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Summyr Whaley is the Founder/Executive Director of 8&a1 Dance Workshop. She is a New York Radio City Rockette and was recently seen on MTV, The Oprah Show, Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade, and NBC for The 75th Celebration of the Radio City Christmas Spectacular with Meredith Vieira and Matt Lauer. She was also a lead dancer and Miss Utah in the major motion picture Miss Congeniality, starring Sandra Bullock and Michael Cain. Summyr was Iris Kelly on the European tour of Fame the Musical, and was also a back-up dancer for the Greek pop-star Nikos Vertis in Athens, Greece. Other regional credits include Annie Get Your Gun, Chicago, and the The Music Man. Summyr has appeared in numerous television specials, commercials, and industrials in both her native Texas and in New York City. She graduated from The University of Texas at Austin with a Bachelor of Fine Art in Dance. Summyr is also a proud alumnus of the jazz program at Jacob’s Pillow Dance Festival under the direction of Chet Walker. She was also a master teacher and adjudicator for the choreography Arts Festival for Panoply in Alabama. She has been a regional and national judge for a major dance competition company for the last 6 years. Summyr is also a contributing writer for Stage Door Access (stagedooraccess.com) a premiere website designed for performers. She has been a teacher/choreographer for the past 12 years. Teaching opportunities have allowed her to travel around the country giving dancers master classes, choreography, and pre-professional dance seminars. Summyr is regularly brought in to choreograph for dance studios, and conventions in Texas, where she currently resides after living and performing in NYC for 7 years.
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