Synergy Dance Academy is excited to announce the addition of Master Teachers HELEN ESTRELLA and POSY KNIGHT to our staff! Helen Estrella was born and raised in the San Francisco Bay Area. Much of her youth was spent in the rigors of competitive artistic and rhythmic gymnastics through which she found her love of dance. Helen eventually moved to Los Angeles to dance with some of the industry’s top choreographers. In 2002 she found her way back to Sonoma County where she directed local competitive companies until the birth of her own, Estrella Dance Company. Helen is known for her cutting edge, contemporary style and is currently a faculty member of “Winterfest & Summerfest The Convention”. She is a nationally recognized instructor and choreographer who travels extensively teaching master classes and setting choreography on various dance companies. She can also be seen on tour with “Talent on Parade” as an adjudicator and Dance Directive faculty member. She currently directs her own company out of her studio, The Dance Room in Northern California.	2010 Fall Schedule 2010 Policies Registration Form Synergy Dance Academy  is ranked in the top 50 competitive dance studios nationwide by the Federation of Dance Competitions for the 2nd year in a row!! http://www.thedancersfederation.com Mission Statement:  The mission of Synergy Dance Academy is to help young people uncover their future through the creative expression of dance, by • Discovering the personal greatness that lives within each of us • Learning to develop a healthy lifestyle and positive self image • Developing a relationship with the arts • Appreciating the nature of competition • Learning to live as a member of a larger family Synergy Dance Academy teaches the fundamentals of the arts that result in personal growth through self expression, recreation, and real learning of life’s lessons.
Posy Knight began dancing at The Cumbrae School of Dance in Ottawa, Canada in 1987 with Marion Harvey. Continuing her training at the Washington School of Ballet from 1990-1994, Ms. Knight landed in the Springs her freshman year of high school and formed a strong bond with Ormao (then known as Jazz Works West,) as well as the Colorado Springs Fine Arts Center/Repertory Company, the Kennedy Center Imagination Celebration and teachers Esther Geoffrey and Debbie Mercer. Additionally Ms. Knight guest performed in productions with UCCS Theatreworks, the Colorado Springs Symphony, the Colorado Ballet, and Ballet West (UT.) She earned her B.F.A. in 2002 from the Juilliard School, where she trained with and danced in the works of revered American modern choreographers such as Martha Graham, Paul Taylor, Margie Gillis, and Lar Lubovitch amongst others. Ms. Knight danced from 2004-2007 with New York-based modern company Rioult, receiving praise in the New York Times. In 2009 her work PLAYLIST was awarded "Best Choreography" by the Pikes Peak Arts Council. Since April, Ms. Knight has appeared with the Ormao Dance Company, Our Community Dance Company, David Taylor's Zikr Ensemble, Boulder's Delusions of Grandeur Productions, and with the Club of Arts. She can be found teaching and choreographing at Ormao and Pikes Peak Community College, in addition to being the newly appointed director of ballet at Synergy Dance Academy. She was recently accepted to the University of CT’s Theatre Design Masters School in scenography and art direction and will begin in the fall of 2011.