Kyla Aragon

Kyla Aragon

Kyla “Ky” was born and raised in Albuquerque, New Mexico and trained with NDI New Mexico. She started her dance journey in 4th grade at East San Jose Elementary school in the In-School Program. She went on to dance in the SWAT and Celebration Teams and...
Malinda LaVelle

Malinda LaVelle

Malinda LaVelle (she/her) is a choreographer, dance/movement therapist, and mental health counselor in New Mexico. She graduated with a BFA in Dance from the University of Arizona and is an alumna of the San Francisco Conservatory of Dance (SFCD) under the direction...
Melissa Briggs

Melissa Briggs

Melissa is a graduate of New York University/Tisch School of the Arts (MFA in dance) and Smith College (BA in sociology; Phi Beta Kappa, magna cum laude). For over 20 years she has taught young people ages three to university age in schools and arts programs in New...
Sidney Fendley

Sidney Fendley

Sid has been in Albuquerque for over 30 years working as a keyboardist, vocalist, audio engineer, recording artist, composer, and music director. Sid joined NDI New Mexico in 2016 and playing for classes at The Hiland and in the Albuquerque In-School Program bring him...
Melody Gallagher

Melody Gallagher

Melody Gallagher is a professional musician, stage director, and opera singer from Denver, Colorado. She holds a degree from Denver School of the Arts, a Bachelor of Music from the San Francisco Conservatory of Music, and a Master of Education from Eastern New Mexico...
Patience Stevens

Patience Stevens

Patience grew up in Fort Myers, Florida, where she explored many styles of dance including ballet, tap, modern, jazz, flamenco, and Hawaiian dance at Dance Bochette studio. Once she started college in Boston, she narrowed in on tap dance and started teaching and...
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