About Miss Kim's:

Mission Statement

To provide a laid-back, family-oriented studio that combines current and correct technique with individual and family attention,to keep life as simple as possible and to create awesome dancers with great self-esteem!!!!!.

The Instructors

Kim Revie:
Owner/instructor of Dance Class for years! BA in dance from Webster Univ. 1991. Technical, fun, sweet, and kind of loud teacher. Her students have gone on to careers in dance and dance instruction.

Amy Stumpf:
Amy studied Ballet, Tap, Lyrical, and Jazz dance in St. Louis, Columbia, and New York City. She attended Parkway North High School, was on the Pom squad there all four years and won 2nd place Miss Missouri Pom. She attended University of Missouri, Columbia and was a Golden Girl. She graduated from MU with a BS in Marketing, returned to St. Louis and was a Rams Cheerleader and was fortunate enough to cheer in a Super Bowl! She's the mommy of twins, Savannah and Michael and has been teaching for Miss Kim's Dance Class since September 2001! Miss Amy is so excited for her new classes this year!!

Jakki Taylor:
Jakki has extensive training in ballet, tap, jazz, and acro. Her choreography credits include the Laduettes dance team, Fontbounce Univ. dancers and Nelly auditions. She has performed on The Stage Central Show (UPN) and was a back-up dancer for Nelly and the Lunatics - Nellyville Tour 2002: U.S. and Canada. Her main interest is performing and teaching Hip Hop!! (And wow!! can she move!

Arica Brown:
Arica has a Bachelor of Arts in Theater and Dance from The University of Missouri - St. Louis with an emphasis in Dance Composition. She completed the Somatic Studies Program on the campus of Washington University and has taught for Miss Kim's Dance Studios since 2008. She is founder and Artistic Director of Consuming Kinetics Dance Company, in residence at Miss Kim's Dance Studios. Her passion for composition is multi-media and her favorite genres to teach are Modern, Zumba, Musical Theater, Hip Hop, Lyrical, Breaking and Pom!

Justin Michael
Justin is from Cincinnati, Ohio where he began his classical ballet training at the age of 13. His primary training was through the School for Creative and Performing Arts, while his summers were spent receiving additional training at the Chautauqua Institute and with the Cincinnati, Boston and Houston Ballet's. Following high school, Justin attended Mercyhurst College in Erie, PA and received his B.A. in Dance from the institution in 2009. Professionally, Justin has danced with the Lake Erie Ballet (Erie, PA), Ballet Concerto (Ft. Worth, TX), North Carolina Dance Theatre II (Charlotte, NC) and is currently a member of the St. Louis Ballet. His choreography has been performed by the Mercyhurst Dancers, North Carolina Dance Theatre and St. Louis Ballet among others. In 2009, Justin's duet Behind Closed Doors was a gala selection at the American College Dance Festival. He has been a teacher with Ms. Kim since 2010.