1. Kim Shope Resume
Professional Dance and Teaching Experience
Kansas City Young Audiences Community School of the Arts 2007-­‐Current
Head of Dance Department Community School of the Arts
♦ Created new Dance program with an emphasis on Ballet and Youth Development for students ages three to adult
encompassing all skill levels. Artistic and administrative responsibilities include teaching, curriculum design, class schedule,
instructor management and hiring, and choreography for Dance performances.
♦ Design Team for “Art of the Healthy Lifestyle”, a collaboration with KCYA, Blue Cross Blue Shield and KCYA Teaching Artists to
create performances, workshops and residencies for Kindergarten to third graders to teach the importance of exercise, limiting
screen time, and other healthy lifestyle choices through art. All programs meet Common Core Standards. Served on the design
team 2012-­‐12014 and continues to teach her workshop titled “Move It-­‐Get Healthy” to elementary school students in mostly
Title I schools.
♦ Selected in 2013 to create and teach a "Dance and Literacy" program for K-­‐3 grade students at Academy for Integrated Arts, a
primarily low income African American school, using movement and dance to engage students in essential foundational
reading skills.
Take the Stage KC
2013-­‐Current
Lead Dance Teaching Artist
♦ Teaches in-­‐school Dance classes inspired by the pedagogy of National Dance Institute to 1
st
, 2
nd
and 4
th
Graders in the urban
core with an emphasis on building self confidence, academic skills, tenacity and having fun.
♦ Trained and certified by the National Dance Institute New Mexico in 2013
Midtown School of Dance
1998-­‐2007
Lead Dance Teaching Artist
♦ Responsible for all aspects of business, including curriculum development, teaching, accounting, marketing, website, sales,
hiring, training and managing instructors, and three performances per year for 60 students.
♦ “Dance in the Park” 1997-­‐2007 Served on core committee in charge of planning a free evening of dance in Roanoke Park
involving thirteen professional performing groups from the Kansas City area. Responsibilities included choosing stage and
lighting companies, program and poster design, choreographing for MTSD students, teaching pre-­‐ballet class on stage before
performances.
♦ STUDIO 150 Summers 2000, 2001 Organized and implemented successful field test for employment and life skills program for
diverse and economically challenged high school students of the arts. Choreographic training and experimentation culminated
each year in collaborative performances created by the dancers.
Kim Shope has been an integral 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 Midtown School of Dance so she could continue to
share her love of dance. In September of 2007, she formed a partnership with Kansas
City Young Audiences and their Community School of the Arts and is now Head of the
Dance Department. “Dance is for everybody. I believe that the dance came from the
people and that it should always be delivered back to the people.” ~ Alvin Ailey
2516 W. 50th Place
Westwood, KS 66205
816-­‐506-­‐7543
MissKim@kcya.org
(123) 456 7899

2. Kim Shope Resume
Kansas City Ballet
1984-­‐1997
Company Dancer and Ballet Instructor
♦ 1989-­‐1996 Kansas City Ballet School Faculty member and instructor of all levels, ages seven to eighteen
♦ 1984-­‐1997 First graduate of KCB school. Performed many soloist and principal roles in ballets by Todd Bolender, George
Balanchine, Alvin Ailey, and Margot Sappington. Roles performed, incorporated ballet, jazz, modern, and tango.
♦ 1994-­‐1997 Voted by peers to be liaison between dancers, artistic and administrative staff.
♦ 1996-­‐1998 Choreographed and premiered three dances for KCB's experimental work program "In the Wings".
Dance Training and Education
Kansas City Ballet School 1981-­‐1984
First graduate of the Kansas City Ballet School under the direction of Balanchine descendants Todd Bolender, Diana Adams,
Jonathan Watts and Una Kai.
School of American Ballet 1982-­‐1984
Attended Summer Intensives on Full Scholarship and trained with the finest Balanchine Instructors including Suki Schoer, Alexandra
Danilova, Richard Rapp, Stanley Williams and many more inspiring teachers.
National Dance Institute New Mexico 2013
Trained and Certified by NDI-­‐NM Teaching Excellence®
Awards
♦ Kauffman Performing Arts Center Future Stages Festival 2014, 2015 Kansas City Young Audiences Community School of the Arts
Dance Students were chosen from more then 200 applications to perform during the event celebrating diversity in the Arts and
showcasing a diverse array of future arts performers.
♦ Lighton Prize for Teaching Excellence 2013. The Lighton Prize is in memory of Gertrude W. Lighton for teaching artists who
provide programs to students with high artistic quality. Youtube Video: https://youtu.be/nKT4Ekchz3U
♦ Inspiration Grant 2013 awarded for Professional Development from ArtsKC Kansas City Regional Arts Council
♦ “Dance in the Park” Pirouette Award 2007