Brittney Kirkpatrick

Co-director

A native of Boulder, CO, Brittney Kirkpatrick grew up training in a wide variety of dance styles including jazz, lyrical, ballet, tap and hip hop at her studio in Longmont, CO. Her studio gave her the opportunity to teach dance classes and she found great joy in teaching kids as well as choreographing. Once she graduated high school, Brittney continued her dance education at The University of Colorado at Boulder. There, she was able to work with world-renowned artists such as Erika Randall, Michelle Ellsworth, Gabe Masson and Rennie Harris. She graduated cum laude with a BFA in performance and choreography. After graduation, she completed a season dancing for Deeply Rooted Dance Theater as a member of their Emerging Artists Ensemble in Chicago, IL. While in Chicago, she had the honor of training with artists such as Kevin Iega Jeff, Gary Abbott, Nick Pupillo, and Jessica Deahr.  She also worked as a freelance dancer and, through her work ethic in class, was offered a work study position at Visceral Dance Center. Now living in her home state, Brittney has the pleasure of teaching for many studios and workshops across Colorado. She has also performed with many local companies including Boulder Jazz Dance Collective, Louder Than Words Dance Theatre, The Schiff Dance Collective, One Big Yes Productions, New Breed Dance Company, and Rogue Co. Currently, she is the Lead Instructor at Grace Studios School of Dance. Most recently, she has started her own professional dance company, Industrial Dance Alliance with Co-Founders Lindsay McWilliams and Jessica Pittman.

Jessica Pittman

co-director

Jessica Pittman was born October of 1991 in Grand Rapids, MI.  Her first eleven years of dance were spent training at a competitive dance studio, Dance Dimensions, to be versatile in many styles including jazz, tap, contemporary, modern hip hop, lyrical and ballet.  Here is where she also developed her passion for teaching.  She expanded both her technical and performance training by receiving a BA in Dance and a BFA in Painting in 2014 from Grand Valley State University and graduated Magna Cum Laude. Through the Grand Valley Dance Company she trained under Shawn T. Bible and Calin Radulescu, and has studied with renowned guest choreographers such as Lauren Edson, Autumn Eckman, and performed with the Thodos Dance Company of Chicago.  Jessica has choreographed for various shows including Home presented by The Schiff Dance Collective, Open Space 2014-2016, Boulder Jazz Dance Workshop/ Interweave Dance Theater, Denver’s Choreographer’s Collective, and many more.  Along with dancing for Colorado Opera’s presentation of Aida, she has performed with Denver companies Louder than Words, Davis Contemporary, Maureen Breeze Dance Theater, and Boulder companies Third Law Dance Theater, The Schiff Dance Collective and One Big Yes Productions.  Currently she dances with Industrial Dance Alliance and Interweave Dance Theater.

Kristen Bruchko

IDA GUEST PERFORMER

Kristen Bruchko is from the Chicagoland area, where she trained in jazz, lyrical, contemporary, and ballet under Kate Jablonski. She graduated from the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign with a Bachelor of Science in Aerospace Engineering. After graduation, she continued her love for dance and performing at Northwest Ballet Ensemble, performing in the Nutcracker, and local productions of the Wizard of Oz and Beauty and the Beast. Kristen is currently working towards her doctorate in Astrodynamics from the University of Colorado Boulder. She is very excited to be able to dance and perform with Industrial Dance Alliance.

Jacqueline Campos

IDA GUEST PERFORMER

Jacqueline Campos began her dance training at Colorado Conservatory of Dance, formerly known as Ballet Nouveau Colorado, under the direction of Julia Wilkinson Manley. She received additional training during summer intensives at Alonzo King LINES Ballet and L.A. Contemporary Dance Company. Jacqueline graduated from the University of California, Irvine with a BFA in Dance Performance and a BA in Business Economics with a minor in Management. While at UC Irvine, she had the opportunity of working with artists such as Chad Michael Hall, Charlotte Griffin, Molly Lynch, S. Ama Wray, Kate Skarpetowska, and Lar Lubovitch. Jacqueline is currently working towards her BASI Pilates Comprehensive Teacher Training Certificate. She is happy to be back in Colorado and excited to be a part of Industrial Dance Alliance.

Diana Drummond

Company Member

A native of Houston, Texas, Diana received her BFA from the University of Oklahoma. While at OU she had the opportunity to perform in works by Austin Hartel, Derrick Minter, and Mary Margret Holt. She has spent summers training at the San Francisco Conservatory of Dance, Alonzo King LINES Ballet, River North Dance Chicago, and the American Dance Festival. After graduation, she had the pleasure of working with Esoteric Dance Project in Chicago, IL and The Big Muddy Dance Company in Saint Louis, MO. Since relocating to Denver, she has had the opportunity to work with DAMAGEDANCE, Maureen Breeze Dance Theater, Chadsah Contemporary Dance Movement, Nosilla Dance Project, Cindy Brandle Dance Company, and Industrial Dance Alliance.

Alison Fletcher

Company Member / Choreographer

Alison Fletcher has recently returned back to the states from North Africa, where she worked for an arts and culture organization that is designed to help university students express themselves artistically, as well as experience the creative process from other students around the world. Here she used dance to build their gifts and grow her students in leadership and communication. As the Artistic Director of Dance within that company, Alison developed dance programs for students at local universities. She offers them basic training in Contemporary, Hip Hop, Improvisation and Ballet, and taught them how to use dance to share personal testimonies of their lives. Independently, Alison developed a company of her own that was committed to using art for discovery, both internally and externally. Her company often collaborated with local artists to invite the North African community into these art forms through workshops, masterclasses, and exhibitions. Before Alison moved to Africa in August 2012, she was teaching Modern, Jazz, Ballet, and Hip-Hop dance to students from thirty-eight different countries at an international high school known as Wasatch Academy located in Mount Pleasant, Utah. In 2011, Alison received her Bachelor of Arts Degree in Dance Education from James Madison University, where she was actively involved in JMU’s Contemporary Dance Ensemble. Alison began formal dance training when she was eight years old, from Genia Johnson Dance Company, and has been falling in love with the art form ever since.

Raelynn Gurule

Company Member

Raelynn grew up in Denver, Colorado and trained under Rachael Harding starting at the age of 8. She has been teaching alongside Miss Rachael at the recreational and professional levels for 6 years. Raelynn attended Metro State University and was in the first graduating class to receive a BA in Dance. She also received a BS in Exercise Science. She has worked with Denver based professional companies Moraporvida and Edgar Page: Feel the Movement. She is currently a guest artist with Industrial Dance Alliance. Raelynn is currently teaching with Miss Rachael’s Dance and working as an  Exercise Physiologist. 

Lindsay McWilliams

CO-FOUNDER / GUEST PERFORMER

Lindsay Dighero McWilliams grew up in Thornton, Colorado training in many styles including ballet, jazz, tap, hip-hop, and lyrical/contemporary. Lindsay enrolled in the Dance Division at Colorado State University where she has trained in ballet (Vaganova), modern, choreography, and dance pedagogy. Lindsay has had the opportunity to perform with CSUs Tour Dance Company and served as the Technical Director and Assistant to the Director. During her time at CSU, Lindsay added a double major of Health and Exercise Science with a concentration in Sports Medicine and served as a Student Ambassador for the College of Liberals Arts. Since graduation, Lindsay has worked as a Rehab Aide for Physical Therapy Clinics. She has also been certified through the University of Northern Colorado Cancer Rehabilitation Institute as a Clinical Cancer Exercise Specialist and ACSM as a Certified Exercise Physiologist. Currently she is an instructor at Grace Studios School of Dance and working full time as a Personal trainer, Exercise Physiologist, and Cancer Exercise Specialist with her self-owned company, Recover and Revive Fitness.

Emma Page

Company Member / Choreographer

Emma Page, a Colorado native, graduated from Denver School of the Arts as a dance major under the direction of Michael A. O’Banion and Alicia Karczewski. She recently graduated from Point Park University receiving a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Dance. Aside from the training Emma has received from Denver School of the Arts and Point Park, she has also trained at local studios in the Denver area, as well as summer intensives such as Boulder Jazz Dance Workshop and Lemon Sponge Cake. When Emma is not dancing she enjoys cooking and baking for her friends and family as well as spending time outdoors. She looks forward to continue sharing her love of dance with future generations of dancers and young artists.

Kylie Powers

APPRENTICE

Raised in Broomfield, Colorado, Kylie Powers was always interested in the arts. It wasn't until the age of eight when she took her first dance class. For the past decade, Kylie has studied many different types of dance including tap, jazz, contemporary, lyrical, modern, ballet, and hip hop. She is heavily influenced by her teachers at Grace Studios, where she has danced since 2014. Kylie recently graduated from Broomfield High School and plans on majoring in dance at college in the future.

Ayla Schuetz

Company Member / choreographer

Ayla Schuetz was born and raised in Thornton Colorado where she spent her time training in dance studios in the Denver area. She trained in many different styles of dance, which included ballet, modern, tap, lyrical/contemporary, hip-hop and acro tumbling. Ayla is a recent graduate from Colorado Mesa University with a Bachelor of Fine Arts in dance and a minor in Accounting. While at Colorado Mesa University she trained in ballet, modern, jazz, tap, dance pedagogy and choreography. Ayla also had the chance to dance on the dance team for three years in college with the Colorado Mesa University Mavettes Dance Team. Being a part of the dance team, she got the chance to perform jazz, hip-hop, and poms. Currently, Ayla is the dance instructor at Brighton Recreation Center and the Reunion Recreation Center, where she teaches ballet, tap, and hip-hop.

Madison Simons

IDA GUEST PERFORMER

Madison Simons was born and raised in Huntington Beach, CA. She grew up dancing at Huntington Academy of Dance under the direction of Marnell Himes-Ushijima. Madison is classically trained in the Cecchetti Method of ballet and has passed her Cecchetti Final Diploma exam. She holds her bachelor’s degree in Dance Science from Cal State Long Beach and is a certified Pilates instructor. She was a company member with Ballet Etudes Youth Ballet Company for five years, in which she performed roles such as Alice in Alice in Wonderland, Wendy in Peter Pan, and Sugar Plum in The Nutcracker. After dancing for Ballet Etudes she quickly transitioned to rehearsal assistant and eventually to Assistant Director for the company. She also danced professionally with Emergent, a contemporary ballet company in Huntington Beach, CA. After moving to Colorado, she began teaching Pilates in Boulder and is lucky enough to continue working remotely as an Assistant Director for Ballet Etudes. She is thrilled she discovered Industrial Dance Alliance and is extremely thankful to be a part of such an amazing group of women and dancers. 

Carolyn Yates

company member / choreographer

Carolyn Yates cannot remember a time she didn't consider herself a dancer. Her early formal studies took her through several summers at Perry-Mansfield Performing Arts School & Camp. She holds a BFA in Dance from Cornish College of the Arts, Seattle WA. She also holds multiple certifications in teaching yoga with over 500 hours of training. Over the last two decades Carolyn has shifted her focus between dance and yoga several times. During these periods she has danced with professional companies, choreographed for regional shows large and small, offered instruction in jazz, modern, choreography and yoga, owned and operated a small yoga studio, taught for yoga festivals and brought two more little movers and shakers into the world.

Carolyn is amazed to be diving deeply back into dance at time in life when most dancers slow down. She is so honored and excited to have found a home with Industrial Dance Alliance.