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*DANCING DISCIPLES --Tiffani Key is Director of "The Dancing Disciples" a Christian Dance Company which makes it’s home at Blue Springs Ballet. Tiffani choreographs many pieces for the Dancing Disciples as well as Blue Springs Ballet Company and School. For more information contact
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Melissa Morris is the Director of Blue Springs Ballet Inc. and has been teaching in the Blue Springs area since 1982. She began ballet at the age of three with her mother Jeanette D. Pieknik. She also received training at San Francisco Ballet, on full scholarship at San Diego Ballet and Joffrey Ballet as well as a two year Ford foundation scholarship granted through New York City Ballet. She has trained in France, England, Greece, New Zealand and Australia. She danced professionally with San Diego Ballet Company, San Antonio Ballet Company, Dallas Ballet and Westport Ballet Theatre. She has performed leading roles in ballets such as Swan Lake, Giselle, Les Sylphide, The Nutcracker, Romeo and Juliet and Pas de Quatre. She has also been a guest artist for several ballet companies. Melissa Morris has also taught for the Metropolitan Community College -- Blue River for several years. Her students have become professional ballet dancers and or teachers. Many have received college scholarships .*See scholarship list below* 
Erica Morris has trained in ballet under the direction of her mother Melissa Morris for 18 years. She auditioned and was accepted to Joffrey Ballet, American Ballet Theatre , North Carolina Dance Theatre, Southern Ballet Theatre, Ballet Chicago , Houston Ballet and Kansas City Ballet. She also received scholarship offers from Ballet Met, Milwaukee Ballet and Ballet Intensive from Moscow. Erica has performed as the Sugarplum Fairy and Clara in the Nutcracker, as the lead in Paquita, Cerrito in Pas de Quatre, as well as many other classical roles. Erica has attended seminars with Southern Ballet Theatre, Ballet Intensive from Moscow, North Carolina Dance Theatre, Kansas City Ballet’s summer workshop and the International Ballet Seminar in Jackson Mississippi as well as workshops with Luba Gulyaeva, Irena Lebedeva, Alla Osipenka and Dmitri Roudnev. Erica has performed with Blue Springs Ballet Company for many years. She has performed leading roles in Paquita, Swan Lake, Peter Pan, The Nutcracker and numerous other ballets. She instructs many different levels and is an administrative assistant to the school. She finds great joy in working with children. She teaches dance classes to students from age 2 - adults.
Tiffani Key has trained with Melissa Morris for 13 years. She has attended seminars with Kentucky Ballet Theatre, Dramatic Truth, and a Russian Ballet Workshop with Dmitri Roudnev as well as advanced ballet at Penn Valley Community College. She has been a member of Blue Springs Ballet Company for many years. She has performed the Pas de Tois from Paquita , as a Swan Leader in Swan Lake and the Harlequin Doll in The Nutcracker among other roles.She has also performed the Snow Queen pas de deux. She has taught at Blue Springs Ballet , Inc. since 2003. She also directs Dancing Disciples a Christian Dance Company. She is married to Adam Key.