Dance Instructors
Christy Fisher
Christy has 20 years of dance instruction and choreography experience and is currently the Owner/Director of Innovative Movement Dance Company, IMOVE. She and her students have won countless performance, technique and choreography awards at competitions all over the United States and Europe. Many of her students have moved on to receive college scholarships for dance and have been hired for professional work.
Christy currently judges for several national dance competitions at the regional and national level. She travels the country teaching and choreographing for studios and dance teams and enjoys every minute of it. She is Co-Creator and Chair of the widely popular Push the Limit Summer Intensive. Christy resides in Highland with her husband and two children.
Wittni Deters
Wittni is from Effingham, Illinois. She has been dedicated to dance since the age of 3. Wittni has experience in ballet, jazz, tap and contemporary dance. During her dance career, she competed as a soloist at an IDTA regional, placing 1st and qualifying for the state competition where she placed 6th in the finals. She has always had the dream of dancing at a collegiate level and made the Southern Illinois University of Edwardsville competitive dance team this year.
She is a Theater and Dance major, specializing in dance. Wittni has also been instructing Gymnastics the last four years and has choreographed floor routines for multiple students. Wittni met Christy during her senior year of high school and fell in love with IMOVE. She looks forward to sharing her experience and passion for dance with her students.
Taylor Slabe
Taylor has been dancing for 11 years as a competitive dancer within the midwest region. She has received many accolades as a dancer as well as a choreographer. Taylor is currently studying Social Work, Spanish, and African American Studies at Lindenwood University, where she also won first place at UDA Nationals in the Open Hip Hop category with her dance team in 2023.
Her favorite style of dance is Jazz but she enjoys teaching other styles such as Hip-Hop and Contemporary!
Kiarra Brimm
Kiarra Brimm is from Forsyth, Illinois where she started her dance training with Richland Community College at the age of six in many genres of dance. She is currently enrolled at Southern Illinois University Edwardsville as a dance major and is a member of the University Dance Company.
She is trained in many styles such as ballet, modern, tap, jazz, and hip hop.
Kiarra plans on earning her personal training certification this spring in hopes of coaching conditioning for dancers.
