Alumni News: Class Notes from December 2023

Colorado State University School of Music, Theatre, and Dance is proud to share the latest news and achievements from our Alumni.

Jenna Smith (Spengler) ’12
Company member with IMPACT Dance Company and Canyon Concert Ballet, Fort Collins, Colorado; Formal dancer with FALL Aerial Ballet Company, Nashville, Tennessee

Cecillia McNeel ’12

Annessa Kohlhardt ’12
Doctor of Physical Therapy Degree from Colorado University at the Anschutz Medical Campus in 2017

Brittany Pete (Adams) ’13
Formal dancer of Saint Paul Ballet, Minneapolis, Minnesota; Company member of Ballet CO Laboratory, Saint Paul

Anna Roehr ’13
Formal dancer of Saint Paul Ballet, Minneapolis, Minnesota; Company member and school manager of Ballet CO Laboratory, Saint Paul

Lauren Elster ’13
Formal dancer of Countrapose Dance Company of Boston, José Mateo Ballet Theatre in Cambridge, Massachusetts, Saint Paul Ballet, Minneapolis, Minnesota; Montana Ballet, Wild Space Dance Company in Milwaukee; Founding member of Ballet North Texas

Jennifer New ’13
Dance faculty at The Studio

Emily Aldag ’13
Children fitness instructor, Shift Lead, Orlando, Florida

Shannon McGee ’13
Performed with Benita Bike’s DanceArt Company, Los Angeles, California; Performed with IMPACT Dance Company, Fort Collins, Colorado, Shannon McGee

Melissa Smith ’13
Co-director of the Colorado Eagle Chicks; Training coordinator of Key Point Government Solutions

Cheryl Senser ’13
Formal dance faculty at Vail Valley Academy of Dance

Sayaka Karasugi-Ruggles ’13
Formal soloist of Colorado Ballet, Denver, Colorado; Formal CSU Ballet Instructor, 2013-2014; Facebook

Molly Gray ’13
Dancer with IMPACT Dance Company, Fort Collins, Colorado

Cami McCullough ’13
Formal dancer with IMPACT Dance Company, Fort Collins, Colorado

Brielle Oakes ’13
Dancer with IMPACT Dance Company, Fort Collins, Colorado, 3rd Law Dance/Theatre, Boulder, Colorado