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Monique Bowman



Owner of Art In Motion Reno LLC





Monique Bowman is the owner of Art in Motion Reno LLC since 2003, her education includes, a Bachelors of Fine Arts in Dance from George Mason University, Masters of Fine Arts in Dance Performance from George Washington University. She has studied Laban/Bartenieff Movement Institute of Movement in New York and she has a Dance Educators of America degree from studies in Las Vegas, as well as, receiving her American College Dance Festival certificates for two years of training at Duke University. She has taught dance and choreographed Jazz, Tap, Hip Hop, Ballet, Modern and Creative Ballet for over thirty-five years. She was a teacher and the Artistic Director for Mountain Jazz at West Virginia University Monique was also an Assistant Professor and choreographer for George Mason University, George Washington University, Montgomery College and Northern Virginia Community College.

She has choreographed for various high schools in Alaska, East Anchorage High School and West High School. Monique’s dance passion started with choreography, with 540 dances preformed on stage in her repertory (and counting). Monique was inspired to be a choreographer and teacher in the metropolitan area of the District of Columbia, at GWU on a dance scholarship, she auditioned a duet and received her first prestigious National American College Dance Award and has continued to showcase her choreography across the nation, in Maryland, Virginia, West Virginia, DC, Kentucky, Alaska, Las Vegas and Reno, Nevada.

Monique performed professionally with Alaska Dance Theatre, Mark Taylor and Dance Alloy, Liz Lerman and the Dance Exchange, Mino Nicholas Dance Gallery, the Claudia Murphey Dance Company, Dancin Unlimited Jazz Dance Company and The Dance Construction Company. She has worked with such noted artist as New York City’s XSIGHT and Jeannie Hill from Manhattan Tap.





Kim Hosford-Gomolka



Team Director, Choreographer& Instructor



Kimberly Gomolka (Hosford) has been locally trained in ballet, jazz, lyrical, contemporary, tap, and hip hop for 8 years. She began taking dance seriously under the instruction of Naythanie’l Tavcar, and currently trains under Lesa Dusich, Artistic Director of the Reno DanceCompany. She performs locally...MORE



John Mojica



Team Director, Choreographer & Instructor



John Mojica started dancing at the age of 15 in the style of Hip Hop. By the time he was 18, John was offered a scholarship to study all styles of dance at Dance City Dance Academy. He quickly became part of the competition team and competed at various national competitions such as Spotlight and Starbound...MORE



Sierra Taylor-Cline



Team Director, Choreographer & Instructor



Sierra Taylor-Cline was raised in Las Vegas, NV and moved to Reno to pursue her career in Mass Media at the University of Nevada, Reno. She graduated with her BA in 2017 and decided she wanted to pursue dance education more seriously. During her time in Reno she has worked with various organizations...MORE



Alisha Johnston



Team Director, Choreographer & Instructor



Alisha Johnston was born and raised in Reno. She has studied hip hop, ballet, jazz, and lyrical with Art in Motion for 9 years. During that time she danced competitively with the Performance Group for over 5 years and locally performed with the team and for Artown. Alisha started by assisting multiple teachers...MORE



Lauren DeTiberiis



Administrative Assistant, Choreographer & Instructor



Lauren De Tiberiis started dancing at Studio 3 Dance age 7 in Plano, Texas. At 10, she began competing in with her company team for three years. At 14, she moved to Tracy, California...MORE



Sam DeTiberiis



Choreographer & Instructor



Samantha DeTiberiis started dancing 14 years ago when she was 6 years old. She began her dance training at a studio in Plano, Texas, continued dancing in Mountain House, California where she was...MORE



Irene Crouse



Choreographer & Instructor



Irene Crouse is a Reno native who began dancing at age 6. She has danced in commercials and performed on MTV. She also competed as a gymnast until age 18. Since 2005, Irene has choreographed and...MORE



Marla Richardson



Yoga Instructor



Marla Richardson is a Registered Ayurvedic Practitioner with AAPNA, graduating with distinction from the University of Nevada Reno with a minor in Dance. She received her yoga instructor certification...MORE



Kelly August



Choreographer & Instructor



Kelly’s passion for dance was sparked far before classes began. Once she stepped into a dance studio at age 2, there was no getting her to leave. Born and raised in Las Vegas, she was surrounded by top their teachers...MORE


Tristan Smith



Choreographer & Instructor



Tristan Smith started dancing and gymnastics training at age eight in Auberry, California. She trained and performed throughout high school and college. Tristan was a cheer co-captain in high school and competed on her....MORE



Behind the scenes



Melanie Hanson



Director of Fundraising



Melanie Hanson is a full time working Mom of three and wife of 22-years. She is a “Dance Mom”to her youngest daughter who has been with Art In Motion for almost 12 years. She has been involved in...MORE



Sheila Foster



Co-Director of Fundraising



Sheila Foster and I have been working with different dance studios that my daughter has danced at for over 10 years. Since my daughter has started dancing at three and half I have been active behind the scenes...MORE