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lisyn has been dancing since the age of 4, and has studied many different styles of dance. She also figure skated for 14 years at Flint Four Seasons Figure Skating Club where she competed internationally and started her teaching career. She taught group and private figure skating lessons for five years. After high school, Alisyn continued her dance education at U of M-Flint where she studied ballet, jazz, and pointe. Then she went on to the University of Massachusetts in Boston where she studied dance history, modern, and ballet through the Boston Ballet, Finally finishing up her college career at Oakland University, earning a Bachelor's of Performing Arts in Dance (as well as a B.A. in Spanish Language), she studied ballet, jazz, pointe, modern, improvisation, choreography, creative dance for children, pedagogy, and kineisiology. She was a member of Oakland Dance Theater and Oakland University Repertory Dance Company where she worked with Greg Patterson of Patterson Rhythm Pace Company, Mariah Malec, Laurie Eisenhower of Eisenhower Dance Ensemble, and William B. McLelland of Dayton Contemporary Dance Company, and performed pieces choreographed by Alexandra Bellar, Steven Koester, and Sean Curran. She has also done guest performances with Patterson Rhythm Pace Company, Eisenhower Dance Ensemble and has had the opportunity to dance backup for the The Contours. Alisyn worked for three years at Modern Messages Dance Company where she taught, choreographed, and performed. She was the head of the modern department and also taught ballet and jazz. While she was there, she was able to study ballet, pointe, jazz, and partnering, and had the opportunity to perform all over the state of Michigan opening up for artists such as Big Daddy Weave, Alabaster Box, and Tree 63. She is currently a member of Lunchbox Jams Crew, a non profit organization that works in the Michigan wide community mentoring young dancers as well as performing for organizations like Beaumont Hospital, American Cancer Society, and Caterpillar Construction Company and competing all over the Midwest. Alisyn is also teaching and performing right now and soon plans on continuing her dance education.
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