Sharpen your skills at the Dance Company's Summer workshop. Tap, jazz, musical theater and more are being offered June through August.

    INTRO classes require a minimum of 5 attendees. A refund will be given if the requirement is not met.

    All other classes require a minimum of 10 attendees. A refund will be given if the requirement is not met. No refunds for classes meeting minimum.

    Not a member of the Dance Company Club? No problem, the 1/2 price membership fee ($12.50) is valid through December 2025.

    NEW MEMBERSHIP LINK (CLICK HERE)

    The cost of each workshop for the month is as follows:
    • For current members: $20 per workshop.
    • Residents may take 2 classes prior to becoming a member

    Those wishing to join and continue with the workshop will be charged the remaining $10.

    *If classes need to be cancelled due to the remodeling of the Pinnacle Fitness Center a refund will be given. 

  • KEN BELL

  • With over 45 years of experience as a tap and jazz performer, Ken Bell is a passionate educator in the art of tap dance. For more than 25 years, Ken has taught tap classes and workshops around the world with a commitment to motivate his students through encouragement and a positive dance environment. Some of Ken's notable stage performances include the Warner Bros. 50th Anniversary Celebration as the lead tap dancer, Cotton Club Review, China National Summer Showcase and the 41st Academy Awards. He made numerous television and film appearances during his acting career with parts in General Hospital, Peyton Place, Don't Blame You and Together Brothers. Ken appeared in commercials for Pepsi, Bell Telephone, Sears and Polaroid - just to name a few. Ken shares the knowledge he learned from some of the biggest names in tap dance including Gregory Hines, Willy Covan, Eddie Brown, Paul Kennedy, and Sammy Davis, Jr.

  • TAP LEVEL 2-3

    Designed for the High Beginner/Intermediate student looking to learn more complicated rhythms and techniques from a Master Tap Teacher.

    JUNE

    SUN SHADOWS COMMUNITY CENTER

    11:15 AM - 12:15 PM

    MONDAY

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  • TAP LEVEL 2-3

    AUGUST

    PINNACLE COMMUNITY CENTER

    9:15 AM - 10:15 AM

    TUESDAY/THURSDAY

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  • TAP LEVEL 4

    Designed for the student who is at an advanced level looking for a fast-paced class with more complex rhythms and choreography.
    Expectations: Students must be confident tap dancers looking for a challenge from a Master Tap Teacher.

    Teacher recommendation suggested.

    JUNE

    SUN SHADOWS COMMUNITY CENTER

    12:30 PM - 1:30 PM

    MONDAY

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  • TAP LEVEL 4

    AUGUST

    PINNACLE COMMUNITY CENTER

    10:30 AM - 11:30 AM

    TUESDAY/THURSDAY

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  • OLIVIA RICHARDS

  • Olivia Richards grew up dancing in a small town in Oklahoma. After high school, she went on to get her BFA in “Performance Dance” from the University of Central Oklahoma. In 2011, Olivia made the bold decision to sell her things and move to Las Vegas without a job lined up and only a thousand dollars in her pocket. Olivia spent the next 10 years dancing in various shows and venues along the prestigious Las Vegas strip, teaching dance and fitness along the way. Throughout her career, she was fortunate to travel to perform all over the globe. She also made multiple appearances in television shows, music videos, and even danced alongside “Guns n’ Roses.”
    In 2017, Olivia met her now husband (a performer as well) and in 2021 she decided to retire from performing to become a mother. Olivia is passionate about teaching and is deeply fulfilled by sharing her love of movement and music with students of all ages and abilities.

  • LEVEL 1 JAZZ

    Experience the joy of movement with Olivia as she introduces you to the energetic and expressive style of jazz dance, all at a gentle, beginner-friendly pace. The class begins with an easy-to-follow warm-up and stretches designed to support and accommodate senior bodies.
    Set to upbeat and enjoyable music, this class covers basic jazz steps, foundational technique, and essential terminology. Olivia will guide you through a simple routine, allowing plenty of time for questions, repetition, and confidence-building.
    Her goal is for you to leave feeling refreshed, accomplished, and inspired to keep dancing.

    JUNE
    SUN SHADOWS COMMUNITY CENTER

    11:15 AM - 12:15 PM

     FRIDAY

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  • INTRODUCING!

    LYRICAL DANCE

    Olivia is bringing a fresh new style to Sun City this summer—Lyrical Dance! This contemporary form blends the grace of ballet with the expressive nature of jazz, focusing on storytelling and emotional expression through movement. Set to music with meaningful lyrics, lyrical dance allows you to connect deeply with both the music and your body. Dancers will explore fluid movements, as well as strong passionate gestures and the art of conveying emotion and narrative through dance.
    Come discover a new way to move, express, and connect.


    Pre- Requisite: A minimum of 2 years of jazz experience is required to ensure comfort with the foundational movement and technique.     

    JUNE
    SUN SHADOWS COMMUNITY CENTER

    12:30 PM - 1:30 PM

    FRIDAY

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  •  SULTRY SENIOR BURLESQUE

    This workshop focuses on your sizzling side! Olivia’s goal is to help you feel confident, sensual, and beautiful while having a few giggles. Dancers can expect a warmup followed by a different routine each week to a different playful song. All levels welcome.

    JULY
    PINNACLE COMMUNITY CENTER

    9:15 AM - 10:15 AM

     SATURDAY

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  •  LEVEL 3 JAZZ

    This is a class for the advanced dancer. If you’re a dancer who picks up choreography quickly, knows their terminology, loves to dance at a faster pace, and are ready for a challenge, this class is for you!
    Olivia will guide you through more complex choreography and more advanced steps (While being mindful of your senior body).
    This will be a workout for your brain and your body! (If you’re unsure if you’re ready, just ask Olivia!)

    JULY

    PINNACLE COMMUNITY CENTER

    10:30 AM - 11:30 AM

     SATURDAY

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  • INTRODUCING!

    BALLET AND BEATS

    A senior focused ballet class set to funky tunes.
    Whether you’re new to ballet, or looking to review, this class is for you! Olivia switches out classical music for rock n roll as she guides you through barre and center combinations. Ballet is a great way to focus on technique, enhance balance, and grow your confidence as a dancer. Ballet or jazz shoes recommended.

    AUGUST

    SUN SHADOWS COMMUNITY CENTER

    11:15 AM - 12:15 PM

     FRIDAY

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  •  LEVEL 2 JAZZ

    If you’ve mastered the basics and are ready for more, this class is for you!
    Dancers can expect a fun warm up, review basic steps, begin to work with faster paced music, and enhance their ability to learn choreography.

    AUGUST

    SUN SHADOWS COMMUNITY CENTER

    12:30 PM - 1:30 PM

     FRIDAY

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  • MARINA PHILLIPS

  • Marina Phillips is from Los Angeles, California. She graduated from The American Musical and Dramatic Academy, AMDA in 2011 in Musical Theater. Marina teaches at The Rock Center for Dance and Sun City Dance Company, formally at B Sharp School of Dance in Las Vegas, Nevada. In Los Angeles she taught at UCLA, The Gabriella Foundation; Everybody Dance, Free2BeMe; dancers with Down Syndrome, JillyJazz Dance Arts and was the choreographer for The Miracle Project; actors with Autism. In Tennesse she taught at Scenic City Dance and Chattanooga Dance Theatre. She was an adjudicator for such dance competitions as Talent On Parade. Marina specializes in Luigi technique. Marina has performed in such musicals as THE WORLD GOES ROUND, GENETIC EDDY, A CHORUS LINE, IN THE MOOD, WEST SIDE STORY, THOROUGHLY MODERN MILLIE, CABARET, PIPPIN, THE SUMMER VARIETY SHOW and The Rockette Summer Intensive. Teaching is her passion, she loves passing on the joy of dance!

  • BASIC TAP 

    Step into rhythm and explore the fundamentals of tap dance in this fun and energetic beginner-friendly class! Designed for those with little to no tap experience.
    Basic steps such as shuffles, flaps, and taps are introduced, along with simple routines that incorporate these elements.
    The instructor breaks down each movement, providing clear demonstrations and personalized feedback to ensure everyone understands the techniques involved.
    Whether you're looking to try something new or build a solid foundation for future tap training, this class is a great place to start.

    JULY

    SUN SHADOWS COMMUNITY CENTER

    12:30 PM - 1:15 PM

    MONDAY

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  • BASIC TAP 

    Step into rhythm and explore the fundamentals of tap dance in this fun and energetic beginner-friendly class! Designed for those with little to no tap experience.
    Basic steps such as shuffles, flaps, and taps are introduced, along with simple routines that incorporate these elements.
    The instructor breaks down each movement, providing clear demonstrations and personalized feedback to ensure everyone understands the techniques involved.
    Whether you're looking to try something new or build a solid foundation for future tap training, this class is a great place to start.

    AUGUST

    SUN SHADOWS COMMUNITY CENTER

    12:15 PM - 1:00 PM

    MONDAY

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  • INTRODUCING!

    INTRO TO CHAIR TAP 

    Get ready to tap, clap, and groove—all while seated! This class is perfect for beginners who want to explore the joy of tap dancing in a safe, low-impact way.
    Using a sturdy chair for support, you'll learn basic tap steps and fun choreography to upbeat music.
    It can also bring the joy of dance to people who may have limited mobility, or balance concerns. 

    JULY

    SUN SHADOWS COMMUNITY CENTER

    1:30 PM - 2:15 PM

    MONDAY

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  • INTRODUCING!

    INTRO TO CHAIR TAP 

    Get ready to tap, clap, and groove—all while seated! This class is perfect for beginners who want to explore the joy of tap dancing in a safe, low-impact way.
    Using a sturdy chair for support, you'll learn basic tap steps and fun choreography to upbeat music.
    It can also bring the joy of dance to people who may have limited mobility, or balance concerns. 

    AUGUST

    SUN SHADOWS COMMUNITY CENTER

    11:15 AM - 12:00 PM

    MONDAY

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  • INTRO TO JAZZ

    Get moving and express yourself in introduction to jazz dance! Perfect for beginners, this class focuses on basic jazz technique strength and balance. Students will explore musicality, style, and performance while building strength, flexibility, and coordination. Set to upbeat music, this class is fun, empowering, and a great way to gain confidence on the dance floor. No prior dance experience needed — just bring your passion and a willingness to move!

    SHOES: Jazz or Athletic

    AUGUST
    SUN SHADOWS COMMUNITY CENTER

    1:15 PM - 2:00 PM

    MONDAY 

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  • JOANNE MORFIT

    TAMMY KILGORE

  • Joanne Morfit 

    My husband and I retired in Sun City Summerlin from Denver, CO in 2022.

    I joined the Dance Company around that same time. Dancing has always been something I'm very passionate about as evident while raising my girls.

    I was asked to build, from the ground up, a Poms Dance Team Program for the local high school. I coached and enhanced the program for 7 years, which yielded many awards including a 3rd place finish in a state competition.

    I'm very excited to have the opportunity, along with Tammy Kilgore, to share this wonderful dance style with the members of the Sun City Dance Company.

    Tammy Kilgore

    My husband and I relocated in Sun City Summerlin in 2012 from the greater Seattle, WA area.

    I joined the Dance Company in 2018 and since joinging I've enjoyed tap, drill and most recently musical theater.

    I must admit that musicality, including dance, voice and theatre
    are in my veins and has been since I can remember. 

    I'm so thrilled to be partnering with Joanne Morfit to bring to the Dance Company a new high energy, dance Poms program.

     

  • INTRODUCING!

    POMS

    Pom dance is an energetic and dynamic style dance that places emphasis on precise and synchronized arm movements and formations. Pom dance incorporates poms, which dancers hold in their hands throughout the routine. The choreography in pom dance is typically fast-paced, visually appealing, and filled with high-energy movements. Pom dance incorporates many dance styles like, jazz, modern, hip hop.

    POMS are provided for the workshop

    Pre-Requisites: Previous dance experience is highly desirable.

    SHOES: Athletic

     JULY
    SUN SHADOWS COMMUNITY CENTER

    11:15 AM - 12:15 PM

    FRIDAY/MONDAY

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  • JANE ROSS

  • ​Jane grew up in the San Francisco Bay Area dancing from an early age. She studied dance at Mills College then later at the University of North Carolina earning a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Dance. She taught dance for several years in North Carolina, teaching jazz, tap, ballet, modern, hip hop, musical theatre and song and dance. After moving to Canada, Jane successfully operated her own studio for 20 years, including a competitive dance group, Images Dance Company. She sold her studio and retired to Las Vegas in 2009. In 2012 she joined the Sun City Dance Company and began teaching for the company, later becoming Director. Following her second retirement in 2021, Jane agreed to act as a substitute teacher. 

  • TAP LEVEL 4

    Designed for the student who has mastered intermediate tap steps and is ready to be challenged with more complicated rhythms and combinations. Material will be taught at a faster pace. Students are expected to be familiar with time steps, traveling time steps, riffs and other intermediate level steps.

    Teacher recommendation suggested.  

    JUNE
    SUN SHADOWS COMMUNITY CENTER

    11:15 AM - 12:15 PM

    TUESDAY

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  • MUSICAL THEATER LEVEL 1

    Musical Theater or Broadway style dance will emphasize learning performance skills, such as acting, dancing, lip, syncing, and dialogue. This is a performance-based class which students will learn ways to connect with an audience, utilize individual strengths, and become acquainted with different genres of dance.

    SHOES: Jazz or Athletic

    JUNE
    SUN SHADOWS COMMUNITY CENTER

    11:15 AM - 12:15 PM

    THURSDAY

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  • MUSICAL THEATER LEVEL 1

    JUNE
    SUN SHADOWS COMMUNITY CENTER

    1:45 PM - 2:45 PM

    MONDAY

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  • JODIE BARRIS

  • Jodie has over 40 years experience of tap dance instruction – and has been tapping for over 60 years. For the past eight years, she has focused on instructing seniors in tap dance, Zumba, and exercise ball drumming – in Charlotte, NC and in Minneapolis, MN prior to that.
    She has specialized in teaching novice students, to the more experienced tappers. Jodie’s goal is to make her students feel successful and confident in their tapping.
    She also develops her own choreography and has experience in community theater performances and productions.
    Jodie had the honor of being part of a trio that had their tap dancing recorded for the Superbowl XXVI (1992) Half-Time Show.
    Her certifications include: Zumba Basic I and II, Zumba Gold, and Zumba Toning. She has studied tap under Brenda Buffalino, Diane Walker, and Barbara Duffy – as well as attending tap master classes in NYC and Denver, CO.

     
    Teaching tap is not a job for her – it is her passion. ​

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  • LEVEL 1 TAP

    Beginner Tap class will focus on developing your tap technique with basic steps, rhythm and timing. Short combinations, simply choreography and various styles of tap dancing will be introduced in this class.

    JULY

    PINNACLE COMMUNITY CENTER

    11:45 AM - 12:45 PM

    SATURDAY 

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  • LEVEL 1 TAP

    Beginner Tap class will focus on developing your tap technique with basic steps, rhythm and timing. Short combinations, simply choreography and various styles of tap dancing will be introduced in this class.

    AUGUST

    PINNACLE COMMUNITY CENTER

    9:15 AM - 10:15 AM

    TUESDAY/THURSDAY 

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  • Joey graduated from The Baltimore School For The Arts, and performed at King’s Dominion, Opryland and Walt Disney World in Orlando, Florida. Then he became a principal dancer with the international renowned Hubbard Street Dance Chicago for 15 years. Joey was lead singer/dancer in the 1st National Tour of Fosse, and a featured performer
    in A New Day starring Celine Dion at Caesar’s Palace in Las Vegas. He also traveled the world for 5 years as a guest entertainer for Princess Cruises. In 2017, Joey choreographed Young Frankenstein for Super Summer Theatre at Spring Mountain Ranch and The Bronx Wanderers at Bally’s Hotel and Casino. He has been a singing gondolier at The Venetian for more than 15 years and currently traveling on Carnival
    Cruises as an Artistry Certified BeMoved instructor.

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    Lori McKeogh (Treasurer)

    2837 Bluffpoint Dr

    Las Vegas, NV 89134

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