Kim has been a part of Kansas City's
dance community since 1981. As the first graduate of the Kansas City Ballet School, she enjoyed a successful fourteen year
career as a professional dancer. During this time she was chosen to further her skills and passion for dance by teaching in
the company's ballet school. Kim retired from Kansas City Ballet and opened MTSD so she could continue to share her love of
dance with all of her wonderful students.
KANSAS CITY YOUNG AUDIENCES AND
COMMUNITY SCHOOL OF THE ARTS
September 2007 to present
Midtown School of Dance and Young Audiences formed a partnership to offer ballet classes at The community School of
the Arts on the St. Teresa's campus in Brookside. In addition to teaching ballet to students ages 3 to adult, Kim creates
the dance class schedule, hires instructors, plans and choreographs performances and develops curriculum.
MIDTOWN SCHOOL OF DANCE
Present Owner and Director
1998 to September, 2007
Responsible for all aspects of business, including
curriculum development, teaching, choreographing and planning of three performances per year for students age 3 to adult.
STUDIO150
Summers of 2000 and
2001
Kim helped organize and implement a successful field test for an employment program for talented high
school students of the arts. Disciplines included Dance, Photography, Found Object Sculpture, Music, Clay and Mixed Media.
For the dancers, choreograghic training and experimentation culminated each year in collaborative performances created by
the dancers with music and sets by the other disciplines.
WILLIAM
JEWELL COLLEGE
1998- 2001
Faculty Ballet Instructor
KANSAS CITY BALLET
1984-1997
Kim was a professional dancer for 14 years under the direction of Todd Bolender and Una Kai. She danced
many soloist roles in works by Bolender, George Balanchine, Alvin Ailey and Margot Sappington. Choreographed and premiered
three dances for KCB's experimental works program "In the Wings".
KANSAS
CITY BALLET SCHOOL
1989-1996
Kim was faculty member and instructor for all levels,
ages seven to eighteen.
Kim was a 1984 National Foundation for the
Advancement in the Arts Honorable Mention Award Winner for the Art of Ballet.
