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Shelly Werner
Shelly
Werner was born in Ogden, Utah. She is a versatile dancer who has
studied ballet, fundamentals of movement, improvisational, jazz,
lyrical, modern, & tap dance. Her heart is in twentieth century art,
music, and modern dance where the unorthodox, unusual, and original have
a home. Werner has taken master classes from Alvin Ailey Company, Tandy
Beal, Heidi Bunting, Roland Dupree, Bill Evans, Martha Graham Company,
Feldencrais Technique, Laban Movement Analysis with Clyde Rae Jolie &
Helen Walkley, Roth 5 Rhythms Introduction, Henning Rubsom, Paul Taylor
Company, Joe Tremaine, and Ririe Woodbury Company.
Werner began her college education in 1980 enrolling in Theater and Art
& Design at Boise State University. She graduated from the University of
Idaho in 1989 with a B.A in Dance. Werner has taught dance classes for
Ronda’s Dance Depot in Boise, Idaho, Festival Dance, Moscow Charter
School, Turning Point School, and Youth Outreach Theater in Moscow,
Idaho plus teaching theatrical dance workshops in Idaho, Montana and
Washington. Werner now pursues a Masters degree in dance pedagogy from U
of I where she has received a teaching assistantship.
This is Werner’s twelfth year as owner & director of Spectrum II Art &
Dance School located in down town Moscow where she teaches art, ballet,
creative, modern, tap, & theatrical dance. Werner has been teaching for
25 years & has taught a wide range of ages from 2 to 93 along with
students with disabilities & special needs. She currently volunteers at
Good Samaritan’s Village Special Care Unit where she does movement
activities with elderly dementia patients.
Werner has developed her own personal dance & visual vocabulary, a
symbolic & textural base for self-expression. She sees every moment of
every day as a learning opportunity to expand & enrich herself
artistically with the hope & intention of sharing her experiences with
her students & community. “First and fore most I am an artist regardless
if I am painting, doing choreography, or teaching dance. I see through a
visual window noticing patterns and balancing form. I examine the
positive and negative space finding the area around an object as
interesting as the object its self. I love to collaborate, experiment,
develop new ideas, and take off in new directions.” Shelly teaches
modern and children's dance at UI.
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