Recital 2025

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Platinum Dance Studio would like to welcome you to our 7th Annual Spring Recital! We are so grateful for each and every one of you, who continue to support us and believe in our dancers and instructors.

In order to ensure the safety of our performers and the comfort of all audience members: 

• Flash photography is strictly prohibited. 
• Please SILENCE your cell phones
•  If you must leave or enter the auditorium, please do so BETWEEN DANCE NUMBERS.

Thank you for your cooperation. Our dancers, instructors, and volunteers have worked incredibly hard to put on a fantastic show for you. We hope you enjoy!

1. Senior Jazz: “Feeling Good”
Instructor:  Lindsey Averkamp-Boehnlein
Dancers: Gracie Bouvette, Ava Innes, Avery Keast, Ava Lopac,
Genesis Rady, and Kiera Salo

2. Elise Nurmela Tap Solo: “Hit The Road Jack”
Instructor: Beth Bordner 

3. Intermediate Ballet I: “River”
Instructor: Kiera Salo
Dancers: Violet Bogart, Kaelyn Kanto, Meredith Nurmela,
and Aubrie St. Arnold 

4. Tiny Dancers: “Rubber Duckie”
Instructor: Avery Keast & Cheyenne O’Brien
Dancers: Sophia Fresonke, Kenna Mieloszyk, Jessalyn Paulsen,
and Neena Thomas 

5. Ivy Bromley Ballet Solo: “Love Story”  
Instructor: Ava Innes

6. Intermediate Tap: “Blame it on the Stars”
Instructor: Beth Bordner
Dancers: Sophia Jacobson, Elise Nurmela, and Mya Verbos

7. Senior Ballet:” Enchanted”
Instructor: Cheyenne O’Brien
Dancers: Ava Innes, Avery Keast, Ava Lopac, Genesis Rady,
and Kiera Salo

8. Macie Lyrical Solo: “You Are the Reason”
Instructor: Cheyenne O’Brien

9. Intermediate Lyrical:” Lost My Mind”  
Instructor: Ava Innes
Dancers: Ivy Bromley, Kaelyn Kanto, Aubrey Knaack,
Meredith Nurmela, Makena Sivula, Kennedy Trcka, and Cora Virshek

10. Ava Innes & Avery Keast:” Hometown Glory”  
Instructor: Lindsey Averkamp-Boehnlein

11. Ava Lopac Lyrical Solo: ”Breaking Dishes”
 Instructor: Lindsey Averkamp-Boehnlein

12. Intermediate Ballet II/Prepointe: “Find a Melody”
Instructor: Ava Innes
Dancers: Ivy Bromley, Aubrey Knaack, and Elise Nurmela

13. Beginner Hip Hop: “Breakout”
Instructor: Avery Keast
Dancers: Emery Manders, Gabriella Ranta, Alice Salazar, Jessa Schulz,
Quinn Schwartz, and Harley Verthein

14. Kaelyn Kanto & Makena Sivula Hip Hop Duet: “Boss Ladies”
Instructor: Avery Keast

15. Senior Lyrical: “Sign of the Times”
 Instructor: Cheyenne O’Brien
Dancers: Gracie Bouvette, Ava Innes, Avery Keast, Ava Lopac,
Genesis Rady, and Kiera Salo

16. Cora Virshek Contemporary Solo: “Hide and Seek”  
Instructor: Lindsey Averkamp-Boehnlein

17. Aubrey Knaack Acro Solo: “Sue Me”
Instructor: Gracie Bouvette

18. Hip Hop Minis: “Can’t Stop the Feeling”  
Instructor: Avery Keast
Dancers: Zara Allen, Hudson Bates, Paige Ikola, Grace Lopac,
Kenna Mieloszyk, Amelia Plochocki, and Cheyenne Youngs

19. Beginner Lyrical/Ballet: “Defying Gravity”  
Instructors: Avery Keast and Kiera Salo
Dancers: Harper Ikola and Clara Schoone

20. Jacklynn Wolfe & Maddi Zeller Duet: “Welcome to New York”  
Instructor: Gracie Bouvette

21. Intermediate Jazz: “Boss”
Instructor: Gracie Bouvette
Dancers: Ivy Bromley, Leyna Gerlach, Kaelyn Kanto, Aubrey Knaack,
Kennedy Trcka, Mya Verbos, and Cora Virshek

22. Avery Keast Lyrical Solo: “Chasing Cars”
 Instructor: Alexa Jilek

23. Harley Verthein Solo: “Believer”
 Instructor: Gracie Bouvette

24. Intermediate Hip Hop: “Who Owns the Throne”
 Instructor: Avery Keast
Dancers: Ivy Bromley, Violet Bogart, Kaelyn Kanto, Aubrey Knaack,
Emery Schwartz, Makena Sivula, and Maddi Zeller

25. Elise Nurmela Ballet Solo: “Serenity Found”  
Instructor: Ava Innes

26. Musical Theatre: ”The Other Side”  
Instructor: Gracie Bouvette
Dancers: Ivy Bromley and Meredith Nurmela

27. Ava Innes Jazz Solo: “Maneater”
Instructor: Lindsey Averkamp-Boehnlein

Intermission  

28. Production: “Fuego”
Instructors: Lindsey Averkamp-Boehnlein & Cheyenne O’Brein
Dancers: Hudson Bates, Violet Bogart, Gracie Bouvette, Ivy Bromley,
Leyna Gerlach, Harper Ikola, Paige Ikola, Ava Innes,Kaelyn Kanto,
Avery Keast, Aubrey Knaack, Macie Lavasseur, Ava Lopac,
Grace Lopac, Kenna Mieloszyk, Allyson Rady, Genesis Rady,
Kiera Salo, Josslyn Schwartz, Makena Sivula, Aubrie St. Arnold,
Mya Verbos, Harley Verthein, Cora Virshek,
Jacklynn Wolfe, and Maddi Zeller

29. Meredith Nurmela Ballet Solo: “I See the Light”
 Instructor: Kiera Salo 

30. Lindsey Averkamp-Boehnlein & Cheyenne O’Brien Duet:” Lovely”  

31. Kaelyn Kanto Lyrical Solo: “In the Stars”  
Instructor: Avery Keast 

32. Senior Lyrical: ”To Build a Home”
 Instructor: Cheyenne O’Brien
Dancers: Gracie Bouvette, Ava Innes, Avery Keast, Ava Lopac,
 Genesis Rady, and Kiera Salo

33. Intermediate Ballet II/Prepointe: “Asleep”
Instructor: Ava Innes
Dancers: Ivy Bromley, Aubrey Knaack, and Elise Nurmela

34. Tiny Dancers: “Splish Splash”
Instructor: Avery Keast & Cheyenne O’Brien
Dancers: Sophia Fresonke, Kenna Mieloszyk, Jessalyn Paulsen,
and Neena Thomas

35. Intermediate Ballet I: “Swan”
 Instructor: Kiera Salo
Dancers: Violet Bogart, Kaelyn Kanto, Meredith Nurmela,
and Aubrie St. Arnold

36. Kiera Salo Ballet Solo: “Near Light”
Instructor: Cheyenne O’Brein

37. Mya Verbos Tap Solo: “Faith”
Instructor: Beth Bordner

38. Intro to Acro: “New Romantics”
 Instructor: Tara Miller
Dancers: Ivy Bromley, Grace Fresonke, Aubrey Knaack, Josslyn Schwartz, Aubrie St. Arnold, Harley Verthein, Jacklynn Wolfe, and Maddi Zeller 

39. Beginner Lyrical/Ballet: “A Thousand Years”
Instructors: Avery Keast and Kiera Salo
Dancers: Harper Ikola and Clara Schoone

40. Leaps & Turns: “Thumbs”  
Instructor: Lindsey Averkamp-Boehnlein
Dancers: Elise Nurmela, Allyson Rady. and Cora Virshek 

41. Senior Ballet: “Wildfire”
Instructor: Cheyenne O’Brien
Dancers: Ava Innes, Avery Keast, Ava Lopac, Genesis Rady,
and Kiera Salo

42. Macie Lavasseur Jazz Solo: ”Glam”
 Instructor: Lindsey Averkamp-Boehnlein

43. Intermediate Jazz: “Tell Me Something I Don’t Know”  
Instructor: Gracie Bouvette
Dancers: Ivy Bromley, Leyna Gerlach, Kaelyn Kanto, Aubrey Knaack,
Kennedy Trcka, Mya Verbos, and Cora Virshek

44. Avery Keast & Ava Lopac Contemporary Duet:” Familiar”
Instructor: Alexa Jilek

45. Beginner Hip Hop: “High Top Shoes”
Instructor: Avery Keast
Dancers: Emery Manders, Gabriella Ranta, Alice Salazar, Jessa Schulz,
Quinn Schwartz, and Harley Verthein

46. Intermediate Lyrical: “Anchor”
Instructor: Ava Innes
Dancers: Ivy Bromley, Kaelyn Kanto, Aubrey Knaack, Meredith Nurmela,
Makena Sivula, Kennedy Trcka, and Cora Virshek

47. Hip Hop Minis:” Make Some Noise”  
Instructor: Avery Keast
Dancers: Zara Allen, Hudson Bates, Paige Ikola, Grace Lopac,
Kenna Mieloszyk, Amelia Plochocki, and Cheyenne Youngs

48. Ava Innes Ballet Solo: “Now We Are Free”
Instructor: Cheyenne O’Brien

49. Intermediate Tap: “Puttin' on the Ritz”
 Instructor: Beth Bordner
Dancers: Elise Nurmela and Mya Verbos 

50. Kennedy Trcka Jazz Solo: “Material Girl”
Instructor: Ava Innes

51. Intermediate Hip Hop:” Kendrick”
 Instructor: Avery Keast
Dancers: Ivy Bromley, Violet Bogart, Kaelyn Kanto, Aubrey Knaack,
Emery Schwartz, Makena Sivula, and Maddi Zeller

52. Gracie Bouvette Lyrical Solo: “Already Gone”  
Instructor: Cheyenne O’Brien

53. Cas Bordner Tap Solo: “Happiness” 

54. Aubrey Knaack & Aubrey St. Arnold Duet: “Shake it Off”
Instructor: Gracie Bouvette

55. Kiera Salo Musical Theatre Solo: “Express”
Instructor: Lindsey Averkamp-Boehnlein

56. Musical Theatre: “The Greatest Show”
Instructor: Gracie Bouvette
Dancers: Ivy Bromley and Meredith Nurmela

57. Macie Lavasseur Ballet Solo: ”Code Red”
 Instructor: Cheyenne O’Brien

58. Senior Jazz: “Derniere Danse”  
Instructor: Lindsey Averkamp-Boehnlein
Dancers: Gracie Bouvette, Ava Innes, Avery Keast, Ava Lopac,
Genesis Rady, and Kiera Salo 

Click below for our 2024-2025 instructors! 

Click below for our Senior Spotlight! 

Click below to view some of our dancers favorite pictures from the season!!

Audio: Don Osier 

Lighting: Cody Daig & Garret Strobel 

Announcer: Heidi Brown 

Stage Managers: Michele Hearns, Kala Kanto, and Lauren Kolberg

Stage Hand/Rigger: Dave Morello 

Glitter Crocs Model: Theatre Manager Bruce GreenHill, who not only keeps our stage spotless—sweeping, mopping, and collecting glitter/sequins and costume parts—but also looks FINE in his favorite casual footwear for which he extends heartfelt thanks to all of the Platinum Dancers!

Volunteers: Every single person who helped behind the scenes—we appreciate each and every one of you!

Ticket Sales: Historic Ironwood Theatre 

Photos: Photos: HUGE thank you to Janelle Huehnerfuss the owner of Janimal Photography for taking our beautiful class pictures this year!!!!

To Our Dance Families:
A huge shoutout to each and every one of you for continually supporting your dancer! Your love, encouragement, and dedication make it all possible.

Please join us after Saturday’s show at El Tarasco's in Hurley as we celebrate another great season!!!!!