MEET THE OWNERS

"I have a passion for the art and enjoy passing this love along with my knowledge to our students and I truly enjoy seeing them grow from year to year."

Amy Duncan has been a dancer, performer, choreographer and instructor for the past 35 years. 

Amy is classically trained in ballet and jazz dance,  and has performed with The Nutcracker, Society for the performing arts, Josaphine Johns generating company, Kingwood Jazz Civic Company, Jerry Lewis Telethon, Pro Bowl with Nsync (Honolulu, Hawaii), Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade Opening Number(NYC), and Opening numbers for the Miss Texas Pageant organization. 

Amy  is an accomplished choreographer has created for The Miss Texas Pageant organization regional opening numbers, for The Jerry Lewis Telethon, Orange Bowl Parade in Miami Florida, Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade in NYC, and for 6 Years the Pro Bowl Halftime Show in Hawaii with such artists as Nsync, and Jessica Simpson. 

Amy was also the director of Kingwood Jazz & Co a semi professional/competitive dance company based in the Houston area for 25 years, bringing the company to its highest level, pioneering  artistic value into the competitive dance world and winning many awards at the regional and National levels in all genres. 

Amy has students who have gone on to dance in colleges and in major companies such as Boston conservatory, University of Arizona, The Juilliard School, Point Park University, UCLA, University of Utah, NYU, Alvin Ailey Certificate Program, Fortham University, SUNY Purchase, Marymount Manhattan, Disney, Norwegian Cruise Lines, Lorel Dance, Spamalot, NYC Rockettes, Ballet Hispanico, Neville Dance Company, LA Dance Project, Lar Lubovitch Dance Company, Eastman- Sidi Larbi Cherkaoui, Chuthis, Rock The Ballet, DanceWorks Chicago and many more.  

"I am thrilled to be sharing my love and passion for dance with the students at Artistry in Motion Dance Company. "

Brittany has been dancing since the age of 7. She has trained extensively in ballet, modern, musical theater, and hip hop and holds a BA in Business Management from Capella University. 

She served as Lieutenant of her drill team at Westside High school in 2008, performed with the HCC Dance Ensemble and professional dance teams, such as, Major League Rugby Team Houston Lady Cats and the No Excuses Foundation Nex Pro Elite. 

Recent performance credits include the Black Angels Collective with Tobe Nwigwe (BET Awards and Jimmy Kimmel Performance) and the King5ifty music video.

Brittany has had the honor of becoming a dance teacher for Progressions Performing Arts, Becky's Academy of Dance, and Artistry in Motion Dance Company, teaching students from ages 2-18 in all styles including Ballet, tap, jazz, hip hop & lyrical. 

Miss Tori is one of the ballet instructors for the Ascend Company dancers. 

She has been dancing her whole life and she likes to call ballet her first love! Growing up, she also studied modern, jazz, and tap. Miss Tori received her B.A. in Dance and Communication at Hope College, where she was a member of StrikeTime Dance Company and H2 Dance Company. She’s honored to work with an array of choreographers, including Linda Graham, Matthew Farmer, Sharon Wong, William Crowley, and baroque choreographer and reconstructionist Edith Lalonger. Some of her favorite roles include Sugarplum Fairy in the Nutcracker, Lilac Fairy in Sleeping Beauty, and Little Red Riding Hood. She also played Charlie Bucket in a ballet version of Charlie and the Chocolate Factory! 

Since then, she has participated in project-based dance work and enjoys sharing sacred dance in her church worship services. Miss Tori enjoys sharing her love of ballet with the dancers of AIM and helping them grow as artists and people.  

Sara grew up dancing in Plano, TX at the age of 2. She grew up dancing on a studio

competitive team, as well as high school drill team. Sara graduated from UT Austin in 2002

with her BFA in Dance Choreography and Performance. While working towards this degree,

Sara took a pedagogy class and fell in love with the art and science of teaching dance. 

While pursuing her dance degree she was a 2 year member (1 year soloist) in the dance department’s

modern dance company, was selected to perform with the internationally-touring David

Rousseve Company, and received a work/study scholarship to the American Ballet Theater

Summer intensive. Post-graduation, Sara taught at numerous studios in the Dallas, Austin, and

Houston areas. 

In 2004, Sara became the JV Director at Akins High School (Austin) and in 2006

found her way here to Houston, where she became the Director of the Lamar High School

Rangerettes. During her 7 years at Lamar, Sara took the team from 11 dancers to over 80.

Her team earned countless accolades and acknowledgements including Alamo Bowl halftime

performers twice, Houston Rockets pre-game performers, Houston Texans halftime performers

twice, numerous solo awards, a number of special judges’ awards, and Team Overall Grand

Champion multiple times. Since leaving the high school realm, Sara has continued to grow her

knowledge to bring to her students by completing continuing education through NDEO,

becoming certified in all levels of Progressing Ballet Technique, and studying Acro through

ADTA. 

She has been honored to teach multiple years at the annual TDEA convention, various

district dance teachers inservice/professional developments/workshops, as well as work with

various collegiate teams including the national champion SHSU Orange Pride Dance Team, UH

Cougar Dolls, national champion Blinn College dance team, and TSU.

Some of Sara’s students have gone on to teach in studios, join Ascension, HTE, and

CrowdPleasers instructional and choreography staff, Captains and President of UH Cougar

Dolls, Director of A&M Fade 2 Black Dance Company, SMU pom squad, Baylor Songleaders,

Houston Rockets Power Dancers, Houston Texans Cheerleaders, Kilgore Rangerettes officers

and swingsters, Texas State Strutters, music videos, international tours, TV shows and movies .

In addition to teaching here in Houston, Sara was a 2010-2011 Houston Aero Dynamics Dancer

and a 2011 Houston Texans Cheerleader finalist. Sara has been featured in “Voyage Houston”,

“Sole Talks” on The Working Dancer, and “Danceable Thoughts”. 

Currently, Sara is loving being

a guest teacher for schools throughout the Houston area, serving as competition judge for

CrowdPleasers, and of course being on staff at Artistry In Motion. In addition to her love for

dance, she is also married and the mother of 2 beautiful kids——one of which is on the Ascend

team at AIM.

Kris has been dancing since the age of 5. Since then, he's been practicing different kinds of dance styles but his real passion is Tap Dance.

Kris has worked with tap legends such as Derick K. Grant, Sarah Reich, Michelle Dorrance, Nico Rubio, Star Dixon, Jason Janas, Nicholas Van Young, Daniel Borak, Ruben Sanchez, Charles Renato, Maud Arnold, Sean Kaminski, D’Angelo Brothers, Kyle Van Newkirk, and many other.

Kris has had the pleasure of dancing at Disneyland (Paris) in 2017, as well as on board of MSC Cruise ship in 2018. 

Recently, he has been developing himself in the professional sphere as a tap dance instructor and choreographer, along with participating in various shows.

Kris has produced a short film about tap dance «In The Rhythm of Tap Dance» (2021)

Tap Awards

• Vice Champion of the World in Tap Dance 2017 (Battle of the Feet, IDO)

• Bronze medalist in Solo, Male, Juniors (IDO, 2017)

• Finalist in World Tap Dance Championship in Solo, Male, Adults (IDO, 2019)

• 4 time Champion of Ukraine in Tap Dance (IDO, 2017-2019)

• Ukrainian national contests and festivals...

Dance Education

Mastered and graduated the program in CHOREOGRAPHY in Non-scholastic Educational Institution.

February, 2007 - May, 2018

Odessa, Ukraine

A Houston native, Dene is a passionate and driven dancer and educator looking to continue pushing the knowledge he passes to his students and his own art to the next level. 

Dene draws from his 15 years of dance experience in both the various foundational styles and modern hip hop choreography, as well as other dance styles such as ballet, modern, contemporary, and jazz. 

Dene has danced and trained with various teams and instructors such as Academy of Villains, BNDT, Cameron Giles, Gus Giordano dance school, Dana Nicolay, and many others. He strives to share his knowledge with the next generation of dancers and to continue to create art through dance. 

Haley was a high-level athlete most of her life, dabbling in various sports before ultimately dedicating herself to gymnastics for the long haul. 

Haley was homeschooled for the majority  of her life, transitioning into public school during her sophomore year of highschool, where she attended James E. Taylor in Katy, Texas. 

Throughout her college years, she supervised and coached at an International Gymnastics Camp during the summers, where she had the privilege of connecting with Olympians, USAG National Team Members & Coaches, and the future generations of college gymnastics athletes.

Haley also continued to practice gymnastics, aiming to get picked up as a transfer student-athlete, which was a challenging endeavor.

Haley made the decision to transfer from Arizona State to The University of Houston - Main Campus, where she chose to major in Exercise Science and minor in Nutrition. 

While at UH, Haley founded the club gymnastics team, which continues to thrive as a club sport on campus today. After graduating, she delved into personal and group training full time and later transitioned into general managing health & wellness studios from 2020 to 2023.

Nia began her dance journey at the age of six in Detroit, Michigan. At the time, she trained in a variety of styles, but jazz and tap became her main focus.

When she turned 10, her family relocated to Houston, TX, where she continued her training at Artistry in Motion. She danced at this studio for nearly nine years, and during that time, She had the privilege of not only improving her technique but also growing as a person, the relationships she formed here are still important to her today, and she’s proud to say she’s still close friends with many of her dance peers years after she graduated.

Throughout her years at Artistry in Motion, she expanded her focus beyond jazz and tap. A few years into her training, she discovered contemporary and modern dance - styles that she quickly fell in love with. Her dance teacher, Ms. Bree, was a big factor in helping me explore and grow in these styles. Her teaching challenged Nia, broadened her knowledge, and pushed her to become a more versatile dancer. 

Over time, she found that modern and contemporary dance where her passion truly lies and she began to specialize in these styles.

While training in Houston, Nia also had the honor of competing with the Artistry in Motion competition team. She received numerous awards for her solos, including the prestigious title of Mrs. Masquerade Houston (twice), Inductee at Hall of Fame, several special awards from different judges, and many more. These experiences not only sharpened her technical abilities but also deepened her love for performing and sharing her art with others.

In addition to my training at Artistry in Motion, Nia sought out multiple dance intensives to further broaden my horizons. One of her most memorable experiences was a week-long dance intensive in Chicago, where she had the opportunity to focus on contemporary dance and strength training. The intensive pushed her to new limits and helped her develop the physical strength and stamina necessary for more demanding styled of dance.

Perhaps one of her most exciting experiences was attending a two-week intensive in Barcelona, where she was able to study a wide range of dance styles, including ballet, modern, and techniques specifically designed to help dancers activate and control certain muscles in their bodies. The opportunity to learn from teachers from different countries and backgrounds was incredible, and it gave her a fresh perspective on dance. At the end of the intensive, she was given the chance to perform a 10-minute piece on one of Barcelona's stunning beaches. The experience was surreal-dancing in such a beautiful and unique setting is something she'll never forget.

Throughout her dance journey, She’s been fortunate to learn from incredible mentors and have the opportunities to grow both as a dancer and as a teacher. She’s been teaching dance since my freshman year of high school, sharing her knowledge and passion for movement with students of all ages and abilities. Nia’s love for being able to pass on what she’s learned over the years, and is grateful for the chance to inspire the next generation of dancers.

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