T.o.G SUMMER Intensive 
(June 11th-13th 2019) $85
​THANK YOU FOR A GREAT EVENT!!!!

The Touch of Grace Summer Dance Intensive is Hutchinson's most comprehensive summer dance program. This camp is open to the public and will feature many types of dance, including;  Jazz, Contemporary, Horton, Tap, Acting, Musical Theater, and Acro. Time will also be devoted to working on partnering and stretching. The teaching lineup for this years camp will see the return of Kaitlin Bell as well as TOG instructors Brenda Nepsund and Lori Dahlman. We are also excited to add the acting abilities of Cassie Jurgenson as well. Check out the Bio's below.  You can sign up for this class by sending an email to ​[email protected]
9am-12pm - 4th Grade-7th Grade
​12:30pm-3:30pm- 8th Grade-Adult

Kaitlin Bell
Kaitlin (Setzke) Bell is a native of Wisconsin, where she received her training from Lake Shore Dance, North Shore Dance Studio and Danceworks Milwaukee. In 2014, Kaitlin received her BFA in Dance from University of Minnesota Twin Cities under the artistic guidance and expertise of Ananya Chatterjea, Toni Pierce Sands, Linda Talcott Lee, Carl Flink, and Joanie Smith. In her final semester, she had the privilege of performing in the TU Dance 10th Anniversary concert and has been a company member since then. Kaitlin has re-staged TU Dance repertory for both local and international performers. Kaitlin is a teaching artist at The School at TU Dance Center where she teaches modern technique classes and TU Dance's company repertory to pre-professional students. Kaitlin has performed works by Donald Byrd, Bill T Jones, Larry Keigwin, Dwight Rhoden, Katrin Hall, Gregory Dolbashian, Gioconda Barbuto, Kyle Abraham, Francesca Harper, Ronald K Brown, Stefanie Batten Bland, and Uri Sands. She most recently performed in TU Dance's collaboration with indie folk artist Justin Vernon of Bon Iver entitled “Come Through” at the Hollywood Bowl and the Kennedy Center.

Brenda Nepsund
Brenda Nepsund  grew up in Sturgis, South Dakota. She started dancing at a very young age training primarily in ballet and jazz at Black Hills Dance Centre and Prima School of Dancing. Brenda continued her training at Minnesota State University, Mankato where she received bachelor's degrees in both Dance and Mass Media. While there, Brenda choreographed MSU’s main stage production of Carmina  Burana and performed in the Gala at America’s College Dance Festival (North Central) 2014 in War Story by Dr. Julie Kerr-Berry. She was in other works by Daniel Stark and Lynn Andrews, among others. In addition to teaching, Brenda is an apprentice  with Eclectic Edge Ensemble and is a company administrator for Stuart Pimsler Dance & Theater.   

Lori Ann Dahlman
Lori Ann Dahlman began her dancing career at a young age in Minneapolis MN under the direction of Virginia Loma. As she grew, she found her love of tap with Walter “Bear” Hartell.  Walter guided a love of tap perfection with years of private lessons. This took her to excel in many community, state and national championships. While living abroad, Lori continued her study of dance by diving into dance forms from other countries. As a teacher, Lori has state, regional, and national competition dancers in her history. Most dancers have returned home as champions. With her love of dance, she created and coached the first ever dance line at the Hutchinson High School now known as the Showstoppers. Lori has been a creating and teaching dance since 1981.  After years of running her own successful dance studio, Lori is teaching at Touch of Grace as it's main tap instructor. 

Cassie Jurgenson
Hutchinson's own Cassie Jurgenson, is the Executive/Creative Director for the Hutchinson Theatre Company Young Stars Summer Theatre Workshop. The 2019 Hutch High graduate is a theatre veteran having performed in many Hutchinson area theatre productions and ToG Ballets and will bring her acting expertise to our intensive Camp. Cassie will be training dancers on the aspects of acting through dance; whether to improve acting skills for upcoming Ballet productions, contemporary story-telling, or simply portraying deeper levels of a song with expression and movement. Cassie wants to help dancers feel open, safe, and expressive on stage so they can perform at their very best. She is excited and honored to bring her knowledge of acting to the dancers of the Hutchinson area through the Summer Dance Intensive Camp.